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PAWcast: Paul Wapner *91 on Reviving Connections to the Natural World
“There’s a part of human experience which is fundamentally unpredictable”
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Essay: The Sounds of Solace
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New Music, Old Themes
Julia Wolfe *12’s experiments with sound span the traditional and the trippy
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Joshua Walker *12 Builds Bridges Between U.S. and Japan
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Nicholas Garrison ’80 *83: ‘This Is A Sacred Place’
A museum for the recognition of American liberty serves as an architect’s capstone achievement
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Alan Hershey *69 Builds Trails and Community
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Mind of a Mathematician
Terence Tao *96 was an extraordinary prodigy — and he’s still at it
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Judd Greenstein *14: The Magician of Music
An ‘unfettered’ composer blends styles and sounds, to create genre-defying music
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Faculty Book: Frederick Wherry *04 on Extending Credit
How one professor is working to balance the social ledger of creditworthiness
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PAWcast: Sarah Seo ’02 *16 on How Cars Changed Constitutional Law
From the Fourth Amendment to discriminatory traffic stops
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Angelique Brunner *97 Spurs Development and Revitalization in D.C.
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Carson Kievman *03 Stretches the Boundaries of Opera
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Neil Peterson *67 Gives Educators Tools to Help Students with ADHD
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Relationships That Endure
Alumni and their mentors reflect on guidance, wisdom, and friendship
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Lucia Jacobs *87 Investigates the Fascinating Behavior of Squirrels
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A ‘Bright Orange Torch’
Alumni Day speakers emphasize moving past division through empathy and education
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PAWcast: Catherine Sanderson *97 on Shifting to a Positive Mindset
Why a better outlook pays off ‘in almost every possible dimension’
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PAWcast: Ge Wang *08 on Computers, Music, and ‘Artful Design’
Taking a closer look at how technology shapes the way we think and act
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Lives: William Coors ’38 *39
A Controversial Conservative Whose Years Had Great Highs and Lows
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Essay: Class on Campus
Two sociologists share their findings on the modern dilemmas of cross-class relations
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Sociologist Wendy Cadge *02 Takes a Closer Look at Chaplaincy
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PAWcast: George F. Will *68 on Congress, Trump, and Reconstructing Civility
Columnist says leaders would be wise to remember Lincoln’s words: “We are not enemies”
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Film Fellow Keri Walsh *09 Illuminates the Legacy of Women Method Actors
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Professor and Coach Po-Shen Loh *10 Challenges Rising Mathematicians
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Voices: ‘A Deeply International Experience’
On teaching architecture to the women of the American University of Sharjah
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PAWcast: Carlos Lozada *97 of The Washington Post
A nonfiction critic talks about how he reads books — and recommends a few recent favorites
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Honors for Service
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Paul Oyer *96 Goes Behind the Wheel to Study the Gig Economy
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Q&A: Philosopher Kieran Setiya *02 on Dealing with a Midlife Crisis
PAW’s Q&A Podcast — April 2018
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Economics: The Price of Our Energy
Study documents consequences for babies born to mothers living close to fracking
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Lisa Pratt *82 Begins New Role as NASA’s Planetary Protection Officer
On the Campus
Two Startups That Received a Boost from the University
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Ted Callon ’17 and Maia Jachimowicz *08: Seeking an End to Cash Bail
Philadelphia Bail Fund sets out to reform the bail system, with the aim of reducing inequality
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Are Index Funds Hampering Corporate Competition?
Alumni economists debate common ownership
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University Fills Two High-Level Positions
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Just Tech
Harlan Yu *12 and David Robinson ’04 shine a light on the civil-rights dimensions of a wired world
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Where Technology and Policy Converge
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Troy Mestler *11 Works to Reset Expectations for Drone Flight
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Economist Elizabeth E. Bailey *72 Looks Back on a Pioneering Career
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Richard Lunt *10 Aspires To Produce Clear Energy with See-Through Solar
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Ledio Cakaj *09: Refugee To Researcher
Displaced at 16, an Albanian refugee brings a new perspective to the plight of child soldiers
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Honors for Service
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Kevin Smith *12 Puts Policy Expertise to Work in Rural Kentucky
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Uncovered
Gregory Heyworth *01 reveals what’s beneath centuries of damage to precious manuscripts
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Architect Jae Shin *11 Brings Design Principles to Public Housing
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Ezra Levin *13 and Angel Padilla *13: An ‘Indivisible’ Force
Former congressional staffers take a page from the Tea Party playbook
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Reading Room: Heather Ann Thompson *95
Well-Kept Secrets Behind an Uprising Are Unveiled
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Pedro Pablo Kuczynski *61, Peru’s New President
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Update: Robert Venturi ’47 *50: Prized Achievement
Denise Scott Brown honored after an alumna helps lead effort to secure an overdue honor for the architect
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David Kuwayama *08: Helping Hands in Congo
One surgeon wants to make a difference in the world’s most forsaken regions
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Paul Holdengräber *95: The Art of Conversation
A master of the interview talks to everyone from boxer Mike Tyson to biologist E.O. Wilson
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Noemi De La Puente *86: A Song of Immigration
A new musical about immigration was inspired by an undocumented Princeton student
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Profile: Emily Arensman ’06 and Megan Heuer *08: ‘From novices to experts’
Alumnae design public programs to draw all audiences to Frank Stella ’58’s art at the Whitney
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A Physicist in Hollywood
Kip Thorne *65, the scientist behind Interstellar, gets a new title: Movie Mogul
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Chris Moore *10: Algorithms in the Field
A neuroscientist brings his knack for data analysis to a long-suffering ballclub
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Still Paying
For Mahmoud Reza Banki *05, release from prison was a victory but not a happy ending
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Life on the Run
A rising star in sociology chronicles the human costs of America’s penal system
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Universities on the Defensive
In an excerpt from his Alumni Day talk, a national education leader lays out the challenges facing higher education
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Michael Norton *02: Want to Smile More?
Give your money away, build your own table, and make chocolate a ritual
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Philip Eckhoff *09: Bytes to Fight Bites
A mathematician builds models to stem malaria, polio, tuberculosis, and HIV
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Q&A: Jonathan Rapping *92 on Defending the Poor
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Julia Wolfe *12: Musical Innovator
An award-winning musician breaks new ground while exploring American history
On the Campus
Foreign-policy expert Michael O’Hanlon ’82 *91
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Remembering Bob Goheen '40 *48
Modest and plain-spoken, Princeton's 16th president believed in honest talk
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