Seen & Heard
A selection of must reads about Dartmouth alumni making news around the world.
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Gail Koziara Boudreaux ’82
She's The Boss
In celebration of Women's History Month, the Elevance Health CEO was recognized by Quartz as one of eight “powerful women CEOs running Fortune 500 companies.”
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Wilburn Durousseau ’58
Top Doc
Dr. Durousseau was recognized by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for 59 years of professional influence and personal integrity in the medical profession, including delivering an estimated 10,000 babies. Supervisor Janice Hahn thanked him for his commitment to his patients at St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood, which offers access to maternity care to all patients, regardless of their ability to pay.
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Garrett Waggoner ’13 and Andy Gay ’14
Hydration Nation
The idea for a specialty water bottle originated in the Big Green locker room. Football players Waggoner and Gay then took their concept into the boardroom and launched Cirkul. The rapidly expanding company aired a 30-second spot during Super Bowl LIX.
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Latif Nasser ’08
Celestial Curiosity
Radiolab co-host devises a naming contest for a quasi-moon of Earth.
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Mel Robbins ’90
“Let Them” Theory
Podcaster and self-help author combats anxiety with radical acceptance.
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Cal Newport ’04
Infinite Scroll
Newport ruminates on the role of digital apps in an increasingly online world.
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Helen Schlachtenhaufen ’17
Tandem Training
Runner’s World highlighted the romance and training relationship between Schlachtenhaufen and her fiancé, Brian Shrader, in a feature story published on October 11. Schlachtenhaufen is an elite middle-distance runner who made it to the 1500-meter final at the 2024 Olympic Track & Field Trials, while Schrader is one of the top marathon runners in the U.S.
Jacob Chalif ’21
Traveling Particles
Chalif, a graduate student and technician in professor Eric Osterberg’s Ice, Climate, and Environment Lab, has been featured in Newsweek and Earth.com articles this week about his research into the impact of pollution on the Arctic’s atmosphere. Chalif and Osterberg—along with Dominic Winski ’09, Ursula Jongebloed ’18, and several other scientists—co-authored a new study in the journal Nature Geoscience that links atmospheric change in remote arctic regions to fossil fuel pollution in populated parts of the world.
Shonda Rhimes ’91
Brunch & Rally
Rhimes attended a “Books, Ballots, and Brunch” event in Philadelphia aimed at black women voters. The television producer and writer told the audience about her years-long friendship with Harris and how the upcoming presidential election will affect black women in the U.S.
Later the same day, Rhimes stopped at the 52nd Ward Canvass and Appreciation Picnic, where she talked about the importance of voter turnout.
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