L. Rafael Reif, MS '75, PhD '79, has been named MIT's 17th president. . . . The 2012 Pulitzer Prize winners included Chicago Tribune columnist Mary Schmich, Gr. '80, for commentary and former Stegner fellow Tracy K. Smith for poetry. . . . Yul Kwon, '97, hosted a PBS series, America Revealed, about systems and networks in the United States. . . . Palo Alto nonprofit Avenidas gave Lifetimes of Achievement honors to Jean Galt Coblentz, '47, Kenneth Sletten, MBA '56, and Boyd Smith, MBA '64. . . . Gastronomica, edited by Darra Goldstein, MA '76, PhD '83, won publication of the year honors from the James Beard Foundation.
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