September 2021
South African historian Jacob Dlamini, Author Michael Lewis ’82, Students return to campus
Features
President’s Page
On the Campus
Graduate Students Grow Interest in Pandemic Plants
‘Princeton Plant Life gave me this wonderful hobby that I’m now in love with’
Princeton Launches Fall Semester With Vaccines, Indoor Masking
Most restrictions that were in place for the spring semester have been relaxed
Commencement Planned for Class of 2020 in May 2022
News of the 2022 ceremony gave the class hope and excitement, said Juston Forte ’20
With Helping Hands, Most Princeton Businesses Weathered COVID
Changes, grants, and more have kept small businesses afloat during the pandemic
Perelman Name Dropped As Two Residential Colleges Move Forward
Both colleges are set to open in the fall of 2022
Research
Professor Elizabeth Margulis Investigates Why Music Affects Us
‘What is a mind? What is music?’ Margulis asks in her research
Mozilla and Princeton Center Ask Internet Users to Donate Their Data
The research platform seeks ‘a safer, more transparent, and more equitable internet’
Q&A: Agustín Fuentes on the Pandemic and Human Connection
‘Humans have evolved over hundreds of thousands of years in concert with others’
Alumni News
Essay: Haunting Reminders of 9/11
‘Perhaps it’s a reminder … that not one day should be taken for granted’
Love of Sport Was Key for Tigers in Tokyo Olympics
‘To go a long way in sport, you have to enjoy the journey,’ said pole vaulter Sondre Guttormsen ’23
Tropical Ecologist Winnie Hallwachs ’76 Is Tracking Insect Decline
‘You can feel it in your bones,’ says Hallwachs
Great Britain Unveils Bank Note Honoring Alan Turing *38
The mathematician’s stature has grown steadily since the 1980s, as a brilliant, socially misunderstood scientist
Tiger Olympians Take Home Pride, Medals, and More
Fifteen alumni and three students made Princeton’s Olympics contingent the largest yet
Student Dispatch
Summer Arts Grants Bring Folk Tales, Paintings, Alive
The Lewis Center for the Arts grants totaled $129,000 this summer
Sports
Fall Sports: Back on the Field
Excitement, challenges mark Princeton’s return to athletic competition
Featured Authors
Music and Film
History
He Led His Life Like A Game of Football
Princeton Portrait: William Hanford Edwards 1900 (1877–1943)
Tiger of the Week
Matthew Spellberg *17 Seeks New Ideas for a Better World
Spellberg plans to expand the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation’s mission beyond disarmament
Kevin Wilkes ’83 is Restoring the Home of Activist Paul Robeson
The house will serve as a gallery, a meeting space for nonprofits, and temporary housing
Mythology Scholar Robert Segal *84 Shapes Religious Studies
Gnostic myths ‘postulate worlds and gods beyond our own,’ Segal says
Sports Psychologist Michelle Garvin ’07 Joins the Detroit Lions
Garvin is the team’s first-ever mental skills specialist/clinician
In Portraits, Photographer Robin Resch *03 Captures What’s Irreplaceable
‘It’s beautiful, the difference in freedom of expression’
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November 2024
Princetonians lead think tanks; the perfect football season of 1964; Nobel in physics.