PAWCASTS
Princetonians talk about what’s happening on campus and beyond
Memorials
Remembering Charles Helms ’80
‘Chuck is the kind of person you are lucky enough to meet once in your life,’ says Doug Eberhart ’80
Remembering Hendrix Niemann ’73
‘A relationship with Drix, even in business, it was personal. You couldn’t be with him ... and not treat it as a friendship that you either wanted to develop or…
Remembering Richard Springs III ’64
Dick was ‘a philosophy major playing football, which always bemused our father enormously. Or maybe a football player
majoring in philosophy ... ’ — Lanny Springs ’64
Remembering Bill Miller ’55
"When Bill was at Elm Club, as an undergraduate, he wasn’t especially remarkable. As a person in the landman field, I don’t think he was especially remarkable there. But he…
PAW Book Club
With ‘Mathey Girls,’ Melody Chu ’01 Reminds Us to Treasure Friendships
‘I purposely went in wanting to thank my friends and look at how valuable old friendships can be as we get older and as we hit things like tragedy’
Michael Kardos ’92 Finds the Funny in ‘Fun City Heist’
‘There’s a lot of things that are maddening about writing, but one of the things that I love maybe the most is when ideas just pop out of nowhere and…
Suleika Jaouad ’10 Navigates Illness and Life by Pen
‘There’s a kind of power when you dare to inhabit the first person with unvarnished vulnerability and honesty’
Todd Purdum ’82 Penned a Biography of Television Visionary Desi Arnaz
‘The biggest takeaway from Desi’s story for me is that talent in our country comes in all sorts of shapes and sizes, and sometimes in the most unlikely packages’
PAWcast
Dr. Lucy McBride ’95 Wants a Sea Change in Healthcare
“I have massive amounts of hope. … We have so much more agency over our health than we think”
How to Get Your Book Published
‘Is there energy in your life for obsession? Because if you’re going to write a book, you better be obsessed’
Dating at Princeton? Part 2: It’s Even More Complicated
‘Being here for four years changes you a lot. And so ideally you would maybe want someone who understands that part of you’
Dating at Princeton? Part 1: It’s Complicated
‘I have a feeling that, always at Princeton, it will be the friendship-to-dating pipeline that will be the most successful’
Valedictorian
PAWcast: Valedictorian Daniel Yu ’26 Seeks a Life In Pursuit of Justice
‘I think my recognition speaks less to me as somehow exceptional or special and more to the tireless, patient, endlessly generous work of everyone in my department and in my…
PAWcast: Valedictorian Erik Medina ’25 on Changing the Chemistry of Plastics
‘In general, the advice I would give is there’s only 24 hours in the day and there’s a lot to do here,’ Medina said. ’Eventually, you’re going to need to…
PAWcast: Valedictorian Genrietta Churbanova ’24 on Princeton, Anthropology, and Research
‘I’m really deeply thankful to … everyone who’s made this experience possible’
Valedictorian Aleksa Milojević ’23 Describes His Princeton Experience
‘It really broadens your perspective, especially having the opportunity to meet so many diverse people’
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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