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From CBS Sunday Morning: F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" at 100
CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Lee Cowan visits Firestone Library to view F. Scott Fitzgerald materials as part of his feature on the 100th anniversary of "The Great Gatsby."
Watch on cbsnews.com
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Erik Medina selected as Princeton valedictorian, Rosie Eden as salutatorian
Erik Medina, a chemistry major from Miami, has been named the Princeton Class of 2025 valedictorian. Rosie Eden, a classics major from Scottsdale, Arizona, has been selected as the salutatorian. The Princeton faculty accepted the nominations of the Faculty Committee on Examinations and Standing at its April 28 meeting.
Read the full story on the University's homepage
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EQuad News: Art + Engineering
The stories in this magazine show how faculty and students at Princeton are not just solving technical problems but are creating new areas of research, new modes of expression, and new approaches to technology – at the boundaries of art and engineering.
Read the Spring 2025 edition of EQuad News
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After-Hours Speakeasy
A Great Gatsby at 100 event
Princeton University Library is wrapping up "Great Gatsby at 100" events with an after-hours "speakeasy" featuring Glenn Crytzer, a New York City based bandleader, arranger, composer, guitarist and vocalist, and his band.
Dress up, sip a mocktail version of the Bee's Knees (a Prohibition era drink), try your hand at answering Gatsby trivia, and enjoy the music of the Jazz Age.
Free registration required. Register for the After-Hours Speakeasy on princetonlibrary.libnet.info.
Friday, May 2
7:00 PM
Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street
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Sinfonia Spring Concert
Join the PU Sinfonia to hear Florence Price’s Symphony No. 1, a work revered as the first symphony by an African American woman performed by a major orchestra. The program also features the senior thesis of music major Toussaint Santicola Jones ’25, That Which I Cannot See: Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra, and three student soloists: Spencer Bauman ’25 (french horn), Wesley Sanders ’26 (tuba), and Mason Theiu ’25 (clarinet).
Purchase tickets to Sinfonia on tickets.princeton.edu.
Friday, May 2
7:30PM
Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall
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The University of Maryland Chamber Singers
The internationally renowned University of Maryland Chamber Singers present an exciting and varied program entitled “What have we done TODAY?” Led by Jason Max Ferdinand, the group will perform works by composers including J. S. Bach, W. A. Mozart, Joel Thompson, and Rosephanye Powell.
Free and open to the public.
Saturday, May 3
3:00 PM
Princeton University Chapel
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Reading of To Experience Encanto Negro by Oriana Nelson ’25
A staged reading of a new play by Princeton senior Oriana Nelson. Two best friends, Alana and Destiny, go to Puerto Rico to enjoy their final winter break as college seniors. During a wild night out in La Placita, Alana meets Gabriel who shows her that the island isn’t just about its beaches and reggaeton. Based on oral history archives, Afro-Puerto Rican characters like Gabriel will expose Alana and Destiny to stories that showcase strength, resistance, and pride in one’s African heritage. These stories reveal a new perspective that makes the friends question their views about the Afro-diaspora. Directed by Nelson who will also read the role of Alana.
Sunday, May 4
5:00 PM
Drapkin Studio at Lewis Arts Complex
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Exhibition
"The Most Formidable Weapon Against Errors: The Sid Lapidus ’59 Collection & the Age of Reason,”
Princeton University Library is offering curator-led tours of its new exhibition “The Most Formidable Weapon Against Errors: The Sid Lapidus ’59 Collection & the Age of Reason,” which documents the new conceptions of human liberty, political order, and scientific reasoning that emerged in the Anglo-American intellectual world between the 17th and 19th centuries and celebrates the collecting achievements of Sid Lapidus, Class of 1959.
Tours available this weekend on Saturday, May 3 and Sunday, May 4, both at 1pm. Meet in the lobby of Firestone Library. The exhibition is open to the public every day: Monday through Friday, 10AM-6PM and Saturday and Sunday, 11:00 AM-6:00 PM.
