Web Exclusives: Paw Plus
July 16, 2008:
A Pulitzer Prize-winning poet offers a tribute
to Garrett’s humor,
storytelling, encouragement, and commitment to the art of writing.
A
conservative think tank with many Princeton ties
The low-profile Witherspoon Institute has strong links to the Madison
Program
By Deborah Yaffe
Remembering
John Wheeler, physicist and teacher
By Cheuk-Yin Wong '61 *66 p'89 p'91 p'99
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Sankofa:
Looking back as we move forward
By Robert J. Rivers Jr. '53
The
DOE's view of the future of Princeton's fusion-energy lab
A Q&A with federal fusion-energy official Raymond J. Fonck *74
June 4, 2008:
Former president Robert F.
Goheen '40 *48 died March 31.
CLICK HERE for complete coverage and alumni remembrances.
PawPlus Archives, Volume 08 (2007-2008)
May 14, 2008:
PLOrk debuts at Carnegie Hall
Members of the Princeton Laptop Orchestra (PLOrk) and assistant
professor Dan Trueman brought their music to Carnegie Hall
April 25. For
a story published in the May 14, 2008, issue of PAW, click
here. For
a link to video clips showing how PLOrk makes music, click
here.
April 30, 2008:
Hundreds
attend Chapel memorial service for Goheen
Robert Francis Goheen
'40 *48
Memories of a leader who mastered the art of listening
By Christopher Connell '71
April 2, 2008:
Assessment
and general education: resisting reductionism without resisting
responsibility
By Stanley N. Katz
Anxiety
over graduate housing
Room draw is a stressful time for grad students, Melinda Baldwin
GS writes.
March 19, 2008:
Overheard
on Alumni Day 2008
If you missed the Alumni Day panels and lectures, here’s a
sampling of what the speakers had to say.
The real Bard of Avon?
Richard M. Waugaman '70 describes the "smoking gun"
that helps document who he says really wrote Shakespeare's
works.
February 13, 2008:
Around the world
in orange and black: The journey of a Princeton flag
By Denali Barron ’09
January 23, 2008:
Witness --
and mover -- of history
Merrell Noden '78 talks with Nicholas
Katzenbach '43 about his public service during turbulent times.
(For a condensed version of this interview published in the
Jan. 23, 2008, issue of PAW, click here.)
Influential
Princeton alumni
The salesman
Lud Gutmann '55 recalls the day a scholarship student and
his parents went to Langrock's to pick out a suit for graduation.
November 21, 2007:
Who's afraid
of Senator Byrd?
The complete text of Professor Stanley N. Katz's Sept. 17
Constitution Day talk. For an edited version published in
the Nov. 21, 2007, issue of PAW, click here.
From PAW archives: An
ancient goat head's 'message of gratitude'
A half-century ago, an 1,800-year-old marble goat's head at
the Princeton Art Museum was big news when it was found to
have been stolen from Italy. But the story had a happy ending
for both sides.
November 7, 2007:
Stories from the war zone
Four alumni and a grad
student describe their time on the front line of combat.
(For E.B.
Boyd '89's stories of 11 alumni and the lessons they learned
in Iraq and Afghanistan, published in the Nov. 7, 2007, issue
of PAW, click here .)
Lessons learned at Princeton:
Reflections of a failed mathematician
Faculty and students, "alternately crazy and great," were
doing work that changed the world, Carl L. Heimowitz '64 says
of his days in the math department.
October
24, 2007:
Bradley
’65 reflects on Princeton and politics
Cardboard
It was easy to be angry at the homeless man – until
you got to know him
By Barbara Risk de Boinville ’74
September 26, 2007:
‘The
bite of the type’
By Elyse Graham ’07
Princeton in retirement’s
service
How tastes and values formed at college help prepare for a
second act
By Bruce A. Cogan ’73
PawPlus Archives, Volume 07 (2006-2007)
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July 18, 2007:
A farewell
to the Princeton Class of Destiny
The 2007 Baccalaureate address delivered by professor emeritus
John Fleming *63
James C. Hepburn 1832:
Physician, missionary, educator, translator, lexicographer
By Bruce G. Dunning ’62
June 6, 2007:
More
great books for summer
The North Korean
nuclear crisis and its impact
By Desaix Anderson ’58
After Virginia Tech
May 9, 2007:
Debating Colbert on global warming
Professor Michael Oppenheimer parried with Comedy Central's
Stephen Colbert on climate change. To
see the exchange, click here.
For more about Oppenheimer's work in global-warming research,
see
"From the Editor" in the May 9, 2007, issue of PAW,
click here.
Juggling kids and careers
A survey of the Class of 1980 offers plenty of data, and raises
some questions, about how men and women view their work and
family choices, Cynthia King Vance '80 writes
April 18, 2007:
Q&A with James A. Baker '52
In an expanded version of his "Moment with" interview in the
April 18, 2007, issue of PAW, James A. Baker '52 speaks about
world affairs and life at Princeton.
