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September-October 2026

Class Note 1988. “No matter how smart you are, you don’t know everything,” Rachel Dratch, the first ’88 to serve as Commencement speaker, told the class of 2026.

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July-August 2026

Class Note 1988. Rachel Dratch playing the Rocky Horror Show Narrator in its Broadway revival “looks like Nobel-level brilliance,” The New York Times crooned in April.

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May-June 2026

Class Note 1988. On page 57 of his new book, Hotwired: How the Hidden Power of Heat Makes Us Stronger,Bill Gifford leaves a literary breadcrumb for ’88 classmates: “Many years later as he faced the firing squa

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March-April 2026

Class Note 1988. John Kaliski flew from Boston to Washington, D.C., in December—as he does regularly, we now know—to lead a high-level roundtable at the National Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.

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January-February 2026

Class Note 1988. The sixth annual Omondi Obura ’88 Peak Bag challenge for suicide prevention set new records October 5.

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November-December 2025

Class Note 1988. An ’88 trivia quiz might include: “Which ’88 began his career as a beekeeper in the Central African Republic (CAR)?” The answer: Adam Rabiner, of course.

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September-October 2025

Professor Charles Wheelan hosted two classmates—one Republican and one Democrat—for civil, substantive discussions on campus this spring. In February the Hon.

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July-August 2025

On March 29 at least 100 of you marked the 88th day of the year with mini-reunions, reconnecting, reveling, and possibly even rejoicing.

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May-June 2025

“In the midst of chaos,” the ancient Chinese strategist Sun Tzu wrote, “there is also opportunity.” If that’s true, 2025 should herald a hailstorm of opportunities, since the year began with deadly chaos in southern California.

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March-April 2025

On Boxing Day Steve Cook urged us all to reconnect with a classmate we haven’t spoken to in years. You’ll be surprised how meaningful and fun it can be! We plan to dedicate a future column to celebrating these connections.

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January-February 2025

As we draft this update, many of you are preparing to descend on Hanover to enjoy the Homecoming bonfire, fall foliage, an epic tailgate hosted by Aldo and a decisive victory over Harvard on the football field.

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November-December 2024

This column marks the end of one era—the Traci Byrne Gentry administration—and the start of another, as Steve Cook becomes class president in an enviably uneventful transfer of power.

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