PAWCASTS
Princetonians talk about what’s happening on campus and beyond
Memorials
Remembering Hendrix Niemann ’73
‘A relationship with Drix, even in business, it was personal. You couldn’t be with him ... and not treat it as a friendship that you either wanted to develop or…
Remembering Richard Springs III ’64
Dick was ‘a philosophy major playing football, which always bemused our father enormously. Or maybe a football player
majoring in philosophy ... ’ — Lanny Springs ’64
Remembering Bill Miller ’55
"When Bill was at Elm Club, as an undergraduate, he wasn’t especially remarkable. As a person in the landman field, I don’t think he was especially remarkable there. But he…
Remembering Jennifer Parmelee ’80
“Jenni had the deepest sense of responsibility to give back and to do good and to support the little guy. … as time went on, she never lost that sense…
PAW Book Club
Todd Purdum ’82 Penned a Biography of Television Visionary Desi Arnaz
‘The biggest takeaway from Desi’s story for me is that talent in our country comes in all sorts of shapes and sizes, and sometimes in the most unlikely packages’
Lauren Ling Brown ’12 Sets a Thriller at a Princeton Eating Club
‘Some Princeton students have reached out saying that they really identified with the characters, especially multiracial young women, and that meant so much to me’
‘Sweet Fury’ by Sash Bischoff ’09
‘None of these characters are black and white. I wanted everything and everybody in this book to live in the gray area, because that felt like life to me’
‘By Any Other Name’ by Jodi Picoult ’87
‘I never set about to write this story because I wanted to take down Shakespeare. I did it because I love those plays, and I wanted to understand how they…
PAWcast
Vocalist 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…
Parenting Podcaster Milano Buckley ’02
‘Parenting is the ultimate and the great equalizer. And we all get stuck in these moments where we don’t have maps, we don’t have answers’
Stephen Lamberton ’99 Is Destigmatizing Suicide
As a volunteer with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, Lamberton is sharing the story of his father’s death in 1985
Valedictorian
PAWcast: Valedictorian Erik Medina ’25 on Changing the Chemistry of Plastics
‘In general, the advice I would give is there’s only 24 hours in the day and there’s a lot to do here,’ Medina said. ’Eventually, you’re going to need to…
PAWcast: Valedictorian Genrietta Churbanova ’24 on Princeton, Anthropology, and Research
‘I’m really deeply thankful to … everyone who’s made this experience possible’
Valedictorian Aleksa Milojević ’23 Describes His Princeton Experience
‘It really broadens your perspective, especially having the opportunity to meet so many diverse people’
PAWcast: Valedictorian Natalia Orlovsky ’22 on Research, Mental Health, and Pandemic Princeton
‘There is no wrong way to do Princeton’
PAW in Print
February 2026
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