Althea Jenkins Webber and Michael Eli Gruen were married Dec. 7 at Basilica Hudson, an arts and performance space in Hudson, N.Y. Joshua R. Brodie, a friend of the couple who became a Universal Life minister for this event, officiated. Ms. Webber, 33, is a director of strategy at the College Board, the education organization…
Molly Bridget Ford and Christopher James Nixon were married Dec. 7 at Indian Creek Country Club in Miami. Bishop J. David Dolence of the Old Roman Catholic Church performed the ceremony. Mrs. Nixon, 30, is a director of digital business development at Viacom in New York. She graduated from Villanova. She is a daughter of…
Samantha Ivy Melnick and Jonathan Schaefler were married Dec. 7 at the Gramercy Park Hotel in New York. Rabbi Jordan Millstein officiated. The bride, 34, is a genetic counselor at California Cryobank in Los Angeles, where she coordinates genetic screening for sperm and egg donors. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and received a…
Amanda Beth Gottlieb and Dr. Matthew Paul Seplowe were married Dec. 7 at the Pierre hotel in New York. Rabbi Daniel Gropper officiated. The couple met at the University of Michigan, from which each graduated. Ms. Gottlieb, 29, is a corporate associate in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis, a Chicago law firm.…
Erica Lynn Moody and William Joseph Barretta Jr. are to be married Dec. 8 at the Pen Ryn Estate, an events space in Bensalem, Pa. The couple are to be married in a self-uniting ceremony, as allowed by Pennsylvania law, that is to be led by Gary D. Morgan, a friend of the couple. Ms.…
Samantha Helen London and Jason Hollander Sunshine were married Dec. 7 at the Rainbow Room, an events space in New York. Rabbi Marc Schneier officiated, with David N. Dinkins, the former mayor of New York and the groom’s godfather, taking part. The bride, 27, is the managing editor at The Observer, in New York. She…
The number of drug overdose deaths in the US has never been higher. Most of those deaths–68 percent in 2017–have involved opioids. An estimated 10 million Americans aged 12 and older misused opioids in 2018. Insights from virtual reality experiments could help break the cycle of addiction, suggests new research from Washington University School of…
People in treatment for opioid addiction are more likely to relapse when they become more tolerant of risks, according to a study by Rutgers and other institutions. The findings can help clinicians better predict which patients are most vulnerable. In the study, published in JAMA Psychiatry, researchers followed 70 people during their first seven months…
Emily Lauren Kramer and Jared Albert Shure were married Dec. 7 at the Mansion at Natirar, an events space in Peapack and Gladstone, N.J. Cantor Emanuel C. Perlman officiated Mrs. Shure, 37, is the senior vice president for business development and marketing at ClickPay, a financial technology company that collects rental payments online; she works…
Brenna Lauren Davis and Justin Z. LeClair were married Dec. 7 in an outdoor ceremony at Lover’s Key State Park in Fort Myers Beach, Fla. Lanie Davis, the bride’s sister, became a Universal Life minister for the occasion. The bride, 32, is the vice president for marketing at Aday, a woman’s clothing store in Manhattan.…