Free and open to the public.
On display through June 8
Firestone Library, Milberg Gallery
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Final Week!
Princeton University's Farmers' Market
The Princeton University Farmers' Market returns to Firestone Plaza for Spring 2025. The market features fresh and local farm and food vendors. Open Wednesdays from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM through May 7.
Vendors include Carlito’s Taco Wagon, Catalina Empanadas, Coffee Club, The Granola Bar, Little Star Foods, Jersey Artisan, Judith’s Desserts, Nutty Novelties, Picklelicious, Pies and Quiches, Sprouts Flowers, Roper’s Way Farm, Terhune Orchards, Tico’s Eatery and Juice Bar, Woo Ri Market and more.
Follow @farmersmarket_ptonu on Instagram for updates.
Wednesday, May 7
11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Firestone Library Plaza
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Junior + Senior Film Screening
The Program in Visual Arts and the Department of Art and Archaeology present a screening of the animation, documentary and narrative films made by juniors and seniors in the program.
Free and open to the public.
Wednesday, May 7
7:30 PM
James Stewart Film Theater at 185 Nassau Street
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Princeton Research Day
Princeton Research Day is a celebration of the research, scholarly and creative work conducted by students and early-career researchers from across the campus in the arts and humanities, natural sciences, social sciences and engineering.
The event begins at 12:00 PM with a showcase. Meet PRD participants at a poster presentation and learn about a wide variety of research projects taking place at Princeton, from the arts and humanities to STEM fields. The event continues with a reception from 1:30 to 2:30 PM and award celebration from 2:30 to 4:30 PM.
Free and open to the public.
Thursday, May 8
12:00 to 4:30 PM
Frist Campus Center
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Adam Smith is famous as a champion of commercial growth. But he is arguably even more insightful as a theorist of national decline. This lecture will survey his diagnosis of the chief existential threats to national stability, both internal and external.
Free and open to the public.
Thursday, May 8
4:30–6:00 PM
Bowen Hall, Room 222
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Art of Science
Opening Reception
Join us for the Art of Science 2025 opening reception! We’ll gather to celebrate the artists featured in this year’s exhibition and will also announce our jury award winners. Food and beverages will be served.
The Art of Science 2025 exhibition features 41 still images, videos and animations created by students, alumni, staff, researchers and faculty from across the Princeton University community. If you can’t make it to the opening, or would like to revisit these stunning artworks after the opening, the exhibition will remain in place through 2026. You can also view the virtual exhibition here on our website, which will launch the day of the opening reception.
Thursday, May 8
5:00 to 6:30 PM
Friend Center, Atrium
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Spring 2025 Student Film Screening
The Program in Visual Arts and the Department of Art and Archaeology present 23 short student films created in spring 2025 semester courses, including, “Carceral Cinema and the Abolitionist Imagination” taught by Christopher Harris, “Narrative Filmmaking II” taught by Moon Molson, and “Animation II” taught by Tim Szetela.
Thursday, May 8
7:30 PM
James Stewart Film Theater at 185 Nassau Street
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Reading of Damned to Marriage by Violet Prete ’25
A theatricalized staged reading of a new play by Princeton senior Violet Prete. Damned to Marriage follows Mary, who uses artificial intelligence to go back in time to when her parents met and dated in college in 1975 to retell the story of two lovers meeting while at school and how their marriage eventually fails. She breaks them up and urges them not to have kids. The play is a story of young love through the eyes of a time travel dream scheme that is fueled by artificial intelligence.
Reserve free tickets to Damned to Marriage on tickets.princeton.edu.
Saturday, May 10
7:00 PM
Kerr Studio at Lewis Arts Complex
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Images
Valedictorian and salutatorian - Photo by Matthew Raspanti, Office of Communications
The Most Formidable Weapon Against Errors - Photo by Brandon Johnson
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