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Recent Class Notes

Rachelle Gold receiving the University of North Carolina's Board of Governors' 2026 Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Rachelle Gold

Rachelle Gold ’02 writes, “I won a 5-year $500,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to create an oral history archive of Black women justice-seekers who are alumnae of North Carolina Central University (NCCU), where I have taught English, Composition, African American Literature, World Literature, and Grammar since 2008. So far, I have trained 80 students […]

Jill Bronfman and the front jacket of Second Cities

Jill Bronfman

Jill Bronfman ’89 writes, “I’m excited to share that I have a new book available for pre-sales, Second Cities, which is a beautifully-illustrated slim volume of narrative poems that I wrote about the less-traveled cities of the world. Second Cities is a book of poems that takes a sideways glance at the world. “Second City” […]

The front jacket of Strategic Direction from the President

John Godwin

John Godwin‘s book, Strategic Direction from the President: A Century of US Foreign Policy, 1915-2015, was released on September 3.

Neal Fandek

Neal Fandek

Neal W. Fandek ’81 has published Native American Monuments of Missouri: A History & Guide, a journey of 10,000 years (Arcadia Publishing). It’s a history of the long Native American presence in the state, starting with the ancient, advanced civilizations who built great monuments throughout Missouri and the Midwest. These people built giant cities long […]

The front jacket of The Periodical Life of Modernity: Sonzogno's First Century (1804-1909)

Silvia Valisa

Silvia Valisa, PhD ’07, published a new book on the construction of modern Italian culture. The Periodical Life of Modernity: Sonzogno’s First Century (1804-1909), published by University of Toronto Press in 2026, focuses on Milan-based publisher Sonzogno. The book examines the technological and innovations at the heart of the new periodical market, and their importance […]

Marlene Muraco

Marlene Muraco

Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management, has appointed William H. Ng and Marlene S. Muraco ’88 as office managing shareholders (OMS). Ng takes the reins from longtime OMS John T. Bauer in Long Island, N.Y. while Muraco succeeds Robert J. Wilger in San Jose, Calif., both of whom will continue […]