Inbox
See moreOctober 14, 2025
Thinking Carefully About How Protests Are Viewed
October 14, 2025
On the Gospel of Wealth
October 14, 2025
Funding Change with Charitable Support
Endowment and Budget Cuts
Princeton Departments Feel the Squeeze From Budget Cuts
Some changes are visible already as departments begin three years of fiscal belt-tightening
Will Princeton Avoid Endowment Tax by Increasing Financial Aid?
Wellesley College economist Phillip Levine *90 projected Princeton’s tax bill will jump from $39 million to $223 million a year
Wintersession Canceled Due to Budget Concerns
Annual offerings of noncredit workshops and events discontinued after five years
This Is How Princeton’s Endowment Works
Endowments are back in the news, and PAW is here with a Q&A to clear up any confusion
EDITORS’ PICKS
Princeton Expands Financial Aid Across Income Spectrum
Beginning this year, all costs will be covered for most families earning less than $150,000
Progress to HIV Response in South Africa Fades with U.S. Aid Cuts
The country — home to an estimated 8 million people living with the virus — had been finding success through research, programming, and community activism
TIGER TRAVELS
Princetonians on where to go, eat, and playDarren Joe ’02 Pairs Saigon’s Hidden Alleyway Gems With Tourist Spots
‘When friends and family visit, I tell them to soak…
A Tour Guide’s Perfect Summer Day in Oxford
Jimin Kang ’21 shares recommendations for a perfect day in…
Princeton Alumni Curated This Guide to Buenos Aires
In the first Latin American destination in PAW’s city guide…
GAMES
See allPAW IN PRINT

October 2025
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott ’92; President Eisgruber ’83 defends higher ed; Julia Ioffe ’05 explains Russia.
On the Campus
Newsletters.
Get More From PAW In Your Inbox.

Pawcasts
See allTalking with Tigers about what’s happening on campus and beyond

PRINCETONIANS
Profiles
See allArchitect Irina Verona ’94 Brings Inclusive Design Ethos to Princeton Buildings
‘Princeton cares a lot about this, so it was a great fit,’ Verona says
Giri Nathan ’13 Captures a New Tennis Rivalry in ‘Changeover’
Some say it’s too early to elevate Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, but the co-founder of Defector Media disagrees
Cari Gallman ’03 Leads in Legal and Policy Innovation in Medicine
Gallman, who pivoted from medicine to law at Princeton, recently became an executive vice president at Bristol Myers Squibb
Achille Tenkiang ’17 Founds Baldwin Institute to Foster Creative Resistance
The organization uses James Baldwin’s literature to engage youth in thoughtful conversations on literature and race
IN THE NEWS
Andrew Hui *09 Studies the Study
In The Study: The Inner Life of Renaissance Libraries, Hui examines the origins and the ambivalent nature of personal spaces devoted to books
Sydney Montgomery ’15 Helps First-Gen Students Apply to College
Montgomery’s nonprofit organization, Barrier Breakers, focuses on ‘holistic college counseling’
New York Times Critic Ligaya Mishan ’91 Seeks Magic in the Dining Experience
‘Restaurants are some of our last gathering places,’ Mishan says.
Amanda Pratt ’01 Is Elevating Women Artists and Designers at Her NYC Gallery
‘I noticed that there weren’t a lot of opportunities for women, and that women were not being represented in a meaningful way,’ Pratt says
BOOKS
See allA City on the Edge
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin — located along the border of Milwaukee, is a midsized suburb known as the “heartland of the heartland.”…
On Bullshit: Anniversary Edition
While the first edition came out over 20 years ago, On Bullshit: Anniversary Edition (Princeton University Press) , still shows…
A Concrete Alliance
In A Concrete Alliance (Yale University Press) Grossman intertwines two symbols of French history: its architecture and political culture of…
I Guess I’ll Start My Own War
Roberts tells the heroic story of 1st. Lt. Eric Wood, Jr. ’42 from adolescence through his definitive years at the…

October 16, 2025
Philanthropy and Humanity
Nathaniel Norman ’03