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Recent Class Notes

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Justin Kidd

The Marion County Bar Association (MCBA) has selected Marion County Justice of the Peace Justin Kidd, J.D. ’09, as the recipient of the Carson Award for service to the Community, recognizing his sustained commitment to public service. The Carson Award is presented annually to an MCBA member whose work reflects exceptional dedication to the legal […]

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Robert Carrillo

Duane Morris LLP has promoted Robert C. Carrillo ’00 to the firm partnership.

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Wuwei Mo

Wuwei Mo, M.A. ’23, a UC Berkeley master’s graduate in Materials Science and Engineering , is now leading R&D operations at Mitico and helping accelerate the company’s progress in carbon capture. Mitico’s technology is unique—centered on efficient, durable, and environmentally friendly solid sorbents—and has the potential to become a significant innovation in the climate-tech space. […]

Hong Kong Exchange

Albert Sibo Hu

Zexiang Li, Ph.D. ’89, and Al Hu, Ph.D. ’17, led intelligent driving technology company CiDi Inc. to a successful IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The listing marks a dual milestone: it is Hong Kong’s first publicly listed company focused on commercial autonomous vehicles and the world’s first public listing for driverless mining haulage […]

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Carmen Diana Deere

Carmen Diana Deere, Ph.D ’78, recently published First-World Feminism and Women’s Civil and Political Rights in South America with Routledge press. It is a seven-country study of the interaction between feminists, jurists and legislators in the reform of married women’s property rights and the attainment of suffrage in the first half of the twentieth century. […]

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Meg Elison

Meg Elison ’14 married the cartoonist Colin Lidston on August 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. The couple live in North Adams, MA, where Colin is the visitor experience manager at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (Mass MoCA).