Features

Paul Steinhardt’s long, improbable search for a natural quasicrystal

Computing’s early days at Princeton

Peter W. Singer ’97 explains how we can be at war and hardly notice

Chords don’t just have sound — they have shape

Lisa Belkin ’82 reflects on freshman move-in day, where parents must say farewell (or not)

In today’s education-reform ­movement, ­alumni lead the charge

From the classroom to the White House dining room, professor Alan Blinder ’67 has unusual clout

150 years after the Civil War, Rebel ties remain little-known

Mitch Daniels ’71 won fans and enemies for cutting Indiana’s budget — is the federal budget next?

Adam Gussow ’79 *00 knows the blues

A Princeton professor has uncommon insights

Alumni experts weigh in on the nation’s budget gap

In medicine, statistics don’t tell the whole story – Keith Wailoo adds history to the mix