Inside the Bulletin - Phillips Exeter Academy

Enjoy a selection of stories from the current and past issues of our alumni magazine, The Exeter Bulletin.

The Bulletin is published four times annually and distributed to more than 30,000 readers — including alumni, parents of current students and friends and Academy supporters around the world.

Find full issues as they appeared in print by visiting our Issuu archive.

Fall 2024

Instructors at Exeter combine a love of teaching with a deep connection to their lifelong interests

By Debbie Kane
November 4, 2024

Rebecca Greenawalt '95 finds her voice in a career second act

By Miles Howard

image for The Exeter Classroom, Then and Now

Exploring the evolution of Harkness at the Academy.

By Sarah Pruitt ’95

Tom Simpson on the all-faculty summer reading, what he read and what he’ll bring into the classroom.

November 4, 2024

image for Exeter Annotated: Legacy and leadership

A chronicle of excellence inside the office of Exeter Director of Athletics Jason Baseden.

November 4, 2024

Toto Papathanasopoulos ’27 and Dean of Students Ashley Taylor

image for Five Questions With an Equine Vet in Training

What Danixza Pinto ’25 learned in and out of the saddle

November 4, 2024

Dick Dolloff and Bill Lavertue have each worked in Exeter’s heating plant for more than half a century. Where do they get their energy?

November 4, 2024

Artists transform space, celebrate the humble line.

October 24, 2024

image for The Ethics of American Politics

A conversation with attorney and professor Bob Bauer ’70

By Daneet Steffens ’82
November 4, 2024

The latest publications, recordings and films by Exeter alumni and faculty.

November 5, 2024

Exeter's first expedition to Morocco.

November 6, 2024

New president of the Trustees Kristyn McLeod Van Ostern ’96 on Exeter’s past and future.

November 5, 2024

How did a VW Beetle end up on the Academy stage?

November 5, 2024

Summer 2024

Exonians making their mark in the craft alcohol world.

By Sarah Pruitt ’95
July 30, 2024

The Academy says farewell to five longtime faculty members this year.

August 12, 2024

Retiring girls crew coaches and what goes into building a team.

By Brian Muldoon

image for ‘You will always belong here’: Class of 2024 graduates

Family and faculty celebrate graduating seniors and mark conclusion of Exeter’s 243rd school year.

By Sarah Pruitt

image for Biohacks to learning anything faster

Why are some people able to learn anything faster? Would you want to become one of them?

By Robin Dao ’26
August 12, 2024

image for Exeter Deconstructed: The Shakespeare Folios

The school we love in detail.

Spring 2024

Legacy of murdered investigative journalist Paul Klebnikov ’81 lives on in memorial lecture series.

By Sarah Pruitt ’95

English Instructor Erica Lazure shares stories from her 20-country sabbatical adventure.

Visiting Preservation Hall Jazz Band All-stars bring New Orleans music center stage.

By Adam Loyd

image for A conversation with PEA’s sustainability education coordinator

Patrick Kelly brings religion, ethics and philosophy to the role.

August 13, 2024

Exeter test drives a new schedule for spring.

By Betty Luther-Hillman

Winter 2024

In the spirit of one of our institution’s core pursuits, we share the stories of three alumni from three decades who, shaped by their experience at Exeter, find true meaning and fulfillment in their work and life.

January 24, 2024

Decades after meeting at the Harkness table, award-winning novelist Paul Yoon ’98 and English Instructor Emeritus Ralph Sneeden connect for a wide-ranging conversation on mentorship, friendship, teaching and writing.