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![Tom Coben headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-02/boen.jpg?h=7e54262a&itok=5uFr69Pl)
Nearly a decade after leaving Lawrence University with a growing portfolio of 3D graphics and other visual effects, Tom Coben ’12 has gone viral.
![Photos of eight Lawrence alumni](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-11/AlumCombo-new-1-1024x631.jpeg?h=cacf082c&itok=yTwzs24-)
Here are eight Lawrence alumni who caught our attention in our second Eight Alumni, Eight Stories end-of-year feature.
![Andrea Lewis Hartung, wearing a grey blazer, smiles at the camera.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-06/LewisAndrea-full-new-768x511.jpg?h=4793e352&itok=dbDhgOlw)
Even when Andrea Lewis Hartung ’05 wins a case, she finds it difficult to celebrate. She fights to overturn wrongful convictions.
![Dr. Ben Weston ’05 (Photo courtesy of Medical College of Wisconsin)](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-04/BenWeston-mug-new-1536x1287.jpg?h=3a30e430&itok=GGRnf_Hc)
The Lawrence University alumnus is among the army of front-line health care workers who have been living the COVID-19 pandemic up close and personal on a daily basis
![Yaw Asare, wearing an N95 mask and orange coat, interacts with a customer at his Farmers Market booth.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-06/Yaw-at-market1-768x536.jpg?h=d96a0a1f&itok=x_hJegQh)
Yaw Asare said the lessons he learned at Lawrence and in his roles in the Appleton business community are all in play as he launches his new venture.
![Harsimran Kalsi ’20 and Satvir Kalsi ’17](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-03/Kalsi-1024x585.jpg?h=668ed999&itok=KiMsvzMi)
Satvir Kalsi ’17 and Harsimran Kalsi ’20 have spent their summer launching a biotechnology conference and finalizing the details on their own start-up business.
![Seven people, all wearing white lab coats, stand in a room full of laboratory equipment.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-06/Samuel-Wrenn-vacine-cropped-768x469.jpg?h=29fe64f3&itok=0fAKhtfz)
Samuel Wrenn is part of a team searching for a vaccine for COVID-19, the coronavirus that has put much of the world on lockdown for months.
![Central Park Five opera performance](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-03/cp5.jpg?h=9b1b7d0f&itok=av_oX6BC)
The Central Park Five, an opera that featured Derrell Acon ’10 in a leading role when it debuted last summer in southern California, has won a Pulitzer Prize for music.
![Decorated graduation cap that says, "what is coming is better than what is gone."](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-03/commencement-crop-new%20%281%29.jpg?h=17cbbb72&itok=vfRWWNO3)
Career advisors and other staff at Lawrence University have doubled down on personal connections as the COVID-19 pandemic continues.
![Jake Woodford ’13](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-03/Jake-Woodford-Mayor-new-1024x1024.jpg?h=6fddc085&itok=7Fe-vMFo)
Jake Woodford ’13, Appleton’s mayor-elect, reflects on lessons in leadership he learned at Lawrence.
![Emily Muhs, wearing a "BAIN" jacket, smiles at the camera against a brick wall.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-06/MuhsEmily-768x562.jpeg?h=bddf38b1&itok=N9HDd-IP)
Emily Muhs ’12 has always been focused on goals, whether in her career, in her classes, or in her running shoes.
![Kir Sey Fam sits on a brown leather couch with his laptop and Disney+ apparel.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-01/kirseyFamCrop%20%281%29.jpg?h=ceed3ba5&itok=2bqGusK2)
Kir-Sey Fam ’19 joined Disney+ in New York right after graduating from Lawrence in June. The software engineer was part of the team making the massive November launch of Disney+ happen.
![Evan Bravos, wearing a tuxedo, smiles at the camera against a black background.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2021-06/Evan-Bravos-pic-768x512.jpg?h=278eede2&itok=gdUIQPiv)
Opera singer Evan Bravos ’10 has a new entry for his already impressive and growing resume — Grammy nominee.