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

  • Carol, Ray, Martina, and Kenny Crouch ’14

    Usually our Yalie of the Week is just one person, and usually that person has at least committed to attending Yale. But sometimes you have to break the mold... Read on
    the staff | December 25 2009 02:58pm

  • Ahmed Alsoudani ’08MFA

    Just months after Ahmed Alsoudani ’08MFA picked up his Yale diploma last year, Art + Auction profiled him as an... Read on
    the staff | December 18 2009 02:56pm

  • David Jackson ’93MBA

    Speaking at the School of Management Leaders Forum in September 2007, David Jackson ’93MBA noted that the subprime mortgage crisis was... Read on
    the staff | December 11 2009 02:55pm

  • Montgomery McFate ’94PhD

    Tuesday night, President Barack Obama announced his plan to send another 30,000 American soldiers to Afghanistan. Thursday, the American Anthropological... Read on
    the staff | December 4 2009 02:53pm

  • Gabe Polsky ’02

    It’s kind of a Hollywood story line—minus the adversity. After five years in the film biz, Gabe Polsky ’02 and his brother Alan... Read on
    the staff | November 27 2009 02:51pm

  • Michael Apuzzo ’05

    You might have seen Michael Apuzzo ’05 in the New York Times the other day. In his underwear. Apuzzo’s not in a Calvin Klein ad... Read on
    the staff | November 13 2009 11:28am

  • Edward Norton ’91

    Some people might embark on their first marathon as quietly as possible, just in case they don’t finish. Actor Edward Norton ’91... Read on
    the staff | November 6 2009 11:26am

  • Sam Tsui ’11 & Kurt Schneider ’10

    First there was Perez Hilton, the celebrity blogger, who tweeted in August about a Michael Jackson tribute video put together by a pair of Yale undergrads.... Read on
    the staff | November 30 2009 11:25am

  • 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

  • Neal Katyal ’95JD

    Last time we wrote about Neal Katyal ’95JD, he had just bested the federal government in a US Supreme Court case. Now Katyal is the federal... Read on
    the staff | October 9 2009 12:19pm

  • Jacob Hacker ’00PhD

    Health policy guru Jacob Hacker ’00PhD has been dubbed the “father of the public option.” But it’s been an awfully tough... Read on
    the staff | October 2 2009 12:18pm

  • Steve Bodow ’89

    As a New York journalist, Steve Bodow ’89 (arguably) had to work for a living. Then he landed a job writing for the The Daily Show, where... Read on
    the staff | September 25 2009 12:16pm

  • Andrew Romanoff ’89

    Back in January, Colorado governor Bill Ritter appointed Michael Bennet ’93JD to fill a US Senate seat vacated by Cabinet nominee Ken Salazar.... Read on
    the staff | September 18 2009 12:13pm

  • Van Jones ’93JD

    He was hired to promote green jobs, but Van Jones ’93JD turned out to have too many red flags for the White House. The environmental activist... Read on
    the staff | September 11 2009 12:11pm

  • Robert Morgenthau ’48LLB

    In nearly 35 years as Manhattan District Attorney, Robert Morgenthau ’48LLB has drawn hundreds of headlines, prosecuted everyone from... Read on
    the staff | September 4 2009 12:08pm

  • Dawn Johnsen ’83, ’86JD

    Nearly eight months after Barack Obama nominated her to head the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, Indiana University law professor... Read on
    the staff | August 28 2009 12:06pm

  • 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

  • Bill Clinton ’73JD

    It took 20 hours, one dinner with the head of state, and one crucial apology to win the reversal of a 12-year sentence for two American journalists in... Read on
    the staff | August 7 2009 12:02pm

  • 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