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Video feature: 'Eating Clubs at Princeton' .

Princeton University has a closely knit campus community that offers a wide range of opportunities for life beyond the classroom. Princeton's 10 nonresidential eating clubs are a significant part of social life for many undergraduate students. In addition to being congenial places to share meals, the eating clubs that line Prospect Avenue serve as hubs for social activities, academic support, recreational sports and service opportunities. While open for membership to juniors and seniors, they also provide a center of social activity for non-members as well.

Video feature: 'Dodgeball: Genesis of a Tradition' .

Thousands of Princeton students turned out for the sixth annual Princeton University Dodgeball Tournament in Dillon Gymnasium this April. Members of varsity and recreational athletic teams, residential colleges, eating clubs and other student organizations fielded teams for the tournament, making it one of the largest student events on campus since its founding.

Video: Freshman Seminar: 'Silence, Noise, Sound and Music' .

Princeton music professor Barbara White leads a freshman seminar dealing with the elusiveness of quiet and blurring boundaries between everyday life and art.

Working group recommends changes to enhance social and residential life .

While Princeton University undergraduates express high levels of satisfaction with social and residential life, a working group of students, faculty and staff is recommending several changes to enhance this essential element of the campus experience.

Video feature: 'Welcome to Princeton's residential colleges' .

One of Princeton’s most distinctive characteristics is its closely knit residential community, which is organized around six residential colleges. This video introduction takes a tour through each of the six dining halls, where students, college masters and staff describe the importance of life in the Princeton's residential colleges.

Video feature: 'Skate Night' .

Three times this academic year, Princeton's Baker Rink opened its doors for Skate Night, a late-night event open to all Princeton students. Each event featured a particular theme, including an ugly sweater competition that is featured in this video profile of the Dec. 9 Skate Night.

Video feature: 'Shotaro Makisumi dreams in cubes' .

By the time he was 15 years old, Shotaro ("Macky") Makisumi held seven world records in speed cubing, or solving Rubik’s Cube puzzles as quickly as possible. Makisumi, a math major and member of Princeton's class of 2012, introduced his passion for speed cubing to campus and founded the Princeton Cube Club student organization in 2009. This video profile followed Makisumi as he realized a second dream, hosting a World Cube Association-sanctioned competition at the University in November.