About
Senior Writer
Mark, PAW’s senior writer, has written for the magazine since 2003. A former lawyer and cartoonist, he is also the author of four books on politics and sports, as well as a documentary film on Ivy League football.
Authored Content
History
Woodrow Wilson ’79 Revisited
On the 150th anniversary of his birth, scholars take a fresh look at his legacy
Features
Strawberry Fields Forever
Miles Reiter ’71 has devoted his career to growing better berries and turning Driscoll’s into a leader in sustainability
Features
Spoiler Alert
Cornel West *80 is the latest Princetonian to launch a presidential bid, but could his candidacy go sour for the country?
Alumni News
Ralph Nader ’55 Finds Corporate Leaders Who Did Ethics Right
Nader says he is proud of changes he’s helped to enact but sees problems now with corporations gaining more power
Features
The Legacy of Legacy
Family ties are famously strong at Princeton, but changes to admission policies could be coming. Five alumni ponder the future.
Features
War & Words
With tension high over the Israel-Gaza war, can Princeton avoid uglier incidents seen at other universities?
Alumni News
Michael Lewis ’82: Understanding Sam Bankman-Fried ‘Is Breathtakingly Difficult’
The accomplished author explains his decision to write about an alleged crypto criminal and how readers have reacted
Features
Enemies, Foreign and Domestic
Gen. Mark Milley ’80 enters the final days of his unprecedented tenure as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
On the Campus
PAW Goes to the Movies: Professor Alexander Glaser Watches ‘Oppenheimer’
“The movie is a cautionary tale about science, scientific advice, and policymaking,” says the Princeton faculty member and global security expert
On the Campus
Princeton’s 2022-23 Annual Giving Campaign Raises $73.8 Million
Participation by undergraduate alumni increases slightly from last year to 47.5%, led by the Class of 1963
Alumni News
Alum Swimmers and Divers Reunite for Open-Water Swim in Greece
The idea of swimming several miles every day for nearly a week was daunting
Alumni News
Q&A: Even at 108, P-rade Doesn’t Get Old for Joe Schein ’37
He’s also now the University’s oldest-ever alumnus
Alumni News
New Biography Details Complex Career of Statesman George Shultz ’42
Shultz famously said: ‘Trust is the coin of the realm’
Features
The Giving Plea
Princeton is raising more money than ever, yet participation rates are declining. What gives when it comes to Annual Giving?
Alumni News
In New Book, Lanny Jones ’66 Decries Excessive Celebrity Culture
Jones, a former People magazine and PAW editor, criticizes America’s adoration of the rich and famous in ‘Celebrity Nation’
On the Campus
Professor and Electric Guitarist Steven Mackey Is Back on Stage
Mackey was on the road almost constantly during the winter and spring, bringing several works to the stage at last
Features
Past and President
Christopher Eisgruber ’83 answers your questions (and ours) on his 10 years at Nassau Hall
Sports
Essay: How Two Tigers Formed a Princeton Watch Party in London
Across the pond, PAW writer Mark Bernstein ’83 found the Princeton basketball fever is strong
Features
Q&A: New Provost Jennifer Rexford ’91
Rexford discusses diversity, student mental health, and why computer science is the most popular major
Features
Wrap Your Brain Around This.
Artificial intelligence is changing higher education. Will it be for the best?
On the Campus
For 80 Years Princeton Has Been Publishing Thomas Jefferson’s Writing
The Jefferson Papers project will contain approximately 20,000 letters written by Jefferson and another 30,000 received by him
Alumni News
Majel Connery ’01 Interviews Women Classical Musicians on Podcast
Connery, a musician and ethnomusicologist, believes she has a unique contribution to make
Alumni News
Celebrating 100 Years of Baker Rink, Gen. Mark Milley ’80 Drops the Puck
‘The whole idea of team sports, it’s much bigger than just putting points on the board,’ Milley says
On the Campus
PAW Goes to the Movies: Dean Jill Dolan Watches ‘She Said’
‘This movie tries to honor this moment of feminist resistance to male power, as well as making heroes of the reporters’
Features
A Combustible Mix
Maitland Jones, an emeritus professor of chemistry at Princeton, has thoughts about the state of teaching after his controversial dismissal from NYU
Features
Still Madly for Adlai
Why Adlai Stevenson 1922 matters a century after he graduated from Princeton
Alumni News
Q&A: Law Professor Rick Pildes ’79 on Reforming the Electoral Count Act
‘It would be tragic if the legislation collapsed over any of these issues,’ Pildes says
On the Campus
Emeritus Professor Arno Mayer Honored at Holocaust Museum
Mayer represented the surviving Ritchie Boys as they were honored with the Elie Wiesel Award
Features
Do the Hustle! The Death of Disco?
Features
Princeton’s Special Sauce
Is the recipe for involving alumni in University life still fresh?
