June 6, 2012

Jun 6, 2012

What killed the dinosaurs? Paleontologist Gerta Keller has her own theory

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Features

The Dissenter

Most experts think an asteroid killed the dinosaurs. Not Gerta Keller

Renaissance Man

If you think a scientist can’t be a humanist, meet Erez Lieberman Aiden ’02

President’s Page

President’s Page

New Approaches to Engineering

The Alumni Weekly provides these pages to the president

On the Campus

Final Scene

PAW Asks: Paul Krugman

Have Ben Bernanke and the Fed done enough to encourage jobs?

From graduating seniors: ‘What I wish I’d learned’

In Brief

Power in a box: Students’ wind turbine wins EPA grant; next stop is Africa

Eleven professors retire from faculty

These 11 faculty members, with more than 360 years of teaching at Princeton among them, are moving to emeritus status this year.

Breaking Ground: Piecing together Earth’s history by reckoning when rocks formed

From Princeton’s vault: Reunion pins celebrate class spirit

Incoming class to exceed target

Major trends: Math is hot; decline for social sciences

Looks like we’re alone, after all

Tilghman OKs penalties for violating Greek policy

Kathy Kiely ’77, on transparent elections

Students endorse referendum for oversight of endowment

Graduate-school applications set record; yield dips

Funk came to Princeton for Cornel West *80.

FYI: Findings

Dale Award sends Dobies '14 rafting on the Mississippi

Princeton Summer Theater opens 2012 season

Lights, camera, 'Admission': Movie brings stars to Princeton

Aspire, Annual Giving break records

Podcast - PAW-litics: Inside the Presidential Campaign

Recorded at Reunions, June 2, 2012

Alumni News

Treating adults with ADHD

Mary Solanto ’73

The new South Sudanese bride

Young alumni create job website

New Releases by Alumni

Submit your Reunions 2012 photos and videos

A selection of reader submissions will appear in the July issue

Reading Room: Pam Belluck ’85

The adventures of an island doctor

Starting Out: Eric Salazar ’11

Newsmakers

Names in the news: A Tony winner, a Stanley Cup champ, and more

Slide show - Shakespeare shorts at Reunions

Names in the news: Slaughter on work-life balance, Daniels' next job

Burr's legacy receives a fresh look, 200 years after his return to New York

Podcast - Rally 'Round the Cannon, June 6, 2012

It's about time

Rally 'Round the Cannon

Encapsulating an era

Alumni Profile: Robert Root-Bernstein '75 *80, a researcher of the arts-sciences connection

Reunions Guide

From the Editor

Sports

Sports Shorts

Men’s lacrosse falls 6–5 in NCAA playoffs

Swimmers with Olympic dreams train together in advance of trials

Extra Point

Tigers, Tigers burning bright in distant lands

Featured Authors

Featured Authors

Janney '70 explores the murder of Mary Pinchot Meyer

Featured Authors

Perlow '89 shows workers how to disconnect

Featured Authors

Miller '95 pens debut novel

Featured Authors

Menotti '95 helps young children understand large numbers

Featured Authors

Briggs '96 explains space to kids

History

From the Archives

Tiger of the Week

Tiger of the Week

Tiger of the Week: Donn Cabral '12

Tiger of the Week

Tiger of the Week: Kendall Crolius '76

Tiger of the Week

Tiger of the Week: Anthony Abbott '57

Tiger of the Week

Tiger of the Week: Ellen Frankel *78

Tiger of the Week

Tiger of the Week: Anne-Marie Slaughter '80

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