April 4, 2007:
The wartime campus
Edward D. Simsarian '45 describes the Princeton experience during
World War II
By Edward D. Simsarian '45
March 21 , 2007:
‘To
meet your father when you're 82
A son is touched by a
Class of 1907 alumnus, after 75 years
By Richard Schwarzchild
February 21, 2007:
A week at summer camp
When Sam Hartwell '52 was a volunteer counselor, the hardest
part was saying good-bye
January 24, 2007:
No path to citizenship
By Ilya Shapiro '99
December 13 , 2006:
An interview with Greil Marcus
The music journalist and cultural critic talks about arts writing,
teaching at Princeton, and Bob Dylan. For
a shorter version of this interview published in the Dec. 13,
2006, issue of PAW, click here .
November 22, 2006:
The 2006 Bonfire
CLICK HERE to view
video clips of the 2006 bonfire, as well as vintage clips
of bonfires from 1926 and 1948.
Edward Taylor
and Alimta’s long road to success
Miriam Bocarsly '06 tells how a "shockingly good drug"
was developed
November 8, 2006:
The 'bare-minimum approach'
to Iraq isn't working
By Pete Hegseth '03
October 25, 2006:
Jason Kamras ’95 on
providing a quality education for all
October 11, 2006:
An interview with Gary
Walters '67
Princeton's director of athletics on NCAA basketball, the
Ivy League at 50, and Princeton's sports culture.
Princeton's action to end
early-decision: What it will mean
A Q&A with Admission Dean Janet Rapelye
September 27, 2006:
Safe passage out of Beirut
Summer studies of Princeton students were disrupted by hostilities
between Israel and Hezbollah forces. For
a story published in PAW Sept. 27, click here . For links
to blogs about the events by Jay Saxon '05, Callie Lefevre
'09, and Jason Turetsky '07, click below.
Remarks by President Arnold
Speert
William Paterson University Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony
Hunter President Jennifer
Raab’s June 2006 commencement address
Avoiding the 'freshman
15'
An interview with Daphne
Oz '08, whose new book tells how college students can maintain
a healthy lifestyle. (For
an abridged version of this interview published in the Sept.
27, 2006 PAW, click here.)
PawPlus Archives, Volume 06 (2005-2006)
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July 19, 2006:
Rain man
By Benjamin A. Plotinsky ’99
June 7, 2006
Crouching,
Hidden, Homeless: The Princeton Fu Dogs
By Monica H. Wojcik ’07
Madeleine
Albright's '14 points for the 21st century’'
May 10, 2006:
Homer's odyssey
William I. Homer '51 recalls the early days of the Creative
Arts Program.
April 5, 2006:
'Commando training'
Jonathan Ames '87 tells how his fencing coach prepared him
for an unforgettable match.
Do-it-yourself authors
Fifteen alumni and their recently self-published books
(To read a story on Princeton authors and the print-on-demand
business from PAW's April 5 issue, click
here )
March 23, 2006:
PAW
forum: Princeton admissions and "The
Chosen"
Read what alumni are saying about Jerome
Karabel's book about Ivy League admissions and former admission
dean Fred Hargadon's response.
Read
an excerpt of "The Chosen"
Alumni letters
Fred Hargadon's response
March 22, 2006:
Black Power and the American
University
By W. Arthur Lewis
March 8, 2006:
Encountering Iran
Henry Posner Jr. ’41 contrasts an angry government,
a welcoming people
By Henry Posner Jr. ’41
Trading oak trees for ivy
A Tulane student describes her ‘semester abroad’
at Princeton
By Rosa Mathai, Tulane ’08
Deconstructing Greenspan
Two Princeton professors analyze the longtime Fed chairman’s
record of success
February 15, 2006:
Accepted to Princeton:
Parental pride – and shame
By Susan A. Patton Jaffe ’77
January 25, 2006:
'Not prepared
for the devastation'
Jonathan Mitchell *92 provides shelter to Pakistani earthquake
victims
‘Inundated
by grief’
Nurse Stacia Birdsall ’02 finds ‘strength and
grace’ among the devastation
December 14, 2005:
Evangelical Christian lobbyist
Richard Land Õ69
Gulf Coast journal
Stephanie Feldstein ’08 reports on students’ hurricane
relief work during fall break
On the run
Hugh O’Neill ’74 tells how running with daughter
Becky ’07 fosters a special bond
By Hugh O’Neill ’74
Song lyrics from Tina
deVaron '78
November 16, 2005:
‘A great day
to be a soldier’
Army Capt. Jonathan Shine ’98 on referendum day in Iraq
by Army Capt. Jonathan A. Shine ’98
November 2, 2005:
The dean’s blog
Wilson School dean Anne-Marie Slaughter ’80 on American
diplomacy
Slideshow
of Machu Picchu
October 19, 2005:
NEW!
