Leana Wen (Missouri & Merton 2007) featured in The Atlantic

Dr Leana Wen (Missouri & Merton 2007) was recently profiled in The Atlantic for her current work as Baltimore's Health Commissioner. The article discusses her commitment to keeping city health systems functioning at a time of increasing tensions and violence. Journalist Olga Khazan writes:

"Since January, Wen has been running one of America’s oldest and most experimental health departments, in one of the poorest cities in the country. Throughout my day with her, I learned a lot about how racial disparities and poverty pry an immense gap in the health outcomes of a community. I heard about some unusual strategies—like using ex-cons to patrol neighborhoods and break up fights—that public-health experts are employing in order to address those problems.

Also, I learned that I cannot keep up with Dr Leana Wen."

Dr Ann Olivarius (Connecticut & Somerville 1978) authors article for The Telegraph on combating revenge porn

"I'm often asked why I, as a lawyer, have chosen to take on revenge porn cases. I’ve fought against sexual violence for over 40 years, and I am a little amazed by the persistence of this hate crime and the abundance of new forms that technology permits it to morph into."

Senior Partner of McAllister Olivarius and founder and chair of the Rhodes Project, Dr Ann Olivarius, writes in The Telegraph about taking legal action in revenge porn cases and the need for varied tactics in combating the crime. Her firm has been working to promote new laws against revenge pornography in both the United States and the United Kingdom to better advocate for victims of online harassment.

Lois Quam (Minnesota and Trinity 1983) to Co-chair Minnesota's World's Fair Bid

Lois Quam (Minnesota and Trinity 1983) is leading Minnesota's bid to host the 2023 World's Fair. The bid was announced on 11 April, and the committee stated that they have raised nearly three quarters of the $1.5 million needed to launch the project.

Quam is currently chief operating officer of the Nature Conservancy, a non-governmental organisation based in Arlington, Virginia. Previously she was executive director of the Global Health Initiative in the US State Department. While at Oxford, Quam earned an MA in philosophy, politics and economics.

Read more about Minnesota's World's Fair bid in this article from the Star Tribune.