News & Notes

• Anthony Chen (1998) received the 2009 President’s Book Award from the Social Science History Association for his book, The Fifth Freedom: Jobs, Politics, and Civil Rights in the United States, 1941-1972 .
• Ron Huberman (1999) named CEO of the Chicago Public School system.
• Julissa Reynoso (1999) has been named Deputy Special Envoy to Latin America in the US Department of State.
• Rajesh Vedanthan (1999) named Assistant Professor of Medicine of the Cardiovascular Institute at Mount Sinai Medical Center.
• Andrei Cherny (2000) announced his candidacy for State Treasurer in Arizona on the Democratic ticket.
• Jamila Hall McKnight (2000) named Assistant US Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia.
• Miguel Walter Hilario (2000) announced his electoral campaign to become President of Peru.
• Boris Bershteyn (2001) is Deputy General Counsel at the White House Office of Management and Budget.
• Ramzi Kassem (2001) named Assistant Professor at CUNY Law School.
• Mehret Mandefro (2001) named 2009-2010 White House Fellow.
• Jeannie Suk (2001) Harvard Law School, named 2009 Guggenheim Fellow.
• Tali Farhadian (2002) is Counsel to the Attorney General at the US Department of Justice.
• Bert Huang (2002) named Associate Professor at Columbia Law School.
• Sophia Jan (2002) is chief resident in pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
• Lei Liang (2002) University of California, San Diego, named 2009 Guggenheim Fellow.
• Ephrem Olweny (2002) is chief resident at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center.
• Sujit Raman (2002) named Assistant US Attorney for the District of Maryland.
• Daphna Renan (2002) is Counsel to Deputy Attorney General at the US Department of Justice.
• Markella Zanni (2002) is chief resident in internal medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.
• Alejandra Casillas (2003) is chief resident in internal medicine at the University of California at San Francisco Medical Center.
• Amy Chow (2003) elected to US Olympics Hall of Fame.
• Rashad Hussain (2003) is Deputy Associate Counsel to President Barack Obama.
• Anna Makanju (2003) is Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of International Security Affairs at the US Department of Defense.
• Tarek Masoud (2003), Kennedy School, received a two-year research grant from the Carnegie Corporation for work on Islamic politics.
• Kao Kalia Yang (2003) received two 2009 Minnesota Book Awards for The Latehomecomer.
• Nusrat Choudhury (2004) named attorney for the National Security Project at the American Civil Liberties Union.
• Allon Kedem (2004) is clerking for Justice Anthony M. Kennedy at the US Supreme Court.
• Jennifer Nou (2005) is clerking for Justice Stephen Breyer of the US Supreme Court.
• Manav Bhatnagar (2008) has been named Special Assistant for Foreign Affairs and Defense for US Senator Russell Feingold (WI).