Hi, ’09s! I hope this note finds you doing well as we head into 2021. A short and sweet column this month.

Alex Abate and his wife will be moving to O’ahu, Hawaii, in January; they welcome Big Green visitors! Rebecca Armistead and Joseph Armistead welcomed their second child, Albert Victor Armistead, into the family on September 3. Jessica Lane and her husband, Max, welcomed daughter Emma Charlotte on September 21. Jessica wrote, “she’s glad she didn’t miss the ’09 11- now 12-year reunion because she hears there’s a pretty good class of babies to meet!” Kimia Shahi sends her best wishes to the inspiring class of ’09 and hopes everyone and their loved ones are keeping safe and well in these challenging times. Kimia is currently working on completing her Ph.D. dissertation in art history at Princeton University, where she studies art and visual culture of the United States with a focus on landscape, science, and the environment in the 19th century. This year she’s splitting her time between Alabama, where her partner currently teaches at Auburn University, and Washington, D.C., where she is the Wyeth predoctoral fellow at the National Gallery of Art Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts. She’d welcome the chance to catch up with fellow ’09s in either location!

—Liz (Doolittle) Kahane, 1023 Park Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA 70806; (617) 909-7669; elizabeth.d.kahane@gmail.com