December 2011 Archives

Before this new bell was hoisted into service atop Nassau Hall in 1955, another dating from 1858 pealed throughout the day--a very different sound than the ring of cell phones! Learn more about the bell and other Princetoniana at http://www.princeton.edu/frist/iconography/

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Call it "coming attractions": Although George Washington's first visit to Princeton occurred 10 days later (when American troops successfully defeated British adversaries at the Battle of Princeton), his December 25, 1776, crossing of the Delaware River is memorialized on campus. Trivia alert - do you know where on campus this frieze is?

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Using GFP - green fluorescent protein - gives new meaning to the phrase "you light up my life." GFP is used as a "tag" allowing scientists to track all sorts of cellular processes under a microscope. Members of the Class of 1968 recently learned about GFP and genetic coding from David Tank, Henry L. Hillman Professor in Molecular Biology and co-director of the Princeton Neuroscience Institute, in a neuroscience seminar the class hosted.

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Who says a painting has to be on canvas? Clare Arentzen '14 experimented with expanding the concept using plexiglass, embroidery floss, radiator grills, and chain to create "Transparent Politics" in lecturer Pamela Lins' recent Lewis Center for the Arts course.

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Photo by M. Teresa Simao