This winter, Oliver Crane '22, a graduate of the Peddie School, used his gap year to break a world record: At 19, Crane became the youngest person to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Join PA3 the evening of April 4 to hear Oliver tell his tale, a journey that began in the Canary Islands and ended 44 days, 16 hours and 9 minutes later in Antigua. 

As this article from PAW, notes, Oliver's high-tech 23-foot vessel included solar panels, navigation equipment, a water purifier, and a radio. But the obstacles on the 2,700-mile trip were, predictably, enormous. Come hear how tough things got and how Oliver found his way through a litany of deterrents and snags, from a sleeping cabin that leaked to six capsizes. 

Oliver Crane's adventure raised more than $60,000 for Oceana, an international advocacy organization focused on ocean conservation. He also raised money for HomeFront, a local charity that helps the homeless.

What: Oliver Crane '22 gives a presentation on his solo transatlantic journey; a reception will follow the presentation
Where: East Pyne 010
When: Wednesday, April 4, 6:30-8:30 p.m. 
Cost: Free, but donations may be given to HomeFront. in recognition of Oliver's voyage and efforts

Preregistration required (so we can plan refreshments) - email Lydia at activities@princetonaaa.org

Read more about HomeFront here. Donations can be made here. 

PA3 INVITES YOU TO “SECOND TUESDAYS”

A PRINCETON PROPELLER EVENT  

AT QUADRANGLE CLUB

FOR ENTREPRENEURS,

NAVIGATORS & THE CURIOUS

Please Join Us for Cocktails & Hors d’oeuvres

33 PROSPECT AVENUE – PRINCETON, NJ

6 P, TUESDAY, April 10th, 2018

Speaker:  Konrad P. Kording, ETH Zurich ’97, *01

Professor, Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania

“Technical Innovations in Data Driven Medicine: 

Cross Validating Methods In Disease Detection, Diagnosis & Treatment”

Smart phones and other wearable sensors, increasingly embedded in everyday life, have spurred rapid accumulation of our daily life data.  While machine learning algorithms, derived from this data, have yet to make a major impact on medical decision making, they do hold promise and are increasingly used in studies of:  cardiovascular disease, falls, measuring rehabilitation outcomes in stroke and amputees, monitoring Parkinson’s disease symptoms and detecting depression.  But how reliable are these algorithms and how should they be evaluated?  Dr. Kording will discuss these new data sources; emerging methods to gauge their reliability; and the awesome possibilities they empower for human health.

Registration Required via propellers.princetonaaa.org

NEXT PRINCETON PROPELLER:  Tuesday, May 8^th (6 P)

Join us for First Fridays, a monthly recurring event for undergraduate and graduate Princeton alumni, graduate students, and parents.  On the first Friday of each month, area alumni and their guests will meet to enjoy a prix fixe luncheon at the Nassau Club in downtown Princeton.  As a special bonus for PA3, a Princeton University PhD candidate will present his/her work to the group in this informal setting.  Topics vary monthly and are always interesting!  Have a look at our impressive roster of previous luncheons. 

Eda Yetim, Princeton University graduate student who is completing the M.Arch II program at Princeton University's School of Architecture, will join PA3 on Friday June 8, 2018.  She received her Bachelor of Architecture degree from Cornell University in 2015.  She is a member of the Women in Design and Architecture collective at Princeton.  Her Masters thesis focuses on spatialized ornaments into three dimensional landscapes in order to create new interactions within bodies in a community.  Yetim is from Istanbul, Turkey. 

Please join us.  As always, there is sure to be a lively discussion!

Specially priced at $25/person (or $30 if you choose not to pay PA3's annual dues), lunch includes three courses, a complementary soft drink and coffee/tea.

[**Wine/beer offered a la carte - select Enhanced Lunch Ticket**] 
Pre-registration is preferred.

>> Looking forward to seeing you...in your orange and black! <<

Date: Friday, June 8, 2018
Time: 12 noon - 2 pm
Location: Nassau Club, 6 Mercer St, Princeton, NJ
Nassau Club membership is not necessary to attend this event.
Dress is business casual.

Join us for First Fridays, a monthly recurring event for undergraduate and graduate Princeton alumni, graduate students, and parents.  On the first Friday of each month, area alumni and their guests will meet to enjoy a prix fixe luncheon at the Nassau Club in downtown Princeton.  As a special bonus for PA3, a Princeton University scholar will present his/her work to the group in this informal setting.  Topics vary monthly and are always interesting!  Have a look at our impressive roster of previous luncheons. 

John "Newby" Parton, of McMinnville, Tennessee, a member of the Class of 2018 and recipient of the Pyne Prize will join us on Friday April 6th.  Newby is a concentrator in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He is pursuing certificates in values and public life and urban studies. A 2016 recipient of the Shapiro Prize for Academic Excellence, Parton has focused his academic work on the court system, criminal justice reform and journalism.  Newby's senior thesis focuses on recusal failure among district court judges. It grew out of a project in an investigative journalism class taught by Ferris Professor of Journalism, Joe Stephens. Parton investigated federal judges’ compliance with a law that demands their recusal from cases in which they have a financial interest in a party. Expanding this project for his thesis, he is searching through about 3,000 financial disclosure forms for more than 1,000 judges and applying rigorous statistical tests to identify what factors, if any, can predict that a judge might not recuse [credit to Mr. Jamie Saxon for this bio].

Please join us.  As always, there is sure to be a lively discussion!

Specially priced at $25/person (or $30 if you choose not to pay PA3's annual dues), lunch includes three courses, a complementary soft drink and coffee/tea. [**Wine/beer offered a la carte - select Enhanced Lunch Ticket**] 
Pre-registration is preferred.

>> Looking forward to seeing you...in your orange and black! <<

Date: Friday, April 6, 2018
Time: 12 noon - 2 pm
Location: Nassau Club, 6 Mercer St, Princeton, NJ
Nassau Club membership is not necessary to attend this event.
Dress is business casual.

2/24/18 - The book club will meet on Thursday, March 29, from 7-8:30 pm in East Pyne 111. Our March selection is:

Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to you in Your Life by Professor Yiyun Li 

Professor Li, who is on the creative writing faculty of Princeton's Lewis Center for the Arts, will join the discussion.

The PA3 book club meets on the last Thursday evening of each month (except July, August & December) from 7-8:30, usually in East Pyne or Frist. Selections alternate (with occasional exceptions) between fiction and non-fiction, and the authors or books typically have a Princeton connection.

Sneak preview: Our selection for Thursday, April 26, is Truth or Truthiness: Distinguishing Fact from Fiction by Learning to Think Like a Data Scientist, by Howard Wainer *68. The author will join the discussion.

A list of all books the club has discussed can be found here.

To be added to the book club email list, please contact bookclub.admin@princetonaaa.org.