November 2023
Brooke Shields ’87, Teaching organic chemistry; James Tralie ’19 at NASA
Features
Hey, Brooke Shields ’87
You’ve spent your whole life in the public spotlight as a model, entertainer, and author. Tell us … Now what?
Watch This Space
James Tralie ’19 is there when NASA makes news, explaining the deep science of historic achievements and having the time of his life doing it.
Higher Educating
Princeton’s toughest classes may not look the same, but that doesn’t mean academic rigor is suffering.
President’s Page
On the Campus
Suggestions for Witherspoon Statue Include Destroying, Toppling, Moving
One speaker at the symposium called it ‘a bad work of art’
New Video Could Help Bring Kidnapped Student Elizabeth Tsurkov Home
Tsurkov’s family wrote that “it is great news to see this confirmation of her being alive”
Suleika Jaouad ’10 and Jon Batiste Will Perform at Princeton
‘The Beat Goes On’ is the newest installment of the Princeton University Concerts Healing with Music series
Pro-Palestine Students Stage Walkout as Israel Supporters Stand By
Organizers chanted ‘intifada intifada,’ which some view as an incitement to violence
Signers Say ‘Princeton Principles’ Up the Ante on Campus Free Speech
The James Madison Program’s principles say government intervention should be considered as ‘a last resort’
Students Gather to Mourn and Condemn Violence in Israel and Gaza
‘There are people in this room whose families have been attacked,’ said professor Daniel Kurtzer at one event
Former Princeton Professor Claudia Goldin Wins Nobel Prize in Economics
Goldin’s research explains the root causes of the wage gap between men and women
Three Princeton Alumni Win 2023 MacArthur Genius Grants
Recipients receive a “no strings attached” award of $800,000 over the next five years
Princeton Students Join New York Climate March
Divest Princeton and Princeton Student Climate Initiative organize trip before the start of U.N. General Assembly
Research
Alumni News
Sign Up for PAW’s New Book Club
Our first read is Jennifer Weiner ’91’s new novel, ‘The Breakaway’
Behind the Research
Student Dispatch
Sports
Five Things to Watch as Princeton’s Basketball Season Begins
Hopes are high after both teams’ tournament titles and NCAA Tournament wins last season
NFL May Come Calling for Tigers Lineman Jalen Travis ’24
Travis is poised for a career in public service — for now
Joe Dubuque Chosen as Princeton’s New Head Wresting Coach
‘This is a dream job for me, to continue doing what I love at the place I love,’ Dubuque told PAW
Rally ’Round the Cannon
Featured Authors
Three Books
History
100 Years Ago This Flop Led F. Scott Fitzgerald 1917 to ‘The Great Gatsby’
When his play, ‘The Vegetable,’ failed, Fitzgerald abandoned playwriting for novels
This Librarian Lived Under a False Identity, and Did It With Class
Princeton Portrait: Belle da Costa Greene, 1879-1950
Tiger of the Week
With ‘Nyad,’ Filmmaker Chai Vasarhelyi ’00 Tells Another Wild Story
“There’s something about ‘NYAD’ that empowered me to be myself”
Savannah Du ’18 and Michael Zhang ’17 Form Indie Pop Duo
The two recently released their first full EP
Psychologist Andrew Shtulman ’01 Finds Surprising Truths About Imagination
In his new book, Shtulman explains that imagination is a learned skill, not an inborn trait
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