Topic: Alumni
All Fired Up
Eric Jao worked as a network engineer while moonlighting at D.C.’s hottest clubs, until he was discovered by Madonna. Watch a video of him DJ.
Fall 2009
Every Picture Tells a Story
Whether photographing Jessica Lange, Christopher Walken, Paul Newman or Al Pacino for Inside the Actors Studio or capturing Ella Fitzgerald performing at the Lincoln Center, Wright faces the challenge of reaching beyond a celebrity’s image and conveying a human being.
Fall 2009
Keeping it Reel
Young people are the largest consumers of digital media, films and TV. It’s a language they are taught to hear but not speak.
Fall 2009
Heroes of a New World Economy
Imagine a global economy that provides people affordable goods and services that allow them to solve their own problems.
Fall 2009
Preserving, Progressing
Fall 2009
Got the Job-Search Blues?
Fall 2009
Mental Warm-up
Fall 2009
Record Turnout
Reunion turnout eclipsed last year’s attendance by about 25 percent and was double the number of 2005.
Fall 2009
From DNA to the N.I.H.
Francis S. Collins to head multi-billion dollar research institute.
Fall 2009
Letters to the Editor
Fall 2009
In the Land of the Midnight Sun
The destruction of Eagle, Alaska, hardly made headlines. Yet, 3,000 miles away in Virginia, Ted Genoways was devastated.
Fall 2009
Portrait of a Confessed Slowpoke
How does a comic writer come up with jokes? Jen Sorensen, author of the cartoon Slowpoke, reveals the secrets of humor.
Fall 2009
Economy Special Report: Three videos
Students, alumni and faculty discuss their experience with the economic crisis.
July 16, 2009
Playground Smack-down
When asked why he would pursue a sport like four square, Glasser is circumspect: “Why? Because it’s silly.”
July 14, 2009
Summer Like You’ve Never Seen It Before
Chris Bickford’s photos capture moods, immediacy of surfing, nightlife
July 13, 2009
Fighting Human Trafficking
When Andrea Austin learned about human trafficking, she refused to believe it. It seemed like something out of a far-fetched movie.
June 10, 2009
The World’s Hottest Nerd?
Colin Steers went from studying neurology to being cast as the “hot nerd” on this season’s Make Me a Supermodel.
June 10, 2009
Scaling Kilimanjaro
Audio Slideshow: Liz Freer (Col class of ’08) and her mother, Dr. Carol Freer (Grad class of ’86), climb Mt. Kilimanjaro to raise funds for breast cancer research.
June 10, 2009
Graduation 2009: Cherished memories
June 1, 2009
Two Generations of Graduates
May 26, 2009
Trying to Make Lemonade: After the Corporate Collapse
A first-person perspective on how Circuit City’s collapse altered the career path of one alumnus.
Summer 2009
The University and the Economy: On the Front Lines
Alumni and faculty experts share their perspectives on how we got into this situation—and how to get out of it.
Summer 2009
Special Report: The University and the Economy
Explore the economic turmoil from a variety of viewpoints, including those of faculty, students and alumni.
Summer 2009
You Don’t Say!
Which well-known Mark Twain quote can be traced to Thomas Jefferson? What Tina Fey joke is often mistakenly attributed to a candidate for vice president?
Summer 2009