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

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  • Jay Carney ’87

    You may have seen Jay Carney ’87 on TV before, analyzing and opining as a Time magazine journalist. But you’ll be seeing a lot more of... Read on
    the staff | January 28 2011 11:10am

  • 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

  • Frances Beinecke ’71, ’74MFS

    Don’t cry over spilled oil—just prevent spills. That’s the advice Frances Beinecke ’71, ’74MFS, has been giving... Read on
    the staff | June 18 2010 04:58pm

  • Rachel Moran ’81JD

    A year ago, reporters were seeking out Rachel Moran ’81JD for comment about her Yale Law School contemporary Sonia Sotomayor ’79JD.... Read on
    the staff | June 11 2010 04:55pm

  • R. Owen Williams ’07MSL, ’09PhD

    In this economy, most brand-new PhDs are grateful for a job—any job. But R. Owen Williams ’07MSL, ’09PhD, isn’t most new... Read on
    the staff | April 16 2010 04:44pm

  • Craig Becker ’78, ’81JD

    “I simply cannot allow partisan politics to stand in the way of the basic functioning of government.” So declared President Barack Obama... Read on
    the staff | April 2 2010 04:41pm

  • Rashad Hussain ’07JD

    Rashad Hussain ’07JD comes from a family of doctors. Now, President Barack Obama is calling on this young Indian American lawyer to help heal... Read on
    the staff | February 19 2010 03:22pm

  • Andrew Romanoff ’89

    Back in January, Colorado governor Bill Ritter appointed Michael Bennet ’93JD to fill a US Senate seat vacated by Cabinet nominee Ken Salazar.... Read on
    the staff | September 18 2009 12:13pm

  • Dawn Johnsen ’83, ’86JD

    Nearly eight months after Barack Obama nominated her to head the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, Indiana University law professor... Read on
    the staff | August 28 2009 12:06pm

  • Francis Collins ’74PhD

    Francis Collins ’74PhD came to Yale to study chemistry, drawn to the mathematical precision of molecular interactions. But at Yale he took... Read on
    the staff | July 10 2009 11:56am

  • J. Augustine Di Noia ’80PhD

    How often except in daydreams does someone get to make a statement like “I am happy the Pope has entrusted to me an area that he considers so... Read on
    the staff | June 19 2009 11:51am

  • Garth Harries ’95

    Running for an unprecedented ninth term, New Haven mayor John DeStefano Jr. has for months been promising radical improvements in the city’s... Read on
    the staff | June 12 2009 11:49am

  • Rocco Landesman ’76DFA

    Playwright Tony Kushner previews it as the American arts community’s “best news… since the birth of Walt Whitman.” Other colleagues... Read on
    the staff | May 15 2009 11:44am

  • David Hamilton ’83JD

    He’s got 14 years on the federal bench in Indiana, a top American Bar Association rating, and the support of home-state senators from both... Read on
    the staff | April 3 2009 11:28am

  • Gary Locke ’72

    “On test scores alone, I probably would not have been admitted to Yale,” Gary Locke ’72 told a roomful of undergrads in a... Read on
    the staff | February 27 2009 10:11am