Æ Back
to New Orleans
Three weeks after the levees broke, Tom Andre '98 returns home.
October 5, 2005:
Climbing Kilimanjaro
‘A father-and-son moment to remember’
By Eric F. Edmunds Jr. ’75
September 14, 2005:
Returning to the fold
Stewart Levin '75 tells why, after three decades cut off from
Princeton, he attended his first reunion this year
PawPlus Archives, Volume 05 (2004-2005)
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July 13th, 2005:
A 'sense of shock and sadness'
— Alumni in London
recount their experiences the day of the terrorist attacks
July 6, 2005:
Voices of Reunions 2005
— A selection of quotes
heard around the campus
— Advice from Princeton
alumni for 2005 graduates
2005 Commencement and Class Day: student
addresses
— Valedictorian
Varun K. Phadke '05 on not being too serious
— Salutatorian Graham
E. Phillips '05 on the "Roman conquest of Princeton"
— Margaret Johnson
'05 on worries about "our impossibly bright future"
Reunions
& Commencement 2005: A PAW photo album
More than 160 images of Reunions and Commencement 2005. The
album includes two slide shows and links to photos of each
major reunion class, graduate alumni and the Old Guard.
June 29, 2005:
Remembering
the first 'War of the Worlds' broadcast
‘Men from Mars gave the campus a good shakeup,' PAW
reported in 1938
July 16 concert to benefit
group started by Princeton alumni
David Sancious to appear in Red Bank, N.J., to benefit SPARKS
Academy
June 8, 2005:
For students,
a sense of empowerment
By Asheesh Kapur Siddique ’07
Let’s have a real
debate, not obstruction
By Dylan S. Hogarty ’06
April 20, 2005:
Selected poems
by Philip Holmes
Professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering
A Short Critique of the
Long Telegram
By Fletcher M. Burton *88
From the Archives:
More Snow Sculptures
April 6, 2005:
Tsunami Stories:
Helpless Terror
by Leslie Anson v. Wangenheim ’85
Ship of Mercy
by Robert Lorenz ’68
Ed Rogers ’87 recollections
of the tsunami (posted Feb. 9, 2005)
March 28, 2005
RESULTS
OF PAW’S ONLINE SURVEY ON ETHICAL DILEMMAS
March 9, 2005
Women in
Science:
—Statement by Shirley Tilghman, president of Princeton
University; John Hennessy, president of Stanford University;
and Susan Hockfield, president of MIT
—Statements from Princeton graduate students in science
and engineering
—Statement by Professor Emily Carter
—An address by
President Shirley Tilghman March 24 on "Recruiting, Retaining
and Advancing Women Scientists in Academia"
February 28, 2005:
Wrestling
celebrates centennial
January 26, 2005
The Sad
Song of Delia Green and Cooney Houston
By Sean Wilentz
December 8, 2004
On Democracy and
Education
Lecture by Eddie S. Glaude Jr., at the Fifth Annual Convocation
of the Program in Teacher Preparation, Nov. 9, 2004
October 6, 2004
More political
cartoons from Henry Payne '84
September 15, 2004
Princeton
Football 2004: A closer look
Facts and Figures, Players, Coaches, Opponents, Preseason Rankings
PawPlus Archives, Volume 04 (2003-2004)
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July 7, 2004
The Senior Dialogue
Princeton University
Commencement, June 9, 1970
July 7, 2004
J. Stewart
Dill ’70, President of Princeton University’s
Senior Class
on Saturday, June 6, 1970
July 7, 2004
President Shirley Tilghman “Conversation
with Alumni”
Princeton University
May 29, 2004
July 7, 2004
Professors' picks
More suggested summer reading
June
9, 2004:
Recording your
life story
Writer and teacher William Zinsser ’44 pens another
instructional book
December 17, 2003
Club
Sports Snapshots
November 5, 2003
Orientalism,
by Edward Said '57
2003 Preface to the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition
October 8, 2003
LINES
ON RAISING THE CURTAIN OF THE ROGER S. BERLIND THEATRE
by Paul Muldoon
September 10, 2003
Phil
Thune '92's Positional and Game by Game Analysis for the Tigers
2003-04 season
September 10, 2003
More
of the Lightman interview
September 10, 2003
Brain
sensors or literary critics
Chemist Warren S. Warren writes about his share of the project
with poet Paul Muldoon
PawPlus Archives, Volume 03 (2003-2003)
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July
2, 2003:
A
call for a return to Judaism's dialectic roots
There's "Nothing Sacred" about the state of Judaism
for Douglas Rushkoff '83
QUOTES
FROM ENGLISH PROFESSOR TOM ROCHE
Aquinas,
the Church, and the plague
Professor William Jordan *73 sheds light on the Middle Ages
