The Tilghman years

PAW looks back at what has changed

By W. Raymond Ollwerther ’71

After the announcement 12 years ago that she had been named Princeton’s 19th president, Shirley Tilghman began meeting regularly with the man who...

A Moment With ... Curator Don Skemer, on F. Scott Fitzgerald ’17

By Jennifer Altmann

The release of director Baz Luhrmann’s screen version of “The Great Gatsby” in May meant another flood of interest in F. Scott Fitzgerald ’17. As...

Asian-American studies: Backers see hopeful signs

By Joseph Sapia

After four decades of laying the groundwork, supporters of an Asian-American studies program at Princeton see signs that their dream is coming...

Setting things straight

Caroline James ’05

By Jessica Lander ’10

Princeton’s campus is dotted with the visionary work of husband-and-wife team Robert Venturi ’47 *50 and Denise Scott Brown, who designed Wu Hall,...

Journey of humility: Discourses on faith

By Jeff Chu ’99

“Be humble.” The two-word text message arrived on a summer morning in 2005, when I was at my parents’ house in Nevada. I had flown out from New York...

Listen up: Research team uses 3-D printer to create bionic ear

By Allie Weiss ’13

Ears are one of the most ­difficult ­biological structures to reconstruct through surgery, a fact that prompted researchers led by Michael...