DISCIPLINES

Bioethics Course Asks Students: Should We Enhance Our Minds?
The philosophy class considers Adderall, psychedelics, and emerging neurotechnologies like brain-computer interfaces
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Engineering & Technology
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A Hub for What’s Next
New paths for research take shape at the Environmental Studies and School of Engineering and Applied Science complex

Microbes for the Masses
Rob Knight *01 is building the tools to transform health care through microbiome science

Roasting Marshmallows and Coffee, Students Learn Tasty STEM Lessons
The Science of Roasting is among the Center on Science and Technology’s STEM literacy programs
Environmental Sciences
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How a Dinosaur From the Utah Desert Came to Princeton
In 1996, William W. Warner ’43 penned the story of alumni who dug fossils and forged friendships in the summer of 1941

Taking the Long Way to Antarctica
From offshore oil surveys to remote waters, Laura K.O. Smith ’05 chose an unconventional course

Alumni Developed a Way to Remove Microplastics From Waterways
‘The goal is to become the barrier in major emission points before the big flow goes into the ocean,’ says Yidian Liu *21

Students Rebuild Heating System at Rockefeller College
Students retrofitted a cross-section of a wall into an ideal radiant heating system
Profiles
See allJamie Ding ’13 Won ‘Jeopardy!’ 31 Times!
The Quad member and molecular biology major set Jeopardy! records
Andrew Jarecki ’85’s Prison Documentary Is Up for an Oscar
The Alabama Solution exposed abuses within the state’s prison system
Stephanie Burset ’09 Manages Vanderbilt University’s Brands and Marks
Burset says her job hits ‘the sweet spot of right-brain, left-brain storytelling’
Theater Set Designer Sara Ryung Clement ’99 Builds Onstage Worlds
A production of the classic children’s picture book Go, Dog. Go! was Clement’s latest challenge
Arts & Humanities
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At Sotheby’s, Helen Culver Smith ’03 Practices the Art of the Auction
Smith handles all Russian works for the auction house as well as artwork from the former Soviet Union

The Attentionauts
D. Graham Burnett ’93, Alyssa Loh ’12, and Peter Schmidt ’20 are leading a movement to resist ‘attention fracking’
Politics & Public Affairs
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Professor Ada Ferrer Is Telling Her Family’s Cuba Migration Trauma Story
Ferrer calls her new book ‘a plea for forgiveness from the people hurt by our leaving’

Princeton SPIA Event Dissects New Polling Data on Palestinian Attitudes
Dean Amaney Jamal, co-founder and co-principal investigator of the Arab Barometer, called the results ‘unsurprising’
Natural Sciences
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This Is What Happens When Physicists Get Away From It All
At the Aspen Center for Physics, Princeton researchers find zen and breakthroughs

Microbes for the Masses
Rob Knight *01 is building the tools to transform health care through microbiome science

A Princeton Neuroscience Professor Is Running For Congress
Professor Samuel S. Wang, a longtime election reform advocate, is among the Democratic primary candidates for New Jersey’s 12th District
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May 2026
The Attentionauts; Philip Stoltzfus ’79 and Lebanese American University in wartime.
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