Magnet Alumni News: Fall 2015

Here are some Magnet alumni who have made headlines over the past several months:

• • Samie Jaffrey '89 recently had two papers from his lab at Weil Cornell Medical College published in Nature and Cell, both addressing research on m6A mRNA.

  • Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio '93 recently co-authored an article on seafood sustainability for The Guardian's supply chain hub.

  • Gautam Mukunda '97 recently wrote in the Huffington Post about Donald Trump's Narcissism.

  • David Hu '97 was interviewed by City Lab about this research on the mechanics of fire ant aggregations (Nature Materials).

  • Cynthia Addai-Robinson '98 was interviewed at MCM London Comic Con about Season 4 of Arrow and the upcoming Suicide Squad movie.

• Alex Lockwood '03 spoke with the University of Maryland's Terp Magazine about her role in the PHD Movie 2.

• Julie Zhu '08 was awarded a Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship to support her pursuit of a MFA in painting at Hunter College, CUNY.

• Becca Arbacher '12 was interviewed on NPR about her choice to attend Columbia University.

On August 23, 2015, the Blair Magnet celebrated the beginning of its 30th year. Many alumni and teachers returned for the reunion: