Tricia Shalka and her husband, Steve, welcomed another daughter, Ella, in May. She joins big sister Harper, who is 3. For almost five years the family has been in Rochester, New York, where Tricia serves as an assistant professor at the University of Rochester Warner School of Education in the higher education program.

Brian Sylvester joined law firm Covington & Burling as special counsel earlier this fall in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. At Covington Brian is a member of the firm’s internationally leading food, drug, and device practice.

—Matt Nicholson, 5308 Yorktown Road, Bethesda, MD 20816; mtnicholson3@gmail.com