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David Trefgarne ’63’s Run in Britain’s House of Lords Is At an End
Parliament passed legislation this spring ending the tradition of hereditary peers
At Sotheby’s, Helen Culver Smith ’03 Practices the Art of the Auction
Smith handles all Russian works for the auction house as well as artwork from the former Soviet Union
Ben Denzer ’15 Makes Art with ‘Pieces of Tape and Luck’
Flexing Multiple Skills, Anthony Costanzo ’04 Is Out to Save Opera Philadelphia
The famed countertenor continues to perform as he leads the opera company out of a financial crisis
Q&A: New Book Probes Powerhouse Family of College Presidents
How College Presidents Succeed examines three men in the Reveley family — including two Princeton alumni
Madeleine Haddon *21 Helped Create a David Bowie Museum
Haddon, a senior curator, says the newly opened David Bowie Centre in East London is unlike any museum visitors have ever seen
Eddie Glaude Jr. *97 on 100 Years of Black History Month: ‘I Find Hope in Our Story’
1 ResponseJahmal Lake ’98 Took Over the Children’s Reading Program His Mother Began
The nonprofit Our Kids Read pairs children with a reading buddy mentor
Poet Gordon Walmsley ’71 Found His Voice in Denmark
Joe Krakora ’76 Journeys from Public Defender to Clemency Mentor
Krakora retired in 2024 after a career as New Jersey’s longest-serving public defender.
Claudia Peirano *01 Has Made Argentina’s Forestry Sector Safer and Greener
Peirano has been executive director of the Argentine Forestry Association for two decades
Young Alumni Shake Up the Business World With AI
Two teams of recent Princeton alumni are behind companies at the heart of a disruptive shift towards generative AI
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
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.
Princeton Graduate School Celebrates 125 Years at Many Minds, Many Stripes Conference
1 ResponseLauren Ling Brown ’12 on Her Princeton-centric Thriller
Sydney Montgomery ’15 Helps First-Gen Students Apply to College
Montgomery’s nonprofit organization, Barrier Breakers, focuses on ‘holistic college counseling’
Supreme Court Will Hear Toymaker Rick Woldenberg ’81’s Tariff Case
Woldenberg says President Trump’s tariffs would be disastrous for this fourth-generation family business
Rupert Elderkin *14 Keeps Fighting for the Victims of Rwanda’s Genocide
Elderkin previously prosecuted war crimes committed in Serbia and Kosovo
Richard Morse ’79 Ran Haiti’s Historic Hotel Oloffson
‘We outdid the earthquake, yeah, but we couldn’t outdo the politics,’ Morse says
Camp Mystic Food Supplier Blair Labatt ’69 on Impact of Texas Flooding
“It’s just a huge, horrible tragedy what happened there,” Labatt says of those campers and counselors who died
Class of 1995 Breaks a Reunions Record Using New ‘Rideshare’
More than 1100 people showed up, aided in part by financial support for classmates
























