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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 allAndrew 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
Fighting Cancer, Skip Hovsmith ’80 Runs Marathons With His Family
‘Our dad really taught us that we can do hard things,’ Elayne Hovsmith says
Arts & Humanities
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Flexing Multiple Skills, Anthony Costanzo ’04 Is Out to Save Opera Philadelphia
The famed countertenor continues to perform as he leads the opera company out of a financial crisis

New Sounds at Old Nassau
How Rudresh Mahanthappa reshaped Princeton’s jazz program amid an Ivy League surge

Campus Goes Hollywood With Filmmaking Club Princeton Pictures
Founded in 2023, the club now produces three films per semester, totaling a dozen in its brief history

Madeleine Haddon *21 Helped Create a David Bowie Museum
Haddon, a senior curator, says the newly opened David Bowie Centre in East London is unlike any museum visitors have ever seen
Politics & Public Affairs
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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

C. Diff Bacteria Can Weaken the Sick, But a Princeton Chemist Found a Fix
Biological chemist Mohammad Seyedsayamdost found the antibiotic KCB is safe and effective against C. diff and preserves the microbiome
PAW IN PRINT

April 2026
Inside the new ES and SEAS complex; kudos for austerity; jazz at Princeton.
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