Hi, ’16s! A few quick updates from our classmates follow.

Gates Lucas wrote in about his skiing trip to Aspen, Colorado, with Josh Lang and how exciting it was that Josh learned to ski this past winter.

Jared Boyce also wrote in with the following update: Back in October he began working as an associate researcher at Mount Sinai. His lab utilizes non-human primates to study the underlying neural and neurobiological correlates of learning and memory. Jared’s main project involves adolescent monkey exposure to THC and how it impacts brain structures, learning and memory, and genetic expression on a molecular basis. When he’s not chasing down monkeys in the lab, Jared volunteers on the Children of Bellevue (CoB) junior board as the co-chair. CoB raises money to support programs that alleviate the fear, pain and potential trauma children face from being hospitalized, having a chronic or mental illness or being abused or neglected. They also leverage healthcare to enhance early development and school readiness in children at risk because of family poverty. The organization is accepting donations, and Jared encourages anyone to reach out to him at jboyce@childrenofbellevue.org if they are interested in donating.

Thanks for reading this issue’s class notes. Feel free to send any news and updates my way—it’s great to hear from you all!

—Feyaad Allie, 202 Running Farm Lane, Apt. 201, Stanford, CA 94305; feyaad.allie@gmail.com