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Find out what books we've added to the SYA Bookshelf!
Alumni in the News
SYA alumni bring an increased understanding of the world to the top colleges they attend, and the lives they go on to lead. Their incredible achievements are a testament to SYA’s tradition of excellence.
From political leaders to restaurateurs, from educators to fashion designers, from authors to CEOs, our alumni are an inspiration to the SYA community and the world at large.
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Nathan Beauchamp-Mustafaga CN'06, a policy researcher at RAND Corporation where he focuses on Chinese strategies for social media manipulation, co-authored an article about misuse of AI technology to spread false information and the potential to shape the global conversation ... and how critical it is to get a handle on this before the 2024 elections.
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Not only did Dujon Smith VN'10's My Block Skin make an appearance on one of the iconic billboards in Times Square during NY Fashion Week, the National Football League has announced a partnership with My Block Skin, naming the innovative new sun care brand as the official sunscreen partner of the NFL in the UK & Ireland.
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Phil Fletcher FR'74 worked with Medical Life Lines Ukraine (MLLU), a United Kingdom-based organization of volunteers who work towards providing humanitarian aid in Ukraine, to purchase and renovate ambulances to civilian hospitals.
![Menna Demessie CN'97]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1697633140/sya/ep2wajdjznwwvlj44ach/MennaDemessieCN97.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1697633140/sya/ep2wajdjznwwvlj44ach/MennaDemessieCN97.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1697633140/sya/ep2wajdjznwwvlj44ach/MennaDemessieCN97.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1697633140/sya/ep2wajdjznwwvlj44ach/MennaDemessieCN97.png","width":1080}])
Menna Demessie CN'97 honored with the 2023 Black Music Action Coalition Social Impact Award for her work as Senior VP and Executive Director of Universal Music Group's global Task Force for Meaningful Change.