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ALUMNI NEWS This is Mary Brown, a new solo play by Obie-award winner – and former UTS school captain – Winsome Brown ’90, enjoyed a three-week run at New York’s La MaMa theatre in June 2015. In the play, Winsome channels her mother, Mary Brown, an iconoclastic and wickedly funny Irish immigrant, her Alaskan frontiersman father, and more than a dozen other characters to tell the epic story of a mother’s life. The New York Times called it “Lovely… honest… affecting,” and said “such frank and straightforward storytelling is poignant.” Winsome also took This is Mary Brown to the 2015 Edinburgh Festival Fringe where it was enjoyed by UTS Chair of the Board Jim Fleck ’49. In February 2015, Eric Walsh ’90 was appointed Ambassador at the Embassy of Canada to Korea. Before this assignment, he was director of East and North Asia relations in the Canadian government in Ottawa, and had fulfilled postings to Berlin, Bucharest, and Geneva. Get Your Winter Blues Here! L-R: Winsome Brown ’90 in her play This is Mary Brown; Dory Boyer and Dan Gutman from the Class of ’91 at UTS during the Pan Am Games. Dory Boyer ’91 was the Chief Doctor for the Canadian Team at the Pan Am Games this year. While in Toronto for the games, he found time to reconnect with UTS friend and Toronto lawyer, Dan Gutman ’91. After reliving old memories over an ice-cream cone at Greg’s, they stopped by UTS for a tour. In Born to Walk (ECW Press, 2015), Daniel Rubinstein ’91 examines “the humble act of putting one foot in front Lim Jinyoul of the other [that] transcends age, geography, culture, and class, and is one of the most economical and environmentally responsible modes of transit.” The Toronto Star described the book as a “thoughtprovoking, transcendent examination of the benefits of walking”. The Winnipeg Free Press observed that it “should be required reading for Canadian politicians, policy-makers, planners and pedestrians”. Daniel is a National Magazine Award–winning writer and editor, and contributes to publications such as The Walrus, the Globe and Mail, and The Economist. Check-out new UTS merchandise at: www.utschools.ca/merchandise Author Daniel Rubinstein ’91. 24 THE ROOT • FALL 2015
ALUMNI NEWS The Good Brother (ChiZine Publications, 2015), the first novel by Elaine Chen ’94, was published in June. The young-adult fantasy novel tells the story of a young Chinese-Canadian woman haunted by her brother’s ghost and the ghosts of her former selves, despite her efforts to start over. Notwithstanding this milestone in her literary career, Elaine says she “has no plans to quit her web-design job.” Oral and maxillofacial surgeon, Benjamin Lin ’95, has been elected to Governing Council of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario, the self-regulatory body for dentists in the province. He has been appointed to the Registration Committee and the Legal and Legislation Committee. Jessica Ware ’95 was one of two scientists from Rutgers University- Newark to receive the prestigious early CAREER award from the National Science Foundation. The prize is given to junior faculty who exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through the integration of outstanding research and excellence in teaching. Jessica, an entomologist who studies evolution, was awarded more than $800,000 to investigate how the social structure of lower-termite colonies might have arisen 140 million years ago. Along with undergraduate and graduate students working in her lab, Jessica trains Newark high-school students in fieldwork and the scientific method through a Rutgers summerresearch program that aims to increase recruitment of underprivileged students to post-secondary education and careers in STEM fields. Mike Morgan ’97 and Molly Worthen welcomed daughter Winifred Louise Morgan on January 26, 2015. Mike and Molly are both faculty members in the history department at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. The annual Lawyer Show is held at the Nightwood Theatre and supports the resident company’s work as the oldest professional women’s theatre company in Canada. This year’s play was Love’s Labour’s Lost and the cast, once again, included UTS alumni: Jon Bitidis ’99 and Danny Kastner ’98. Kelly Thornton, Nightwood’s Artistic Director who staged many UTS plays in the ’90s, directed. L-R: Jessica Ware ’95 (far right) and colleagues in the field in search of entomological specimens; Mike Morgan ’97 and Winnie, the new addition to his family; Danny Kastner ’98 and Jon Bitidis ’99 in the annual Lawyer Show. The Keys Gallery Skye Louis ‘02 aPOCalypse now / The Future is Ours Opening Reception: October 15, 2015, 6:00–9:00 p.m. The opening reception will include an artist talk and reading circle on the topic of “Semiotic Ghosts, New Worlds, and the Apocalypse”. All are welcome! The Keys Gallery is located in room 137 at UTS. Please email enquiries to keysgallery@utschools.ca THE UTS ALUMNI MAGAZINE 25
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