'A Princeton Story: Rafting Down the Mississippi River'

By Danielle Alio and Maggie Westergaard, Office of Communications on April 1, 2013, noon

Princeton University junior Jackson Dobies experienced a summer of a lifetime last June after he was awarded a Martin A. Dale '53 Summer Award. Dobies rafted much of the length of the Mississippi River from north to south along with his older brother Justin, modeling the classic stories of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Read more.

Princeton Univerity junior Jackson Dobies experienced a summer of a lifetime last June after he was awarded a Martin A. Dale '53 Summer Award. Dobies rafted much of the length of the Mississippi River from north to south along with his older brother Justin, modeling the classic stories of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.

'Capturing the Cosmos' .

Princeton University junior Cody O'Neil traveled to Chile to practice astrophotography with the support of the Martin A. Dale '53 Summer Award, a $4,000 stipend given to a handful of students to pursue an independent project not connected to academic coursework.

Video feature: 'Capturing the Cosmos' .

Princeton junior Cody O'Neil traveled to Chile to practice astrophotography with the support of the Martin A. Dale '53 Summer Award, a $4,000 stipend given to a handful of students to pursue an independent project not connected to academic coursework.

Fifteen Princeton sophomores win Dale Summer Awards .

Fifteen sophomores are winners of this year's Martin A. Dale '53 Summer Awards, which provide a $5,000 stipend to pursue a summer project not connected to students' academic coursework.

Architecture and independent work .

A central feature of Princeton University's undergraduate education is the independent research requirement for juniors and seniors. In the School of Architecture, juniors take a design studio course each semester to meet the requirement.

Senior Davidjohn receives Dale Fellowship for post-graduation project in the arts .

Princeton senior Victoria Davidjohn has received a Martin A. Dale ’53 Fellowship to spend a year after she graduates to pursue a project of special interest to her. Davidjohn plans to write a piece of musical theater on the life of Ella Josephine Baker, an African American civil rights leader.

'WPRB, Princeton Radio' .

In addition to their classes and various extracurricular activities, some Princeton University students are dedicating time to operate a 14,000-watt radio station that can be heard from Princeton to parts of New York City, Philadelphia and Wilmington, Del. This video gives an inside look at WPRB and a few of its dedicated staff members.