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

  • Alexandra Brodsky ’12, ’16JD: ‘My school betrayed me’

    Last year, when the US Department of Education ended its investigation of a complaint against Yale for the university’s handling of sexual... Read on
    Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL | July 18 2013 11:46am

  • Peter Liguori ’82: Trib divided

    Peter Liguori ’82, CEO of the Tribune Company for less than six months, is moving swiftly to remake the once-mighty news chain—but he’s not... Read on
    Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL | July 11 2013 11:52am

  • Scott Harris ’88: clerk Supreme

    Twenty years out of law school, Scott Harris has landed a job as US Supreme Court clerk. The Supreme Court clerk. The Clerk of the Court “is a... Read on
    Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL | July 3 2013 09:29am

  • Cinco Paul ’86: Gru 2

    What does a villain do after abandoning his dream of being the world’s greatest super-villain, instead settling down to raise his three adopted daughters in... Read on
    Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL | June 27 2013 11:27am

  • Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk ’74MArch: rising tide

    One of her best-known projects is Seaside, the Florida town famous for its New Urbanist design and as the filming location for The Truman Show. So it... Read on
    Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL | June 20 2013 12:54pm

  • Phillip McKee ’94: 9/11 firefighter succumbs

    Phillip C. McKee III graduated from Yale in 1994, studied history at Harvard, began training for the Catholic priesthood, started a web business, then... Read on
    Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL | June 13 2013 12:16pm

  • Samantha Power ’92: diplomatic?

    In the heat of the 2008 presidential primary campaign, Samantha Power ’92 called Hillary Rodham Clinton ’73JD “a monster—that... Read on
    Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL | June 6 2013 12:06pm

  • Tico Almeida ’04JD: taking on Exxon Mobil

    Exxon Mobil shareholders voted this week—for the 14th consecutive year—to reject a resolution banning discrimination against gay people.... Read on
    Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL | May 30 2013 12:16pm

  • Garry Trudeau ’70, ’73MFA: GOPTV

    When I see the words “John Goodman” and “Alpha House” in the same sentence, I’m thinking: Belushi lives! Only he’s wearing a power... Read on
    Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL | May 23 2013 11:18am

  • Janet Yellen ’71PhD: Next chair of the Fed?

    With Federal Reserve chair Ben Bernanke's term coming to an end in January, talk has been turning lately to who might take his place. The odds-on favorite... Read on
    Mark Alden Branch ’86 | May 16 2013 10:34am

  • Mark Dayton ’69: WWJFKD?

    Lobbying his fellow Minnesota Democrats in favor of same-sex marriage, Governor Mark Dayton ’69 pulled out a surprising tactic: WWJFKD. “He... Read on
    Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL | May 9 2013 12:32pm

  • Unni Karunakara ’95MPH: healing power

    Unni Karunakara ’95MPH skipped his Yale commencement ceremony for a more important project: fighting tuberculosis in Ethiopia. He was already... Read on
    Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL | May 2 2013 12:31pm

  • Stephen Schwarzman ’69: a mogul rivals Rhodes

    In 1969, Stephen Schwarzman got turned down for a Rhodes Scholarship. Forty-four years later, the Wall Street tycoon is funding a scholarship to rival the... Read on
    Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL | April 25 2013 12:46pm

  • Jessica Helfand ’82, ’89MFA: designer observed

    "My teeth aren’t in the glass yet!” That was the reaction of Jessica Helfand ’82, ’89MFA, on learning that the American... Read on
    Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL | April 18 2013 12:21pm

  • Alex Timbers ’01: sympathy for Imelda

    Wasn’t it enough to direct a satirical Scientology pageant for children? Or President Harding is a Rock Star, in which the Teapot Dome chief... Read on
    Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL | April 11 2013 12:24pm

  • Kristin Urquiza ’03: activism on tap

      Kristin Urquiza ’03 has a thirst for national parks. From the drenched slopes of Mount Rainier (average annual snowfall: 635 inches) to the... Read on
    Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL | April 4 2013 12:28pm

  • Jack Dalrymple ’70: testing Roe v. Wade

    North Dakota governor Jack Dalrymple ’70 has a background in farming and politics, not constitutional law. But after signing the nation’s... Read on
    Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL | March 28 2013 12:07pm

  • Steven Brill ’72, ’75JD: sweet sales of a “Bitter Pill”

    In the 1980s Steven Brill ’72, ’75JD, broke new journalistic ground by rolling legal news, business reporting, and law firm gossip into... Read on
    Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL | March 21 2013 10:57am

  • Ben Carson ’73: new conservative icon

    It’s not exactly brain surgery, figuring out what’s wrong with this country, says Ben Carson ’73: it’s the economy... Read on
    Carole Bass ’83, ’97MSL | March 14 2013 12:47pm