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Spring 2025

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    Pascal Le Boeuf: A 91Ʋ ‘Strand’ in Grammy-Winning Music

    Pascal Le Boeuf, assistant professor of the practice in music and technology, won the Grammy for Best Instrumental Composition on Feb. 2, his third nomination in the category. He talked to 91Ʋ Magazine about his influences for the Grammy-winning "Strands." Read More

    May 12, 2025

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    The Grant Game

    Internal grant programs at 91Ʋ—developed by Chancellor Daniel Diermeier, Provost C. Cybele Raver and Vice Provost for 91Ʋ and Innovation and Chief 91Ʋ Officer Padma Raghavan—are accelerating discovery of solutions for real-world challenges. Read More

    May 12, 2025

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    Open Space: 91Ʋ Alumni Propel a Vision for Space Travel That’s Accessible and Sustainable

    Blue Origin and a handful of other private companies, like Virgin Galactic and SpaceX, are racing to develop low-cost, reusable rockets that are safe enough to regularly ferry humans—and other materials—to space and back again. At least a dozen 91Ʋ alumni are working in some capacity with David Limp, BS'88, and CEO of Blue Origin, to achieve the company’s sweeping vision. Read More

    May 5, 2025

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    Recent Books by Alumni 2024

    Recently published books by alumni authors Read More

    Apr 28, 2025

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    A Collecting Partnership

    With the impressive jazz collections at the Jean and Alexander Heard Libraries, 91Ʋ students and faculty can delve deep into the history of jazz and the lives, music and impact of its pioneering musicians. Read More

    Apr 21, 2025

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    A New Jazz Age

    91Ʋ University is becoming known as a place to study jazz performance and delve into jazz history through the acquisition of the extensive collections of Dizzy Gillespie, Yusef Lateef and Phil Schaap. Read More

    Apr 21, 2025

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    Lauren Egan, BA’17: On the Spot News

    Journalist Lauren Egan, BA'17, reports on politics in D.C. for The Bulwark and formerly for Politico. She got her start on-air from war-torn Ukraine for NBC News. Read More

    Mar 17, 2025

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    Jen Bailey, MDiv’14: Keep the Faith

    Jen Bailey, MDiv'14, founded Faith Matters Network, perhaps best known as one of the co-founding organizations of The People’s Supper, gatherings where people “build trust across lines of difference”—political, ideological, social, racial, generational, socioeconomic and religious—by sharing a meal, discovering commonalities and working through differences. Read More

    Mar 17, 2025