Alumni In The News
2008-2009
Maria Bechily, AM'85, discusses applicants for the Chicago Community Trust Fellowship Program
"Community Trust names new fellows," Blog: Taking Names, Crain's Chicago Business, November 13, 2009.
Antonio Plascencia, MPP'09, is featured in a Los Angeles Times column on the employment challenges recent graduates face. (07/09)
"A bet on schools that could go bad," Los Angeles Times, July 6, 2009.
Beatriz Rendon, MPP'96, is profiled in the Arizona Daily Star. (06/09)
"Beatriz Rendon: Bringing Tucson Global Attention," Arizona Daily Star, June 28, 2009.
Sylvia Puente, AM'90, was named chair of the Education Funding Advisory Board by Illinois Governor Pat Quinn. The board, in consultation with the State Board of Education, makes recommendations to the General Assembly on funding levels for school districts with high numbers of children at or below the poverty line. (05/09) more >>
Matthew Stagner, PhD'92, was inducted into the Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame at his alma mater, Newton (Kansas) High School. (05/09)
"Five going into NHS' Lifetime Achievement Hall of Fame," The Kansan, May 12, 2009.
Sandeep Ahuja, MPP'06: Operation ASHA's annual gala was recently featured in the "Community Roundup" on TV Asia. Held in April, the gala raised money for the organization, founded by Ahuja, which works to treat tuberculosis in the slums of India. (05/09)
Marie Trzupek Lynch, MPP'96, has been named president and CEO of the Chicago Academy of Sciences. (05/09)
"New chief at Chicago Academy of Sciences sees job as a 'gift'," Chicago Tribune, May 5, 2009.
Read the press release from the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum.
Julie M. Anderson, MPP'01, was sworn in as deputy assistant secretary for planning and evaluation at the Department of Veterans Affairs on Tuesday, April 14. Anderson previously served as a legislative aide to former Nebraska Senator Bob Kerry, a policy analyst at the Department of Transportation, and worked on public sector strategy at IBM Global Business Services. (04/09)
Ron Davis, AM'81, MD'83, was honored last month with a posthumous lifetime achievement award by the American Legacy Foundation for his contributions to tobacco control, including smoking prevention and cessation. President of the American Medical Association from June 2007 to June 2008, Davis was a preventive medicine and public health advocate. Former Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop, a friend and mentor to Davis, presented Davis's widow, Nadine, with the award at the sixth annual America Legacy Foundation Honors ceremony in New York. Diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in February 2008, Davis succumbed to the disease in November. (04/09)
Barry Kozak, MPP'09, has been appointed to a two-year term on the Chicago Bar Association's Board of Managers. The 14-member board assists the Association's officers in the operation, policy initiatives, community outreach, and goal setting of the Chicago Bar Association.Kozak has also submitted his manuscript for a textbook and teachers manual, entitled Employee Benefit Plans: Regulatory Framework and Practical Applications, to be published by Carolina Academic Press. (04/09)
Mike Quigley, AM'85 wins House seat. (04/09) more>>
Cook County Commissioner Mike Quigley, AM'85 won the Democratic nomination in the Illinois 5th District primary on March 3. (03/09) more>>
Study by UChicago professor Vineet Arora, AM'03 finds that patients often cannot identify their doctors.
"Many hospital patients can't ID their doctors," Health Day (February 13, 2009).
Sandeep Ahuja, MPP'06 has been invited to speak at the World Health Organization's 2009 Stop TB Partners Forum in Rio de Janeiro. Held every five years, the conference is attended by 1,100 delegates plus health ministers and experts from over 50 countries. One of nearly 15 TB experts to speak during the conference, Sandeep will discuss Operation ASHA's model of tuberculosis treatment, which has been included in the compilation of international best practices in TB treatment.
Alan Mascarenhas, MPP'09 comments on the Hyde Park response to President Barack Obama's inauguration. (01/09) more>>
Sandeep Ahuja, MPP'06 discusses the work of Operation Asha in eradicating tuberculosis. (12/08) more>>
My'Ron McGee, MPP'07 comments on importance of education in an article on the role of young voters in the 2008 election. (10/08) more>>
Neil Danberg, MPP'07 was recently profiled on Education Pioneer's website. In the article, Danberg discusses his summer fellowship at the California Charter Schools Association and his current job at the Office of Management and Budget. (10/7/08) more>>
Brian Jacob, PhD'01 has been named this year's winner of the David N. Kershaw Award and Prize, honoring the work of public policy researchers under the age of 40. (10/2/08) more>>
Amanda Berenstein, MPP'05 provides her foreign perspective on the U.S. presidential election (9/16/08) more>>
Vineet Arora, AM'03 on doctors who make fun of patients.
"For some docs, joke's on you," City Room, Chicago Sun-Times, September 11, 2008.
"Harm Can Be Found in Many Forms While Under Doctor's Care," City Room, ABC News, September 10, 2008.
