1980

They Go All In On ‘All-Nighter’

The show, a relatively new addition to the Reunions schedule, attracts a beer jacket crowd

Prospect House Rooms Named for Pioneering Princetonians

Amid DEI Backlash, These Alumni in the Field Emphasize the Business Case

Diversity, equity, and inclusion aren’t just good for people, say these alumni who work in the field, but for business

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...

Guide to Drinks Served at Reunions 2025

Is this the year of ‘Tiger striping,’ alternating alcoholic drinks with nonalcoholic ones?

Princetonians, Join Us To Defend Free Speech and Academic Freedom

New Art Museum: ‘Everybody needs to kind of pause, give it a chance’

Where Old and New Meet

As part of its biggest expansion ever, Princeton is transforming its campus while attempting to balance tradition and change

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...

Truth Be Told

Filmmaker Cecilia Peck ’80 earns praise for exposing cults in true crime documentaries while safeguarding trauma survivors

Susan Cotts Watkins *80 Led Research on AIDS in Africa

To obtain the accurate insights needed to slow HIV transmission, Cotts Watkins devised an innovative methodology

In Short

Attorney Steven Lieberman ’80 Is Arguing for an African-American Burial Ground

Previously Lieberman halted construction at a Holocaust death camp in Poland

Lives: John E. Walsh ’80

His Historic Election Wins Were Matched by Personal Selflessness

Spoiler Alert

Cornel West *80 is the latest Princetonian to launch a presidential bid, but could his candidacy go sour for the country?

Facing Down Financial Inequity

Mellody Hobson ’91 and John W. Rogers Jr. ’80 are using their clout to pressure corporate America and help minority groups grow wealth

John W. Rogers Jr. ’80: A Gift of Stocks at Age 12

Alan Kahan ’80 Explores the History of Liberalism in New Book

Artworks Stolen by Nazis Returned to Timothy Reif ’80 *85 and Family

The seven paintings by Austrian Egon Schiele had been owned by renowned cabaret performer Fritz Grünbaum.

Enemies, Foreign and Domestic

Gen. Mark Milley ’80 enters the final days of his unprecedented tenure as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Princeton Professor Emeritus Cornel West *80 Is Running for President

The philosopher and political activist announced his candidacy with the independent People’s Party

Jeff Levenson ’80 Is Curing Needless Blindness with Cataract Surgery

Levenson recently worked with YouTube star MrBeast to perform 1,000 surgeries around the world

Essay: Thank you, Ed Holmes *80

Princetonian recounts transfer student experience and the positive impact of her ‘Brain and Behavior’ preceptor

Lives: Douglas G. McGrath ’80

A Prolific Artist Who Found Joy in Creating