Ernest Moniz, PhD '72, was nominated to be secretary of energy, succeeding physicist Steven Chu, who will return to the Stanford faculty. . . . Rachel Silverman, '09, and Jerry Lee, '08, MS '09, received full-cost Gates Cambridge Scholarships to pursue graduate studies at the University of Cambridge. . . . Vienna Teng (formerly Cynthia Shih), '00, composed a musical with playwright Tanya Shaffer. The Fourth Messenger, about a female Buddha, debuted at Ashby Stage in Berkeley. . . . Word for Word's production of You Know When the Men Are Gone featured actress Roselyn Hallett, '08, who toured France with the show. . . . The American Library Association posthumously honored activist Aaron Swartz, '08, (see obituary in Class Notes) for his work in promoting public access to research and government information.
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