Chamath Palihapitiya (BASc '99, Electrical Engineering), vice president of mobile and international at Facebook, has made an angel investment to help I'mOK, a startup that has created a mobile app designed to reward kids for staying in touch with their parents
ARISE Technologies Corporation has appointed Judson Whiteside (BA '70, Political Science) to its board of directors.
High school teachers Kim Keena (BMath '84) and Darryl H. Weber (BA '91, History) have been honoured for their service with the Stewart Award.
Andrew Telegdi (BA '80, Psychology) has retired from politics and Karen Redman (BA '78, English) is considering her options after the Liberal party was soundly defeated on Election Night.
Kursat Kacira (BMath '94) is the new Chief Financial Officer for Whiterock Real Estate Investment Trust, effective June 6, 2011.
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.