Alumni News
A Tiger on the Court: Sam Alito ’72 at Princeton
Features
The Calm After the Storm
Former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch ’80 reflects on her moment of decision
Alumni News
Chad Edwards ’79 Is Bringing Space Exploration to Life
Edwards, a physicist, leads NASA projects on Mars
Features
Watching the War
‘You feel helpless that these people you spent 30 years of your life with are facing the abyss,’ Earle says
Alumni News
Nathan Myhrvold *83 Wrote 1,708 Pages About Pizza
‘I’d encourage everyone to step a little outside their comfort zone,’ says Myhrvold
Alumni News
Tigers Return for In-Person Alumni Day
‘The experience was exhilarating,’ said Gary King ’79
Features
Deep in the Heart of Texas
Two alumni mayors take different approaches to common challenges
On the Campus
PAW Goes to the Movies: Elaine Showalter Watches ‘The Chair’
‘Nobody wants to fight to be the chair,’ Showalter says
Research
Faculty Book: Linda Colley Considers the Constitution
Several factors ‘contributed to the rise of constitutions, but the main one was a dramatic increase in ... warfare.’
Features
The Texan in Washington
James A. Baker III ’52 reflects on his party, his country, and that tattoo on a famous friend’s derrière
Research
Nonprofit Brings Seafood to Philadelphia’s Lower-Income Communities
A former Princeton postdoc, Talia Young founded Fishadelphia
Alumni News
Christopher Hart ’69 *71 Helps Boeing Planes Return Safely to Skies
Hart’s regulatory team found failures to communicate between Boeing and the FAA
Research
It’s Not Too Late for Election Activism, says Professor Sam Wang
By looking at narrow leads and volunteering, people can still make a difference in the days before the election
Alumni News
Law Professor Rick Pildes ’79 On How to Make Your Vote Count
‘We’re at risk of not getting the message out about how important it is for people to vote in person’
On the Campus
How Should Woodrow Wilson Be Remembered? A Biographer’s View
‘History keeps evolving, and so must institutions’
Research
A Moment For Historian Richard Hofstadter on Anti-Intellectualism
“Hofstadter believed that intellectual values were crucial to a democratic society,” says Professor Sean Wilentz
Alumni News
‘Our Authority Is Very Strong’: Fed Chair Jerome Powell ’75 Speaks At Reunions
Powell focused particularly on the Fed’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak
Features
‘A Prolific Harvest of Death’
COVID-19 is only the latest epidemic to strike Princeton — here’s how the University handled others
Alumni News
In Boston, Alumni Doctors Face COVID-19 Together
“It’s a long-term ground war,” says Edward Ryan ’84
Features
New Music, Old Themes
Julia Wolfe *12’s experiments with sound span the traditional and the trippy
Alumni News
Prospect Theater Company: Stage Whisperers
How a group of friends who met at Princeton are holding the stage
Features
Mind of a Mathematician
Terence Tao *96 was an extraordinary prodigy — and he’s still at it
Features
When the Call Came
Bruce Ribner ’66 had been preparing for the day he’d be needed to treat a deadly outbreak of disease. The day arrived — and the disease was Ebola
Features
The Dealmaker
How Regis Pecos ’77 confronted history and bridged a gap between two communities
Features
‘A Compassionate Realist’
Dr. Elizabeth Ryan ’00 is on the front lines battling the opioid epidemic
On the Campus
LBJ Biographer Caro ’57 Joins Remnick ’81 for Interview at McCarter
The author’s research method: ‘Turn every page’
On the Campus
Troubling Images
Photojournalists reflect on careers ‘based on other people’s tragedies’
Features
Hitting the High Notes
Countertenors Anthony Roth Costanzo ’04 and Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen ’15 lead an operatic revival
Features
An American hero in Iran
One hundred years ago, Howard Baskerville 1907 left Princeton and fought for liberty in Persia
On the Campus
A moment with ... Nannerl Keohane
On the Campus
A moment with ... Greg Olsen
Research
Real-World Research: Meeting of Minds
Collaboration, student innovations on display at Princeton’s Research Day
On the Campus
The great experiment
Four-year colleges promise a different Princeton experience for many
On the Campus
A moment with ... John V. Fleming *63
On the Campus
A moment with ... Deborah Prentice
On the Campus
Taking the pulse of the humanities
Grafton: Princeton is a bright spot, but humanists are losing ground nationally
On the Campus
A moment with ... Robert Wuthnow
Alumni News
A moment with ... Demetri Porphyrios *80
On the Campus
A moment with ... Evan Thomas
Alumni News
Majel Connery ’01: Classics Rock
Oracle Hysterical, ‘half band, half book club,’ reincarnates classic works by fusing them with music
Features
Credit Builder
José Quiñonez *98 helps people pool their money to open financial doors — and change lives
Alumni News
Samara Bay ’02: You Say Tomato ...
