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

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  • Stefan Pryor ’93, ’06JD: A turnaround plan for Connecticut schools.

    The phrase “Connecticut schools” might conjure images of blond children, green lacrosse fields, and black Lexuses. Despite Connecticut’s... Read on
    the staff | January 19 2012 12:18pm

  • 7/22/11: Wendi Deng Murdoch ’97MBA

    Wendi Deng Murdoch ’97MBA’s top-ten list of What I Learned at the Yale School of Management probably does not include pie-blocking. Or... Read on
    the staff | January 3 2012 01:08pm

  • 3/4/11: David Wu ’82JD

      During the closing weeks of last fall’s election campaign—often nicknamed the “silly season”—some of US... Read on
    the staff | January 3 2012 11:32am

  • Jared Taylor ’73

    Jared Taylor ’73 calls himself a “racial realist.” Other people call him a white supremacist. But this week, Taylor found himself... Read on
    the staff | January 14 2011 10:57am

  • Richard Blumenthal ’73JD

    Being Yalie of the Week, we have to explain from time to time, isn’t necessarily something you want to put on your résumé. It may... Read on
    the staff | May 21 2010 04:51pm

  • Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr. ’73

    Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr. ’73 has written for the New Yorker, made PBS documentaries, won a MacArthur “genius... Read on
    the staff | July 24 2009 12:22pm

  • 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