TIGER OF THE WEEK

New York Times Critic Ligaya Mishan ’91 Seeks Magic in the Dining Experience
‘Restaurants are some of our last gathering places,’ Mishan says.
Amanda Pratt ’01 Is Elevating Women Artists and Designers at Her NYC Gallery
‘I noticed that there weren’t a lot of opportunities for women, and that women were not being represented in a meaningful way,’ Pratt says
Architect Irina Verona ’94 Brings Inclusive Design Ethos to Princeton Buildings
‘Princeton cares a lot about this, so it was a great fit,’ Verona says
LATEST TIGERS
See allGiri Nathan ’13 Captures a New Tennis Rivalry
Some say it’s too early to elevate Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, but the co-founder of Defector Media disagrees
Cari Gallman ’03 Leads in Legal and Policy Innovation in Medicine
Gallman, who pivoted from medicine to law at Princeton, recently became an executive vice president at Bristol Myers Squibb
Achille Tenkiang ’17 Founds Baldwin Institute to Foster Creative Resistance
The organization uses James Baldwin’s literature to engage youth in thoughtful conversations on literature and race
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
John 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
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