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First Friday Lunch Series

PA3 is proud to present this roster of past
 First Friday Luncheons at the Nassau Club

We sincerely thank our guest speakers for making this series so enjoyable!
 

  • 2020:  Sarah Hutter Wilterson [PhD candidate Psychology]  "Adult learning of skilled movement"
  • 2020:  Robbie LeDesma [PhD candidate Molecular Biology] "Viruses and the human immune system"
  • 2019:  Rachit Dubey [PhD candidate Computer Science] "Towards a better understanding of curiosity"
  • 2019:  Becca Napolitano [PhD candidate Civil Engineering] "Old buildings, new techniques"
  • 2019:  Joel Finkelstein *18 [Psychology] "Hate and extremism on social media"
  • 2018:  Lt. Johnathan Falcone [Master in Public Affairs candidate Woodrow Wilson School] "Reflections of an active duty Surface Warfare Officer in the US Navy"
  • 2018:  Kris Pardo [PhD candidate Astrophysical Sciences] "Constraining theories using gravitational wave event data"
  • 2018:  Mai Nguyen [PhD candidate Psychology]  "How we represent complex information in the brain over time"
  • 2018:  Eda Yetim [M Arch candidate] "Spatialized ornaments into three dimensional landscapes"
  • 2018:  John Parton '18 [Woodrew Wilson School] "Recusal failure among district court judges"
  • 2018:  Mayank Misra [PhD candidate - Woodrew Wilson School] "Socio-ecological systems"
  • 2018:  Nicholas M. Risteen [PhD candidate - Architecture] "After the Disaster: Architecture and Emergency in Extraordinary Time"
  • 2018:  DongWon Oh [PhD candidate - Psychology] "Gender bias in facial impressions"
  • Eric M. Glover [PhD Candidate - English] "Musicals of Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston"
  • Andrew Ledford [PhD Candidate - Sociology] "Political Islam"
  • Shilpa Nadimpali Kobren [PhD Candidate - Computer Science] "Computational Biology"
  • Michael Hepler [PhD Candidate - MAE] "Science and Global Security"
  • Adam Lerner [PhD Candidate - Philosophy] "Empathy"
  • James A. Smith [PhD Candidate - Geosciences] "Dataset Formats for Seismology"
  • Alex Rodnyansky [PhD Candidate - Economics] "Quantitative Easing & Bank Lending"
  • Carlee Joe-Wong [PhD Candidate - Applied/Computational Math] "Computer Networking"
  • Julie Whittaker [PhD Candidate - WWS] "Jordanian Refugee Camp for Syrians"
  • Rajesh Ranganath [PhD Candidate - Computer Science] "Machine Learning"
  • Garner Soltes [PhD Candidate - Molecular Biology] " Bacterial Antibiotic Resistance"
  • Chris Brinton [ PhD Candidate - Electrical Engineering] "Online Learning"
  • Charles Ganoe '51 - "Travels in North Korea"
  • Heather Butts '94 - "African American Medicine in Civil War DC"
  • Leslie Ribovich [PhD Candidate - Religion] "Public School Education & Morality"
  • Brittney Edmonds [PhD Candidate - English] "Commodity Status of Afro-American Slaves"
  • Greg Owen '15 - Founder Princeton Institute for Chocolate Studies
  • Mazell Tetruashvily [graduate student - Molecular Biology] "Neuromuscular Junction"
  • Joel Rozen [PhD Candidate - Anthropology] "Entrepreneurship in Tunisia"
  • Jane Manners [Graduate Student - History] "Federal Bailouts"
  • Bryn Rosenfeld [PhD Candidate- Politics] "Autocracies and the Middle Class"
  • Joshua Spechler [PhD Candidate - Electrical Engineering] "Flexible Electronics"
  • Doyle K. Hodges [PhD Student - Woodrow Wilson School] "Democratic Civil-Military Relations "
