Class Notes Category: Career

Emmanuel Masongsong ’04 Emmanuel Masongsong ’04 is the subject of a UCLA Newsroom spotlight comprising a video and a self-penned story on his nearly 27-year Bruin journey. A pillar of the physical sciences division staff in the Department of Earth, Planetary and Space Sciences (EPSS) since 2011, he earned his degree in microbiology, immunology, and molecular…

Angelica Chéri ’09 Angelica Chéri (née Nutt) ’09, who earned her B.A. in theater, with a playwriting concentration, announced that her musical “Wanted” (formerly “Gun & Powder”) is officially going to Broadway. It will begin previews Oct. 15 and officially open Nov. 8 at the James Earl Jones Theatre. Inspired by the true story of…

Al Schnupp, Ph.D. ’85 Al Schnupp, Ph.D. ’85, is a retired university theatre professor who taught over 10,000 students at Cal Poly, SLO. He has directed and/or designed approximately 85 shows and written a dozen plays, many of which were published and produced in university settings, regional theatre venues and Off-Off-Broadway. Several of his plays…

Amy Rooker, MBA ’07 Amy Scott Rooker, MBA ’07, has published a memoir, “My Mother Is a Dragonfly (GFB),” which explores trauma, grief, forgiveness and the unexpected paths that can lead back to wholeness. After two decades as a corporate attorney and technology executive, Rooker’s life unraveled in ways she did not anticipate. Following the…

Leslie Bosserman ’06, M.Ed. ’08 The debut book by executive leadership coach, educator and TEDx speaker Leslie M. Bosserman ’06, M.Ed. ’08, “Emotional Endurance: Faith-Fueled Skills for Bouncing Back,” will be released July 28 by Zondervan Gift, an imprint under HarperCollins Christian Publishing. From the press release: Combining insights from psychological research with biblical principles,…

Trish Lundy ’13 “The One that Got Away With Murder,” the debut thriller for young adults by Trish Lundy ’13, is in development for television at Hulu. Her next YA thriller, “The Worst Is Yet to Come,” will be published Oct. 6 by Macmillan. Lundy majored in English at UCLA. Read her previous UCLA Alumni…

Richard A. Marston ’74 Richard A. Marston ’74, University Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Kansas State University, is co-lead author on a new university textbook published by Cambridge University Press, “Essentials of Geomorphology.” The 567-page book covers landforms made by tectonics, volcanoes, water, wind, ice and gravity on Earth as well as landforms of other planets.…

Mark Kapczynski ’93 A new book by Mark Kapczynski ’93, “Everyone Sells (Including Ai): How to Influence Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime,” was published in January. The book is described as revealing “what truly drives decisions: human psychology, clarity, trust, and timing—then shows how modern tools, including AI, can amplify your ability to persuade without losing authenticity.…

Tanya Petrossian ’05, Ph.D. ’10 EndoCyclic Therapeutics, founded by Tanya Petrossian ’05, Ph.D. ’10, just announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the company’s Investigational New Drug (IND) application for its lead program, ENDO-205, a first-in-class, non-hormonal targeted peptide therapeutic for endometriosis.  The company plans to initiate a Phase 1 clinical…