I'm headed to the opening night of the 2025 Athena Film Festival at Barnard College for the screening of "Satisfied" by Melissa Haizlip & Chris Bolan The Festival includes a reading of SloanPublic script "A Bridge Between Us" by Gina Hackett & a STEM Showcase of "Spacewoman" on 3/9

At ⁦Athena Film Festival⁩ at Barnard College for a reading of an excerpt from SloanPublic script “A Bridge Between Us” by Gina Hackett, about a woman engineer for the Brooklyn Bridge, as well as the STEM Showcase of “Spacewoman,” about the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle

I’m with SloanPublic Development Award winner Gina Hackett & Athena Film Festival’s Umbreen Bhatti & Melissa Silverstein at Barnard College for a reading of an excerpt from Hackett’s “A Bridge Between Us,” about a woman who takes over as head engineer for the Brooklyn Bridge

I’m headed to Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for a SloanPublic conference co-hosted by The Aspen Institute & The MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social on “Building Trust in Science for a More Informed Future,” about combatting misinformation, threats AI may pose & best practices for science communication aspeninstitute.org/events/buildin…

I'm headed to EST for opening night of the SloanPublic play "Have You Met Jane Goodall and Her Mother?" by Michael Walek. The comedic play dramatizes anthropologist Goodall’s first expedition to study chimps w/ her mom in Africa, where she made pioneering discoveries

I'm headed to Museum of the Moving Image for staged readings, awards ceremony & reception honoring the 2024 SloanPublic Student Prize-winning scripts, "Thin Ice" by Brittany Wang (USC School of Cinematic Arts) for the Grand Jury Prize & "Impact" by Yoel Gebremariam (UMich FTVM) for the Discovery Prize

My latest SloanPublic program updates!   sloan.org/storage/app/me…   Our wonderful grantees include: EST National Book Foundation Ramona Ausubel Ed Yong is not here Sundance Film Festival The Sundance Institute Cristina Costantini Nicole Perlman Cady Coleman ASAKO GLADSJO Museum of the Moving Image Athena Film Festival TIFF WCSFP

with more wonderful grantees: Lauren E. Oakes Charles Piller Chris Fitch American Experience Ken Burns MTC Stanford OVAL Monica Lam Lila Tretikov Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Pleased to announce the recipient of the SloanPublic Science in Cinema Prize is TWISTERS by Lee Isaac Chung & Science on Screen Prize is MAGMA by Cyprien Vial. Both films will be honored at SFFILM Fest w/ panels featuring the director & scientists   variety.com/2025/film/news…

I'm at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for the SloanPublic Senior Congressional Staff Seminar on The Future of AI, a 3-day event to improve the technological literacy of govt staffers. Panels address strengths/limitations of LLMs, AI’s potential in transportation/healthcare & its role in national security

Critical Condition: Health in Black America," a SloanPublic NOVA | PBS doc, premieres tonight at 9pm. The film uncovers underlying causes of racial health disparities in America, from false beliefs in modern medicine to damaging life experiences pbs.org/wgbh/nova/vide…

Congrats to @spectorjon, whose SloanPublic / MTC #Broadway play "Eureka Day," about a private elementary school where an outbreak of the mumps challenges its vaccine policy, was nominated for The Tony Awards in the "Best Revival of a Play" category   variety.com/2025/legit/new…

I'm headed to the 2025 triennial #SloanFilmSummit, hosted in partnership w/ Film Independent, to celebrate the SloanPublic film program! With 100+ grantees & partners in attendance, the Summit will include networking opportunities, panels & screenings   indiewire.com/news/general-n…

Pleased to share that Anna Ziegler will be adapting her SloanPublic / EST play “Photograph 51,” about the life & work of pioneering scientist Rosalind Franklin, into a film of the same name, starring #NataliePortman & directed by Tim Hooper deadline.com/2025/05/natali…

Excited to share the SloanPublic / MTC play "Eureka Day" won The Tony Awards in the coveted "Best Revival of a Play" category!   The award was accepted by playwright Jonathan Spector & MTC artistic director Lynne Meadow. Lead actress Jessica Hecht was also nominated.

At podium for second place age group medal at Hudson Valley Triathlon. I'm rewarded for just finishing the race. But it's a scenic course with a mile swim in Williams Lake, a rolling 25 mile bike ride to Ashokan Reservoir and a woodsy 6.2 mile run along Wallkill Valley Rail Trail