Video: Student work: Paavana Kumar's senior recital

By Brenda Jin on March 19, 2010, 5:08 p.m.

Brenda Jin '10 profiles Paavana Kumar, who will perform Ravel's "Ondine" as part of her senior recital, 8 p.m., March 26 in Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall.

The Science Action video program offers Princeton University students the unique opportunity to independently learn about current research topics in climate science, fusion physics or engineering principles by interviewing faculty members and filming a short video to explain a scientific insight in their own words. This trailer shows excerpts from last year's student team productions, currently posted to the Science Action YouTube page as part of Princeton’s informal online educational outreach. Science Action starts its second year with a kickoff meeting on Sept. 26.

Rubenstein to discuss global economic leadership, March 31 .

David M. Rubenstein, co-founder and managing director of the Carlyle Group, will explore the topic "Is America's Global Economic Leadership a Relic of the 20th Century?" in this year's G.S. Beckwith Gilbert '63 Lecture on Wednesday, March 31, on the Princeton University campus.

Video: Student work: 'Rosaleen' .

Casey Ford Alexander profiles "Rosaleen," an original opera created by seniors Maxwell Mamon and Alexis Rodda, which premiers April 2-3 in Richardson Auditorium. More details.

Valedictorian, salutatorian selected .

David Karp, a mechanical and aerospace engineering major from Berwyn, Pa., will be the valedictorian for Princeton's class of 2010, and Marguerite Colson, a history major from New York City, will be the Latin salutatorian.

University will host Handel festival .

International scholars and performers dedicated to honoring the life and works of Baroque composer George Frideric Handel will gather at the University for the American Handel Society conference on Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 21-23. This is the second time the American Handel Society has held its biennial festival at Princeton; the first was in 2007.

Video feature: 'Calder on Campus' .

Two sculptures by Alexander Calder are on display in front of the Princeton University Art Museum through June 15.

Orchestra highlights student talent, new music .

Each of the more than 90 students in the Princeton University Orchestra has a beloved musical instrument. So too do students of music at Princeton, some of whom even have been inspired to compose music for that special instrument.