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The Varied and Vibrant Lives of Emeritus Professors
‘Every human wants to be useful and wants to have an impact,’ said Eric Wieschaus, Nobel laureate and emeritus professor of molecular biology
New Environmental Studies Building To Be Named Briger Hall
Pete Briger ’86 previously served on the University’s Board of Trustees and the Board of Directors of Princo
Class Close-Up: Planting the Seeds of Ethnobotany at Princeton
Glenn Shepard ’87 teaches a class in ethnobotany called Psychedelics, Shamanism, and Plant Intelligence
Class Close-Up: History of Mathematics Starts 4,000 Years Ago
Students learn ‘a whole landscape of the subject. It’s a crash course,’ says visiting fellow Alex Kontorovich ’02
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October 2025
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott ’92; President Eisgruber ’83 defends higher ed; Julia Ioffe ’05 explains Russia.
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