How a fascination with phonetics led to a career as an accent and dialect coach to the stars
Alumni News
In Memoriam: Lesley McAllister ’91
Features
Road Trip: A Tiger Guide
Browse more than 300 Princeton-related sites around the United States
Features
A Conservative’s Conservative
In style and philosophy, columnist Ramesh Ponnuru ’95 is bucking the crowd
Features
Whither the Republicans? Wither the Democrats?
After a topsy-turvy election, alumni on both sides of the aisle contemplate the future of our two major political parties
Alumni News
Q&A: Anthony Romero ’87, Louder Than Words
The ACLU takes action to preserve liberty for all
Alumni News
¡Adelante Tigres!: Latino Alumni Unite
Conference explores the Latino experience on campus and beyond
Alumni News
Ezra Levin *13 and Angel Padilla *13: An ‘Indivisible’ Force
Former congressional staffers take a page from the Tea Party playbook
On the Campus
Learning to Adapt
As some longtime clients drop away, the Press Club tries to stay relevant
Features
The Times They Were A-Changin’
Features
Breaking the Sound Barrier
Still a student, composer Caroline Shaw has become a star by following her own musical recipe
Research
Q&A: Yu Xie: Knowing China
A new center increases understanding of a rapidly changing nation
Research
Faculty Book: Sean Wilentz: Join the Party
An embrace of tradition as political outsiders are in vogue
Alumni News
Fuller Patterson ’38: War Story
On Memorial Day, remembering a Princetonian and a Belgian’s loving deed
Tiger of the Week
For Writer Douglas Alden ’88, It’s 1927 Again
On the Campus
Q&A: Professor Sean Wilentz on the Presidential Race
Research
Economics: Mortality Rising
Case-Deaton study reveals a sharp rise in death rates for middle-aged whites Americans
Features
Everything you wanted to know...
about money and ethics, relationships, fashion, and health — PAW wasn’t afraid to ask
On the Campus
Deaton Wins Nobel
Optimistic economist cited for studies showing how personal decisions matter
Alumni News
Asian American Conference: Flourishing Alums Return
Celebrating gains and challenges for Asians and Asian Americans, who feel like ‘outsiders and insiders’
Features
Still Paying
For Mahmoud Reza Banki *05, release from prison was a victory but not a happy ending
On the Campus
A Cappella on the Silver Screen
Features
What’s Next for Cuba?
Ralph Nader ’55: A Shrine to Tort Law
Museum of flawed products — from the Chevy Corvair to coffee that’s too hot — opens after 17 years
On the Campus
Class Stones, Revisited
With Nassau Hall nearly out of space, PAW offers some ideas for the future
Features
The Marshal Plan
Keeping the P-rade moving requires discipline, patience, and a poufy hat. PAW senior writer Mark F. Bernstein ’83 writes about the experience.
Features
Funny Girl
In the comedy world, where women remain outnumbered, Ellie Kemper ’02 gets the laughs
Features
A world in a grain of sand
Paul Steinhardt’s long, improbable search for a natural quasicrystal
On the Campus
Professors share Nobel Prize in economics
Features
Temperatures rising
In climate-change discussions, two Princeton professors go against the grain
Features
Hating Uncle Sam
A Princeton class dissects the causes of anti-Americanism and what can be done about them.
On the Campus
A moment with ... Michael Porter '69
Features
Margaret Mead meets Morgan Stanley
Karen Ho *03, an anthropologist, explores the culture of Wall Street
Alumni News
Zoli ’88 wins MacArthur grant
Alumni News
Black alumni return for three-day conference
University unveils plan to engage participants as donors, volunteers
On the Campus
Hundreds attend memorial service for Goheen
Features
Life in the literary fast lane
Theodore Spencer '23's journals, on display at Firestone, offer vignettes of the last century's great writers
On the Campus
Rescuing Stevenson ’22’s name from loserdom
Features
Rethinking Reagan
Liberal historian Sean Wilentz still disagrees with the conservative president, but gives credit where it’s due
On the Campus
Krugman: Nobel in economics
Well-known for his New York Times commentary, professor is cited for his research on global trade
Features
Why Princeton was spared
The University lost no one in the deadly 1918 flu pandemic, providing lessons to consider 90 years later
On the Campus
Albee on Albee
Playwright Edward Albee shares his know-how of drama and dramatists with Princeton students
Features
Identity Politics
Why Randall Kennedy ’77 writes about racial loyalty, betrayal, and selling out
On the Campus
A Moment With...Perry Link
On the Campus
The Bus Stops Here
Features
Treasures in Princeton’s attic
Amid the books and manuscripts, Princeton’s libraries hold Charles Dickens’ desk lamps, John J. Audubon’s shotgun, and Katherine Cornell’s bra
Features
Dream jobs
Features
Rules of engagement
As American universities rush to China, how much should they push on issues of free expression and human rights?
Alumni News
Frank Stella’s 1958
An exhibition centers on the paintings the artist created in his senior year at Princeton and in the months following graduation