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Listening for the ‘Pitch of the Past’
Peddlers, jackhammers, whistles: Historian Emily Thompson *92 lets you hear the sounds of life in 1920s New York City
ON BOOKS: Read these books
Renaissance Man
If you think a scientist can’t be a humanist, meet Erez Lieberman Aiden ’02
Honorary-Degree Recipients
ON BOOKS: Searching for myself at The People's Library
Jeff Kreisler ’95 visited another New York library
The Dissenter
Most experts think an asteroid killed the dinosaurs. Not Gerta Keller
‘Respect the grievous history’ of this place
In Poland, students reconcile a horrific past and a puzzling present
ON BOOKS: The bookman
Internet, be damned: Nicholas Potter ’73 sells books the old-fashioned way
A reunion of abundance
The way back
In post-tsunami Japan, Princeton students find hope, despair, and many questions
ON BOOKS: A quiet place to dream
As the new head of the New York Public Library — gem of the city — Anthony Marx *86 *90 must navigate budget cuts, e-books, and tradition
Awards for service
Goodnight, iPad? Children’s literature in a digital age
Funny Girl
In the comedy world, where women remain outnumbered, Ellie Kemper ’02 gets the laughs
From Commencement to the Army: A ‘sense of obligation’
Can Aaron Burr be redeemed?
Can Aaron Burr be redeemed?
Fly me to the moon
Princetonians compete for a lunar landing – and the $20 million that comes along with it
Bittersweet farewell: A diary
Hidden Princeton
Dig of the century
Princeton’s Antioch expeditions astonished the world by unearthing lost mosaic treasures — often overlooked on today’s campus
Panels: More than just fun and games
“I can’t put my life on pause”
Writer Suleika Jaouad ’10 stares down her cancer from the pages of The New York Times
Altered paths
Spared the worst of the Great Recession’s toll on young people, recent Princeton grads still had to adjust to a new reality