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National Queer Theatre recently announced that Theatre alumnus Nick Hadikwa Mwaluko '09 is one of two inaugural New Vision Fellows.

Emergency Contact, a new feature film written by alumni Rory Haines '11 and Sohrab Noshirvani '12, will go into production for Warner Bros in the coming weeks.

Writing alumna Catherine Lacey '10 recently won the 2021 NYPL Young Lions Award for her novel, Pew. This prestigious award is given annually to an American writer aged 35 or younger for an outstanding novel or collection of short stories, and the award carries a monetary prize of $10,000. This year's judges were authors Hernan Diaz and Emma Straub, and critic Yahdon Israel. 

Work by Visual Arts alumna Joan Linder '96 is available for viewing in Slightly Surreal Suburbia, an exhibition at Cristin Tierney Gallery, starting June 18, 2021. Linder's work appears alongside paintings by Maureen O'Leary in this two-person exhibition, which will run until August 6, 2021. 

Middle of Nowhere, a half-hour, single camera indie television pilot created, written, directed and executive produced by Adjunct Professor Michele Palermo, is experiencing a successful festival showing.

Leylak, written and produced by Mustafa Kaymak '14, associate produced by Mark Castillo '18, and executive produced by Sola Fasehun '15, was named the winner of the 2021 Special Jury Mention Award in the shorts category of this year’s Tribeca Film Festival.

Seven films by Columbia Filmmakers will screen at the internationally esteemed 2021 Cannes Film Festival. 

On Wednesday, the Copyright Agency Cultural Fund of Australia and award trustee Perpetual announced the shortlist for this year's Miles Franklin Literary Award. Writing alumna Madeleine Watts '19 is among the six Australian authors to be chosen as finalists for this prestigious award.

Yesterday, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights issued a Notice of Interpretation making it clear that Title IX protections encompass discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, effective immediately. This is a reversal of the stance taken by the prior Administration.  

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Theatre Management and Producing alumna Sunshine Lampitoc Smith '08 and Dramaturgy alumna Annie Jin Wang '20 participated in the creation of a devised production called Rooted: Stories of Belonging Inspired by Asian Elders.

Alumna Ashley Tata ’12 will direct Red Giant, the first digital opera from Rhymes With Opera, on June 20, 2021.

Alumna Yossera Bouchtia '19 participated in The Gotham's TV Series Lab with her show Yasmine/Jasmine from May 24-28, 2021. 

Alumnus Ben Rosenthal '18 recently published his debut collection of short stories, S-Bahn 5:32, through Adelaide Books. 

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