Morning Buzz: Barrier-breaking baton

🪄 Xian Zhang was hired last week as music director for the Seattle Symphony, becoming the first woman conductor to head a major West Coast orchestra. (KOMO)

📚 Seattle Public Library is taking steps to strengthen security after finally recovering from a ransomware attack that disabled the institution and its 27 branches for months. (GeekWire)

A recent University of Washington graduate, 26-year-old Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, was killed Friday during a protest in the occupied West Bank. (Axios)