Princeton Area Alumni Association

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. 

Esther Choi is a PhD candidate in the History and Theory of Architecture and the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in the Humanities at Princeton University. She received a Master of Arts in the History and Theory of Architecture from Princeton in 2014, and a Master in Design Studies from Harvard GSD in 2008. Her research interests center on the entanglements between architecture and the life sciences in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and the intersections between artistic and architectural movements throughout the twentieth century. Her talk will focus on her dissertation, “The Organization of Life: Architecture, Art and the Life Sciences in Great Britain, 1929-1950,” which explores the exchanges that took place between scientists, architects, artists, and designers to reimagine Great Britain as a scientifically-ordered world after the economic crash of 1929. Spanning twenty years, four case studies organized according to evolutionary themes—natural selection, adaptation, heredity and mutation—revisit schemes that championed the belief that the human mind and behavior are thoroughly shaped by the environment.

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**] 
 

*** NEW REGISTRATION RULES: Pre-registration is required, by 9am on the day of the luncheon.

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

Date: Friday, January 11, 2019
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.

December 1, 2018 - The book club will meet on Thursday, January 31, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. in Frist A03 (the Class of 1952 Room). Our January selection is:

Why Religion? A Personal Story, by Prof. Elaine Pagels.

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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. Book club meetings are open to all PA3 members and their spouses/partners, and no RSVP is needed.

A list of all books the club has discussed can be found at https://princetonaaa.org/bookclub.

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, December 11th, 2018

3 Speakers:  F J Mallen, M J Berry II & John Frederick

Ophthalmologist, Princeton Neuroscience Professor & Patient

   “Assessing a New Treatment for Age-Related Macular Degeneration”

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of blindness in the developed world, results from a still-incurable disease process that causes dysfunction in the retina.  Although only a small area is typically affected, there is great impact on vision:  patients experience a blind spot wherever they look, leading to an inability to read, drive, recognize faces and discern objects as the disease progresses.  A promising new treatment uses gentle laser light to reshape the cornea, bending light rays away from diseased areas of the retina and onto healthy areas.  This redirection of light causes an immediate improvement in vision, and generates ongoing improvement due to neuroadaptation.  Dr. Mallen, an ophthalmologist, will discuss the disease from a clinical perspective; Prof. Berry, a neuroscientist, will explain the basic vision science underlying the treatment; and the Rev. John Frederick, who’s had the procedure in both eyes, will provide a patient’s perspective.

Registration Required via propellers.princetonaaa.org

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

October 29, 2018 - The book club will meet on Thursday, November 29, from 7 to 8:30 pm in Frist Class of 1952 room. Our November selection is:

The News from the End of the World, by Emily Jeanne Miller '95, who will join us remotely for the discussion.

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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. Book club meetings are open to all PA3 members, and no RSVP is needed.

A list of all books the club has discussed can be found at https://princetonaaa.org/bookclub.

PWN Afternoon Tea and Art

Please join the Princeton Women's Network of Princeton for an 

Afternoon Tea and Art Museum tour.

Sunday, November 18, 2018

Afternoon Tea at Maclean House at 1:30 pm

Guided "Women in Art" tour at the University Art Museum at 3:30 pm

Connect with area alumnae, continue She Roars conversations, and learn more about our new PWN of Princeton.

Tickets are $10 each.  Register using the PayPal link below.

Contact Diane at dhasling@alumni.princeton.edu with any questions.