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The Color of Classics
A discipline focused on the ancient world faces a contemporary racial reckoning
Photo illustration by Jeff Mangiat
Reckoning with the ancients; Haunted Princeton; A joyful return for students
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On the Campus
On the Campus
Students at Sit-in Protest Princeton’s Investment in Fossil Fuels
‘We want to see meaningful change,’ said Martin Mastnak ’25
On the Campus
In Pre-rade, Classes of ’24 and ’25 Kick Off the Year Together
‘Princeton seems like a magical place so far,’ said Le’Naya Wilkerson ’25,
On the Campus
Princeton’s New Students: By the Numbers
On the Campus
International Fellowship Groups Go Remote, Hope to Return Abroad
‘Folks are really ... wanting to get back into the field,’ said M.B. Dillon ’06, the executive director of Princeton in Asia
On the Campus
Student Dispatch: Princetonian Drops Daily Print Issues, Shifting Online
‘The pandemic’s been like a catalyst,’ said Editor-in-Chief Emma Treadway ’22
On the Campus
In Short
On the Campus
Campus Photo: Oval with Points
Sports
Sports
Star Sprinter Returns as Director of Athletics
Princeton’s new Ford Family Director of Athletics scooped up major student-athlete awards as an undergrad, including the Roper Trophy
Sports
Football Preview: Double Seniors Build on Tigers’ Experience
‘These are the last 10 games in my college lifetime. It’s all or nothing for us,’ said senior running back Collin Eaddy ’22
Research
Research
Professor Shamus Khan Examines the Role Elites Play in Inequality
Shamus Khan’s research unveils the effects of culture, gender, and advantage
History
History
Professor Hadley Cantril Studied Hysteria After ‘War of the Worlds’
Princeton Portrait: A. Hadley Cantril (1906-1969)
President's Page
President's Page
Opening Exercises 2021: “Millimeters”
Alumni News
Alumni News
Regeneration Pioneer Cato Laurencin ’80 Wins Major NAACP Honor
The innovative engineer-physician-scientist has ambitions for the future
Alumni News
Rally ’Round the Cannon: Out to Relaunch
Alumni News
Reading Room: Matthew Stewart ’85 Is Calling Out the 9.9 Percent
‘Rising inequality has corrupted some of the essential ideals of America’s middle class,’ Stewart says
Alumni News
Photo From the Archives: Triangle Club
Alumni News
To Amend or Not? Princetonians Weigh In On the U.S. Constitution
PAW asked constitutional scholars what changes they would make
Alumni News
PAWcast: Gigi Georges *96 Tells the True Story of Rural Maine
‘We should recognize the value of smaller places … they are much more than the pictures of hopelessness that we so often see’
Alumni News
Twenty Years After 9/11, the Aftermath of One Alum’s Death
Jennifer Senior ’91 wrote for The Atlantic about Robert McIlvaine ’97, one of 14 alumni killed
Tiger of the Week
Tiger of the Week
Ryan McDonough ’93 Made a Film About His Hometown
‘The story I wanted to tell was a personal one about going home’
Tiger of the Week
Stacey Vanek Smith ’99 Is Teaching Machiavelli to Working Women
Pay inequity made Smith think ‘more about Machiavelli and how to navigate things that feel unfair’
Tiger of the Week
Andrew Bruck ’05 Is New Jersey’s First LGBTQ+ Attorney General
As an undergraduate, Bruck dreamed of serving in government, but ‘assumed it was never going to be possible’ as a gay man
Tiger of the Week
Paul Hanle ’69 Is Educating Judges About Climate Science
‘There is an opportunity for us to have a much broader appreciation of science,’ Hanle says
Tiger of the Week
Amanda Ramcharan ’11 Helps Develop Technology to Improve Farming
In her spare time, Ramcharan is restoring an 1870 Victorian mansion in St. Louis
Alumni Around the Web
Alumni Around the Web
Oct. 19: Journalism Professor Kathy Kiely ’77 Warns of Growing Intolerance
Alumni Around the Web
Oct. 12: Journalist Maria Ressa ’86 Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Alumni Around the Web
Oct. 5: Eric Schmidt ’76 Warns Us About Artificial Intelligence
Featured Authors
Featured Authors
Bob Ramsay ’72 Says It’s Okay to Start Over
Featured Authors
John Modern ’93 on the Religious Tradition of Cognitive Science
