Laura (Hand) and Alex Barnett welcomed their first daughter, Valerie Jane, in February. They look forward to introducing the baby to Brandeis friends as soon as the pandemic is over. Laura and Alex, who live in Baltimore, work in the health-care field. Dayna Basri earned an MBA from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School. In June, David Litvak married McKinley Sherrod in a small, socially distanced ceremony in Chicago. A larger ceremony will be held next year. David is an associate at law firm Cremer, Spina, Shaughnessy, Jansen + Siegert. McKinley is a graduate student at the IIT Institute of Design. The couple celebrated their marriage by adopting a pit bull, Mabel. Sahar Massachi, MA’12, has moved back to the Boston area. He writes, “I’m only a few blocks away from living the dream of having an apartment in Somerville’s Davis Square. I recently joined the Louis D. Brandeis Legacy Fund for Social Justice advisory committee, which gives me an excuse to stay in touch with things on campus. I’m meeting up with Brandeisians old and new, including many recent graduates — boy, are they impressive. Please drop me a line.”
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