January 14, 2022

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Princeton University joins the Arts Council of Princeton in celebrating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Monday, January 17. The Arts Council is set to host a morning of family-friendly community events including a take-home public art project, grab-and-go bagel breakfast, and food drive. Stop by the Paul Robseon Center for the Arts between 10 am and 12 pm on Monday, January 17 to pick up signs and posters of MLK's best-known quotes to decorate and display in your window or front lawn. The Paul Robseon Center is located at 102 Witherspoon Street in Princeton. Don't forget to bring a canned good. ACP is collecting non-perishable food items for NJ Rise Food Pantry. In the event of inhospitable weather, ACP will pivot to a socially-distanced indoor pickup of project materials. Please check their homepage for the most recent update. Learn more on artscouncilofprinceton.org

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NEWS

Princeton University builds closer ties to New Jersey's public higher education institutions through programs like the Community College Teaching Partnership and Community College Fellows Program,. The programs help the University and community colleges achieve shared goals in access, social mobility, and innovation. Read the article on princeton.edu.

African American Studies professor and MacAurthur  “genius grant” winner Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor is set to deliver the keynote address for Duke University’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration on Sunday, January 16. Watch the live stream chapel.duke.edu.

Executive Director of Engineering and Campus Energy Thomas Nyquist and Energy Plant Director Ted Borer discuss the University's plans for a new-zero campus on the Alternative Power Players podcast. Listen on your favorite podcast app.

Upcoming Events

Princeton Entrepreneurship Council hosts a Tiger Talks panel on Digital Gaming. Speakers include Princeton alumni founders in the gaming space who will share their stories and also show brief demonstrations of their latest products. Register here. Thursday, January 20 at 4:30 pm online.

Princeton University Art Museum director James Steward is set to give a richly illustrated presentation and discussion on Curating a New Hub for University Life. He will describe the designs for the new Art Museum facility and discuss some of the challenges of curating and presenting globe-spanning collections in the twenty-first century. He will draw on innovative work done in a variety of museum settings around the world, as well as aspects of the early history of museums, to outline exciting opportunities to shape approaches that build on histories of collecting, involve new commitments to inclusion and transparency, and position visual experience at the heart of University life. Register here. Wednesday, January 19 at 3:00 pm online.

Photographer Elle Pérez, whose work is featured in the exhibition Orlando at Art on Hulfish, will discuss images, identity, and storytelling across their work. For Pérez the camera is an instrument of recognition, creating intimate documents of community relationships. Pérez’s multifaceted practice of portrait, landscape, and observational photography centers on the complexity of personal identity. Register here. Thursday, January 20 at 5:30 pm online.

Images Community College Teaching Partnership photo by Photo by Sameer A. Khan/Fotobuddy MLK Day event image by the Arts Council of Princeton Artist Portrait of Elle Pérez. Image courtesy of the artist and 47 Canal, New York. Photo: Bryson Rand

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