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Princeton Alumni Weekly An editorially independent magazine by alumni for alumni since 1900 We’re part of Princeton, which means we have a first-hand view of University news.

The Princeton Alumni Weekly – known as PAW – keeps Princeton alumni connected to each other and to their university. Yet we’re also editorially independent, so we can report that news with objectivity. We offer up-to-date news and analysis, thoughtful interviews and essays, insightful coverage of Princeton sports and arts, in-depth profiles of undergraduate and graduate alumni, and a lively letter

s section. With each new issue, more than 80 classes of Princeton graduates stay in touch through password-protected Class Notes that incorporate dozens of photos. Alumni memorials are written by classmates specifically for PAW. Founded in 1900, the magazine once was published weekly and now comes out 14 times each year, more than any other alumni magazine in the world. PAW also publishes an annual guide to one of Princeton’s greatest traditions, Reunions. Our frequency, combined with an enhanced website and PAW’s Weekly Blog, means that our readers always can stay on top of the news of Princeton and its people. PAW reserves the right to delete user comments that violate our comment policy, promote commercial ventures, or do not comply with Facebook policies.

The July/August issue of PAW is now online, featuring a look back at the best damn weekend — Reunions 2025 🧡🖤 — plus a s...
07/03/2025

The July/August issue of PAW is now online, featuring a look back at the best damn weekend — Reunions 2025 🧡🖤 — plus a story about how Joel Finkelstein *18 built an early warning system for the internet at the Network Contagion Research Institute.

Read more at paw.princeton.edu.

Judge John McCarthy III ’69 dismissed all charges against the 13 pro-Palestinian protesters who occupied Clio Hall for a...
06/27/2025

Judge John McCarthy III ’69 dismissed all charges against the 13 pro-Palestinian protesters who occupied Clio Hall for a few hours in April 2024 — but without prejudice, meaning the charges can be refiled.

He added that he’ll dismiss the charges permanently if they write a revised apology letter to the University that, unlike the first one, is “not a political manifesto.”

Read more:
https://paw.princeton.edu/article/judge-dismisses-charges-against-clio-hall-protesters-asks-apology

Cloister Inn is suspending operations for the next two to three years for major renovations. Since the pandemic, the Pri...
06/26/2025

Cloister Inn is suspending operations for the next two to three years for major renovations.

Since the pandemic, the Princeton eating club has struggled to attract students, drawing fewer than 50 members each year — by far the smallest club on the Street. Members are weighing their options for the fall.

Read more:
https://paw.princeton.edu/article/cloister-inn-shutting-down-2-3-years-renovations

When Andy Stack ’95 is asked whether that was Bono belting out three U2 songs in succession at Reunions 2025, the class’...
06/26/2025

When Andy Stack ’95 is asked whether that was Bono belting out three U2 songs in succession at Reunions 2025, the class’s entertainment chair gives a coy response:

“Well, booking Bono as Bono would be against University regulations, wouldn’t it?”

Indeed it would. Nonetheless, that really did look and sound like Bono — even to a PAW reporter in attendance.

Read more:
https://paw.princeton.edu/article/did-bono-perform-u2-songs-class-1995-reunion

Noel Rubinton says that while Princeton professor John McPhee ’53 is hailed as a writer’s writer, he never had the “soci...
06/23/2025

Noel Rubinton says that while Princeton professor John McPhee ’53 is hailed as a writer’s writer, he never had the “social cachet” of some of his writerly contemporaries, such as Tom Wolfe or Joan Didion, who became celebrities. His comprehensive new book is “Looking for a Story: A Complete Guide to the Writings of John McPhee.”

“I hope the book will make people more interested and excited about him,” Rubinton says.

Read more:
https://paw.princeton.edu/article/new-book-chronicles-career-prolific-writer-and-professor-john-mcphee-53

Jeanie Chang ’25 combined her self-taught sewing skills and interdisciplinary Princeton education to create a fashion sh...
06/17/2025

Jeanie Chang ’25 combined her self-taught sewing skills and interdisciplinary Princeton education to create a fashion show for her senior thesis.

“While the University doesn’t offer a formal fashion program,“ she writes in a student dispatch for PAW, ”its liberal arts education offered something equally valuable: the intellectual freedom to ask questions, pursue creative work on my own terms, and situate practice within theory.”

Read more:
https://paw.princeton.edu/article/tailoring-princeton-education-pursuit-fashion

As diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives have become a lightning rod for political division, PAW spoke with five ...
06/17/2025

As diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives have become a lightning rod for political division, PAW spoke with five Princetonians who work in different capacities in corporate America — including David Campt ’82, founder and principal of The Dialogue Company, pictured here — to ask their thoughts about where they see DEI heading.

Read what they had to say:
https://paw.princeton.edu/article/amid-dei-backlash-these-alumni-field-emphasize-business-case

PAW is saddened to learn that Princeton’s 2024 silver cane holder, the Rev. Donald Fletcher ’39 *51, died on June 7 at a...
06/16/2025

PAW is saddened to learn that Princeton’s 2024 silver cane holder, the Rev. Donald Fletcher ’39 *51, died on June 7 at age 106. Fletcher spoke with PAW for this year’s Reunions Guide, offering this advice to graduating seniors:

“As you walk among the buildings of the campus, think of the generations that have gone before you — many enshrined, of course, in old Nassau Hall and some of the other buildings. Think of all the traditions and realize that you’re having a once-in-a-lifetime experience, so enjoy it to the fullest.“

Read more:
https://paw.princeton.edu/article/qa-princetons-2024-silver-cane-holder-donald-fletcher-39-51

For the third straight year, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs students are taking their research to ...
06/12/2025

For the third straight year, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs students are taking their research to Geneva, Switzerland, where they’ll present recommendations to the United Nations.

Their yearlong Policy Advocacy Clinic course is known for its hefty workload, but it’s growing in popularity anyway.

“For all the work and all the tough times,” said Sophie Glaser ’26, “I think it’s an experience you’re really not going to get elsewhere.”

Read more:
https://paw.princeton.edu/article/spia-undergraduates-headed-un-geneva-advocate-change

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The Princeton Alumni Weekly – known as PAW – keeps Princeton alumni connected to each other and to their university. We’re part of Princeton, which means we have a first-hand view of University news. Yet we’re also editorially independent, so we can report that news with objectivity. We offer up-to-date news and analysis, thoughtful interviews and essays, insightful coverage of Princeton sports and arts, in-depth profiles of undergraduate and graduate alumni, and a lively letters section. With each new issue, more than 80 classes of Princeton graduates stay in touch through password-protected Class Notes that incorporate dozens of photos. Alumni memorials are written by classmates specifically for PAW. Founded in 1900, the magazine once was published weekly and now comes out 14 times each year, more than any other alumni magazine in the world. PAW also publishes an annual guide to one of Princeton’s greatest traditions, Reunions. Our frequency, combined with an enhanced website, means that our readers always can stay on top of the news of Princeton and its people. PAW reserves the right to delete user comments that violate our comment policy, promote commercial ventures, or do not comply with Facebook policies.