Arts & Humanities
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Following John McPhee ’53 to Alaska
Ben Weissenbach ’20’s new book is North to the Future: An Offline Adventure through the Changing Wilds of Alaska
LGBTQ+ History Lecturer Samuel Rutherford ’12 Recommends Books for Pride Month
Tailoring a Princeton Education to the Pursuit of Fashion
Jeanie Chang ’25 combined her self-taught sewing skills and interdisciplinary Princeton education to create a fashion show for her senior thesis
How Edmund White Entered My Life at the Right Time, Several Times
Before he met White, Benjamin Bernard *22 knew him as the writer and Princeton professor who ‘brought gay experience out of the closet and into literature’
Bates College Professor Therí A. Pickens ’05 Recommends Poetry
Humanities Are Alive and Well at Princeton. So Where Are the Humanities Majors?
In Princeton’s Class of 2024, just 12.2% of graduates majored in humanities departments
McCarter Presses On Despite State, Federal Funding Cuts
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
Move-In Days
PAW takes a peek at the Princeton University Art Museum as it puts the finishing touches on a five-year construction project
New Art Museum: ‘Everybody needs to kind of pause, give it a chance’
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
Sophie Gee is Advocating for the Importance of Arts and Humanities
Rob Kutner ’94 Recommends Books on Humor
For those who could use a laugh, Kutner’s latest is The Jews: 5,000 Years and Counting
Winnie Holzman ’76 Penned the Script for ‘Wicked’
‘When I was writing it, I was picturing an Ozian version of Princeton,’ Holzman says
Photography Classes Bring Arts Into Focus
In a highly academic atmosphere, photography classes are a welcome creative respite for many students
The Whole Student: The Arts vs. Loneliness
A Princeton gem that has been a balm for our campus and in our community is Arts and Ideas at McCarter Theatre
Africa World Initiative Influences Policy
New Dean Michael Gordin
Gordin is also creating a fresh, less stressful schedule for final exams
Understanding Ethiopian History
Dig Unearths Findings in Greece
Students who take Nathan Arrington ’02’s class Archaeology in the Field get hands-on experience working at an excavation site in Greece
Anthony Grafton Approaches His Final Year of Teaching
After nearly 50 years as a Princeton faculty member, Anthony Grafton, a historian of Renaissance Europe, will be retiring at the end of this academic year