New research that aimed to highlight the potential of new technologies to diagnose disease has suggested that virtual reality may play a crucial role in monitoring Alzheimer’s disease. VR headsets may soon serve as a better alternative to standard testing for Alzheimer’s. Dementia is a general term to describe the impairment of cognitive functions such…
Corinne Elizabeth Warren and John Ansel Sawyer Jr. were married June 1 at the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore. Heather Rathbone, a Universal Life minister, officiated. Ms. Warren, 29, is a trial lawyer for the Maryland office of the public defender in Baltimore. She graduated from Johns Hopkins University and received a law degree…
Alexandra Peacock and Katrina Sachs Fahey were married June 1. Katherine R. Canny, a friend of the couple who became a Universal Life minister for this event, officiated at the Santa Margarita Ranch in Santa Margarita, Calif. The couple met at the University of Michigan, from which each received a law degree. Ms. Peacock (left),…
Dr. Emily Margaret Hogikyan and Thaddeus Joseph Chatto were married June 1 at the Old St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Detroit. The Most Rev. Bernardito Auza, the Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations in New York, performed the ceremony. Dr. Hogikyan, 26, is an incoming pediatrics resident at the Ann & Robert H.…
Kelsey Anne Hovbrender Parsons and Matthew Richard Latessa were married June 1 at the Green Building, an events space in Brooklyn. Stephanie R. Mercurio, a Universal Life minister, officiated. Ms. Parsons, 29, is a communications officer in Manhattan for the International Rescue Committee, the humanitarian organization for refugees and other vulnerable populations. She graduated with…
Anna Wong Gleysteen and David Charles Grossman were married June 1 in Washington. The Rev. John R. Spangler, a Lutheran minister, officiated at Dacor Bacon House, a club and events space. The couple met at George Mason University, from which each received a law degree, she cum laude and he summa cum laude. The bride,…
Dr. Alana Warhit and Kevin Sean Beckoff were married May 27 at the Woodbury Jewish Center in Woodbury, N.Y. Rabbi Joe Wolfson officiated. Dr. Warhit, 27, is a resident in the psychiatry department of the NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. She graduated summa cum laude with a degree in chemistry and Jewish studies from Columbia, and…
Philippa Lloyd Biddle and Benjamin Quittner Davidson were married June 1 at Christ Episcopal Church in Dover, Del. The Rev. Charles Weiss, an Episcopal priest, performed the ceremony. The bride, who is 26 and known as Pippa, is a writer based in Germantown, N.Y. Her essays and articles have been published by The Atlantic, Guernica…
Stephen Pirrelli Jr. and Timothy Teran Thompson were married June 1 at the Rhinecliff, a hotel in Rhinecliff, N.Y. Colin Chellman, a friend of the couple, officiated, with Steven Somers, another friend, taking part. Both Mr. Chellman and Mr. Somers became Universal Life ministers for the event. Mr. Pirrelli, 48, is a production manager at…
Hallie Rose Malitsky and Alejo Eduardo Czerwonko were married May 31 at Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Mario Bours Laborin, a friend of the couple who became a Universal Life minister for the occasion, officiated. The bride, 31, is the designer for Lela Rose’s Pearl Collection, a women’s fashion line in New York. She graduated cum laude…