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

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  • 9/23/11: Namwali Serpell ’01

    Born and partly raised in Zambia, Namwali Serpell ’01 will travel there to research a novel—with help from a chic Manhattanite.... Read on
    the staff | January 3 2012 01:41pm

  • 9/2/11: Stanley Tigerman ’61MArch

    Though Stanley Tigerman ’61MArch has been a constant and provocative presence in architecture for decades—especially in his native... Read on
    the staff | January 3 2012 01:33pm

  • 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

  • 7/1/11: Mary Bly ’95PhD

    “A well-bred lady never ogles a man from behind her black veil, especially during her husband’s burial.” If the widow in question were... Read on
    the staff | January 3 2012 01:00pm

  • 2/18/11: Eben Moglen ’85JD, ’93PhD

    While many of us liberal-arts types were cheering the people power that toppled Egypt’s dictatorship this month, tech geeks were worried. If... Read on
    the staff | January 3 2012 11:25am

  • Joseph Finder ’80

    A Yale degree in Russian studies—earned while the Cold War still raged—plus a master’s from Harvard would seem like good preparation for the... Read on
    the staff | August 21 2009 12:04pm

  • Julia Usher ’84

    Julia Usher ’84 put her Yale engineering degree to good use. Honest, she did. Also her Stanford MBA: she worked on nuclear reactors and in... Read on
    the staff | July 31 2009 12:01pm

  • 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

  • Rachel Kauder Nalebuff ’13

    Mom’s a successful arts administrator. Dad teaches at the Yale School of Management and co-founded a profitable beverage company.... Read on
    the staff | March 20 2009 11:25am

  • Matt McCarthy ’03

    Medical resident Matt McCarthy ’03 made quite a splash last month with his book Odd Man Out, a tell-all account of his year as a minor-league... Read on
    the staff | March 13 2009 11:15am

  • Jonathan Littell ’89

    Since critical opinions have ranged from “a world-class masterpiece” to “bloatedly inept,” you may have to read the new doorstop... Read on
    the staff | March 6 2009 10:13am