Ben Weissenbach
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Gabrielle Cole ’13 Is Flying Black Hawk Helicopters and Breaking Barriers
‘It’s an exhilarating feeling, blazing your way across the surface of the Earth’
From Princeton to Policymakers
Tigers at the State Department are helping to forge international agreements around climate change
Carlee Malemute ’04 Is Bringing Native Perspectives to Hollywood
‘It’s important for kids to get to see themselves on TV, and to see that there is no single, stereotypical way to be Native’
In New PBS Series, Alan Lightman ’70 Searches for Meaning
‘How is it that a collection of atoms and molecules can give rise to complex human experiences?’
Glenn Dryfoos ’83 Just Released Jazz Great Benny Carter’s Princeton Recordings
‘Benny … is the Joyce Carol Oates, the Arthur Lewis, the John Nash of jazz,’ Dryfoos says
Craig Leon ’85 Is Growing Native Foods in Ecuador’s Cloud Forest
‘What if we were able to create an agroforestry system that brings back wildlife habitat?’
Bill Urschel ’78 Is Documenting Climate Change in Alaska
‘If we can share some of the wonders of Alaska with others, we believe that people will care more about the natural world’
Fletcher Harper ’85 Is Building an Environmental Movement on Faith
‘There’s no spiritual life that does not involve, does not start, intimately and inescapably, with the Earth’
A Princeton Pastime Declines as Temperatures Rise
Lake Carnegie was once safe for skating nearly every winter; it is now safe one out of five
Journalist Shannon Osaka ’17 Brings Perspective to Climate Change
‘I’ve always been pretty anti-‘doom and gloom,’’ says Osaka, an environmental journalist
Temitayo Ogunbiyi ’06 Invites Us To Play
An artist, Ogunbiyi designs ‘play spaces’ to inspire social progress
Dr. Tina Carroll-Scott ’88 Is Vaccinating Her South Miami Community
‘We need to pivot now, because our communities are being devastated’
Yasmeen Almog ’17 Is Predicting Bone Fractures With AI
‘The potential use cases are pretty limitless’
Kari Ostrem ’97 Is Opening a Boarding School in Ethiopia
‘You focus on human dignity and finding common ground’