Featured Stories Archive – July, 2005
Programs immerse students in language and culture
By Dana Crum · Posted July 28, 2005; 05:04 p.m.
Many Princeton students are spending their summers abroad in internship and language-study programs. Sophomore Stan Gabryszewski is working as a nursing assistant in a clinic for cancer patients receiving radiotherapy. Not only is he learning this challenging position, but he's conducting his work in a second language and in a different culture.
Community House camp builds more than computer skills
By Eric Quiñones · Posted July 25, 2005; 02:56 p.m.
Outside the Fields Center on a scorching morning last week, the topic of discussion was, naturally, the weather. Rather than complaining about the heat in Princeton, however, 11-year-old Sahmone was delivering a weather report for a newscast writte...
Learning to tell a story
By Jennifer Altmann · Posted July 21, 2005; 12:34 p.m.
In "Bookcrafting: Animals in the Picture," a unique workshop at the Cotsen Children's Library taught by Princeton professor Henry Horn, 15 young students learned about Horn's hobby of photographing hand-crafted animal characters in natural environments. The children each received a wooden bear, which they sanded, stained and posed for photographs with other animals. By week's end, each youngster will have created a book of photographs connected by a story.
Science teachers become students again in summer workshop
By Dana Crum · Posted July 18, 2005; 04:39 p.m.
Wearing identical white lab coats, 20 high-school teachers huddled around bluish gels they just had subjected to electrophoresis, a process that enabled them to visualize and study DNA fragments. For two weeks every summer, teachers become students again in a Princeton workshop that helps spread enthusiasm for science.
In focus: Research at Princeton
By Eric Quiñones · Posted July 15, 2005; 10:43 a.m.
Princeton University is unique in combining the strengths of a major research university with the qualities of an outstanding liberal arts college. Pushing the frontiers of knowledge and addressing real-world problems, Princeton scientists and scholars publish research across the spectrum of intellectual inquiry.
In focus: WPRB radio station
By Dana Crum · Posted July 14, 2005; 01:04 p.m.
Broadcasting with 14,000 watts of stereo power, Princeton’s student-run radio station is one of the world’s strongest college stations, reaching Delaware, Philadelphia and New York's outskirts.
In focus: Prospect House
By Eric Quiñones · Posted July 6, 2005; 06:02 p.m.
Prospect House, known for its picturesque gardens, is one of the University's most historic buildings and a major destination for Princeton campus community members and visitors alike.The magnificent Italianate Victorian mansion was built around 185...
Exhibition celebrates artist's gift to museum
By Ruth Stevens · Posted July 5, 2005; 12:00 p.m.
An exhibition celebrating the art of longtime Princeton resident Thomas George will be on view at the University Art Museum from June 25 through Sept. 11.