  • Andrew Ledford [PhD Student - Sociology] "Iranian Studies"
  • Ian Hogue [Post Doctoral Fellow - Molecular Biology] "Virus Transport and Spread"
  • In Song Kim [PhD Candidate - Politics Dept] "Incentives for Trade Liberalization"
  • Nimisha Barton [PhD Candidate - History Dept] "Gender and Immigration in 1900's France"
  • Friederike Funk [PhD student - Psychology Dept] "Social Psychology of Punishment"
  • Jeffrey Parker [PhD Candidate - PPPL] "Turbulence of Plasmas"
  • Ryan Harper [2013 PhD - Religion Dept] "Gospel Music and American Evangelicalism"
  • Andrew Ledford [PhD Student - Sociology] "Iranian Studies"
  • Matthew Howard [PhD Candidate - Molecular Biology Dept] "Brain Study using Viruses"
  • Andrew Lieu '06 [friend of PA3] "Thoughts on the Financial Markets"
  • Andra Geana [PhD Candidate - Psychology Dept] "Risk and Ambiguity in Human Decision-Making"
  • Jason McSheene [PhD Candidate - Molecular Biology Dept] "Left-Right Patterning in Embryos"
  • Jim Steichen [PhD Candidate - Dept of Music] "George Balanchine"
  • Kate Neal [PhD Candidate - Dept of Music] "New Ideas in Music"
  • Nadezhda Savova [PhD - Dept of Anthropology] "International Bread Houses
  • Jamol Pender [PhD Candidate - Engineering School/ORFE] “Queueing Theory"
  • Allan Doyle [PhD candidate – Art & Archaeology] “ Michaelangelo’s Afterlife in French Art”
  • Ismaiel Yakub [2012 PhD – Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering] “Bee Home – Sustainable Building/Temporary Housing"
  • Darren Pais [PhD candidate – Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering] “Emergent Collective Behavior of Groups in Biology and in Robots”
  • Julianne Werlin [PhD candidate – English] “Early Modern Utopian Literature”
  • Josue Sanz-Robinson [PhD candidate – Electrical Engineering] “Flexible, Large-Area, Electronic Systems for Monitoring Civil Infrastructure”
  • Michael Todd [PhD candidate – Neuroscience] “Limitations of Human Multitasking or Cognitive Flexibility
  • Theodor Brasoveanu [PhD candidate – Physics] “Critical Phenomena in Gravitational Collapse”
  • Sarah Fawcett [PhD candidate – Geosciences] “Ocean’s Biological Pump: Storage of Atmospheric CO2 Fixed as Biomass”
  • Iain Watts [PhD candidate – History] “History of Galvanism, the now-vanished Science of Electricity”
  • Cate Reilly [PhD candidate – Comparative Literature] “Teratology, Wax Anatomy and the Monstrous Text”
  • Sarit Kattan Gribetz [PhD candidate – Religion] “History of Jews, Christians and Pagans in Antiquity”
  • Taniecea Arceneaux [PhD candidate – Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics] “Resilience of Social Networks with Multiple Relations”
  • Cate Reilly [PhD candidate – Comparative Literature] “Rilke and Chekov: Translation and (Play)giarism”
  • Wenzhe Cao [PhD candidate – Electrical Engineering] “Digital Skin: Electrodes that Retain Electrical Functionality under Large Mechanical Deformation”
  • Taylor Behmke [2011] “Food Justice Foundation”
  • Sushoban Avasthi [PhD candidate – Electrical Engineering] “Solar Cells
  • Sunny Khemlani [PhD candidate – Psychology] “How We Reason: Systemic Illusions when Drawing Inferences”
  • Mike North [PhD candidate – Psychology] “Ageism (Age Based Prejudice) from an Intergenerational Perspective”
  • Ankit Panda – [2012 undergrad - WWS] “Undergraduate Life”

