Kyra Neeley Arnold (UNI’96) of New York, N.Y., married Christopher Arnold in a Greenwich Village flower shop. Martin Moakler (CAS’96) and Deana Morenoff (COM’96) were among the guests. Kyra has taught fourth grade in a Brooklyn public school for the past three years and earned a master’s in elementary education from Brooklyn College last year. Contact her at justkyra@yahoo.com.

Carrie Atwood (CAS’96) of Seattle, Wash., is a senior analyst at Classmates.com. She and her husband, Eric, welcomed their first child, a girl, on February 5. E-mail Carrie at carrie_atwood@yahoo.com.

Chris Cooper (COM’96) and Ruth-Ann Johnston Cooper (COM’97) of Sandown, N.H., had twin daughters, Eva and Madeline, on March 8. They joined big sister Abigail in a busy household. Chris recently was named director of strategic accounts at Watson Communication Group, a full-service marketing communications firm in Portsmouth. E-mail him at ccooper@watsoncg.com.

Jill Klobuchar Keller (CAS’96) of Madison, Wis., received a doctor of veterinary medicine degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Veterinary Medicine on May 14.

Tony Tian-Ren Lin (CAS’96) of Charlottesville, Va., is pursuing a doctoral degree in sociology at the University of Virginia after four years as associate pastor of a Presbyterian church in New Jersey. He would love to hear from old friends at ptonyr@yahoo.com.

Tony Martino (COM’96, CGS’94) of New York, N.Y., is a freelance television writer, currently working at VH1 in New York. He would like to say hello to friends Denis Palumbo (COM’95, CGS’93), Jackie Striano (SED’96, CGS’94), Pamela Bender (COM’95, CGS’93), Pilar Flynn (COM’97), and Doris Konig (COM’96). He can be reached at tonymartino@earthlink.net.

David Pai (CAS’96) of San Francisco, Calif., writes, “It took nearly a year, but I have finally transformed myself from an overpaid, dry, and meaningless corporate law husk into an underpaid, vibrant, and committed civil rights lawyer.” He hopes his next metamorphosis will not involve chasing ambulances. E-mail him at davepai@yahoo.com.

Carolyn Pointer (SED’96) of Boston, Mass., assisted attorneys representing the state of Alabama and state agencies in civil actions and administrative hearings over the summer. Attorney General Troy King said of Carolyn, “We are delighted to have someone of her talent working with us this summer.” She also spent some of the summer working with the Family Advocacy Program at Boston Medical Center. She is in her third year at BU’s School of Law, and is president of Children and the Law. She works as a part-time research assistant for LAW Professor Cynthia Barr of the legislative drafting program. During Carolyn’s first year at LAW, she opened a drop-in center for teens at St. Catherine of Siena Parish in Charlestown.

Christopher Shepard (COM’96) of Watertown, Mass., married Elizabeth Bleecher at the Commander’s Mansion in Watertown in 2003. He writes a weekly sports column for the NY Sports Express, New York’s premier weekly sports newspaper. For the past two years he has worked as an English composition facilitator for the University of Phoenix Online.

John Yun-Ho Shin (CFA’96) of Richboro, Pa., recently received his webmaster certification from Pennsylvania State University, with a 3.8 G.P.A. He is currently looking for an IT position in the areas of software engineering, Web development, network administration, and Web programming. He started Shell Sophrosyne, an IT company specializing in Web development, computer services, network engineering, and graphic design. Contact John at johnshin@alum.bu.edu and visit www.shellsophrosyne.com.

Michael Wood (COM’96) of Los Angeles, Calif., optioned his feature-length script Silent Scream in June to Redbone Films. He is currently teaching classes in film, television, and screenwriting at Antelope Valley College in Lancaster, Calif. E-mail him at mikewoodla@aol.com.

Melissa Fleming (CAS’97) of New York, N.Y., exhibited her work at the Soho Photo Gallery in New York this summer. The show, Colors of Byzantium: A Shower of Gold, featured 10 color photographs. More information about Melissa’s photography can be found at her Web site, www.melissafleming.com.

Jenna Glatzer (COM’97) of New York, N.Y., writes that it has been a busy year. She has published 9 books, with a 10th and 11th close behind. Her most recent include Make a Real Living as a Freelance Writer, published by Nomad Press, and Outwitting Writer’s Block and Other Problems of the Pen, published by Lyons Press. Fear Is No Longer My Reality, written with Jamie Blyth of The Bachelorette, will be out in February from McGraw-Hill. Jenna’s writers’ newsletter, at www.absolutewrite.com, now has 75,000 subscribers, and she has been doing book signings and workshops. She was chosen as the chair of the 2004 I Love To Write Day. Jenna was married on June 12, and alumni Dan Furst (COM’98), Brandon Petty (CAS’98), Christopher Holton-Jablonksi (CAS’99), and Craig Thompson (COM’98) attended. “The remaining Starmites were sorely missed,” Jenna writes. Contact her through her Web site at www.jennaglatzer.com.

Ari D. Marcus (SPH’97) of Brighton, Mass., was promoted to senior biostatistician at Averion, a contract research organization in Framingham. He assesses noninvasive imaging techniques for detecting heart disease and develops new medications for sepsis and dental surgery healing. E-mail him at amarcus@alumni.brandeis.edu.

