Rebecca Parlakian '94 was recently featured in The Washington Post's article, "Babies are watching a lot of YouTube, and this expert is concerned." Parlakian is senior director of programs with the organization Zero to Three, a nonpartisan, research-based nonprofit focused on the healthy development of infants, toddlers and families.
Octavious Cook ’19 recently became assistant principal of Mont Pleasant Middle School. He brings significant expertise in community and student development, most recently spending three years as the Community School Coordinator at Keane Elementary School.
Dick Ferguson '67, a distinguished radio executive and retired EVP of Cox Radio Group, was honored during the Library of American Broadcasting Foundation's Giants of Broadcasting & Electronic Arts ceremony recently.
Kevin Christie '98 was recently elected first selectman of Westport, Conn. A former corporate strategy advisor and current member of the Board of Education, he is the first Democrat elected to the town’s highest office since 2009.
Matt Baumgartner '95 is the center of a new reality TV show on Amazon Prime called “June Farms.” The show drops on November 17. Baumgartner, a restaurateur turned farmer, opened June Farms in 2017.
Dr. Sue Goldie ’84, an award-winning Harvard professor, physician and public health scientist, recently shared her experience with Parkinson’s disease in The New York Times. Goldie was Union’s commencement speaker in 2021.
Björn Birnir '76 was recently featured in The New York Times story, "Now Arriving: A New Theory of In-Flight Turbulence." Birnir is a leading scholar of turbulence, and is professor and chair of mathematics and director of the Center for Complex and Nonlinear Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara.