Fall 2011 - University of Toronto Schools

Branch EventsConnecting alumni, students, and staff around the worldNew York City MixerA group of UTS senior art studentswere in NYC this spring for a fieldtrip. There was an added twist totheir trip: a Branch Event was addedto their itinerary giving 12 alumniliving in or around the Big Apple anopportunity to join our students andteachers for a New York City Mixer.Held at the Heartland Brewery on5th Avenue, it was a chance for alumnito hear news of the school and toconnect with others living in the area.Nick Herman ’02 also took the timeto give the students a guided tour of the Metwhere he is the New York University, Instituteof Fine Arts’ Erwin Panofsky Fellow.top right: Jocelyn Cheng ’02 and Leah Epstein ’02.Middle right: Nick Herman ’02 with members of the class of ’11.bottom right: Dave Auster ’86, David Walker ’84, JonathanHaruni ’84, and Chand Sooran ’84 at the New York City Mixer.Washington, D.C. Happy HourThe inaugural meeting of DC-area UTSalumni in late-June was organized byIlya Shapiro ’95 and Laura Bogomolny’98, who also hosted at her brownstoneapartment in the centrally located DupontCircle area. Classes from 1978 to 2003were represented – some attendeeshaving resided in metro Washington, DCfor many years and others having justarrived. Stories were shared, businesscards exchanged, and a good time was hadby all. Plans are already percolating foranother get-together in the Fall.L-R: Ilya Shapiro ’95, Mike Shenkman ’97, Amy with husbandJames Browne ’96, Adele Madonia ’03,Laura Bogomolny ’98, Chris Flavelle (Laura’s husband).Other alumni who attended: Deborah Berlyne ’78,Rebecca Netley ’84, Viktor Pregel ’94, Anne Han ’98,Liz Ben-Ishai ’98 and Eva Vivalt ’01.8 the root : t h e u t s a lu m n i m ag a z i n e | fa l l 2011