2015

A New Way To See Cancer

Ryan Corcoran ’99 is among those leading advances in early cancer detection using a blood test called liquid biopsy

Restoring Voting Rights for the Formerly Incarcerated

Casey Kolb ’15’s Technology Makes Music Composition Visually Beautiful

One tool features colorful visuals that swirl and morph as you tinker with sounds

Class Close-Up: Experiencing the Inaccessible Spots on Campus

Lecturer Erin Raffety *15 is teaching a writing seminar called Disability Justice

Matt McDonald ’15 Balances Postdoc Life with Elite Running Career

Former track star will head to the Olympic marathon trials two months after publishing a paper in Science

With Los Angeles Lakers, Phil Chang ’15 Analyzes Data Behind the Plays

‘...Data is the backbone of the decisions being made,’ Chang says

Lauren Morera ’15 Has Visited Every National Park — Except One

Armed with a spreadsheet and maps, Morera and her husband are on a cross-country mission

Can an Alum Find Friendship — or Love — in Musical Speed Dating?

Princeton University Concerts’s Do-Re-Meet events aim to bring together musically-inclined souls

Tiana Woolridge ’15 on Reading for Children

Katherine Clifton ’15 Is Listening to the Stories of Refugees

‘Ultimately it reinforces my faith in humanity’

Ryan Benitez ’15 Is Connecting African Students With Universities

SAT tutoring in Uganda started Benitez on the road to starting a college-access nonprofit

Dror Liebenthal ’15 Is Democratizing Philanthropy

Liebenthal co-founded Bold.org, a platform to connect donors and students seeking scholarships

Scoring, Social Justice Mark WNBA Season For Blake Dietrick ’15

How to Live As the Ancients Did

From drinking to ruling to growing old, a series of books offers classic advice

Podcast Spotlight: Amina Olajide ’15 Shares Mentorship Conversations, Revealing Factors Behind Success

Training for Tokyo: Try, Try Again

After a near miss in 2016, Masters ’15 vies for a seat in Australia’s men’s eight

Mike Ford ’15 Earns His Place in the Majors With the First-Place Yankees

Newsmakers: Three Awarded Soros Fellowships

Voices: Pushing for a Public Forum

Reflecting on Turkey’s anti-authoritarian Gezi Park movement, five years after it began

In the Nation’s Service ...

Where Technology and Policy Converge

Dan Kang ’15 Explores the World, One Short Video at a Time

Lives: Cara McCollum ’15

With smarts and beauty, she wanted to be relevant

Marcelo Rochabrun ’15 Wins Investigative Reporting Award