Quinnipiac Magazine Fall 2023 Issue

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Colorful illustration depicting student working with CHATGPT

ChatQU

Like a light bulb illuminating a dark room in the late 1800s or the introduction of the World Wide Web in the 1990s, in the span of a mouse click, ChatGPT has transformed the way we interact and reimagined the future of technology in a thoughtful, new light.

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School of Law professor John Thomas rides his bike on the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route.

The ride of a lifetime

For three weeks this summer, John Thomas battled the unforgiving inclines of the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route. This marriage of exhaustion and elation began in Banff, Alberta, a small resort town incorporated inside Canada’s first national park.

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Jacqueline Ydrovo standing in front of Fox News sign

Getting up close with the World Cup from down under

Public relations major Jacqueline Ydrovo '24, MS, MBA '25 was among 16 Quinnipiac students who spent 10 days in Australia this summer watching the FIFA Women's World Cup and thinking about the historic, political and cultural forces that have shaped women's sports all across the globe. Prior to this experiential learning journey, students from several majors explored women's sports, especially soccer, in an innovative class taught by Hillary Haldane, Professor of anthropology, and Molly Yanity, professor of journalism.

The Netter School recently celebrated the 10-year anniversary of its naming and dedication.

A million reasons to give

In September, the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine celebrated the 10-year anniversary of its dedication and naming of the school. It was more than a milestone, of course. It represented a sustained and collaborative commitment to excellence in medical education at Quinnipiac.

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In this Issue

Dylan Jones '22, MBA '23 served as student chair at Quinnipiac GAME Forum XII.

Student Experience

On top of his GAME

As he prepared to serve as oversight chairman of the Quinnipiac GAME Forum — the largest student-run financial conference in the world — Dylan Jones ’22, MBA ’23, was already training for a half-marathon. He would tend to his GAME Forum duties for seven or eight hours, find time for an 8-mile run and then unwind with a guitar in his hands.

Rabbi Philip Lazowski speaks to an audience in the Mount Carmel Auditorium on Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Remembering the Holocaust

Rabbi Philip Lazowski was 11 years old when he first witnessed the indelible horrors of the Holocaust. As the eldest of five children, he was tasked with concealing his family’s whereabouts as his hometown of Bielica, Poland — a foothold in the fighting between Russians and Germans because of its proximity to an airport — was besieged and burned to ashes by Nazis.

David Hogg stands at a podium and addresses the QU audience

March For Our Lives activist David Hogg urges students to help end gun violence

His voice thick with emotion, Parkland school shooting survivor, national activist and New York Times bestselling author David Hogg shared his story to the rapt attention of students and faculty gathered to hear his message on Quinnipiac’s Mount Carmel Campus.

News Stream

Quinnipiac expands upon its excellence fueled by new talent acquisitions, advancing the South Quad expansion, achieving academic recognition, and making meaningful contributions to both local and global communities.

Sports

First-year field hockey coach Nina Klein is shown at practice in August 2023.

Ambition Unleashed

A living legacy

2023 Fall

As a little girl growing up in Topton, Pennsylvania, surrounded by rolling hills and a former railroad depot that’s anchored the borough for more than a century, Nina Klein sat on the autumn grass watching her sister play field hockey.

The Quinnipiac women's soccer team captured their second straight MAAC Championship on November 5.

Student Experience

Commissioner's Cup win caps historic year for Quinnipiac Athletics

2023 Fall

The 2022-23 academic year saw Quinnipiac Athletics soar to unprecedented heights. And so far it appears the Bobcats are poised to keep adding to the trophy case in 2023-24. Here's a look back:

A spotlight shines on the new hockey banner

Celebrating Success

Bobcat fans, ice hockey alumni celebrate national championship banner

2023 Fall

A parade of about 70 former Quinnipiac men’s hockey players representing every era in program history took the ice to watch the 2023 national championship banner rise to its rightful perch on the south end of M&T Bank Arena on Saturday night, signaling an exciting start to the title defense.

Class Notes

Alumni Accomplishments

Class Notes: Winter 2023 Issue

Catch up with your fellow alumni and check out career updates, announcements, births, weddings and other milestones.

Alumni

Margaret Castinado, JD '98, stands with her arms folded and smiles into the camera.

Alumni Accomplishments

Passing the gavel

Margaret I. Castinado, JD ’98, took one of those standard career assessment tests early on in college and scoffed at the results.

Judge Richard McCord seated on the bench named in his honor.

Alumni Accomplishments

Your Honor

One of the longest-serving elected judges in New York’s Nassau County, Richard J. McCord, JD ’80, will have his name and distinguished career immortalized on the City of Glen Cove Courthouse he presided over for more than three decades.

Professor’s living kidney donation benefits her student and others

In a remarkable and rapid turn of events, Samantha Markham ’21, in need of a living kidney donor, inspired Clinical Professor of Diagnostic Imaging Tania Grgurich’s decision to test as her match, becoming a living kidney donor and saving not only Markham’s life but also the lives of two others.

About the Magazine

Brian Koonz, MS ’20

Editor

Andrea McCaffrey

Associate Editor

Chris Brodeur

Writer/Editor

Autumn Driscoll

Photographer

Vol. 32, No. 2

Vice President for Marketing and Communications

Dan Kim

Associate Vice President for Marketing and Communications

James Ryan ’02

Editor

Brian Koonz, MS ’20

Associate Editor

Andrea McCaffrey

Writer/Editor

Chris Brodeur

Staff Photographer

Autumn Driscoll

Contributors

Jamie DeLoma ’06, MS ’11; Cindy DuBell; Meghan Jones; Steven Justo, MBA ’20; Lauren Kersten ’10; John Morgan, Jr. , MS ’02; Leah Overbaugh; Lisa Scrofani, MS ’13; Christine Smith, MS ’19; Tad Sterling; Janet Waldman, MS ’09; Jacqueline Ydrovo '24, MS, MBA '25

Photographers

Yamani Dalal; Marine de Marcken, MD '24 candidate; John Hassett; William Kurtz; Daniel Passapera '23; Rob Rasmussen '06; Crandal Yopp Jr. '21

Design

Pentagram Austin

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