December 2020
Chronicler of the natural world; the P Source; McCosh 50 renovation
Features
Chronicler of the Natural World
Richard Preston *83 writes about nature’s power, from viruses to the tallest trees
President’s Page
On the Campus
Former Women’s Studies Program Evolves With Male Director
Professor Wallace D. Best was appointed director of the Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies
Princeton Environmental Institute Renamed After Major Gift
PEI is now the High Meadows Environmental Institute, after the philanthropic High Meadows Foundation
Learning ‘Through Making,’ Students Explore Why Art Matters
‘They might discover an art form that they didn’t realize they love,’ said theater professor Stacy Wolf
Research
Scientists Consider Parallels in Climate, Conservation, and COVID-19
Professor David Wilcove studies how humans can save wild animals and why conservation has proven so difficult
Alumni News
This Princeton Family Recorded a Beatles Cover Album
Ten Wilson family members, including four Princeton alumni, appear on ‘Meet the Weatles’
Essay: Former ‘People’ Editor Recalls Tea With Princess Diana
‘If it is possible to be both professional and flirtatious, she was’
Hilary Levey Friedman *09 Studies the Sociology of Beauty Pageants
Why do moms put their young daughters in child beauty pageants?
Rally ’Round the Cannon: Ghosts of Princeton Past
‘Let’s go to Palmer Stadium and relive the crowds and the thrills and the closeness of Princeton.’
Christopher Hart ’69 *71 Helps Boeing Planes Return Safely to Skies
Hart’s regulatory team found failures to communicate between Boeing and the FAA
Behind the Research
Florian Lionnet Documents Languages of Africa
Lionnet studies Laal, an endangered language spoken by 800 people in southern Chad
Sports
History
Anthropologists Helen and Robert Lynd 1914 Investigated Middle America
Princeton Portrait: Robert Lynd 1914 (1892–1970)
Tiger of the Week
Jeff Halpern ’99’s Coaching Helps Tampa Bay Lightning Win Stanley Cup
‘The best part of the job is that you’re in this think tank of great hockey minds’
Kari Ostrem ’97 Is Opening a Boarding School in Ethiopia
‘You focus on human dignity and finding common ground’
Novelist and Editor Rakesh Satyal ’02 Raises Marginalized Voices
‘As an editor, I hope to publish books that produce a window onto the world’
Steve Byrns ’77 Is Restoring ‘The Most Spectacular Garden in America’
‘It’s an incredible story, so we’re bringing it back’
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