2012
2012 content overview
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’
LGBTQ+ History Lecturer Samuel Rutherford ’12 Recommends Books for Pride Month
Nikolche Gjorevski *12 Is Building Organoids
‘We’re interested in using these structures to study human biology and human disease’
Lauren Ling Brown ’12 Recommends Mysteries
Brown’s debut novel, Society of Lies, follows an alumna investigating the death of her sister, who was in an exclusive Princeton social club
Sanchali Pal ’12 Is Helping Consumers to Live More Sustainably
Pal’s app, Commons, advises users on how to make their everyday choices greener
Princetonians Pioneer ‘Midstory’ Project to Cover Midwest News
Tiger Fencers to Wield Epee, Saber, and Foil at Paris Olympics
Seven Olympians in one year is a new high for Princeton fencing
Rebecca Portnoff ’12 Is Protecting Children from AI Exploitation
Portnoff is using her computer science background to build technology that defends children from sexual abuse
Newsmakers Q&A: Tampa Bay’s Jonathan Erlichman ’12 on Baseball Analytics
Patricia Blessing *12 Unpacks Architecture in the Ottoman Empire
Novelist Katherine Chen ’12 Digs into the Story of Joan of Arc
‘You step into the light, you feel that sense of adrenaline, and you feel moved’
Lex Brown ’12 is Teaching the Value of a Multimedia Approach to Art
With Baseball Analytics, Jonathan Erlichman ’12 is Changing the Game
Erlichman’s career in baseball almost never began
Kerry Brodie ’12’s Training Ground for Refugees Forges On
Emma’s Torch, a Brooklyn restaurant, provides paid culinary-arts training to refugees
New Alumni Books: Michael Cannell ’82, Christina Badaracco ’12
Amanda Rees ’12 Launches Online Business to Help Aging People Prevent Falls
Bryton Shang ’12 Applies Machine Learning to Fish Farming in Norway
Podcast Spotlight: Allison Behringer ’12 Delves Into Medical Mysteries
Voices: The Groomsmaid
At a classmate’s wedding, a glimpse of the land of adulthood
Miranda Gordon ’91 and Dana Schmitt ’12: Sweet-Smelling Careers
With finely honed olfactory skills, Princetonians plunge into the perfume industry