Greg Bartalos (COM'90) of Brooklyn, N.Y., is Yahoo! Finance's news editor and has a music blog on www.bigtakeover.com. He lives with his wife, Myra. E-mail Greg at bartalos@yahoo-inc.com.

Shannon Thompson Connolly (CFA'90) of Holland, Pa., and her husband welcomed their second child, Carolyn Anne, in April 2005. Carolyn's big brother, Shane, turned three in May 2006. Shannon is director of development for the YMCA of Philadelphia and Vicinity and recently opened Effervescence Events, a wedding design and management business. Check out her Web site at www.effervescenceevents.com or e-mail her at jsconnolly6802@verizon.net.

Adrienne Denny Duncan (CAS'90) of Dunwoody, Ga., and her husband, Pat, had their first child, Margaret Hunter, on November 11, 2005. Adrienne writes, "With her birth and the recent relocation to metro Atlanta, I've retired from medical research. In addition to being Mom, I run a Web design and development business, SDOC Publishing. " Check out her Web site at www.sdocpublishing.com and e-mail her at serenitynow@bellsouth.net.

Danny Prosky (MET'90) of Irvine, Calif., is managing director of health-care properties at Triple Net Properties. Danny oversees Triple Net's medical property acquisitions, management, and dispositions.

John Cooney (CAS'91) of Seattle, Wash., and his wife, Ramie, welcomed Courtney Anne to the family on June 16, 2005. John continues his work at Union Pacific Railroad and moved from Omaha to Seattle in January 2006. "So much for the dream home!" he writes. He stays in touch with former "Boyd Hallians" Eric Trageser (UNI'88), Kirk Beitz (CAS'88), and Lynn Solomon (COM'89) and hopes to track down others. E-mail him at jvcooney@alum.bu.edu.

Oded Loebl (ENG'91) of Tel Aviv, Israel, works in biomechanics and is a project manager in various startup companies. He is married and has two sons, ages one and three. E-mail Oded at loebl_o@yahoo.com.

Manuel O. Mendez (ENG'91) is general manager for Abbott Laboratories Benelux region. Manuel has two daughters, and when he wrote, was expecting a son in May. "After three great adventure years living in Japan and South Korea, Europe's lifestyle is very different and interesting," he says. E-mail Manuel at manuel.mendez@abbott.com.

Henry D. Nguyen (ENG'91) and Lisa Jensen Nguyen (CAS'91, SED'91), of Pacific Grove, Calif., are enjoying their new locale. "It's a definite change from our hurricane-ravaged hometown of Ocean Springs, Miss.," Henry writes. He is enrolled at Naval Postgraduate School for an 18-month systems engineering program on behalf of his company, Northrop Grumman. He and Lisa have two daughters, Haley and Jenna. E-mail him at hnguyen@prodigy.net.

Stephen Nigohosian (COM'91) of Ridgewood, N.J., has been promoted to director of artist relations and education at Latin Percussion, a division of Kaman Music Corp., the largest independent distributor of music instruments.

Robert Powell (COM'91) of Swampscott, Mass., was interviewed for I'm an English Major — Now What? How English Majors Can Find Happiness, Success, and a Real Job (Writer's Digest Books, 2006), a career guide for people in the humanities.

Ilyse Reiter-Wagner (CAS'91, SED'91) of Bellevue, Wash., and her husband, Greg, had their third child, Bailey, last summer. Ilyse is an IT project manager at Seattle's Children's Hospital. She would love to hear from BU classmates, especially her Hillel friends, at ilyse@seattlewagner.com.

Chris Syvertsen (ENG'91) of Madison, Conn., is the general manager of Unicast Development, a ceramics manufacturer. Chris lives with his wife, Melinda, and their three children, Erick, Emily, and Elise. E-mail him at csyvertsen@alum.be.edu.

Michael A. Anderson (CAS'92) of Waldorf, Md., and his wife, Sara, had their first child, Marcus Henry, while Michael was stationed at Fort Dix, N.J. Michael has been transferred to the Pentagon. E-mail him at MAAnderson1313@aol.com.

Paige Blair (CAS'92, STH'95) of York Harbor, Maine, has been the rector of St. George's Church since 2000. She recently filmed a national television ad inviting viewers to visit the Episcopal Church. See Paige in the television commercial at www.comeandgrow.org.

Lauren Kessler (MET'92) of Winchester, Mass., was named the 2005 Software Engineer of the Year by the American Institute of Aeronautics at a banquet on February 16. Lauren works for Draper Laboratory. She's also a helicopter pilot and belongs to the Civil Air Patrol.

