FAMILIAR FACE: School of Drama denizens may recognize one of the cast members on the new TV show Deadline. Christina Chang (pronounced “Chong”), who plays a bright teaching assistant and unofficial proxy for Wallace Benton (Oliver Platt) at the New York Ledger, earned her MFA here. Chang was born and raised in Taipan, Taiwan and came to the U.S. for college at 17. Her first professional acting job was at Seattle Children’s Theatre in the play Naomi’s Road.

KUDOS: Bioengineering Professor Allan Hoffman received the 2000 Founders’ Award of the Society for Biomaterials, recognizing “long term commitment and landmark contributions to the field of biomaterials.” . . . Frank Henyey, principal physicist at APL, received the editor’s award from the Journal of Physical Oceanography for “contributing a referee’s report of outstanding merit on a manuscript submitted for publication.”