Brandeis Magazine

Liza Abelson runs Dasken Designs, a stained-glass and art studio in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. She recently joined the executive board of the Foundry Artists Association. Pavel Cenkl is head of college at Schumacher College, in Devon, England, which has a curriculum focused on ecology, economics, environmental humanities, and regenerative living and learning. He is also director of learning at Dartington Hall Trust, the nearly century-old charitable trust and estate of which the college is a part. He lives in Broadhempston, in Devon. David Epstein sends in an update that says he “continues to flit between Connecticut and Cape Cod, writing poems at night and by day mothering a bunch of old buildings in New Britain. His children are nearly grown; his hair is nearly gone. Trail runner. Getting through the pandemic with his literary sourdough starter Flour for Algernon. Reluctant dog owner. Coming up on 25 years with spouse Sari.” Craig Lipset is founder and adviser at Clinical Innovation Partners, which helps develop and implement innovative approaches to clinical research and medicine development. He is also an adjunct assistant professor in Rutgers University’s Department of Health Informatics, and founding chair and adviser of the Conference Forum’s DPharm newsletter. Adin Miller is executive director at the Los Altos (California) Community Foundation, a nonprofit focused on local community building through programs, grants and philanthropy. Amanda Trigg maintains her family-law practice in New Jersey; works toward the improvement of family law for parents, spouses and children; and serves as a leader in a number of professional organizations.