Alumni News

READING ROOM: Adam Alter *09

Surprising forces that shape behavior

READING ROOM: Sarah Conly ’75

A philosopher defends the nanny state

Q&A: A. Scott Berg '71 on Woodrow Wilson 1879

From the Archives

Reading Room: Daniel Markey *00

America’s tortured relationship with Pakistan

Tim Ferriss ’00, on cooking and field-dressing a deer

READING ROOM: Eve Laplante ’80

A mother’s influence

Newsmakers

STARTING OUT: Rohit Gawande ’11

Profile: Polar-Robot Designer

Laura Ray ’84 *91

Josephine Decker ’03: A Rising Indie Filmmaker

A young artist who explores vulnerability, failure, and dark endings is getting noticed

Starting Out: James Smits ’12

Newsmakers

READING ROOM: David Nirenberg *92

How Jews are viewed in Western thought

New Releases by Alumni

READING ROOM: Mason Williams ’06

The bipartisan partnership that built New York City

Newsmakers

Starting Out: Donald Judd ’12

Profile: Richard Greenberg ’80

Decorated playwright mixes wit and wistfulness

Reading Room: William Silber *66

The legacy of Volcker ’49

Alumni volunteer awards

STARTING OUT: Chanel Carmona ’10

Journey of humility: Discourses on faith

Caroline Elkins ’91: Victory for the Kikuyu

An alumna’s research leads to a landmark apology and reparations