A towering sound peals forth from Princeton's carillon

Video feature: A towering sound peals forth from Princeton's carillon .

Installed in 1927, the carillon has long been part of Princeton's soundscape, played every Sunday from 1 to 1:45 p.m. and often on Wednesday afternoons as well, except during Ph.D. exam periods. During the summer, its music comes from a series of guest musicians, sitting in as part of Princeton Summer Carillon Series, now in its 22nd year.

Video feature: Through a camera lens, Vanderbei finds academic inspiration .

Robert Vanderbei, a Princeton University professor of operations research and financial engineering, finds inspiration for his research in a specialized hobby. Vanderbei tinkers with camera lenses and uses image-enhancing software to produce exquisite pictures of snowflakes.

Jazz Age comes alive for teachers in James Madison Seminars .

Laura Bond may have been sitting in a darkened Taplin Auditorium listening to a jazz performance of music from the early 20th century. But, as the history teacher from West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North later described it, the music transported her to another place.

On 50th anniversary of Earth Day, students connect with natural world in time of pandemic .

Undergraduates in a course on sustainability are gaining a new awareness of nature during this spring's pause in human activity and noise.

Princeton Summer Theater explores the timelessness of myth .

Princeton Summer Theater will immerse audience members in multiple facets of myth and storytelling, presenting four mainstage plays and a children's show in eight weeks. The season runs June 18 through Aug. 8 in Hamilton Murray Theater on the Princeton University campus.

Festival of the Arts brings together community, campus to fête new Lewis Arts complex .

During a four-day Festival of the Arts, Oct. 5-8, Princeton University celebrated the opening of the new Lewis Arts complex with more than 100 events, taking audiences on a journey of the arts through the ages and around the world.

Being composed: The art of learning to write music .

What does composing music look like? At Princeton, composition is taught at the undergraduate and graduate level. In this story, four members of the Department of Music describe their creative process, the surprising upside of learning composition at a liberal arts university versus a conservatory, and the challenges and rewards of developing and performing new work. You can also view video clips of a work-in-progress by senior Stephanie Leotsakos and new works by Assistant Professor of Music Donnacha Dennehy and graduate student Yuri Boguinia.