Video: 'Princeton's Opening Day 2011: Framing the Freshman Experience'

By Evelyn Tu on Sept. 15, 2011, 2 p.m.

Highlights from opening day events explore how the University frames the freshman class's forthcoming academic and social experiences, with an eye toward service.

Princeton University welcomes new students with a variety of orientation activities at the start of each academic year. A video highlighting four events from Opening Day, Sept. 11, explores how the University frames these students' forthcoming academic and social experiences, with an eye toward service in the community and the world.

She Roars: Conference highlights .

Nearly 1,300 Princeton University alumnae and their guests gathered on campus for a weekend of stimulating conversations, thought-provoking lectures and emotional connections during the "She Roars: Celebrating Women at Princeton" conference, April 28 to May 1. The "She Roars: Conference Highlights" video captures some of the excitement of the event, including remarks from keynote speakers and photos.

Princeton: Discovery, inspiration, evolution .

Undergraduates discuss what they have brought to the University community, and how they have changed since being on campus.

Video: Global lessons from Princeton's microclimate .

In mapping the microclimate of Princeton's campus, Elie Bou-Zeid, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, hopes to better understand how local environments affect the global climate -- and vice versa.

Faces of Princeton .

Professor and Advisor, David Spergel and Student, Jared Crooks talk about careers in science. The video was produced as part of a series to showcase Princeton life and academics as part of "Aspire: A Plan for Princeton," which is the University's $1.75 billion fundraising campaign.

Welcome to Princeton's residential colleges .

Students, college masters and staff members describe the importance of life in Princeton's residential colleges.

Video: Communicating science .

How many different ways do creatures communicate with one another? Howard Stone, Princeton's Donald R. Dixon and Elizabeth W. Dixon Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Bonnie Bassler, Princeton's Squibb Professor in Molecular Biology, enlist the help of elementary school students to explain the science of communication behind sound waves, pheromones, bioluminescence, and more.