liability, product liability and environmental torts. He earned his law degree from Duquesne University School of Law in 2013. Kyrie Kowalik published “Defining Refugees in Terms of Justice” in the Peace Journal:, available at tandfonline.com/ eprint/RYsZseyDXG8R75prm7zC/full Bradley Landgraf successfully defended his doctoral dissertation in chemistry at Pennsylvania State University in August 2016. He is completing a postdoctoral fellowship at New England Biolabs in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Emily Ricotta has accepted a position as a research analyst at the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Disease in the Epidemiology Unit/Division of Intramural Research. Her research involves statistical and geospatial analysis of big data for studies relating to infectious diseases such as non-tuberculous mycobacteria and antibiotic resistance.
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David Siekkinen obtained his certification as a licensed professional geologist by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in March 2016.
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Kaitlyn Anne Katherman of Pleasantville, Pennsylvania, received a doctor of dental medicine degree from the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine— School of Dental Medicine in June 2016 at the Bradenton Area Convention and Civic Center.
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Steven Jones served as one of the seven Democratic electors in the state of Connecticut for the 2016 presidential election’s Electoral College. He also started a new job with S&S Management Services in Bloomfield, Connecticut, as executive assistant to the Connecticut Association of Healthcare Underwriters and to Core Content Review of Family Medicine.
Deborah Landau received a master of arts in international affairs from American University School of International Service in December 2016. She serves as a contractor at the U.S. Institute of Peace and plans to continue working on gender and global-security issues in Washington, D.C. Christina Moreschi accepted a position at Allegheny College as an assistant director of career education in July 2015.
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Marshal Bratten and Sarah Labarre ’14 became engaged on July 3, 2016, in West Bloomfield, Michigan. Dana D’Amico completed her MFA in nonfiction at the University of Minnesota in 2016. She was awarded a $10,000 grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board to collaborate with the Minneapolis City Health Department in 2017, writing about local science for the community. She currently works for the Writer’s Almanac with Garrison Keillor and the Minnesota State Commerce Department.
Kimberly Langin and Sam Rigotti ’10 became engaged on September 4, 2016, in Portland, Maine. They live in Brooklyn and are excited to start planning their wedding. Dylan McCreary and Jennie Vorhauer ’14 are engaged to be married on August 12, 2017. Last year, McCreary completed a master of science in biological sciences at Carnegie Mellon University and is currently a research associate at the University of Pittsburgh Department of Surgery. Vorhauer is a Ph.D. candidate in the pathology department at the University of Pittsburgh.
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Kathleen Macie became engaged to Anthony Grkman on October 1, 2016. He proposed while hiking in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. They are planning a wedding in October 2017. Also this year, Kathleen accepted a position with QPS Engineering as an environmental scientist, joining fellow Gator Kirsten Williams ’08.
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Raymond Jozwiak has been promoted to senior analyst at Denali Sourcing Services, a WNS Company.
Andrea Sharfman has graduated from Carnegie Mellon University’s master of arts program in professional writing.
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Rebecca Fox accepted the position of new media specialist in University Communications at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
Alumnae, from left, Olivia Newman ’15, Rachel Klingensmith ’16 and Natasha Marzolf ’16 proudly represented the Gators during their white coat ceremony at Lincoln Memorial University College of Veterinary Medicine on October 15, 2016.
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