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First Friday Lunch - March 2017

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.

Langston HughesOn Friday, March 3rd, 2017, we will be joined by Eric M. Glover *16, a doctoral candidate in English at Princeton University who has completed all but his dissertation, an antiracist history of the musicals and the antimusicals of Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston. 

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


Specially priced at $30/person (or $36 if you choose not to pay PA3's annual dues), lunch includes three courses, a complementary beverage (wine, beer, soft drink) and coffee/tea. Pre-registration is preferred.
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>> Looking forward to seeing you...in your orange and black! <<

Date: Friday, March 3rd, 2017
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.

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First Friday Lunch ( Friday, March 3, 2017 - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM )

Eric M. Glover, PhD candidate in the English Department will discuss his work on the antiracist history of the musicals and antimusicals of Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston.

Location: Nassau Club, 6 Mercer St, Princeton
Cost: $30/person dues-paying mbrs; $36 others
Organized by: PA3

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First Friday Lunch - February 2017

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.

Religion & Politics
On Friday, February 3rd, 2017, we will be joined once again by Andrew Ledford, PhD candidate in Sociology.  Andrew has met with us in the past to discuss his work in Iran and we look forward to hearing about his progress.  Political Islam, a topic that touches many current news headlines regarding ISIS, Iran and the Middle East, continues to grow with the region's appetite for more religion in the state.  The research presented will discuss the conditions that have historically yielded this phenomenon over the course of the last 100 years

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



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

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

Date: Friday, February 3rd, 2017
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.

Lunch Reservation
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First Friday Lunch ( Friday, February 3, 2017 - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM )

Andrew Ledford, PhD candidate in Sociology, will join PA3 again to update us on his work in the Middle East.

Location: Nassau Club, 6 Mercer St, Princeton
Cost: $25/person dues-paying mbrs $30 others
Organized by: PA3

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First Friday Lunch - January 2017

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.

Shilpa N. Kobren
On Friday, January 6th, 2017, we will be joined by Shilpa N. Kobren, a PhD candidate in the Computer Science department, working in the field of computational biology under Prof. Mona Singh.  Shilpa's thesis focuses on the automatic detection of binding pockets and binding preferences in proteins.  This work can begin to explain the substantial clinical and phenotypic heterogeneity observed across patients wtih the same type of cancer and even the same implicated gene(s)


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



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

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

Date: Friday, January 6th, 2017
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.

Lunch Reservation
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First Friday Lunch ( Friday, January 6, 2017 - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM )

PA3 will welcome Shilpa Nadimpalli Kobren, a PhD Candidate in the Department of Computer Science and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics.

Location: Nassau Club, 6 Mercer Club, Princeton
Cost: $25/person dues-paying mbrs & a guest/$30 others
Organized by: PA3

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First Friday Lunch - December 2016

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.

Michael A. Hepler, PhD candidate MAEOn Friday, December 2nd, 2016, we will be joined by Michael A. Hepler, PhD candidate in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.  Michael is also a teaching assistant in the Keller Center's Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS).  Mike became a PhD student in the MAE Department in 2013, after graduating in physics and astrophysics from the University of Minnesota. He joined The Program on Science and Global Security (SGS) in 2016 and is working on technical aspects of nuclear arms control verification including physical zero-knowledge protocols and the “buddy tag” project in support of verifying numerical limits on treaty-accountable items. Prior to joining SGS, Mike worked at Princeton’s Electric Propulsion and Plasma Dynamics Laboratory and continues to maintain an interest in the policy and technical implications of nuclear space reactors for use in future missions to Mars and the outer solar system. 

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



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

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

Date: Friday, December 2nd, 2016
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.

Lunch Reservation
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First Friday Lunch ( Friday, December 2, 2016 - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM )

Featuring Michael E. Hepler, PhD candidate in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Teaching Assistant in Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS)

Location: Nassau Club, 6 Mercer St, Princeton
Cost: $25/person dues-paying mbrs & a guest/$30 others
Organized by: PA3

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Fall Football Lectures Nov 5 and 19

If you missed the PA3 Annual Dinner with Prof. Sam Wang, here is your second and final chance to hear his thoughts about the election. 


Saturday, November 5, 2016 v. Penn
"What Math Tells Us About The Crazy 2016 Election"

At 10:00 a.m. on November 5, 2016, alumni and guests are invited to hear from Professor Sam Wang, a professor appointed to the Princeton Neuroscience Institute and the Department of Molecular Biology. He is a pioneer of public prediction through big data. His research focuses on the cerebellum's influence on non-motor processes, cognitive development, and autism. He uses advanced microscopy, fast calcium imaging, and advanced data analytics to probe animal function. In 2004 he founded the Princeton Election Consortium, election.princeton.edu, where he has analyzed political races with unusually high accuracy. He has also co-hosted the popular podcast "Politics and Polls" with Professor Julian Zelizer.
10:00-11:00 a.m. in McDonnell A01

 

Saturday, November 19, 2016 v. Dartmouth

“Declaring and Fulfilling American Borders”

At 11:00 a.m. on November 19, 2016, please join us to hear Professor Paul Frymer, Professor of Politics and Director, Program of Law and Public Affairs.  He will discuss “Declaring and Fulfilling American Borders.” 
11:00-12:00 a.m. in McDonnell A01


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Fall Football Lecture with Prof. Sam Wang ( Saturday, November 5, 2016 - 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM )
Location: McDonnell A01

Fall Football Lecture with Prof. Paul Frymer ( Saturday, November 19, 2016 - 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM )
Location: McDonnell A01

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