Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP has hired Sanjeet Malik (BASc '95, Electrical) as Of Counsel in its Hong Kong office to enhance its India and Asian M&A practices.
Suzann Pennington (BMath '86) has joined Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce's money management arm as the bank aggressively pushes to gain share in the mutual fund industry.
Indie filmmaker Melissa Sky (nee Melissa Elaine MacDonald) (BA '00, English) won the 24-Hour Film Challenge Award at the Local Focus Film Festival for her six-minute production Longing, the story of a teenage girl' "coming out."
Durham Children's Aid Society's "Special Friend" mentoring program teaches children the skills they need to become positive adults with the help of dedicated volunteers, such as Jessica Schmid (BA '08, Sociology).
Sabrina Bedi (BCS '10) and Donny Nadolny (BA '10, Economics) have founded DeliverTheDeals.com, a website that collects daily deals from websites like Groupon, displays the contents in one place, and then allows it to be searched easily by entering any Canadian address, city or postal code.
Derek [Derrick] Birkmann (BA '05, Fine Arts/English Language & Literature) selected as the painter who will bring a new look to Okotoks Alberta's downtown.
Ed Piva (BES '00), a teacher with the WRDSB, uses rap and hip hop to teach grade 8 students about science and the environment. Check out a recent radio interview Piva did for 900 CHML.
How effective is social media in this election? PostRank Inc., founded by Ilya Grigorik (BCS '07, Computer Science/Political Science), is trying to find out.
David Reading (MSc '82, Earth Sciences), President and CEO of Aureus Mining Inc. comments on the company's positive drilling results in Liberia.
Heather Moyse (BSc '00, Kinesiology), who won Canada's first ever women's bobsleigh gold medal at the Vancouver Winter Olympic games, has won the Female Athlete of the Year at the 2010 Ontario Sports Award gala last week.