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

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  • Robert Needlman ’81, ’85MD: “The new Dr. Spock” updates the parents’ bible.

    In the 65 years since Benjamin Spock ’25 published his bestseller Baby and Child Care, babies and children probably... Read on
    the staff | January 27 2012 08:33am

  • Zachary Katz ’99, ’05JD: Broadband in every pot.

    If your image of the Federal Communications Commission still revolves around handing out broadcast licenses and regulating George Carlin’s... Read on
    the staff | January 12 2012 12:10pm

  • 8/12/11: Amor Towles ’87

    Amor Towles ’87 “arrived in New York in 1989 with diplomas from Yale and Stanford and dreams of becoming a writer,” we learn... Read on
    the staff | January 3 2012 01:24pm

  • 5/6/11: Renée Richards ’55

    Tall and handsome, smart and athletic, born to privilege yet successful in his own right, Dr. Richard Raskin ’55 had it... Read on
    the staff | January 3 2012 12:37pm

  • 10/22/10: Sara Gilbert ’97

    When Archimedes stepped into his bathtub, he figured out how to measure an object’s volume by the amount of water it displaces. When Sara Gilbert... Read on
    the staff | January 3 2012 10:16am

  • 9/10/10: Geoff Etherington ’76MD

    Most of us would be thrilled to run a 20K in under two hours when we’re octogenarians. Heck, most of us would be thrilled to run a 20K in under two... Read on
    the staff | January 3 2012 09:51am

  • Fareed Zakaria ’86

    Author and journalist Fareed Zakaria ’86 has made a career of explaining the world to Americans. Starting next month, he’ll do it from a slightly... Read on
    the staff | August 27 2010 10:46am

  • Katie Miller ’12

    Katherine “Katie” Miller was ranked ninth in her West Point class of more than 1,100. She notched better-than-perfect scores the... Read on
    the staff | August 13 2010 10:36am

  • Bob Greenlee ’96

    It can’t be fun to testify in court that you were Rod Blagojevich’s yes-man. But it beats being called his co-conspirator. Bob Greenlee... Read on
    the staff | July 16 2010 10:23am

  • Heidi Miller ’79PhD

    After picking up her Yale degree in Latin American history, Heidi Miller ’79PhD took a job at Chemical Bank. That doctorate—and three... Read on
    the staff | June 25 2010 04:59pm

  • Davan Maharaj ’95MSLJ: A new newspaper editor tries to stop the bleeding.

    What they teach journalists: “If your mother says she loves you, get a second source.” What they teach at Yale Law School: “If you can... Read on
    the staff | December 16 2011 10:43am

  • George W. Bush ’68

    Next week, the curtain comes down on the second Bush administration, and with it 20 years of Eli hegemony in the White House. We’ve collected... Read on
    the staff | January 16 2009 09:34am

  • Dave Arnold ’93

    Sure, Hillary Clinton ’73JD is the Eli who made the biggest splash in the news this week. But she got her turn as Yalie of the Week months ago.... Read on
    the staff | December 5 2008 09:25am

  • Meryl Streep ’75MFA

    Meryl Streep ’75MFA didn’t get 14 Oscar nominations for just doing the same-old same-old. This weekend, she turns up singing and dancing in, of... Read on
    the staff | July 18 2008 02:46pm

  • Michael E. O’Neill ’90JD

    Michael E. O’Neill ’90JD is only our 24th Yalie of the Week, but he’s the second one who became newsworthy through plagiarism.... Read on
    the staff | July 11 2008 02:45pm

  • Richard Lalli ’80MM, ’86DMA

    When Richard Lalli ’80MUSAM, ’86MUSAD, received the 2007 Yale College prize for Teaching Excellence in the Humanities, eight of his... Read on
    the staff | March 7 2008 10:04am

  • Jeff Orleans ’67, ’71JD

    It’s not easy being the arbiter of sports in a league that’s still hanging on to the idea of the “scholar-athlete.” But as... Read on
    the staff | February 29 2008 01:31pm

  • Chris Cuomo ’92

    He’s smart, he’s an Emmy-winning reporter, and he’s a co-anchor on Good Morning America. But the reason Christopher Cuomo... Read on
    the staff | February 22 2008 01:25pm

  • Erna Schneider Hoover ’52PhD

    For designing the first computerized switching system for telephone calls, Bell Labs researcher Erna Schneider Hoover ’52PhD was awarded... Read on
    the staff | February 15 2008 01:19pm