April 23, 2014

Apr 23, 2014

How Darwin's Finches Evolve: For 40 years, Rosemary and Peter Grant watched natural selection at work | What Is Consciousness? | Admission: Tougher Than Ever

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Features

In Our Heads

Professor Michael Graziano ’89 *96 develops a new theory of what it means to be conscious

The People Who Saw Evolution

After 40 years of research on Darwin’s finches, Peter and Rosemary Grant have written their valediction

President’s Page

President’s Page

A Strategic Look into Princeton’s Future

On the Campus

Student Dispatch: A Group’s Drinking Event Puts Spotlight on Alcohol Use

In ’46, Creating a Best-seller: Pocahontas in Princeton

Greening Princeton: A Midterm Report

University says it expects to meet sustainability goals

In Short

Admitting the Class of ’18

On the Campus

Are Grades Too High?

Alumni views on decade-long policy sought as A’s soar across the country

Meningitis Impact: Admits’ Visits Cut to One Day

Professor Paul Sigmund Dies at Age 85

A Food-Truck Feast on Prospect Avenue

Memorial for Richard Ullman Scheduled for June 8

Video: The Beak of the Finch

Courtesy of BioInteractive

Research

Geosciences: Visualizing the Earth’s Interior

Musical Theater: Danger as Well as Joy

Musical theater expresses our struggles for community, says Tamsen Wolff

Religion: The Good Samaritan

How do we think about our obligations to strangers in a global community?

Alumni News

Profile: Shetal Shah ’96

Protecting Babies by Vaccinating Parents

Q&A: Lt. Gen. Mark A. Milley ’80

War, Insurgency, and a High-Stress Command

Starting Out: Rana Campbell ’13

Reading Room: Jennifer Senior ’91

The Highs and Lows of Parenthood

Michael Norton *02: Want to Smile More?

Give your money away, build your own table, and make chocolate a ritual

From the Archives

Rally 'Round the Cannon

Putting the Art in Smartphone

Essay: Witherspoon, Madison, Moral Philosophy, and the Constitution

To the Editor: A Selection of Letters from the PAW Archives

Sports

Extra Point: Sharing Skills, Rowers Add New Athletes to the Boathouse Community

Sports Shorts

Men’s Lacrosse: The Top Pick

High-scoring midfielder Schreiber ’14 drafted first by Major League Lacrosse

Women’s Tennis Makes History in NCAA Tournament

Defensive Lineman Reid ’14 Prepares for the NFL Draft (and Sings Sam Cooke)

Women’s Lacrosse, the Top Ivy Seed, Falls to Penn State Despite High-Scoring Finish

Featured Authors

Featured Authors

Opera Company Co-Founded by Rodda ’10 Presents First Concert

Featured Authors

Fefferman GS Premieres Rock Oratorio in New York

Featured Authors

Johnson ’75 Pens Second Legal Thriller

History

Guerrillas on Washington Road

That Was Then: April 1959

#ThrowbackThursday: Grades on the ‘Wailing Wall’

#ThrowbackThursday: Princeton’s Class of 1944

#ThrowbackThursday: Jon Stewart and Princeton’s Class of 2004

Tiger of the Week

Tiger of the Week

Tiger of the Week: Erik Lukens *95, Pulitzer-Winning Editor

Tiger of the Week

Tiger of the Week: Richard Stengel ’77, ’Soft-Power’ Specialist

Tiger of the Week

Tiger of the Week: M. David Rudd ’83, the Next President of the University of Memphis

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