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How to Take Your Kids Overseas For a Family ‘Study Abroad’
Katharine Gammon ’03 took five months and two kids to explore the world. This is what she found.

Essay: The Class of 1972 Built a Tradition of Traveling Together
Class secretary Ruby Huttner ’72 reflects on two decades of class trips and offers advice for other classes to get started

The Secret I Left Inside Princeton’s Picasso Sculpture
Jay Paris ’71 explains how a student job at Princeton’s art museum turned into an irresistible opportunity to prank Pablo Picasso

It’s Never Too Late To Chase Your Dream
‘I couldn’t be prouder, not only of this book, but also of finding the strength and courage to persevere,’ writes Lindsey Goldstein ’97

A Case of the Bends
‘Rising fast can be painful. … But the condition is rarely fatal, and the pain disappears with time’

Progress to HIV Response in South Africa Fades with U.S. Aid Cuts
The country — home to an estimated 8 million people living with the virus — had been finding success through research, programming, and community activism
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