Brandeis Magazine

Sarah Brin co-authored a chapter in “The Digital Future of Museums: Conversations and Provocations,” published in February by Routledge. Sarah writes about working with art and technology, organizational change, and new models for exhibiting artworks made with emerging technologies. John Farr has moved to Dubai to work in sales and business development at SAP. Previously, he was a management consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, working on the country’s Vision 2030 transformation agenda. Brett Fitzgerald, who publishes a magazine called Wild Northeast, plans to launch a new publication called Obscura, which will feature off-the-beaten-track-in-New-England stories. He also started a GoFundMe to raise money for personal protection equipment for health-care professionals, including those he’s met through his nonprofit MountainStrong, which seeks to make a positive impact through mountain explorations. Joshua Koppel and his wife, Jenna “Zahvi” ’11, welcomed a baby girl, Raya Madison, in April. Zahava (Alter) Lipton and husband Abraham welcomed a baby boy, Isaac Leon, on May 17. Andrea Lubitz and Alexander Botwick announce the birth of their daughter, Ariella Eve, on March 6. Ariella joins big brother Nathan. The family lives in Philadelphia, where Andrea started a vascular surgery fellowship at Temple University Hospital in August. A May 15 New York Times article discussed the work of Naomi Safran-Hon, who makes paintings of abandoned homes in Haifa, Israel. The piece included a Q&A with Naomi. Sam Vaghar, executive director of the Millennium Campus Network, this year was selected to be the 163rd commencement speaker at Monmouth College, in Illinois. Due to COVID-19, he delivered the speech virtually to the graduates in May. He also received an honorary degree from the college. In 2019, Dmitry Vilner joined Wheeler Trigg O’Donnell, where he practices law with a focus on legal professional liability. He previously served as law clerk to the Hon. Robert D. Hawthorne and the Hon. Diana L. Terry. Rebecca Wasser joined the Center for a New American Security as a fellow in the defense program. Her research areas include war-gaming, force posture and management, and U.S. defense strategy. Harley Yanoff has founded Broadway From Home, a virtual theater workshop company hosted on Zoom. Founder and owner of Topnotch Events, an event catering and staffing business in New York City, he began his new venture after experiencing event cancellations in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.