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Award-Winning Filmmaker Chester Lampman, MFA Film & Digital Technology '12
If you think of award-winning filmmakers, Chester Lampman, MFA Film and Digital Technologies ’14, may not be the first to come to mind, but make no mistake—he’s the real deal.
Alumna Profile: "Sniffing Around Brooklyn"
As with so many New York stories— at least in the movies—it began with a gun. A 3,200-pound custom-built breakfast cereal-puffing gun that traveled the city demonstrating how grains get puffed into cereal.
Alumni Profile: Dr. Kathi Elliott DNP '14
“I plan to continue my mother’s legacy by exposing girls to opportunities and experiences that they traditionally would not have access to.”
Alumni Profile: Dianne Shenk, Master of Arts in Food Studies ‘12
The mission of Dylamato’s Market is to partner with other locally-owned micro-businesses to create viable livelihoods and access to fresh, healthy foods in the Hazelwood community.
Alumni Profile: Danielle Burkhart, MFA Film and Digital Technology ’12
After graduation, Burkhart worked the Pittsburgh Pirate’s digital video board. “Never did I have two days that were the same,” she says.
The Inspiration of Rachel Carson, '29
In 1962, Rachel started a conversation that would reverberate across the globe for decades to come: She published Silent Spring.
Christine Bullock '05 Named Finalist for Women's Health's "The Next Fitness Star"
She credits her psychology professor and academic advisor, Tom Hershberger, with sparking the flame which ultimately lead to her tutorial, a study of the effects of yoga on psychological and physiological wellbeing.