James Watson Gave Us Brilliant Science From a Troubling Soul

The breakthrough did not come until 1953, when Watson visited Wilkins at King’s College in London, and Wilkins showed him a ...

James Watson, Co-Discoverer of DNA’s Double Helix, Leaves Behind a Troubling Legacy

The breakthrough did not come until 1953, when Watson visited Wilkins at King’s College in London, and Wilkins showed him a ...

James Watson, Nobel Prize winner and DNA pioneer, dies

James Dewey Watson, Nobel Prize winner and “semi-professional loose cannon” whose racist views made him a scientific pariah ...

James Watson dies at 97; co-discoverer of DNA’s double-helix shape helped revolutionize scientific research

The breakthrough turned the Nobel Prize-winning biologist into a hallowed figure in the world of science. But he later faced ...
Princeton University

Alison Isenberg, distinguished urban historian and co-founder of Princeton-Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism and the Humanities, dies

A public memorial and celebration of Isenberg’s life will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at the University Chapel.