Nasheet Waits, ’12, renowned drummer, composer and educator, has joined the New England Conservatory’s Jazz Studies Department. Waits is widely known for his performances and recordings with a jazz greats including Antonio Hart, Geri Allen, Greg Osby, Marc Cary, Andrew Hill, Wallace Roney and many others. His father is legendary percussionist Frederick Waits, who played with Ella Fitzgerald, Sonny Rollins, Max Roach and McCoy Tyner.

Providence Business News recognized Steven Horowitz, ’78, with a 2020 Leaders & Achievers Award for his 22 years as President and Chief Executive Officer at Saint Elizabeth Community, a leading nursing and rehab center in Rhode Island. The organization has experienced exponential growth under Horowitz’s leadership.

MarketScale featured the expert insight of Dr. Helaine Marshall, Director of Language Education Programs and Professor of Education, in an article entitled “How to Prevent Zoom Fatigue for Students Enrolled in Online Learning Classes.” Dr. Marshall also recently co-authored an article on the topic of virtual education for the journal Teaching English as a Second Language.

Hannah Ryan, Resident Director of Hamilton: An American Musical on Broadway and the U.S. Tour, will serve as one of four guest artists for the Post Theatre Company. Ryan also directed An American in Paris on Broadway. LIU students will work directly under the guidance of the guest artists, which also include Debbie Christine Tjong, Benita de Wit and NJ Agwuna.

Ridgewood Savings Bank, the largest mutual savings bank in New York State, appointed James R. Jewett, Jr., ’04, to the position of First Vice President and Chief Investment Officer. Jewett also serves on the Board of Advisors at Mercy First, a not-for-profit that provides care for children and families in need, and Operation SPLASH (Stop Polluting Littering and Save Harbors), a local not-for-profit environmental organization.

The U.S. Department of Education awarded Dr. Dalia Fahmy, Associate Professor of Political Science, a grant to fund to help integrating the official UN languages within the International Relations and Diplomacy program. Dr. Fahmy is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Policy in Washington D.C. and is an internationally recognized expert on U.S. Foreign Policy, Political Islam and Democratization.

Dr. Joseph P. Nathan, Associate Professor of Pharmacy, and Dr. Sara Grossman, Adjunct professor of Pharmacy, co-authored an article published on DrugTopics, the top-ranked monthly retail pharmacy publication. “Smell Disturbances in the Era of COVID-19” discussed hyposmia, the reduced ability to smell, and anosmia, the loss of smell, that patients experience after contracting the virus. Read more here.

Equine America Magazine published a four-page spread highlighting the inaugural class of 100 students in the Long Island University College of Veterinary Medicine. The College is one of only four veterinary programs in the Northeast and one of just 32 in the nation.

South Florida Business Journal named Jorge Pérez, ’72, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Related Group, to its prestigious list of Ultimate CEO’s for 2020. Pérez also ranked on Forbes Billionaires 2020. Nicknamed the “Condo King,” Pérez founded Related Group in 1979, which has built and managed more than 100,000 condominium and apartment residences over the past four decades.

Fred Gaudelli, ’82, Emmy-Award Winning Executive Producer of NBC’s Sunday Night Football, will be inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame. Gaudelli, who has collected 24 Emmys during his 30-year run producing primetime NFL games, enters with eight other members in the Class of 2020, including Charles Barkley, James Brown and Phyllis George. Gaudelli has produced six Super Bowls, including Super Bowl XLIX, which still ranks as the most-watched program in U.S. TV history with an average of 114.4 million viewers.