Brandeis Magazine

David Andrade has been celebrating the publication in March of wife Rebecca Handler’s debut novel, “Edie Richter Is Not Alone.” Many of Dave and Bek’s Brandeisian friends joined the book’s virtual launch event. Naturalist Rachel (Cook) Goclawski in November appeared on the Worcester, Massachusetts, public-access channel WCCA-TV to discuss her work as a foraging and mushrooming instructor. Read more about her at www.facebook.com/cookingwithmrsg. Ayal Korczak, who lives in Boulder, Colorado, teaches technology to students in grades K-8 at an independent school. He and wife Jennifer have a son, Oren (11), and a daughter, Natalie (13). Aparna Rao is on the board of directors of California’s Piedmont Center for the Arts.