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On the Campus
Emeritus Professor Arno Mayer Honored at Holocaust Museum
Mayer represented the surviving Ritchie Boys as they were honored with the Elie Wiesel Award
Class of 2022 Commencement Features Levity — and Anthony Fauci
The celebrations acknowledged what students had endured over the last two and a half years
Class of 2020 Alumni Return for In-Person Commencement
More than 1,100 alumni return for the chance to graduate in person
Trustees Fire Tenured Professor, Citing Investigation of Misconduct
Classics professor Joshua Katz was fired in May
Plasma Physics Laboratory Researchers Ask: Has Fusion’s Day Come?
Leaders suggest we are at turning point for fusion-powered energy
Building Renamed to Honor Elections Volunteer Laura Wooten
The longtime Campus Dining employee was the longest-serving poll worker in the United States
Tigers Take First Place in New Jersey’s World Series of Birding
The first time Princeton students entered the 24-hour competition, they won
Research
Neuroscience Researchers Study Trauma at the Border
Professor and student study the mental-health effects of family separation
Alumni News
Q&A: Law Professor Rick Pildes ’79 on Reforming the Electoral Count Act
‘It would be tragic if the legislation collapsed over any of these issues,’ Pildes says
Two Alumni Collaborate on Meta Mini Crosswords for The Washington Post
Pete Muller ’85 and Andrew White ’23 invented a new kind of puzzle series
Court Rules for Family of Art Collector Killed by Nazis
Timothy Reif ’80 *85 said the verdict creates ‘a small measure of dignity’ for his ancestor
With Roe Overturned, Physician Alums Anxious About Women’s Health Care
‘How can I take care of patients when my hands are tied?’
Scholar Michael Burlingame ’64 Searches for Truths About Lincoln
Burlingame has written or edited 20 books about Abraham Lincoln
Psychiatrist Richard Waugaman ’70 Is Examining Shakespeare’s Multiple Personalities
Waugaman is a chief proponent of the theory that Shakespeare’s plays were secretly written by the Earl of Oxford
New Book Chronicles Urban Design Pioneer William Whyte ’39
Journalist Richard Rein ’69’s book chronicles Whyte’s impact
Jacqueline De León ’05 Fights for Native American Rights
This attorney has dedicated her career to address injustices
Alumni Entrepreneurs Pitch Startups to Impact the World
Participants at the 2022 conference had ideas for curbing noise pollution, harnessing fusion for zero-emission energy, and more
Princeton Portrait
Student Dispatch
Sports
Four Princeton Athletics Programs Win National Titles in 11 Days
Tigers finished the 2021-22 season with a series of national championships
Featured Authors
Three Books
Tiger of the Week
With Virtual Reality, Eve Weston ’01 Creates Interactive Art
Weston worked on an exhibit of Bruce Lee’s book collection that opened this summer
Craig Leon ’85 Is Growing Native Foods in Ecuador’s Cloud Forest
‘What if we were able to create an agroforestry system that brings back wildlife habitat?’
In a New Book, Dan Bouk *09 Finds Stories in the U.S. Census
‘I look at numbers and databases the way people look at poems and paintings’
Novelist Katherine Chen ’12 Digs into the Story of Joan of Arc
‘You step into the light, you feel that sense of adrenaline, and you feel moved’
Amy Gordinier ’92 Started a Cosmetics Company with an Old Family Formula
‘It’s just been part of my ethos from the beginning to lead with science’
Birgitt Boschitsch ’13 Is Engineering Solutions to a Global Sanitation Crisis
‘All you have to do is care about a problem and want to solve it’
Lara Bergen ’90 Is Helping NYC Schools Start Student Newspapers
Bergen says through journalism, students build community and find their voices
In Somers Randolph ’79’s Carvings, Light Plays with Stone
After a half-century of sculpting, Randolph has no plans to stop
From the Editor
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July 2025
On the cover: Wilton Virgo ’00 and his classmates celebrate during the P-rade.
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