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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Robert Rubin ’64LLB

    Robert Rubin ’64LLB may have to turn to the sports page this week to find an article that doesn’t mention his name. The former... Read on
    the staff | November 28 2008 09:23am

  • Peter Matthiessen ’50

    If Peter Matthiessen ’50 needs a set of bookends, he’s in luck: he now has a second National Book Award to go with the one he won in... Read on
    the staff | November 21 2008 09:22am

  • Ronald J. Daniels ’88LLM

    He was dean of a law school at 36, provost at Penn at 46. And in March, the 49-year-old Ronald J. Daniels ’88LLM will become president of... Read on
    the staff | November 14 2008 09:20am

  • Tom Perriello ’96, ’01JD

    Come January, Tom Perriello ’96, ’01JD, may be the new kid among 19 Yale alumni in the 111th U.S. Congress. Or maybe not. As of the... Read on
    the staff | November 7 2008 09:19am

  • Anne Wojcicki ’96

    When Anne Wojcicki ’96 and her husband, Google cofounder Sergey Brin, have their first child in November, they’ll have more than a... Read on
    the staff | October 31 2008 10:18am