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Video feature: ‘Princeton: Ivy and Espalier’ .

Princeton’s campus, when studied carefully, reveals the meticulous and expert care that the landscaping receives. Indeed, the mature plantings are the product of creative minds, past and present, and countless hours of labor.

‘Princeton in the Details: A Campus Quiz’ .

Walking Princeton University’s paths provides a wide range of visual stimuli to soak up on campus — from the historical and modern architectural details to the park-like landscaping — though it is easy to overlook the smaller features and details that add up to the campus’s beauty. This video quiz allows those familiar with the campus to assess how many of these details they have retained, while future visitors can get a preview of what awaits them.

Bringing new perspectives to campus treasures .

A stroll across Princeton University’s campus reveals many treasures to be enjoyed by the attentive observer -- ornate archways, official seals, whimsical gargoyles, flowing epigraphy, and sculpture of all sizes and materials. Together, these create a place of beauty with numerous clues to a unique history. The meticulous details upon the walls of buildings are a monument to the fond dreams of architects and campus planners. Princeton’s campus treasures are a rich blend of the old, the new, and the renewed, and like great thoughts, they weather time.

Video feature: Bringing new perspectives to campus treasures .

A stroll across Princeton University’s campus reveals many treasures to be enjoyed by the attentive observer — ornate archways, official seals, whimsical gargoyles, flowing epigraphy, and sculpture of all sizes and materials. Together, these create a place of beauty with numerous clues to a unique history. The meticulous details upon the walls of buildings are a monument to the fond dreams of architects and campus planners. Princeton’s campus treasures are a rich blend of the old, the new and the renewed, and like great thoughts, they weather time.

Video feature: ‘Princeton in the Details: A Campus Quiz’ .

Walking Princeton University’s paths provides a wide range of visual stimuli to soak up on campus — from the historical and modern architectural details to the park-like landscaping — though it is easy to overlook the smaller features and details that add up to the campus’s beauty. This video quiz allows those familiar with the campus to assess how many of these details they have retained, while future visitors can get a preview of what awaits them.

$15 million gift from Wallace brothers funds dance building and theater .

Princeton alumni brothers Monte J. Wallace and Neil W. Wallace have contributed $15 million for the first individual building named in the University’s planned arts complex.

Multimedia: ‘Finding the Enduring Shield of Princeton’ .

The Princeton University shield appears in a variety of forms throughout the campus.