Mark F. Bernstein ’83
Mark F. Bernstein ’83 content overview
Iran War Is ‘Frightening’ and ‘Unnerving,’ Say Princetonians and Professors
‘I’m at home in Kuwait and I can hear missiles flying,’ said Sheikh Nawaf al-Sabah ’94
Behind the Stripes
What happens inside the mascot suit doesn’t always stay there
Princeton University Press Director Walter Lippincott ’60 Loved Opera
Jan. 16, 1939 — Jan. 18, 2025
Joe Krakora ’76 Journeys from Public Defender to Clemency Mentor
Krakora retired in 2024 after a career as New Jersey’s longest-serving public defender.
The King and Queen of Energy
Kwanza Jones ’93 and José E. Feliciano ’94 dream — and give — big
PAW Goes to the Movies: ‘Springsteen’
Duneier, who has seen The Boss more than 100 times in concert, critiques the new film
Huge Crowds Descend for a Night at the New Art Museum
The new Princeton University Art Museum saw nearly 22,000 visitors in its first 24 hours — many of them in Halloween costumes
London’s Big Data Detective
Below ground or above, Lauren Sager Weinstein ’95 helps commuters get where they need to go
‘Tomorrow Will Be Worse’
Julia Ioffe ’05 explains Russia’s depressing history through its women, and the warning signs for America
Hicham Mhammedi Alaoui ’08’s Company Immerses Travelers in Morocco
A native of Casablanca, Alaoui built his tourism company around Morocco’s history, geography, cuisine, and culture
Turbulence Times
Longtime U.S. F-15 pilot Michael Holl ’03 reenters the Middle East tinder box working with the Qatari air force
Rupert Elderkin *14 Keeps Fighting for the Victims of Rwanda’s Genocide
Elderkin previously prosecuted war crimes committed in Serbia and Kosovo
Mark F. Bernstein ’83 Went to 19 Reunions Panels in One Day
Sensible people set priorities. I decided to try a different approach.
Early Reunions Organizers Fought to Bar Women From the P-rade — and Lost
They do not ‘fundamentally belong,’ wrote an alum in 1958
Going Against the Current
Monica Harris ’88 brings her own perspective to the culture wars
NIH Caps Could Hurt Research
‘The system is not broken, so the attempt to fix it is bewildering,’ says Dean Michael Gordin
And the Grammy Goes To...
Their album, Rectangles and Circumstance, featuring composer Caroline Shaw *14, won Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Isobel Coleman ’87 Calls Dismantling USAID ‘Short-Sighted’
‘This is not the way to treat dedicated public servants who have devoted their lives to serving American interests’
Brian Olsen ’64 Pioneered ‘Ready-to-Assemble’ Furniture
No one is quite sure how a coffee table Olsen designed ended up in ’Animal House’
Artist Frank Stella ’58 Defied Labels and Reinvented Himself
‘He made himself one of the truly important artists of the 20th and 21st centuries,’ says Michael Fried ’59, an art historian, critic, and lifelong friend
























