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On the Campus
On the Campus
Campus Photo: Cicadas
On the Campus
Celebratory Commencement Gives a Glimpse of Brighter Days Ahead
After a challenging year, the Class of 2021 gathered for Commencement
On the Campus
Princeton Moves Ahead With Some Anti-Racism Initiatives
Several initiatives have taken shape while other key ideas remain in the planning stages
On the Campus
Students Reimagine Technology For a More Inclusive Future
‘This is not a class where the professor knows all the answers,’ said associate sociology professor Janet Vertesi
On the Campus
In Short: New Deans, Trustees, and Transfer Students
On the Campus
Without Studio Access, WPRB Stays On Air, Live From Home
In March 2020, WPRB’s signal nearly went dark
Sports
Sports
Women’s Rugby Goes Varsity
In 2022–23, rugby will become Princeton’s 18th women’s varsity sport
Research
Research
Curriculum Vitae: Professor Edmund White Blazed a Trail in Gay Literature
His novels and memoirs are ‘funny, sexy, passionate, and gorgeously written’
Research
Professors Advocate Free —and Controversial — Speech in Academia
The Journal of Controversial Ideas provides a home for contentious scholarship
Research
Faculty Books
History
History
Harvey Smith 1917 Invented a Legendary Princetonian
Princeton Portrait: Harvey Smith 1917 (1895–1969)
President's Page
President's Page
Commencement 2021: Together, Six Feet Apart
Alumni News
Alumni News
Tiger Olympians Reach Track Finals, Earn Bronze Medals in Rowing
Julia Ratcliffe ’16 and Lizzie Bird ’17 are headed to their respective finals in Tokyo
Alumni News
Essay: Looking Beyond Language as Classics Evolves
An accidental classics major explores how archaeology, technology, and more are changing the field
Alumni News
PAWcast: Novelist Cate Holahan ’02 Probes Psychology in Domestic Thrillers
‘That adage holds true, that every villain is the hero of their own story’
Alumni News
PAW’s Future: A Letter to Readers
Alumni News
Rally ’Round the Cannon: Goin’ Back Part I
Alumni News
Princetonians Photo: Rogue P-Raiders at Reunions
Alumni News
Reuning Once Again Online in 2021, Alumni Give It Their All
‘After all, we know we’d only get one 50th reunion,’ said Podie Lynch ’71, ‘and this was it’
Alumni News
Reunions Panels Took on Journalism, Free Speech
Alumni News
Ugandan Olympic Rower Kathleen Grace Noble ’18 Aims to Inspire
‘It’s been cool to put a spotlight on rowing in Uganda,’ Noble says
Alumni News
Annalyn Swan ’73 and Mark Stevens ’73 Illuminate a Dark Artist
A husband-and-wife team has published a biography of artist Francis Bacon
Alumni News
These Tigers Will Compete in the Tokyo Olympics
Alumni News
PAWcast: Taishi Nakase ’21, Valedictorian for the Class of 2021
‘There’s something quite extraordinary in all these things that we’ve experienced’
Tiger of the Week
Tiger of the Week
Lizzie Bird ’17 Sets British Steeplechase Record in Olympic Final
Believing she could get to Tokyo ‘kept me going these last two years,’ Bird says
Tiger of the Week
Howard Wainer *68 and Michael Friendly *71 Give Data Meaning
The longtime friends penned a book on the history of turning numbers into images
Tiger of the Week
Tamar Laddy ’94 Penned a Hallmark Movie for Christmas in July
‘It’s a love letter to my in-laws and their Christmas traditions’
Tiger of the Week
Writer Melissa Balmain ’87 Adds a Twist of Humor to Fairy Tales
‘They got rescued, they lived happily ever after — yawn!’
Tiger of the Week
Sean Rubin ’09 Writes Book for Children Healing From Trauma
With his wife Dr. Lucy Guarnera ’09, Rubin tells the true story of a tree that survived 9/11
Tiger of the Week
Anthony Shu ’16 and Jeffrey Zhenhua Liu ’16 Explore Asian American Food
‘There are experiences that Asians have that are not often told and need to be told’
From the Editor
From the Editor
Saying Farewell to PAW Art Director Marianne Nelson
Alumni Around the Web
Alumni Around the Web
Aug. 17: Retired Gen. David Petraeus *85 *87 on Afghanistan Falling
Alumni Around the Web
Aug. 10: Retired Soccer Star Diana Matheson ’08 on Watching Olympic Gold
Alumni Around the Web
Aug. 3: Wentworth Miller ’95 Opens Up About Autism
Alumni Around the Web
July 20: George Whitesides ’96 Brings People With Disabilities Into Space
Alumni Around the Web
July 13: David Maisel ’84 Photographs Industrial Scars from the Sky
Alumni Around the Web
July 7: Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld ’54 Dies at 88
Featured Authors
Featured Authors
Jasmin Darznik *07 Imagines an Artist’s Life in 1920s San Francisco
Featured Authors
Jan-Werner Müller, Professor of Politics, Defines Our Democracy
