A case study using computational modeling of the seemingly simple task of making a cup of coffee is the basis for this graphic by Associate Professor Matthew Botvinick, whose works combine psychology, neuroscience, and computer science. Learn more at http://blogs.princeton.edu/itsacademic/2009/05/computer_modeling_of_the_mind_and_brain.html
Image courtesy Matthew Botvinick and It’s Academic blog
Spring semester starts February 1. During the academic year, students can collect their thoughts, papers, and electronic messages between classes in comfortable spaces like Zankel Lounge in Sherrerd Hall.
Photo by Andrea Kane
Which is what Nick Ricci ’14 and four other Princeton Bridge Year students have done in Accra, Ghana, where Ricci taught English. The students will move to rural communities around Kumasi this month for the second half of their Bridge Year experience. Read updates from the field at http://www.princeton.edu/bridgeyear/updates/
Photo courtesy Nicholas A. Ricci III ’14
Princetonians can celebrate the New Year twice in 2010—on January 1 and again on February 14 when, according to the Chinese astrological calendar,
Image courtesy of East Asian Library
Undergraduates working for the Student Laundry Service waded through this
Photo courtesy of University Archives
Kulani Jalata ’12 volunteers with homework help for local middle schoolers as part of the Community House After School Academy. The third floor of 58 Prospect is now a tutoring center where Princeton students conduct sessions every weekday with youngsters who want to improve their academic skills.
Photo by Andrea Kane
Sherrerd Hall’s energy-efficient patterned glass reflects green views – both in the vista it mirrors and the commitment to sustainability it represents.
Photo by Brian Wilson
Earn your stripes by guessing which class sports this Tiger jacket. You can check your answer with a visit to the Princeton Pause Flickr site at www.flickr.com/groups/princetonpause or the Princeton Pause Facebook fanpage at www.facebook.com/princetonpause?v=photos. While you’re there, you’re invited to click and vote in the contest “This is Princeton” on either site.
Photo by Andrea Kane
This aerial view from the Historical Postcard Collection captures how the Princeton campus would have looked to a student flying home for Thanksgiving sometime before 1960. See more postcards online at http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/d217qp492
Image courtesy of University Archives
Alumni participated enthusiastically in an interactive Q&A session to launch “Connect: A Black Alumni Leadership Initiative” at the recent Coming Back and Moving Forward conference on campus. Some 650 black alumni attended the conference to share experiences and plan future involvement with the University.
Photo by Andrea Kane
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