Jacqui Hazard O'Keefe (ENG'92) of San Francisco, Calif., is "happily ensconced" at Macy's in the corporate training and development department after 10 years as a process engineer in the biotech field. She lives with her husband, Mark, and their three-year-old daughter, Chloe. Jacqui writes, "I'd love to hear from any long-lost BME classmates. " E-mail her at jacquihazard@yahoo.com.

Annemarie Connolly Stenstrom (SED'92) of Norwood, Mass., has left her job managing Newspapers in Education (NIE) to concentrate on raising her two children, three-year-old Joseph and one-year-old Maggie. She will be substitute teaching and will continue doing contract work for NIE.

Wendy Reitan Byrne (CAS'93, GSM'98) of East Windsor, N.J., married John Byrne on June 25, 2005, in Princeton, N.J. Wendy is senior manager of real estate financial services for the Schonbraun McCann Group in Roseland, N.J. E-mail her at wrbyr@hotmail.com.

Julie McCracken Cabana (COM'93,'94) of Glendale, Calif., is a media buyer. She has been married for five years and had a baby girl, Katelin Isabella, a year ago. E-mail Julie at juliecabana@sbcglobal.net.

Jenn Gleckman (CAS'93) of South Lake Tahoe, Calif., has achieved her goal of skiing 100 days a year for the past five years. Jenn is a marketing consultant, telemark ski reviewer, and proud mom to a five-year-old white shepherd-dingo mix. She would love to hear from her "favorite big-haired friend, Elaine Gale" at jenngleckman@yahoo.com.

Michael Maguire (CAS'93) and Jill Coletta Maguire (COM'93) of West Roxbury, Mass., announce the birth of their first child, Alexander Michael Maguire, on January 23, 2006. Contact them at www.michaelmaguire.org or astrea@rcn.com.

Steven J. Masse, Jr. (CAS'93), of Randolph, Mass., is deputy chief legal counsel of the Middlesex County Sheriff's Office. E-mail Steven at stevenmasse@verizon.net.

Derrick "Dirk" Meyer (GSM'93) of Austin, Tex., is president and chief operating officer of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), the world's second-largest producer of PC microprocessors. Dirk was promoted from microprocessor chief and has worked with AMD since 1995. He won the Association for Computing Machinery Maurice Wilkes Award for his architectural contributions to the Alpha and x86 microprocessor designs.

Audrey Morgenbesser (CAS'93, SED'93,'04) of Washington, D.C., is one of the first scholars to be awarded a two-year fellowship at the American Institutes for Research (AIR), one of the largest behavioral and social science research organizations in the world. The fellowship is awarded to recent doctoral recipients to help them undertake large-scale research projects. Audrey is studying education and human development for the What Works Clearinghouse and researching early childhood education for the Professional Development Impact Study, which provides training for teachers.

Jeremy Mushlin (CAS'93) of Brooklyn, N.Y., released his latest album, Stuntin' (Jump Up Records, 2005) with his group, the Scorchers. He's also been performing and recording with Brooklyn's Hungry March Band. Jeremy is an environmental/engineering consultant and was married in August 2005. Check out Jeremy and the Scorchers at www.djmush1.com/scorchers.

Cooper Olson (COM'93) of Venice, Calif., writes that he "still has no babies or wives but did just get the sweet title of VP/ creative director at Foote Cone and Belding out in sunny L.A., on the Taco Bell account. " He "congratulates the Dear Abbeys on ruling the universe." Tell him how much you love burritos at underdogco@aol.com.

Bill Powers (MET'93) of Spotsylvania, Va., is deputy director of the Marine Corps Center for Lessons Learned in Quantico, Va. Bill is a doctoral candidate in organizational leadership.

Kristen Bassos Weber (SAR'93,'94) of Lemoore, Calif., and her husband, Scott, announce the birth of their daughter, Emily, in November 2005. Emily has two older brothers, Tyler and Jack. The family lives at Naval Air Station Lemoore, where Scott flies the F-18 Hornet and Kristen is a stay-at-home mom. She would love to hear from old friends at kbassweber@aol.com.

Christopher Bergen (SMG'94) of Savannah, Ga., is director of financial reporting at the newly public Citi Trends, Inc.

Donald Colliver (COM'94) of Los Angeles, Calif., has spent the last 11 years producing, writing, and directing television shows for the Food Network, HGTV, E! Entertainment, TLC, and Lifetime, as well as creating numerous corporate and independent projects. He is getting married in September. E-mail him at doncolliver@bu.edu.

