Alumni in the News

Q&A: Roxanne Schroeder-Arce (M.F.A., Theatre, 2000), new dean of the Chaddock + Morrow College of Fine Arts at Ohio University

Sept. 8, 2025 | Ohio Today

Rosie Clements' (M.F.A., Studio Art, 2024) UV-printed photograph on bubble wrap on the cover of The New York Times Sunday Opinion in print

Sept. 8, 2025 | Department of Art and Art History

Rosie Clements's work, Thunderhead, a UV-printed photograph on bubble wrap, was the cover photo for The New York Times Sunday Opinion Section in print on Aug. 10.

New York Times Opinion section cover featuring the work of Rosie Clements

Nathan Anthony (M.F.A., Studio Art, 2025) and Selina Wagner (M.F.A., Studio Art, 2025) present McLennon Pen Co. Summer Artist-in-Residence exhibition Ortland Leathe

Sept. 8, 2025 | McLennon Pen Co.

Metal disks and compass and pencil held by two hands

Tova Katzman (M.F.A. Studio Art, 2025) publishes photos, video work for "The New American Inequality: The Cooled vs. the Cooked" for The New York Times

Sept. 8, 2025 | New York Times

Sunlight shinning through slatted uneven wooden boards

Jenni Brandon (M.M., Composition, 2001) releases new album of original compositions

Aug. 22, 2025 | Novona Records

Brandon's new album is Songs of Sea and Stone.

Martin McCain (D.M.A., Music, 2008; M.M., 2006, ) promoted to full professor at the University of Memphis

July 29, 2025

McCain's appointment is in the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music at the University of Memphis.

Jacob Aaron Schnitzer (B.M., Music Studies, 2016) named music director of Gateway Chamber Orchestra

July 29, 2025 | Clarksville Now

Schnitzer was named music director of the Gateway Chamber Orchestra for its 2025-2026 Season. In this role, Schnitzer will shape the GCO’s artistic vision, leading programming, performances and community initiatives.The GCO is composed of leading symphony players, recording musicians and college faculty from throughout Nashville and Clarksville, Tennessee, where Jacob is director of orchestral activities at Austin Peay State University. He also will continue working in Austin, Texas, for his ninth season as artistic director of Density512, Austin's leading chamber orchestra and new music collective.