June 4, 2003:
Taking
the blues out of baseball
Red Sox fan Wes Tooke '98 takes his team to the top, almost,
in his debut novel
Summer
reading
Professor's Picks: A complete list
March 26, 2003
Alumni Day:
Frist's
speech
Bell's
speech
February 26, 2003
Interview
with Michael Doran *97, assistant professor of Near Eastern
studies at Princeton and adjunct fellow at the Council on Foreign
Relations
January 29, 2003
You
don't want to know this
It isn't hamburger heaven after all
More logic
problems
Red and
redder
Some Famous (and Infamous) Redheads
November 20, 2002
Master
of history
How Robert A. Caro '57 approaches his work
October 23, 2002
The Saga of the Thai Silk
King
Twenty years later, James Thompson '28's disappearance remains
a mystery
Originally published in PAW May 6, 1987
Reforming
Morocco
Expatriate Prince Moulay Hicham '85 calls for change at campus
conference on the Islamic world
September 11, 2002:
Economy
blamed for slight dip in Annual Giving
Major reunion classes and recent alumni lift totals
Robertson
family sues Princeton over management of $550-million foundation
Admission
office investigation concludes
Staff disciplined and director reassigned
Tilghman
A look at Princeton's president's first year
Excerpts
from Elizabeth Greenberg '02's senior thesis about Princeton
rituals and student traditions
June 5, 2002:
Barton
Gellman '82 wins Pulitzer
A reporter's
life: Barton Gellman '82
MoBio
major
Scott Vafai '02 discovers link between diet and Alzheimer's
Becoming a
historian and activist
Sarah Seo studies former comfort women in Korea
An artist,
traveler, and computer geek
Jon Harris produces new magazine
May 15, 2002:
Interactive map
of new campus buildings
Dennis
Keller 63's remarks at the dedication of the Friend
Center
April
24, 2002:
Perry Cook's webpage: http://www.cs.princeton.edu/%7Eprc/PAW02.html
Behind
the Biotech Boom
George Rathmann *51's enthusiasm for research and head for
business gave rise to a $22-billion industry
April 10, 2002
Well,
gosh, it was a wonderful life
James Stewart '32 museum in his hometown hosts Princeton memorabilia
Story and photographs by Louis Jacobson '92
U.S.
healthcare 2002
Professor of economics Uwe Reinhardt on the state of U.S.
healthcare system
An
Alternative to Alcohol Abuse: Housing Reform in the Residential
Colleges
by Brian Muegge 05
March 27, 2002:
Opinions about the film
A Beautiful Mind:
Happenstance
and Old Nassau's saga
By Brad Bradford 44
A straight
look at schizophrenia
Physician Richard Keefe '80 takes the cinematic out of this
mental disease
Exploiting
a Beautiful Mind
By Daniel Rockmore '84
Gaga for
Go:
Game gurus give gold to the film A Beautiful Mind
By Rick Mott '73
A Beautiful
Soul:
One Princeton professor reflects on John Nash *50's fortune
and theory
By Patrick J. Deneen
Searching
for genius, a theory, or simply patterns :
John Nash and game theory
By Daniel A. Grech '99
Images
of the mathematics department from the 1960s from an album
by Jay Goldman
Now
or never: Human rights, international law and the prospects
for peace in the Middle East
A Lecture
By Richard Cummings '59, Ph.D.
Man
about New York
David Remnick '81 talks with PAW about the editing life
Dancing
in a magical land
The Nobel Prize Centennial Celebration 2001
By Lynn Greenberg and Michael Rothschild
Of saccharine melodies
and melodramatic duets
Robert Greenberg '76 lectures to thousands about music
March 13, 2002
A
scholar, priest, and public servant
Thomas E. Breidenthal takes over as new dean of religious
life
A
Call to Care
An account of his medical missionary trip to Hopital Lumiere
in Haiti
By Bill Greene '68
Big
Game, Small World
By Alexander Wolff 79
Photos
of the restoration of the University Chapel
February 13, 2002:
Talking
about dames
Maria DiBattista on her new book, Fast-talking Dames
Interview by Jane Chapman Martin '89
January
30. 2002:
More
on Math and Fine Hall:
Images
of the mathematics department from the 1960s from an album
by Jay Goldman
The
Laboratories:
Fine Hall is the Seventh Building for the Scientific Departments
Princeton
and Mathematics, by Virginia Chaplin
PAW, May 9, 1958
Interview
with Albert Tucker
The
Princeton Mathematics Community in the 1930s: An Oral History
January
30, 2002:
Letter
from F.H. Borsch 57
Text
of the Prayer of Invocation for the installation of President
Shirley Tilghman
January
30, 2002:
Field
notebook excerpts