ALUMNI

Carey Jones ’08 Is Raising Money to Prevent Morning Sickness in Pregnancy
Jones kicked off her crowdfunding campaign with an article titled, ‘Let’s Fund the Damn Research Ourselves’
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Sharon Gamson Danks ’93 Is Building Safer, Greener Playgrounds
Danks’ Green Schoolyards America aims to teach children environmental policy through age-appropriate play
These Princetonians Are Teaching Music to Immigrant Children
The Connecticut-based nonprofit INTEMPO is full of Princeton connections
Refugee Solomon Tesfaye *20 Finds New Footing, and a Novel, in the U.S.
Tesfaye was named a PEN America Emerging Voices Fellow for a novel he’s writing about the refugee experience
Sociologist Allison Daminger ’12 Researched Mental Workload in Family Life
In What’s on Her Mind, Daminger shows women take on the majority of cognitive labor at home
Kevin Zhang ’16’s Carnivorous Plant Society Holds Its First Show
Zhang is dedicated to debunking misconceptions about these fascinating bug eaters
In ‘Cloud Warriors,’ Tom Weber ’89 Seeks Understanding of Extreme Weather
‘One of the themes in the book is the need to be prepared for almost any kind of weather,’ Weber says.
Pete Temesgen ’09 Built a Career as a Judge in a Small Georgia City
‘The truth I’ve come to understand is that you can grow where you’re planted,’ Temesgen says
Andrew Hui *09 Studies the Study
In The Study: The Inner Life of Renaissance Libraries, Hui examines the origins and the ambivalent nature of personal spaces devoted to books
Mary Brunkow *91 Wins Nobel Prize in Medicine
Brunkow’s work created the field of peripheral tolerance, a new branch of immunology
Sydney Montgomery ’15 Helps First-Gen Students Apply to College
Montgomery’s nonprofit organization, Barrier Breakers, focuses on ‘holistic college counseling’
PAWcasts
See allVocalist Charmaine Lee ’14 Creates Mind-Bending Music
‘At what point does life become music, become sound, become music, become life?’
PAW Reunions Panel: How the News Media Covers the MAGA Movement
‘The press is doing its job, but Congress, there’s no sign of vertebrate life up there. If Congress and the other institutions in our democracy aren’t responding to those stories…
PAWcast: How to Make People Care About Climate Change
John Marshall ’87 and Jessica Lu ’17 say our most urgent global crisis has a public relations problem
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December 2025
Judge Michael Park ’98; shifts in DEI initiatives; a night at the new art museum.
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