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  • Healthcare Data Analyst Ben Raphel ’09 to Appear on Jeopardy!

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  • Watch: MAD Magazine Donation Honors Alum's Love of Laughs

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    Elaine Allard '01
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  • Neuroscientist Tedi Asher '05 Shapes How People View Art

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    Jasmin Rodriguez-Schroeder ’17
  • Listen: Historian Wayne Patterson '68 on Korea's "Chinese Decade"

    Wayne Patterson '68
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    Jamie Stiehm '82
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