Features
Video feature: 'Council on Science and Technology'
By Els Paine, Council on Science and Technology · Posted June 17, 2013; 12:00 p.m.
At the intersection of Princeton's roles as a research institution and a liberal arts college, the Council on Science and Technology promotes the development of courses in science and engineering for students concentrating in humanities and the social sciences. This video highlights the council's mission to help ensure that all Princeton students graduate as scientifically literate citizens able to assess the technological and scientific issues of the day.
Gordin illuminates history through the overlooked and unexplored
By Michael Hotchkiss, Office of Communications · Posted June 13, 2013; 12:00 p.m.
Professor Michael Gordin illuminates the history of science and language by exploring the overlooked, the misunderstood and the unusual.
Video feature: 'Looking Back: Reunions and Commencement 2013'
By the Office of Communications · Posted June 10, 2013; 12:00 p.m.
With hugs and laughs, humor and nostalgia, parades and processions and traditions, Princeton University students, alumni and their families recently celebrated Reunions and graduation activities.
Tilghman treasures the Princeton experience, urges graduates to lead lives of service
By Karin Dienst, Office of Communications · Posted June 4, 2013; 02:30 p.m.
In her final Commencement address June 4 as president of Princeton University, Shirley M. Tilghman reflected on the Princeton experience and urged graduates to lead lives of purpose and service.
Remnick charges seniors to consider 'the nature of freedom'
By Jamie Saxon, Office of Communications · Posted June 3, 2013; 06:30 p.m.
At Princeton University's Class Day, held on Cannon Green June 3, seniors celebrated the achievements of their peers and members of the University community — with the primary goal of having fun. The keynote speaker was David Remnick, a 1981 alumnus, editor of The New Yorker and Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
Bernanke offers 'Ten Suggestions' to Princeton's Class of 2013
By Michael Hotchkiss, Office of Communications · Posted June 2, 2013; 07:00 p.m.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke offered members of Princeton's Class of 2013 a tool kit for tackling their post-college lives — suggestions and observations that ranged from the value and limitations of economics to an admonition to call their parents once in a while.
Alumni kick off Reunions 2013
By Emily Aronson, Office of Communications · Posted May 31, 2013; 05:00 p.m.
Elizabeth Patterson, a graduate of the Class of 1994, considers Princeton University Reunions both a college and family reunion. Her husband, father, brother and sister — all Princeton alumni — are together on campus this weekend to celebrate Reunions 2013. Patterson was among the more than 24,000 Princeton alumni, family and friends expected at Reunions Thursday, May 30 through Sunday, June 3.
Trivia time: Princeton University Reunions
By Emily Aronson and Maggie Westergaard, Office of Communications · Posted May 29, 2013; 12:00 p.m.
Princeton University Reunions is an annual alumni event chock-full of activities and celebrations. Each year, notable facts, figures and tidbits can be tallied — trivia time! — to give a vivid sense of this memorable tradition. As alumni return to Princeton for the 2013 celebration Thursday, May 30, through Sunday, June 2, the following facts may inform and entertain as classmates from across the years celebrate getting together.
Valedictorian Sinha finds inspiration in questions of balance
By John Sullivan, Office of Engineering Communications · Posted May 23, 2013; 12:00 p.m.
Programming a robot to perform like a plate spinner at a circus, making all the tiny adjustments needed to balance a thin stick perfectly upright, is associated with what engineers call the inverted pendulum problem. For most students, the tricky balancing act can be quite a challenge. For Princeton senior and valedictorian of the Class of 2013 Aman Sinha, it was an inspiration.
Studying the unseen activity in bacteria chatter and a nation's bereavement
By Morgan Kelly, Office of Communications · Posted May 20, 2013; 12:00 p.m.
Princeton University senior Sofia Quinodoz took on two theses that pertain to an unseen and not fully understood action that is nonetheless felt by those it afflicts, be it in the form of an infection or the void of a loved one suddenly erased.