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

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  • Angel Lam ’10ArtA

    She started composing when she was nine years old. Now, at 31, Angel Lam ’10ArtA is traveling the Silk Road. An artist diploma candidate at... Read on
    the staff | October 16 2009 12:22pm

  • 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

  • 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

  • Lynn Nottage ’89MFA

    She pulled down a MacArthur “genius” prize two years ago, so perhaps it was just a matter of time until playwright Lynn Nottage... Read on
    the staff | April 25 2009 11:37am

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Oliver Stone ’68

    Oliver Stone ’68 left Yale after his freshman year, but his time on campus no doubt came in handy when he was creating scenes from George... Read on
    the staff | October 24 2008 10:16am

  • Camille Paglia ’74PhD

    The reaction of most left-leaning critics and commentators to the choice of Sarah Palin as John McCain’s running mate has been uniform and... Read on
    the staff | October 10 2008 10:12am

  • Chimamanda Adichie ’08MA

    As the object of daydreams, the $500,000 MacArthur Fellowships are even better than the lottery in that you don’t have to buy a ticket—the... Read on
    the staff | September 26 2008 09:52am

  • Meryl Streep ’75MFA

    Meryl Streep ’75MFA didn’t get 14 Oscar nominations for just doing the same-old same-old. This weekend, she turns up singing and dancing in, of... Read on
    the staff | July 18 2008 02:46pm

  • Kevin Kopelson ’79

    It’s one thing to get caught plagiarizing. It’s another to shout about your own plagiarism from the rooftops—or at least in the... Read on
    the staff | May 30 2008 02:37pm

  • Cash Warren ’01

    Expect a record turnout at the tenth reunion of the Class of 2001. Budding film producer Cash Warren ’01 became the envy of millions of men on... Read on
    the staff | May 23 2008 02:36pm