ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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
Climate Change
Student Conservation Society Brings Global Youth Activists to Princeton
The summit brought together bigger countries that have more resources and smaller countries that have more public support for change
Essay: Ecopoetics Probes Link Between People and the Planet
‘This notion resonates with me emotionally. None of us is alone,’ says Serena Alagappan ’20
Alyssa Weinberg *22 Wrote an Opera About Climate Change
‘Drift’ explores themes of climate change, migration, and motherhood
PROFILES
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Summer in South Pacific Led to Two Alums’ New Book on Phosphorous
Jack Lohmann ’19 wrote the new book White Light, and Alice Maiden ’19 created the illustrations with linocut prints
Helen Park ’18 Launches ‘Kelp Pasta’ With Small Carbon Footprint
Park’s ‘seaghetti’ is low-calorie, gluten-free, vegan, and available from Amazon
Heather 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’
Inside a Dome, Mark Davidson *08’s Film Immerses Viewers in the Ocean
Davidson harnessed new technology to film 360 degrees underwater and further ocean education
PAW In Print
October 2026
Holding on to Jewish life; Katy Anderson Keating ’08’s career in wine; Hollywood loves Princeton.
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