Features
Puzzle People
Meet some alumni and students turning games into art, competition, and community
Features
Features
Calculating Fortune
Why operations research and financial engineering has become one of Princeton’s most sought-after majors
President’s Page
On the Campus
On the Campus
Princeton Landscaping Goes Back to the Wild With Native Plants
The grounds of recent construction projects have a distinctly different look
On the Campus
Campus Building Boom Enters a New Phase
After completion of the art museum and health center, next projects include two science buildings and Hobson College
On the Campus
Why Princeton’s Black Lab, Coach, Is More Than Just a Good Dog
‘You couldn’t ask for a better partner,’ says Coach’s partner, Sgt. Alvan Flanders
On the Campus
PAW Goes to the Movies: Classics Professor Breaks Down ‘The Odyssey’
Christopher Nolan’s hit film returns to one of Western literature’s oldest works: “There is something about The Odyssey that grips us very deeply,” says Johannes Haubold
Research
Research
Psychology Professor Explores the Influence of Power Systems on the World
The Troland Research Award will further Molly Crockett’s work on understanding how people learn and decide
Princeton Portrait
Princetonians
Princetonians
For These Alumni Who Remember Sept. 11, One Day Shaped a Lifetime
Princetonians who were students or recent graduates during the attacks say that day shaped their careers
Behind the Research
Student Dispatch
Student Dispatch
A Summer Internship Gave Me a Deeper Appreciation of Language — and Mangas
Making friends at a nursing home in Costa Rica filled a gap I didn’t know existed
Student Dispatch
New York City Tigers Feast on Food and Friendship
Summer interns and young alumni embrace adventures to track down memorable meals
Academics
Academics
High Meadows Sends Student Interns to Labs and Field Sites
Supporting more than 100 students annually, the summer of science is among Princeton’s largest internship programs
Academics
Summer Slavic Program Explores Language and Geopolitics
Princeton students are learning Russian in Estonia, a country with tensions between two ethnic communities
Administration
Sports
Sports
Princeton Student Runs 118 Miles to Support Suicide Prevention
Sam Smart ’27 became the first woman to complete the Quad Quad Dipsea run
Student Life
Three Books
History
History
Groundbreaking Poet Nazik Sadek al-Malaika *51’s Year as a Grad Fellow
The promising Iraqi writer, among the first women at the Graduate School, was a “not ‘an easy girl’” according to records from the Rockefeller Foundation
Inspiring Alumni
Tiger of the Week
Tiger of the Week
Librarian Jane Folger ’81 Knows How to Turn Kids into Readers
‘I don’t recommend [being a librarian] for people who want to escape from the world,’ says Folger, who just retired after 30 years in Maplewood, N.J.
Tiger of the Week
Mike Pinsky ’15 Debuts as Princeton’s First Undergrad Alum on ‘Survivor’
‘It’s time to get a tiger out there in the jungle,’ Pinsky says
Tiger of the Week
Lydia Cornett ’16 Explores Unusual Relationships in Her Documentaries
Cornett’s latest film, Tesztpálya (Test Track), premiered last week at the 83rd Venice Film Festival
Tiger of the Week
Danny Miller ’05 Took Judges on a Road Trip to Promote Democracy
‘Trying to educate Americans why the rule of law is worth keeping couldn’t be less partisan,’ Miller says
Tiger of the Week
Leland Ko ’20 Is Winning Global Cello Competitions
‘This is kind of like our Olympics,’ Ko said of the recent Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels
From the Editor
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