 

PA3 also expresses its gratitude to the Graduate School for its support and to the Nassau Club for its professionalism and graceful hosting of our events.


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First Friday Lunch with Jim Steichen, PhD Candidate in Music

First Friday Lunch with Jim Steichen, PhD Candidate in Music


George Balanchine
 


On Friday, March 1st, 2013, PA3 welcomed Jim Steichen to the monthly First Friday luncheon at the Nassau Club.  Jim is working on his dissertation which focuses on George Balanchine (at left).







Dancer from 'Alma Mater'
Who knew that Princeton makes an appearance in a Balanchine work?!  Those who attended lunch now know about Alma Mater,a ballet inspired by Edward Warburg's witty satire of an Ivy League football game, set at the Yale Bowl.  






Balanchine's Serenade - early production






















Above and below, respectively, are early and later productions of Balanchine's Serenade, set to the music of Tschaikovsky.

'Serenade' - more recent production

As usual, there was a lively discussion while enjoying the Nassau Club's buffet luncheon. Thank you Jim for joining us to talk about your work!


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First Friday Lunch with Jim Steichen, PhD Candidate in Music
FIRST FRIDAY LUNCH AT THE NASSAU CLUB - MARCH 1ST, 2013

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 meet to enjoy a prix fixe luncheon buffet at the Nassau Club in downtown Princeton.  As a special bonus for PA3, a Princeton PhD candidate presents his/her work to the group in this informal setting.  Topics vary monthly and are always interesting!

This month, we will be joined by Jim Steichen, a PhD candidate in the Department of Music.   Jim's work focuses on theater and dance and he is working on a dissertation on George Balanchine.

Specially priced at $25/person (or $30 if you choose not to pay PA3's annual dues), lunch includes the Nassau Club’s full buffet as well as a complementary beverage (wine, beer, soft drink). Pre-registration is required. 

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

Date: Friday, March 1st, 2013
Time: 12 noon - 2:00 pm
Location: Nassau Club, 6 Mercer St, Princeton, NJ
Nassau Club membership is not necessary to attend this event.
For more information, contact Lydia Zaininger '83 . 

Nassauclubphoto Jimsteichen
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First Friday Lunch ( Friday, March 1, 2013 - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM )

JIM STEICHEN, PhD CANDIDATE/DEPT OF MUSIC, WILL PRESENT HIS WORK ON GEORGE BALANCHINE.

Location: Nassau Club, 6 Mercer St, Princeton
Cost: $25 for dues-paying members; $30 for others
Organized by: PA3

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Entrepreneurship Reception during Alumni Day
Alumni Day Entrepreneurship Reception with Carter Cleveland '09, CEO of Artsy
Feb 23, 4 PM
Palmer House, 1 Bayard Lane, Princeton
RSVP HERE: http://bit.ly/YgmZ7j

Join alumni members of the tech community and aspiring student entrepreneurs for a reception showcasing the present and future of Princeton entrepreneurship. The keynote speaker will be Carter Cleveland '09, CEO and Founder of Artsy, a startup  disrupting the art world by empowering people to discover art they'll love, featuring work from leading galleries, museums, and private collections. Artsy has raised money from investors like Eric Schmidt, Peter Thiel, and Jack Dorsey. In addition to mingling with alumni, this will be a chance to meet current students who are working on new ventures.

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Entrepreneurship Reception ( Saturday, February 23, 2013 - 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM )
Location: Palmer House, 1 Bayard Lane

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First Friday Lunch - February 1st, 2013

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 meet to enjoy a prix fixe luncheon buffet at the Nassau Club in downtown Princeton.  As a special bonus for PA3, a Princeton PhD candidate presents his/her work to the group in this informal setting.  Topics vary monthly and are always interesting!


This month, we will be joined by Australian composer Kate Neal, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Music.  As a composer and arranger, she has worked across such artistic disciplines as dance, feature film, animation, theater and concert music.  Kate is the recipient of various awards and fellowships, receiving scholarships from a broad array of countries, colleges and more.  Examples of her work can be found at www.kateneal.com.  Don't miss this exciting event!

Specially priced at $25/person (or $30 if you choose not to pay PA3's annual dues), lunch includes the Nassau Club’s full buffet as well as a complementary beverage (wine, beer, soft drink). Pre-registration is required. 

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

Date: Friday, February 1st, 2013
Time: 12 noon - 2:00 pm
Location: Nassau Club, 6 Mercer St, Princeton, NJ
Nassau Club membership is not necessary to attend this event.
For more information, contact Lydia Zaininger '83 . 

Lunch Reservation
Nassauclubphoto Kateneal
Related Events

First Friday Lunch ( Friday, February 1, 2013 - 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM )
Location: Nassau Club, 6 Mercer St, Princeton
Cost: $25 PA3 dues payers & 1 guest / $30 others
Organized by: PA3

Posted by lydia almost 12 years ago.

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