Class of 2014

Hi, ’14s! Although the holiday season is around the corner, at time of writing it’s August and the Paris Olympics are still very much on the mind. Though I’m not aware of any 2024 Olympians from our class (but please let me know if I missed anyone!), one ’14 did dip more than her toes into the triathlon course. Paris-based Bloomberg editor Jenny Che swam in the Seine alongside Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo and other Olympics officials in advance of the games. In her July 17 article she writes, “For a year now, I’ve talked the ears off of everyone around me about how awesome it would be to swim in the Seine River. Today I did it. Twice. And it was glorious.” And if you were wondering how the Seine might taste, after accidentally taking a few gulps of water, Jenny noted, “It didn’t taste funny. It wasn’t gross in any single way.”

Congrats to Nancy (Seem) and Andrew Shanahan, who welcomed their first child, James Seem Shanahan, earlier this year in April. Even though he’s not talking quite yet, Nancy and Andrew get the sense he’s excited to visit Hanover to see where his mom and dad met.

Joseph Bonnell-Hall will be heading back to school this fall for a master’s in water resources science and management at the University of Idaho as part of the Cultivating Indigenous Research Communities in Leadership and Education in STEM 2024 cohort. Joseph will also be continuing his internship with Idaho National Laboratory, supporting STEM education and the Hydro School youth program within the Coeur d’Alene Tribe and his local community. Additionally, for his birthday this year Joseph donated to the National Forest Foundation, providing for the planting of 293 trees, or about an acre, which, he notes, “will sequester 100 gallons of gasoline during the next 10 years of seedling growth.”

Ben Cabranes graduated from University of Virginia School of Law in 2020 and has since worked as a litigation associate at Paul, Weiss in Washington, D.C., specializing in antitrust, employment litigation, and congressional investigations. He also writes, “On the more personal side, I’m engaged to fellow UVA Law grad and former classmate Paige Levenberg, living happily with three adventurous feline friends and two mischievous beagles in northeast Washington, D.C.”

And finally, an update from Bing Guan: “The last time I wrote in, it was to announce that I’d be starting grad school at the School of Visual Arts in N.Y.C. I ended up dropping out of my M.F.A. program after two days, as it immediately became evident that there was no way I’d be able to meet attendance requirements while continuing to support myself as a full-time freelance photographer in New York. Since then I’ve covered Trump’s hush money trial for Reuters, student demonstrations at Columbia University for The New York Times, and an abandoned Russian superyacht in Antigua for Bloomberg, among other stories. This fall I’ll be teaching a Photography 101 class at the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. I’d love to connect with other alums in New York, especially if they’re looking to hire a photographer!”

Thanks to everyone who wrote in! Keep sending those updates my way, either at the email below or dartmouth2014classnotes@gmail.com!

—Sarah Rossow, 119 Heath St., London NW3 6SS; (651) 769-7344; s.m.rossow@gmail.com