People in the News

People in the news 7.2.10

ANDREW MESHEL, a University of Arizona law student, is one of 30 law and medical students chosen by the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics to participate in its inaugural two-week program in New York, Berlin and Poland, which began June 20. Students in the program explore contemporary ethical issues using the Holocaust and the conduct of members of their professions in Nazi Germany as a framework for study. Before attending law school, Meshel served for more than 15 years as an officer in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force Reserve.

Michael Fruchtman graduated May 2010 summa cum laude from both the Barrett Honors College of Arizona State University and the Fulton College of Engineering (ASU) with a B.S. in computer science. A graduate of Congregation Anshei Israel kindergarten and Tucson Hebrew Academy, he is working as a computer science researcher for ASU this summer and will attend ASU’s graduate program in computer science in the fall.