Josephine "J'mi" Arrastia Matsubara (CAS'94) of Kamuela, Hawaii, married Jon Matsubara on May 29, 2004. They celebrated the birth of their first child, Brooke Alexis, on May 2, 2005. J'mi is happy to be back in Hawaii after living and working in New York as an attorney for the past four years. E-mail her at jmimatsubara@yahoo.com.

Kimberly Mount Robinson (SAR'94) of Bernardsville, N.J., and her husband welcomed their second child, Meghan, in January. Their son, Sean, is three years old. Kimberly writes, "I want to send a hello to old friends Tammy Bleiman Clarke (SAR'93,'96), Makeda Pennycooke (SAR'94,'93), Matt Tycz (SAR'93,'94), Aimee Maire (SAR'93,'96), Melissa Buchikos-Urszinyi (CAS'93), and Chris Studer (SED'93). " E-mail Kimberly at KRobinsonOTR@aol.com.

Taylor Saflin (MET'94) of Wichita, Kans., published Two if by Sea (Infinity Publishing, 2005), a combat adventure novel.

Laurel Thomas Schreiber (CAS'94, SED'94) of Pittsburgh, Pa., and her husband, Luke, announce the birth of their second child, Lorelei Elizabeth, on January 21, 2006. Lorelei has a four-year-old sister, Madeleine. Laurel would love to hear from old friends at laurelthomas@alum.bu.edu.

Christina Asquith (CAS'95) of Washington, D.C., published The Emergency Teacher (Lulu Press, 2005), an account of her first year as an urban schoolteacher in Philadelphia's toughest middle school. Christina has written for the New York Times, The Economist, and the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Sara Guardino Colket (CAS'95) of Boston, Mass., and her husband, Jeff, welcomed a daughter, Lucy Elise, on January 19, 2006. E-mail Sara at laurelthomas@alum.bu.edu.

Thomas Denenberg (GRS'95,'02) of Portland, Maine, the William E. and Helen E. Thon curator of American Art at the Portland Museum of Art, is the museum's chief curator. Thomas manages the museum's historic buildings and its collection of American and European art and works to enhance its permanent collection and increase the number of visitors.

Jenny Iorio Isfahani (GSM'95) and Kazim Isfahani (SMG'90, GSM'95) of Stamford, Conn., announce the birth of their daughter, Rubina Farah, on February 7, 2006. Rubina has a big brother, Kamran. E-mail Jenny at kjisfahani@yahoo.com.

Corinne Marrinan (CFA'95) of Los Angeles, Calif., received an Academy Award nomination for producing the short documentary A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin. Corinne is the associate producer of the CBS television series CSI, CSI: Miami, and CSI: NY. She also coauthored and designed the book CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Companion. Write to her at laurelthomas@alum.bu.edu.

Christopher J. Miller (ENG'95) of Sydney, Australia, is working on productions at Animal Logic Studios, which has done the effects for several movies, including the three Matrix films, as well as Cartoon Network spots. Christopher was a lighting technical director for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe.

John Miyahara (STH'95) of Carlisle, Pa., is on active duty assignment with the U.S. Navy Chaplain Corps, working with Hurricane Katrina victims in Pensacola, Fla., and New Orleans, La. He's on a leave of absence from his job at Dickinson College. E-mail John at laurelthomas@alum.bu.edu.

Dan Tollin (ENG'95) of Aurora, Colo., is an assistant professor of physiology and biophysics at the University of Colorado Medical School. Dan recently received a five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the development of the auditory nervous system.

Rosemary Gencarelli Vinitsky (CAS'95) of Caldwell, N.J., married Jack Vinitsky on March 25, 2006. Rosemary is an attorney with Buonocore & Trevisan in Parsippany, N.J., and is practicing primarily complex commercial litigation. She would love to hear from classmates and Gamma Phi sisters at rgencarelli@bt-law.com.

Aaron Wasserman (COM'95) of Fairfield, Conn., worked for six years in cable television, winning two Emmy awards. Aaron now works for Priceline.com as the general manager of Priceline Cruises. Contact him at a2was@yahoo.com.

Derek Wiebenson (ENG'95) of Chicago, Ill., has been working for 10 years with Aksys, a company that produces hemodialysis machines for patients with kidney failure. Derek married Sarah Klipfel of Cambridge, Mass., in 2004. "We live in downtown Chicago and miss hills and the ocean," he writes.