1984

The Braids That Bind

Inside the difficult conversations Princeton’s Jewish community has had in the three years since Oct. 7

Alumni Have Read Dante at Reunions For Nearly Half a Century

To read Dante together is to produce knowledge together, said professor Simone Marchesi *02

College President Alice Gast *84 Smashed Glass Ceilings

May 25, 1958 – Oct. 27, 2025

These Princetonians Are Teaching Music to Immigrant Children

The Connecticut-based nonprofit INTEMPO is full of Princeton connections

On Shakespeare, Jodi Picoult ’87 Just Doesn’t Buy It

‘When I started to learn more about Emilia Bassano, I couldn’t believe how seamlessly her life plugged in all of the question marks and gaps that exist in Shakespeare’s’

‘The Worst Hellscape’: L.A. Fires Claim the Homes of Alumni

From Altadena to Malibu to Pacific Palisades, Princetonians are picking up the pieces. “When the bad stuff happens, my tendency is to try to focus on ‘What’s the next step?’”

Results of Tigers Running for Office

Run Tiger: Princetonians on the Ballot in November

Exit Interviews: Congressmen Bid Farewell to D.C.

Four alumni retiring from the House assess the state of national politics and the country

‘I’m Painting the Experience of a Moment’

After gathering force for years, Mary Weatherford ’84 is now an art star

Sept. 19: Michelle Williams ’84 Says Long COVID Isn’t New

Newsmakers Q&A: Sally Van Doren ’84 Blends Written and Visual Arts

Big Dreams and Daring Marked the Life of Stockton Rush ’84

Princeton friends are mourning ‘Tock’ Rush, who died last week on a Titanic expedition

Carol Graham ’84 Highlights the Value of Hopeful Thinking in Latest Work

From the Editor: In Fashion and Life, Long Nguyen ’84 Was an Original

Q&A: Ann Tashi Slater ’84 and John McPhee ’53 on the Creative Process

‘That muscle memory produces the semi-conscious effect of being in the zone, hitting one shot after another’

Jackie Berger 96 and David Carroll 84 Consult on Energy Use

‘Over time it just seems that our work has become more and more relevant’

Princetonians Photo: Pandemic Productions

Turning 60 Made Eleanor Moseley Pollnow ’84 Want to Rap

‘The truth is kinda funny when you say it right,’ Pollnow says

My Father, Montaigne, and the Art of Living

Mythology Scholar Robert Segal *84 Shapes Religious Studies

Gnostic myths ‘postulate worlds and gods beyond our own,’ Segal says

Rancher Grady Grissom ’84 Is at Home on the Range

Lives: Henry Urbach ’84 *95

An Architect Who Never Stopped Experimenting

Remembering 185

The teacher’s advice: Write about what you know. And put a thought around that sentence!