Princeton Student Colony

By Nick Barberio on April 16, 2012, noon

Princeton Atelier launches the "Princeton Student Colony."

A platform and a tent in a very public place — near the Dinky station — make up the Princeton Student Colony, which has grown out a class being team-taught by artist and ecologist Fritz Haeg and architect Daniel Wood, visiting lecturers in the Lewis Center for the Arts and the Princeton Atelier. The site is "colonized" by the nine students who are making decisions about daily living as a group for the duration of the spring semester.

Harvesting water from fog .

PH₂OG Water is a startup project coming out of Princeton University's eLab that harvests water from clouds in the mountains of the Caribbean island of St. Vincent and distills it into pure, premium drinking water. The company plans to work with humanitarian water organizations to provide funding for water projects around the world through a profit pledge with each bottle sold.

'Shakespeare at Princeton' .

At Princeton University, the enduring works of Shakespeare have made an indelible impact on generations of students. In honor of the Bard's 450th, this video captures some of the ways in which Shakespeare's timeless embrace of the human condition continues to inspire students.

'How to Write a Song' .

"How to Write a Song" was a Princeton Atelier course at the Lewis Center for the Arts taught by Paul Muldoon and John Wesley Harding where students explored the art of songwriting and performed in public.

Roommates at Princeton .

Roommate advice from Freshmen and Senior class members.

'Princeton-Fung Global Forum in Paris' .

University leaders and policymakers from around the world will meet at the Princeton-Fung Global Forum next month to discuss "The Future of Higher Education." The conference will be held from April 9-11 in Paris. In this video, Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber and colleagues Cecilia Rouse, dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and Gideon Rosen, chair of the Council of the Humanities, preview some of the issues that will be discussed.

'Portraits of a President' .

Karl Kusserow, the John Wilmerding Curator of American Art at the Princeton University Art Museum, explains the unique history of a pair of portraits of U.S. President George Washington painted by Charles Willson Peale and held in the museum's collection.