2012

The Attentionauts

D. Graham Burnett ’93, Alyssa Loh ’12, and Peter Schmidt ’20 are leading a movement to resist ‘attention fracking’

Sociologist Allison Daminger ’12 Researched Mental Workload in Family Life

In What’s on Her Mind, Daminger shows women take on the majority of cognitive labor at home

Lauren Ling Brown ’12 on Her Princeton-centric Thriller

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

Arielle Patrick ’12 Finds Her Niche in Public Relations