Features
Class snapshot: 'Italy: The Land of Slow Food'
By Eric Quiñones · Posted November 23, 2009; 04:00 p.m.
Pietro Frassica, professor of French and Italian, and his students discuss "Topics in Contemporary Italian Civilization -- Italy: The Land of Slow Food," a class that combines an analysis of Italian literary texts with works of visual art to explore the art of cookery in relation to people's environment and history.
Students 'break out' from campus to learn about civic action
By Eric Quiñones · Posted November 19, 2009; 11:52 a.m.
In the wake of a tornado that leveled Greensburg, Kan., in May 2007, local residents forged an ambitious plan to rebuild the small agricultural town with a focus on sustainability. For a group of Princeton students who traveled there over fall break, this effort became an important lesson both in environmental awareness and civic engagement.
Creating opportunity: Engineering course empowers Princeton's social entrepreneurs
By Hilary Parker · Posted November 16, 2009; 10:04 a.m.
The laboratory course taking place in the basement of Princeton's Friend Center is not a traditional one -- in lieu of microscopes, there are discussions of microfinance, and students seek to create not chemical changes, but social ones.
Ceremony notes reopening of architectural landmark
By Ushma Patel · Posted November 11, 2009; 03:07 p.m.
A ceremony celebrating the reopening of Whig Hall -- the home of the nation's oldest collegiate political, literary and debating society, the American Whig-Cliosophic Society -- is set for 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, at the building. Whig recently underwent a major overhaul to modernize the building, which had not been renovated in nearly 40 years.
Legendary photographer Gowin celebrated in exhibition
By Staff · Posted November 9, 2009; 12:21 p.m.
The Princeton University Art Museum is celebrating photographer and faculty member Emmet Gowin's legacy as an artist and educator with an exhibition titled "Emmet Gowin: A Collective Portrait," which is on view through Sunday, Feb. 21.
Perspective on: Freud and Mexico, via Vienna
By Karin Dienst · Posted November 4, 2009; 10:05 a.m.
Rubén Gallo, a scholar of modern Spanish America who is spending the fall in Vienna as a guest of the Sigmund Freud Foundation, discusses the noted psychoanalyst's relationship to Mexico.
Mind matters: Oppenheimer takes inventive approach to examining decision-making
By Jennifer Greenstein Altmann · Posted November 2, 2009; 10:06 a.m.
In unearthing discoveries about how the human mind works, Princeton psychologist Danny Oppenheimer has mined insights into how people react to catchy stock-market symbols, overwritten essays and charitable donation choices.
Perspective on: Latino studies and the immigration debate
By Ushma Patel · Posted October 29, 2009; 10:57 a.m.
Marta Tienda, the Maurice P. During Professor in Demographic Studies, professor of sociology and public affairs, and director of the Program in Latino Studies, discusses the University's new Program in Latino Studies and her two new research projects on immigration and migration as well as the immigration debate.
650 attend largest gathering of black alumni in University history
By Shani Hilton · Posted October 26, 2009; 04:00 p.m.
At the largest gathering of black alumni in the University's history last weekend, emotions overflowed as people talked about change -- Princeton's transformation from their time as students and the transformation they can bring about through continued engagement. "It's very obvious to me that the Princeton of 2009 is very different from the Princeton of 1983, and even the Princeton of 2006," said Ken Bruce, a member of the class of 1983 and a past president of the Association of Black Princeton Alumni. "For many of us, our Princeton experience is complex," he added. "We love it. We have less love for it in other respects. It has helped us in our careers. We enjoy the people, and, in some instances, we've enjoyed the experiences. In others, we have enjoyed the experiences a little less. So the thought process was that we might need a new type of engagement to bring us back as we all move forward."
700 expected for second black alumni conference
By Eric Quiñones · Posted October 22, 2009; 10:03 a.m.
More than 700 black Princeton alumni plan to return to campus for the "Coming Back and Moving Forward" conference Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 22-24.