Decoding an early abolitionist

Thomas P. Slaughter *83 pens biography of tailor and preacher John Woolman

Published in the Nov. 5, 2008, issue

Early in his career, history professor Thomas P. Slaughter *83 vowed to revise four lectures a year for each course he taught. So when lecturing on abolition for the third time in 1985, Slaughter began a hunt for fresh primary sources. In his research,...Read more

Body art

Published in the Nov. 5, 2008, issue

The photograph “Untitled (Glass on Body Imprints — Face),” above, made in 1972 by Cuban-American performance artist Ana Mendieta, is one of more than 60 works of art depicting the body or traces of the human figure in the Princeton University Art Museum’s...Read more

Reinventing himself

Composer Paul Lansky *73 is finished with electronic music and moves on to ‘real’ instruments

Published in the Nov. 5, 2008, issue

At age 64, Paul Lansky *73 is starting over. A pioneer in computer music, he has spent more than 30 years using a computer as an instrument to create music and to capture and model sounds from everyday life — the clatter of pots banging, the sound of traffic,...Read more