Alumni News

A play by Sean-Patrick O鈥橞rien 鈥14 received an Honorable Mention in the American Playwright Foundation鈥檚 2017 Relentless Awards.

Cynthia D鈥橝prix Sweeney MFA 鈥13 nominated Christine Mangan MFA '04 for Newsweek鈥檚 special feature on 鈥淲omen of the Future,鈥 which asked 20 prominent women to each nominate an up-and-comer they believe will be a trailblazer for the next generation.

A poem by Ana茂s Duplan '14, "Ode to the Happy Negro Hugging the Flag in Robert Colescott鈥檚 'George Washington Carver Crossing the Delaware,'" was selected as the January 23 poem-a-day by the American Academy of Poets.

A semi-autobiographical play by Caleen Sinnette Jennings '72 kicked off the second Women鈥檚 Voices festival taking place in Washington D.C. throughout January and February.

Ivy Mix 鈥08, who was voted American Bartender of the Year at the international Tales of the Cocktail festival, was written up in The Bridge for the success of her Latin-inspired Brooklyn bar, Leyenda, which she opened in 2015.