Hello, ’16s!

At the time that I’m writing this I’m starting to wrap up my time in Nairobi, Kenya, where I’ve been working for the Young African Leadership Initiative Regional Leadership Center on a Richard D. Lombard ’53 Public Service Fellowship. The other day I was getting a haircut at a local ex-pat hot spot and I noticed a man with a Dartmouth T-shirt on. Turns out he is an ’89 who works here in Nairobi. It was a great reminder of just how far the Dartmouth family extends.

Now on to updates.

Also working through the Dickey Center’s Lombard Public Service Fellowship, Anna Ghnouly has been living in Singapore working as a programs analyst at the World Toilet Organization, an international nonprofit that focuses on increasing toilet access and improving sanitation. In addition to creating an impact assessment of the organization’s programs, Anna attended the 15th World Toilet Summit in Kuching, Malaysia, and will be traveling to Cambodia to conduct baseline surveys of potential new sanitation projects and to evaluate the effectiveness of past programs.

Jared Boyce is working as a research technician in the Pleil Lab at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City. The goal of the lab is to identify and characterize neural circuits critically involved in the development and maintenance of addiction to alcohol and drugs of abuse and comorbid affective disorders. Jared is really enjoying his work and looks forward to a future in research.

Leehi Yona wrote in to say she’s been playing an active role in Dartmouth Alumni for Climate Action and encourages other ’16s to reach out to her if they want to get involved!

That’s it for this round of updates. Please keep sending your experiences, stories and news my way and cheers to the new year!

—Feyaad Allie, 6915 NW 29th Court, Margate, FL 33063; feyaad.allie@gmail.com