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The Art of Transformation
In an interview for Marie Claire, Pappas discussed the best and worst parts of being an elite athlete, her shift from being a professional athlete to a professional storyteller, and her advice to others who are navigating uncommon career paths.
Paris Plunge
“The general mood around swimming in the Seine, which flows through the center of Paris, has been one of skepticism. There have been legitimate concerns about pollution and high bacteria levels, of course, but there have also been petulant calls on social media to take a dump in the river. Even my colleagues have asked me to make sure my health insurance plan would cover any strange new growths I might develop,” Che wrote for Bloomberg News on July 17, after surviving a swim in the river.
The Art of Editing
Horwitz majored in film studies at Dartmouth and has been editing animated films for more than 20 years. In a new interview for the Art of the Frame podcast, she talked about the creative decisionmaking behind her role as the lead editor on Inside Out 2, the latest feature film from Pixar Animation Studios.
Major Debut
The New York Yankees called up Rice to play first base on Tuesday, June 18. In his first Major League Baseball game ever, Rice contributed to the Yankees’ 4-2 win by hitting a single.
“Messy Stellar Jitters”
Burrows, a physics & astronomy major who now works as a business analyst at McKinsey, was the lead author on a study that’s getting attention for its connection to Star Trek. “The Death of Vulcan: NEID Reveals That the Planet Candidate Orbiting HD 26965 Is Stellar Activity*” was just published in The Astronomical Journal this year but is based on research that Burrows did as an intern at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory from 2021-2022, where she worked with the lab’s solar physics team on detecting earth-like exoplanets around sun-like stars.
Power Player
Paley is number 18 on The Boston Globe’s annual Tech Power Players 50 List, naming the most influential people in the New England tech sector. The co-founder of venture capital fund Founder Collective has backed companies including Uber and Whoop.
Miami Bound
The defensive back will continue his football career with the Miami Dolphins after signing with the NFL team as an undrafted free agent.