TIGER OF THE WEEK

Adam Mizel ’91 Is Taking a Road Trip to Unify America
After a career in finance and business, Mizel co-founded US United and is spreading the word about unity on a road trip this summer
A Hula Hoop Changed This Chemical Engineering Alumna’s Life
A much-loved career in science made way for a love of performing, most recently on America’s Got Talent
Virginia Maloney ’10 Is Pushing Affordability in Campaign for New York City Council
‘New York is at a critical juncture where we need strong leaders,’ Maloney says
LATEST TIGERS
See allJohn Kuhner ’98 Builds Community With a Secondhand Bookstore in Ohio
Kuhner’s first brush with book distribution was a free swap he started at Princeton
Karen Showalter *05 Weaves Together Sustainable Agriculture and Social Justice
Showalter is transitioning her family farm’s corn and hay fields to native grasses and perennials, working to restore soil health
Abby Meyers ’22 Is Crushing It In International Basketball
‘It seems like everything that she’s touching is turning to gold,’ says Shatori Walker-Kimbrough, Meyers’ former Mystics teammate
Allison Light ’18 Finds a Career in Audiobooks
‘I’m trying to combine the things that I know and the things that I love,’ Light says
Ron Roessler ’96 Is Both an ER Doctor and a Latin Teacher
With two of his former students, Roessler recently published Arbor Medicinae: Latin Roots of Medical Terms
Two Alumni Pen Book on Phosphorous
Jack Lohmann ’19 wrote the new book White Light, and Alice Maiden ’19 created the illustrations with linocut prints
Kaitlyn Chen ’24 Drafted By the WNBA’s Golden State Valkyries
‘To have this much support coming into a league this tough means a lot,’ Chen said
Will Bardenwerper ’98 Chronicles a Baseball Rebirth
Bardenwerper’s new book is Homestand: Small Town Baseball and the Fight for the Soul of America
Sydney Johnson ’97 Is Coaching the WNBA’s Washington Mystics
‘I love Princeton and what Coach Carril established, and in many ways, frankly… we’re all trying to live up to’ it
Jeff Westbrook *89 Is the Math Professor in ‘The Simpsons’ Writers’ Room
‘It never happens that you get to work for the same TV show after 20 years. It’s staggering’
Ambika Vora-Nagino ’15 Penned a Fantasy Series
‘Writing this book became more of a catharsis and an escape from a corporate job that did get very stressful’
Josh Tauberer ’04 Is Tracking President Trump’s Executive Orders
The founder of GovTrack.us says, ‘We will continue — as we always have — trying to hold our government accountable’
Jason Posnock ’94 Is Educating Great Musicians at Brevard Center
‘Princeton doesn’t teach you what to think. It teaches you how to activate your brain’
Helen Park ’18 Launches ‘Kelp Pasta’
Park’s ‘seaghetti’ is low-calorie, gluten-free, vegan, and available from Amazon
Heather Lynch ’00 Uses Satellites to Study Penguins
‘It’s kind of cracked open this whole field of people who are starting to look at wildlife remotely’
Nikolche Gjorevski *12 Is Building Organoids
‘We’re interested in using these structures to study human biology and human disease’
Michelle Lerner ’93 Turns From Law to Writing
‘If I had really had the wherewithal and given myself permission earlier, I could have done it earlier,’ Lerner says
Prerna Ramachandra ’14 Integrates Technology and Storytelling
In her latest career pivot, Ramachandra is helping manage Yahoo’s new lifestyle content platform
Winnie Holzman ’76 Penned the Script for ‘Wicked’
‘When I was writing it, I was picturing an Ozian version of Princeton,’ Holzman says
Raj Shah ’00 Weighs in on the Military and Silicon Valley
In Unit X, Shah describes his efforts to bridge the divide between the military and producers of cutting-edge commercial technology
Will Venable ’05 To Manage White Sox
Former major league outfielder sees ‘the opportunity to build a foundation’ with his new team
Al Siegel ’53 Captured a Pivotal Moment
Siegel’s photographs of poor living conditions in Maryland helped prompt new housing in 1969
Adriana Diaz ’06 Is Hosting a ‘CBS Mornings’ Show
‘… In the stories we do, I always try to find a heart and put my own heart into it,’ Diaz says
PAW IN PRINT

July 2025
On the cover: Wilton Virgo ’00 and his classmates celebrate during the P-rade.
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