May 16, 2017: Kemper ’02 Previews Netflix Show; Four Alumni Join the Princeton Faculty; and More

Actress Ellie Kemper ’02 previews the third season of her Netflix sitcom, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, including her title character’s experiences as a freshman at Columbia. — Entertainment Weekly

Fazal Sheikh ’87 presents “unadorned yet affecting” portraits of people living in the world’s troubled spots in “Homelands and Histories,” an exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. — Wall Street Journal

Photographer David Maisel ’84’s “eerily timely” new project features aerial images of a chemical weapons testing facility in Utah’s Great Salt Lake Desert. — The Guardian

Palliative-care doctor B.J. Miller ’93 discusses death and dying on Oprah Winfrey’s new SuperSoul Sunday series. — Oprah Winfrey Network

In his new book, Animal Envy: A Fable, Ralph Nader ’55 talks to animals, and they talk back. — The Washington Post

Princeton trustees approved 14 new faculty members, including Leah Platt Boustan ’00 (economics), Nieng Yan *05 (molecular biology), Gabriele Di Cerbo *13 (mathematics), and Monica Huerta *06 (English and American studies). — Princeton.edu

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