Features
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Reunions Soundtrack
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From jazz to surf rock, music kept alumni on their feet
Honoring Volunteers
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Four alumni receive awards for service
Breaking the Sound Barrier
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Still a student, composer Caroline Shaw has become a star by following her own musical recipe
When Facebook Came to Princeton
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On a campus built on tradition, what to make of the new rules?
Mr. Boswell Goes to Corsica
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The surprising origins of modern democratic charisma
Samuel Stanhope Smith
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Was Princeton’s seventh president a bigot, a progressive, or both?
Squeeze Play
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Washington tightens the spigot for basic research, and Princeton feels the pinch
Becoming Joy
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After years of agony, Joy Ladin *00 makes the difficult journey between genders
A Museum for Scott and Zelda
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In a house where the couple lived, visitors learn of their hopes and their failings
In a Dry Country
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Jay Famiglietti *92 is the Jeremiah of water
Shifting Into Neutral
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New Roads in Language
What Would Kennan Do?
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On an anniversary of the Long Telegram, thoughts on diplomacy
The Nature of Things
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Why I Love Physics
Lives: Nancy Sullivan ’80
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In the jungle, she spoke out against exploitation
Lives: Meredydd Evans *55
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Welsh folk singer and activist for native culture
Lives: William K. Zinsser ’44
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An Ivy League rebel writing for ‘everyman’
Lives: E. Alden Dunham ’53
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He helped build modern Princeton
Lives: John F. Nash Jr. *50
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‘This man is a genius’
Lives: Donald Oberdorfer ’52
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A journalist who knew his stuff
Lives: Robert Curvin *75
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Advocate for a city that was home