Shin Yu Pai (CAS’97) of Watertown, Mass., formerly Doris Pai, was awarded a Peter Taylor Fellowship for the Kenyon Review Writers’ Workshop in Gambier, Ohio. She has completed a fellowship/residency at the MacDowell Colony of Peterborough, N.H. E-mail her at shinyu32@hotmail.com.

Alexander Poulos (COM’97) of Watertown, Mass., cofounded LaunchPad Media, a video and multimedia firm that works with corporate, medical, and educational clients. LaunchPad was recently awarded Telly Awards for work for clients Abbott Labs and Boston Medical Center; it also created projects for Alkermes Inc., Harvard University, and the Harlem Boys’ Choir. E-mail Alexander at alex@launchpad.tv.

Allison Jill Spiegel (COM’97, CGS’95) of New York, N.Y., married David Harstone in June at the Waldorf Astoria in New York. Shelby Meizlik (COM’97, CGS’95) was the maid of honor and James Casey (COM’99, CGS’97) was the best man. Also in attendance were Priya Akhoury (CAS’99), Ava Borbely (SMG’99), David Jones (COM’97), Shauna Keough (COM’99), Michael Mager (SMG’99), Allen Pinero (COM’97), Jason Ross (COM’99, CGS’97), and Theodore Vergakis (COM’99, CGS’97).

Michael Waldron (COM’97) of Washington, D.C., married Laura Coughlan on June 26. Laura is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Georgetown University. Earlier this year, Michael accepted an appointment in the Bush administration as deputy director of public affairs after serving as communications director for U.S. Senator George Allen (R-Va.). E-mail Michael at mikewaldron22@yahoo.com.

Patrick DeFreitas (COM’98) of Tigard, Ore., graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business with an M.B.A. and a certificate in management technology. He is working for Intel in Portland and Santa Clara, focusing in technical marketing. E-mail Patrick at pqd@hotmail.com.

Diego Gigliani (SMG’98) of Madrid, Spain, writes that on July 9 Maria Trujillo-Ribed (SMG’98) married Juan Antonio Roche in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Diego flew in for the wedding, as did Harris Makryiannis (SMG’98, CGS’96), Shadi Askari (SMG’98), Katherine Suarez (SMG’98), Summer Nasief (SMG’98, CGS’96), and Nick McCabe (SMG’98, CGS’96). They reminisced about SM-323, Starbucks, Newbury Street, and M-80 throughout the weekend. E-mail Diego at dgigliani@hotmail.com.

Meg Gomes (SSW’98) of Cranston, R.I., is the new school program manager at Valley Community School in Pawtucket, an alternative junior-senior high school for behavior disordered and/or emotionally disordered youth.

Marjorie Zeoli Musick (COM’98) of Dulles, Va., recently was named executive director for the Washington Technical Professional Forum in Potomac Falls. Previously she served as the association’s manager of membership and communications. E-mail her at marjorie@wtpf.org.

Amanda Moore Burke (CAS’99) of Newark, Del., married Edward Thomas Burke on September 23, 2003. E-mail Amanda at princessbride@comcast.net.

Grant Joung (CAS’99) and Savina Lau (CGS’98) of Boston, Mass., became engaged on June 19. They have been together since June 22, 1997, and have lived in California for the past four years. E-mail Grant at gjoung@yahoo.com.

Sabrina Motta (SAR’99) of Bronx, N.Y., and Marco Gallotta were married on July 1 in Pound Ridge, N.Y. The bridal party included Ann Marie Latella (SAR’99,’01) and Lindsay Cuomo (SAR’99). Sabrina met Marco when she was studying abroad in Italy while attending BU.

Christine Waelde Parmenter (CAS’99) of Oakland, N.J., was married to Ralph Parmenter, Jr., on June 26. Caroline Dacwag (CAS’00,’01) and Gina Barbuto (CAS’01) were bridesmaids. Also in attendance were Reynaldo Sequerra (CAS’99), Jose M. Cacicedo (CAS’00, GRS’00), Virendar Kaushik (CAS’97, MED’99), and Jennifer Peterson (CAS’01). Christine works for Regeneration Pharmaceuticals as a research assistant. She would love to hear from friends at cawparmenter@alum.bu.edu.

Karen S. Rohan (GSM’99) of Ware, Mass., was named president of CIGNA Dental, one of the nation’s largest dental-care benefits providers. She joined CIGNA in 1991, and has held numerous financial leadership positions, most recently as vice president, underwriting, for CIGNA Healthcare.

Grant Silver (CAS’99, CGS’97) and Lisa Moses (COM’99) of New York, N.Y., were married on January 3 in Westmoorings, Trinidad. In attendance were David Hadeed (SMG’97), Katherine Hadeed El-Daheer (CAS’99, GRS’99), Christianne Hadeed (CAS’02, CGS’00), and Rose-Marie Hadeed (COM’04) . Grant is marketing manager for The Golfer magazine, and Lisa works in the Tribeca Film Festival’s event management group. Write to them at grant_silver@lycos.com.

Vanessa Renee Wanderlingh (COM’99, CGS’97) of New York, N.Y., graduated from the New York City Police Academy on July 7 and will begin her career as a police officer at the 25th Precinct, located in Spanish Harlem. E-mail her at vanessa1202@aol.com.