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Sabrina A. Griffin ’92, of St. Petersburg, Florida, and Kelly Herbert ’06, of Brooklyn, New York, have been appointed to serve as the chair and vice chair of the �ǿմ�ý Alumni Association Leadership Council as of July 2021.

The Food and Beverage Law Clinic at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at �ǿմ�ý is pleased to announce a new collaboration with GrowNYC, operators of the New York City Greenmarkets, the largest network of urban farmers markets in the country. The clinic will provide expanded legal support to Greenmarket farms and food businesses by welcoming Jack Hornickel as its first Staff Attorney.

Thomas “Todd” Gibbons, chief executive officer at BNY Mellon based in New York City, was recently elected to �ǿմ�ý’s Board of Trustees. Gibbons earned an MBA from the Lubin School of Business at �ǿմ�ý in 1986.

�ǿմ�ý has appointed Marcus C. Tye, PhD, as dean of its College of Health Professions. The appointment is effective July 1, 2021. Tye, a licensed clinical psychologist, comes to �ǿմ�ýhaving served as dean of the School of Health Sciences and interim dean of the School of Education at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York (CUNY).

As a means of preparing students for a job market of the future and providing responsible businesses with workers and leaders who understand that advancing Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) principles and profitability goes hand-in-hand, �ǿմ�ý today announced the launch of the Lubin Center for Sustainable Business (CSB).

�ǿմ�ý’s College of Health Professions has received a nearly $2 million federal grant to increase opportunities and retention for historically underrepresented minorities in the field of nursing.

The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at �ǿմ�ý announced today that the 2021 Elisabeth Haub Award for Environmental Law and Diplomacy will be awarded to Ugandan climate justice advocate Vanessa Nakate and Professor Wang Xi, an environmental law scholar and advocate with Kunming University of Science and Technology in China.