In September, The Studio co-creators Alex Gregory, ’92, and Peter Huyck, ’93, won Emmys for outstanding comedy series and outstanding writing for a comedy series. Ted Danson, ’70, was also on stage that evening, to accept the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award with his wife, actor Mary Steenburgen.
Assistant professor of chemical engineering William Tarpeh, ’12, is more interested in bad actors—nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphorus. Tarpeh was named a MacArthur Fellow for his work recovering chemicals from wastewater for reuse in fertilizers and cleaning products. Joining Tarpeh as a 2025 MacArthur Fellow is Johns Hopkins political scientist Hahrie Han, MA ’02, PhD ’05, whose scholarship aims to deepen our understanding of how to build stronger democracies.
Professor emerita of developmental biology Lucy Shapiro has won the 2025 Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science for her role in the establishment of systems biology as a branch of science.
Getting a running start on achievements are 2026 Rhodes Scholars Sydney Barta and Tatiana Zhang, both ’26. They will pursue graduate study at Oxford.
And Tavita Pritchard, ’09, is running the field. The former Washington Commanders quarterbacks coach is Stanford’s new director of football.
