2017
2017 content overview
Matthew Spellberg *17 Seeks New Ideas for a Better World
Spellberg plans to expand the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation’s mission beyond disarmament
Lizzie Bird ’17 Sets British Steeplechase Record in Olympic Final
Believing she could get to Tokyo ‘kept me going these last two years,’ Bird says
Yasmeen Almog ’17 Is Predicting Bone Fractures With AI
‘The potential use cases are pretty limitless’
Alumni Start Movement to Lift Up Black-Owned Bookstores
A new collective seeks to educate while also funding Black authors and booksellers
Jessica Li ’18 and Weimen Li ’17 Are Bringing Masks to the U.S.
‘Let me channel that grief into momentum,’ says Jessica Li ’18
Melissa Parnagian ’17 and Kelsey Koelzer ’17 Work to Honor Hockey Trailblazer Willie O’Ree
1 ResponsePAWcast: Tyler Lussi ’17 on Getting Fans to Buy Into Women’s Soccer
Portland’s case study for building a following and “letting those fans express themselves”
Aaron Robertson ’17 Translates an Italian Author’s Seminal Work
Voices: A Road Map
In post-thesis life, familiar ideas lead to new ways of thinking
Jason Golfinos ’17 Scores Points With Fans of BBC’s ‘University Challenge’
Ted Callon ’17 and Maia Jachimowicz *08: Seeking an End to Cash Bail
Philadelphia Bail Fund sets out to reform the bail system, with the aim of reducing inequality
Where Technology and Policy Converge
Angelo Campus ’16 and Aaron Schwartz ’17 Deliver Clean Power, Off the Grid
A First for ’17
New class president seeks to serve different campus perspectives
‘Onward!’
Class of ’17 Commencement events take inspiration from Bowen, Gatsby
Highest Distinction: Q&A with Solveig Gold ’17 and Marisa Salazar ’17
Pyne Prize winners talk about campus experiences, aspirations


















