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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 Blount ’05

    Whatever else there is to say about Jay Blount ’05—he’s a consultant with the firm of Casey Quirk, he was a founding member of... Read on
    the staff | April 17 2009 11:34am

  • John W. Jackson ’67

    It doesn’t quite match up to the G-20’s promised $1.1 trillion in global stimulus spending. But Yale is quite happy with a $50 million... Read on
    the staff | April 10 2009 11:32am

  • 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

  • Keith Allain ’80

    Even before the NCAA men’s hockey tournament started, University of Vermont coach Kevin Sneddon paid homage to his first-round opponent.... Read on
    the staff | March 27 2009 11:26am

  • 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

  • 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

  • Alexis Ringwald ’05, ’06MEM, & Caroline Howe ’07

    First there was the French Fry Mobile, driving around the U.S. on used fast-food grease to demonstrate that biodiesel works. Now comes the India Climate... Read on
    the staff | February 20 2009 10:09am

  • Demetri Martin ’95

    He dropped out of law school to do standup comedy, but Demetri Martin ’95 has not neglected his education. The mop-topped jokester taught himself... Read on
    the staff | February 13 2009 10:07am

  • Francisco Cigarroa ’79

    Ten years ago, surgeon Francisco Cigarroa ’79—embroiled in what he called a “healthy debate” with administrators at... Read on
    the staff | February 6 2009 10:06am

  • Nick Sanchez ’95

    After a stint as Bulldogs quarterback, Nick Sanchez ’95 shifted his competitive focus to the courtroom. Now the California... Read on
    the staff | January 30 2009 09:36am

  • Rev. Dr. Sharon E. Watkins ’84MDiv

    The inaugural prayers offered by Rick Warren, Joseph Lowery, and Gene Robinson each kicked up their own mini-controversies. But the Reverend... Read on
    the staff | January 23 2009 09:35am

  • 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

  • Michael Bennet ’93JD

    Just as one Yale Law School graduate (Hillary Clinton ’73JD) leaves the Senate, another is arriving: On January 3, Michael Bennet... Read on
    the staff | January 9 2009 09:32am

  • Liev Schreiber ’92MFA

    Liev Schreiber ’92MFA is perhaps not yet a household name, but he’s one of those actors you’re bound to have seen in something by now.... Read on
    the staff | January 2 2009 09:31am

  • Robert Anderson ’68

    When it came time for President George W. Bush ’68 to join 41 other presidents in the National Portrait Gallery, he says he needed “a good... Read on
    the staff | December 26 2008 09:29am

  • Elizabeth Alexander ’84

    Ever since Robert Frost read “The Gift Outright” at John F. Kennedy’s swearing-in, Democrats have had a thing for inaugural bards.... Read on
    the staff | December 19 2008 09:28am

  • Marc Dreier ’72

    In a week dominated by the spectacular charges against Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, it takes a lot to get noticed. But Marc Dreier... Read on
    the staff | December 12 2008 09:27am