March 17: Jamie Ding ’13 Has Been Winning at ‘Jeopardy!’

Jamie Ding ’13 wore a black and orange sweater when he won Jeopardy! on March 13. He returned as a champion player on March 16, won, and will compete again tonight. — Jeopardy!

Poet and MIT professor Joshua Bennett *16 has a new book of poetry out titled WE (The People of the United States), which explores “explores themes of identity, creativity and the ways African Americans have shaped every aspect of American life.” — WABE

Authorities charged a nursing home medical technician in the shooting death of Robert Fuller Jr. ’61, a philanthropist and author who published a detective novel called Unnatural Deaths in 2009. — The Washington Post

Paralympian Declan Farmer ’20 is the Tom Brady of U.S. sled hockey, according to teammates who spoke with The Athletic and say he’s raised the level of training for the national team. Declan was named MVP after taking his fourth Paralympic title with the U.S. team in Milano Cortina.  — Paralympic.org

John Hurley ’86 resigned as undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence after objecting to a White House crackdown on alleged fraud by Somali immigrants in Minnesota. — The Washington Post

Robert Klitzman ’80, a psychiatrist and bioethics professor at Columbia University, outlined how to help vaccine-hesitant people understand why “at times, our society stipulates that we pursue the greater good over our own preferences.” — Psychology Today

USC cancer researcher David Agus ’87 was among the academics courted by Jeffrey Epstein but managed to evade him for seven years until Epstein’s 2019 arrest put an end to the attempts. — Science magazine

In an op-ed, author Christine Emba ’10 examined the reasons Gen Z isn’t dating, including the trend of “looksmaxxing” young men who care about being attractive more than attracting women. — The New York Times

Actor Sam Gravitte ’17 is performing in the new musical Starstruck, a play on Cyrano de Bergerac at Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, Pennsylvania. — The New York Times

Katie Kitamura ’99’s 2017 novel A Separation, about a woman who searches Greece for her missing estranged husband, is being adapted for film. — Deadline

As war escalates across the middle east, Queen Noor ’73 of Jordan asked King Abdullah II to release her son, who has been under house arrest since April 2021. — Hola!

Ret. Gen. David Petraeus *85 *87 discussed three reasons why America attacked Iran, including early knowledge that Israel was going to attack over Iran’s missile program. — Al Jazeera

“Earning respect from others starts with respecting yourself, so don’t be afraid to ask for what you want and always remember to stand up tall.”

— Michelle Obama ’85 in a Q&A with British Vogue.

Owner Jeff Bezos ’86’s decision to cut 44% of The Washington Post’s reporters last month led to 60,000 canceled digital subscriptions. — Mediaite

Isobel Coleman ’87, formerly deputy administrator for policy and programming at USAID, will be the next CEO of the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation. — Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation

Talking about her book Priceless Facts About Money, Ariel Investments CEO Mellody Hobson ’91 said teaching kids financial literacy is one of the best gifts you can give them. — MSN’s Her Money

Actress Brooke Shields ’87 will star in the new detective series due out this spring, You’re Killing Me, playing a novelist trying to solve a small-town murder. — Good Housekeeping

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