Class Notes Category: Accolades
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Kelly Lytle-Hernandez, M.A. ’00, Ph.D. ’02
Kelly Lytle-Hernandez, M.A. ’00, Ph.D. ’02, director of the UCLA Bunche Center for African American Studies, has won an American Book Award for “City of Inmates: Conquest, Rebellion, and the Rise of Human Caging in Los Angeles, 1771-1965.” Her first book, “MIGRA! A History of the U.S. Border Patrol,” about Mexican immigration to the United…
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Cameron Phillips, M.U.R.P. ’18
Cameron Phillips, M.U.R.P. ’18, an aspiring travel filmmaker and video blogger, won Booking.com’s first Chief Booking Officer contest, which allows him to travel all over the U.S. and showcase some iconic and unique properties. Read more here.
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Juana Hernandez ’09
Juana Hernandez ’09 (Life member) was recently recognized as one of “40 Under 40” rising civic leaders in Los Angeles County. Sponsored by the Empowerment Congress, the Office of Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas and retired State Assembly member Sebastian Ridley-Thomas, the annual awards ceremony honors Los Angeles leaders from the government, philanthropic, nonprofit…
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Satoshi Suga, M.S. ’16
Satoshi Suga, M.S. ’16 was chosen by the Knowles Teacher Initiative as a member of its 2018 Cohort of Teaching Fellows. This year, 34 promising high school mathematics and science teachers who are just beginning their careers were awarded Knowles Teaching Fellowships. Suga will begin teaching at McClymonds High School in Oakland during the 2018-19…
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Dominic Lucido ’16, M.Ed. ’18
Dominic Lucido ’16, M.Ed. ’18 was chosen by the Knowles Teacher Initiative as a member of its 2018 Cohort of Teaching Fellows. This year, 34 promising high school mathematics and science teachers who are just beginning their careers were awarded Knowles Teaching Fellowships. Lucido began his teaching career at Downtown Magnets High School in Los…
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Donald E. Sobelman ’91
Donald E. Sobelman ’91 of Sacramento Law firm Downey Brand has been recognized as a 2018 Northern California “Super Lawyer” by Thomson Reuters lawyer rating service. Northern California Super Lawyers honors attorneys in 70+ practice areas who have demonstrated excellence in their respective practices of law. Attorneys are carefully chosen using a multi-phase selection process…
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Kathryn L. (Martin) Oehlschlager ’99
Kathryn L. Oehlschlager ’99 of Sacramento law firm Downey Brand has earned Top Lawyer recognition from Sacramento Magazine. Attorneys throughout the region participated in the voting, recommending colleagues in over 50 legal disciplines. Attorneys who received the highest number of votes in each discipline received a Top Lawyer designation and will be featured in the…
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Alexandra K. LaFountain ’11
Alexandra K. LaFountain ’11 of Sacramento law firm Downey Brand has been named a 2018 Northern California “Rising Star” by Thomson Reuters lawyer rating service. Northern California Rising Stars distinguishes attorneys in 70+ practice areas who have demonstrated excellence in their respective practices of law. They are designated based upon a multi-phase selection process that…
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Brandon Rose ’04
Brandon Rose ’04, has been selected by Northern California Super Lawyers to its “2018 Rising Stars” list. Rose is a partner with law firm McManis Faulkner in San Jose. He represents individuals in family law matters, including marital and domestic partnership dissolutions, separation disputes, domestic violence, and child custody, visitation and support. An American literature…
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Darren Carpizo, Ph.D. ’03
Darren Carpizo, M.D., Ph.D. ’03, has been awarded a $500,000 research grant by the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, which is dedicated to fighting the disease, the third leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States. Carpizo did his undergraduate studies at Cornell University, and received his M.D. at the University of Illinois at Chicago.…