Alumni News
Underwood ’13 Conducts Biogas Study in ChinaFulbright scholar Ben Underwood ’13 spoke with GoKunming, southwest China’s largest English-language website, about his current project to develop a large-scale biogas plant in Kunming. Biogas is produced through anaerobic digestion technology, which converts organic waste into fuel. His entire inverview with GoKunming has been republished (with permission) below. Photo credit: Chiara Ferraris.
$20 Million Gift to Honor Borda ’71One of the largest gifts in the history of the Los Angeles Philharmonic was made in honor of alumna Deborah Borda ’71 to endow the organization’s top leadership position, which Borda has held since 2000.
Megan Mayhew Bergman MFA'10's Forthcoming Book "Heartbreaking, Lovely"MFA alumna Megan Mayhew Bergman's forthcoming collection of stories, Almost Famous Women, received a starred review from Kirkus, and is an Indie Next Pick for winter. Due out in January, Academy Award-winning actress Anjelica Huston called it "heartbreaking and lovely".
New Yorker Tech Issue Features 'Digital Rockstar' Nanis '12Computer programmer Max Nanis '12 was at the center of a New Yorker Tech article about a cast of "digital rock stars" who are in such high demand that a talent agency was formed to represent them.
Fridley ’97 Advances Darwinian TheoryWith his recently published study on invasive species, by Dr. Jason Fridley ’97 is "the first to test [Darwin's ideas] in a meaningful way," said one expert in theNew York Times.