Lawyer Marie-Therese Connolly, '81, who focuses on elder abuse, and evolutionary geneticist Sarah Otto, '88, PhD '92, won MacArthur "genius grants." . . . Philip Levine, a Stegner fellow in 1957-1958, has been named poet laureate of the United States. . . . Cassidy Krug, '07, won national diving titles in the 3-meter springboard and, with partner Kassidy Cook, the 3-meter synchronized. . . . Quan Phung, '92, head of television for Stuber Pictures, is executive producer of the NBC television comedy Whitney. . . . The Smithsonian Institution board of regents elected France A. Córdova, '69, the president of Purdue University, as its chair.
