Alumna Named Deputy Director of Fellowship Affairs at Council on Foreign Relations

Victoria Alekhine, ESIA BA ’06, TSPPPA MPA ’08, was promoted to deputy director of fellowship affairs at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) in Aug. 2013. Alekhine works in the organization’s headquarters in New York, NY. Founded in 1921, CFR is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank and publisher. CFR’s mission is to be […]

Alumna Receives Physicians of Tomorrow Award

Esther Han, SPHHS MPH ’06, received a “Physicians of Tomorrow” Award from the American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation. The AMA granted these awards to twenty-one rising fourth-year medical students across the nation. Each student will receive a $10,000 tuition-assistance scholarship. Recipients were nominated by their medical schools and chosen based upon academic achievement and financial […]

Alumna Pens Children’s Book about Diwali

Sana (Hoda) Sood, ESIA MA ’06, recently published her first children’s book, “Diwali: A Cultural Adventure.” The book tells the story of how the annual Indian festival Diwali came to be, what it signifies and how it’s celebrated today.  The book was illustrated by Sood’s mother, Rubina Hoda. Sood, an Indian-American living in the Washington, […]