http://www.lafayette.edu RSS Feed For Lafayette Alumni http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14303 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14303 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14305 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14305 As an intern at CNBC, Kara Boodakian 07 never expected to be running through Times Square in a dress and heels with a football in her arms. We were working on a show called Fast Money, explains Kara, now a CNBC productions manager. The first week I was there, the guest for the show was a pro football player. Right before we aired, my executive producer turned to me and asked if we had a football prop for him. Of course we didnt. My boss handed me her credit card and I went sprinting out of the building into a Toys R Us. I had completely forgotten which team he played for. I took my chances, grabbed a football, and sprinted like a wide receiver back to where they were filming." http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14306 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14306 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14159 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14159 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14281 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14281 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14265 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14265 "What are lawyers going to talk about on the night of September 11?" Christopher Naughton '77 asked himself on that fateful day in 2001. As creator and host of American Law Journal, a TV show about constitutional issues, he was unsure of how to address what would unfold in light of the towers collapse. Yet by his go-live time at 8 p.m., Americans had seen the footage -- and they wanted to talk about it. We talked about how [Sept. 11] might impact our civil liberties down the line. Some of the viewers questions were quite pressing, he recalls. His program is now entering its 20th year. "I feel strongly that TV should be fun and the law can be dry sometimes, so you have to make [law] as interesting as possible and share what our sacred rights are," he says. http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14231 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14231 A man in a hoodie and baggy jeans robs a liquor store. He points a shotgun at the clerk. An overhead security camera records the scene, but because of the mans loose-fitting clothes, cops cant tell much about him. He flees into the night, never to be seen again. Or maybe so, thanks to technology created by Alexandru Balan '03, a graduate student at Brown University, and his professor, Michael Black. The two have created a program that uses complex algorithms and a database of scanned body images to estimate gender, height, weight, and even the chest and waist sizes of clothed, moving figures in videos. Balan was inspired by tackling criminal cases with police in Rhode Island and Virginia. His efforts earned a commendation by the chief of police of Henrico County, Va. http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14232 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14232 Michael '82 and Linda Tedori Whitman '83 are co-chairs of the Fleck Consistent Giving Society. Founded in 2006 in honor of the late Cyrus S. Fleck '20, the society is comprised of the more than 4,000 alumni who have made gifts to the College for five or more consecutive years. The Whitmans are members of  the Marquis Parents Council and alumni admissions representatives. Michael also has hosted internships and externships, and Linda was a class agent for her 25th reunion. at Lafayette, As students, Michael was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and the mens basketball team, and Linda was a member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority. http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14223 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14223 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14198 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14198 After five years at ABC Family, Chris Meredith '02 made the decision of a lifetime, jumping to the digital frontier at AOL's Advertising.com. I made a huge jump from TV, he says. I liked ABC, but there was little room for promotion, and I decided I wanted to challenge myself and move to a brand new world. Meredith works in the Publisher Services Department. I manage a large roster of Comscore Top 500 online publishers including major newspapers, TV networks, and ISP (Internet service provider), gaming, and social media sites. We work with the publishers to monetize their discretionary ad inventory by filling ad space with our network of advertisers. http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14211 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14211 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14201 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14201 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14175 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14175 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14170 http://www.lafayette.edu/news.php/view/14170