Newsmaker

Every Friday, we choose an alum who has been making headlines—for better or for worse.

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May 2014

  • Jeff Hobbs ’02: death of a roommate

    Robert Peace ’02 was A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League. That's the subtitle of a forthcoming book by his Yale roommate... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | May 29 2014 04:37pm

  • Cornell William Brooks, ’90JD: new chief for the NAACP

    On the 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the civil rights organization behind that landmark desegregation case chose a new leader:... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | May 22 2014 04:37pm

  • Max Borenstein ’03:
    Godzilla's heart of darkness

    Back in junior high school English class, we learned that literature always revolves around three basic conflicts: man vs. man, man vs. himself, or man vs. nature.... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | May 15 2014 02:55pm

  • Stephanie Dawson ’91:
    opening science, globally

    There's a new player in the burgeoning open science movement: ScienceOpen, a website that launched this week with a Yalie at its helm and more than 1... Read on
    <span class="blog_post_author_unlinked">Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL</span> | May 9 2014 01:56pm