DISCIPLINES
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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’
Class Close-Up: History of Mathematics Starts 4,000 Years Ago
Students learn ‘a whole landscape of the subject. It’s a crash course,’ says visiting fellow Alex Kontorovich ’02
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Engineering & Technology
See allSoothing ‘Rhythm Robots’ Blend Art and Engineering
Naomi Leonard ’85’s robot installation is one of the interdisciplinary projects in CreativeX
Could New Jersey Be the Place Where AI Blossoms?
Speakers at the inaugural N.J. AI Summit see a bright future for artificial intelligence in Princeton and its backyard
Environmental Sciences
See allHeather Lynch ’00 Uses Satellites to Study Penguins
‘It’s kind of cracked open this whole field of people who are starting to look at wildlife remotely’
A New Home — and Pose — For Guyot’s Allosaurus
After refurbishment, the dinosaur will be installed in the new Environmental Studies building, which is currently under construction
Princeton to Accept Certain Fossil Fuel Funds
Student activists questioned the University’s move to allow fossil fuel industry funding for research that aims to produce environmental benefits
Profiles
See allHeather Lynch ’00 Uses Satellites to Study Penguins and Climate Change
‘It’s kind of cracked open this whole field of people who are starting to look at wildlife remotely’
Nikolche Gjorevski *12 Is Building Organoids for Biomedical Research
‘We’re interested in using these structures to study human biology and human disease’
Turning From Law to Writing, Michelle Lerner ’93 Publishes First Novel
‘If I had really had the wherewithal and given myself permission earlier, I could have done it earlier,’ Lerner says
Prerna Ramachandra ’14 Integrates Technology and Storytelling at New Yahoo Creators
In her latest career pivot, Ramachandra is helping manage Yahoo’s new lifestyle content platform
Arts & Humanities
See allAnd the Grammy Goes To...
Their album, Rectangles and Circumstance, featuring composer Caroline Shaw *14, won Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Professor Sean Wilentz Watches ‘A Complete Unknown’
‘The facts are all true, the songs are all true. But none of it happened the way that the film depicts it,’ says the Princeton history professor
Politics & Public Affairs
See allIsobel 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’
Is the Proposed Endowment Tax Another Cash Grab?
A ‘meteor is about to hit’ higher education as Republicans look to increase the tax on endowments
The Deceptiveness of Archives
Elyse Graham ’07 says dirty tricks surrounding library access go back centuries
Natural Sciences
See allHeather Lynch ’00 Uses Satellites to Study Penguins
‘It’s kind of cracked open this whole field of people who are starting to look at wildlife remotely’
Psychology Professor and Alum Boost Women Leaders
Psychologist Rebecca Carey and Karen Tay ’10 create program to address workplace challenges
Neuroscience Researcher Uses Award to Study Responses to Stress
As a 2024 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, Ilana Witten ’02 plans to further her lab’s research in brain systems and circuits
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