The latest edition of "Community Connections" is now available in the June 18 issue of Town Topics and online.

Through a partnership with the Town Topics newspaper, Princeton University's Office of Community & Regional Affairs publishes "Community Connections" quarterly with information for campus neighbors.

The latest edition features news about Princeton University Art Museum's opening date, partnerships with New Jersey community colleges, and a campus building recently dedicated to Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor '76.

Check out "Community Connections" on princeton.edu.

Senior Thesis Spotlight: Considering facets of human psychology from a data science point of view

Princeton senior Kajal Schiller worked with Rutgers-Princeton Center for Computational Cognitive Neuro-Psychiatry co-founder and co-director Yael Niv and postdoctoral researcher Rachel Bedder to ask whether socioeconomic status might determine how likely people are to take advantage of resources that can help them solve problems.

Read the full story on princeton.edu

NJ HAX Plasma Forge, a new strategic innovation center, is coming to the Princeton area

New Jersey is forging ahead with plans to create a new Strategic Innovation Center for plasma research, thanks to a new partnership between the  New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA), venture capital firm SOSV and the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL). 

The NJ HAX Plasma Forge will combine PPPL’s cutting-edge research with SOSV’s strong track record in investment to help launch and grow startups focused on plasma technology, promoting industry collaboration and bringing new technologies to market.

Read the full story on princeton.edu

Stand Up for Higher Education

More than 10,000 people signed up to stand up for high education in America. Join a community of Princeton alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends who are committed to making the case for America’s colleges and universities.

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Princeton Summer Theater

The Bridges of Madison County

Based on the best-selling novel by Pulitzer winner Marsha Norman, and developed by Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown, The Bridges of Madison County captures the lyrical expanse of America's heartland while exploring what we do for the possibility of love. Winner of the 2014 Tony Award for Best Score and Orchestrations, this sweeping romance with a beautiful score will leave

you breathless.

Purchase tickets to The Bridges of Madison County on princetonsummertheater.org.

Evening and Matinee Performances

June 12 thru 28

Hamilton Murray Theater

Princeton Summer Chamber Concerts: Bennewitz Quartet

Princeton University Summer Chamber Concerts returns to Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall for its 58th season. The season continues with a performance by Ivalas Quartet Quartet on July 2. 

Program:

String Quartet in F major, Op. 77, No. 2 | Haydn 

String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters" | Janáček

String Quartet in A flat major, Op.105 | Dvořák

Reserve free tickets one week before the concert on tickets.princeton.edu

Wednesday, July 3

7:30 PM

Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall

Princeton Summer Theater

The Odyssey

Princeton Summer Theater presents its annual Children's Show: The Odyssey.

Join Odysseus on his adventure in this kid-friendly version of the Greek epic.

Purchase tickets to The Odyssey on princetonsummertheater.org.

July 6, 9, 13, 16, 27, 30

11:00 AM

Hamilton Murray Theater

Images

Senior Thesis - Photo by Denise Applewhite, Office of Communications

NJ Hax - Photo by Michael Livingston, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory