Many a student has lamented the requirement to take courses in math and science when they believe it to be unlikely that the concepts taught there will ever help them out in real life. Diana Cano and Ido Shatzky are here to tell you to think again. They are the authors of “Applying Physics Principles […]
Mercer County Community College is launching its inaugural Presidential Forum on Educational Equity on Thursday, May 2, at Kelsey Theatre on MCCC’s West Windsor Campus located at 1200 Old Trenton Road. The event, which is free and open to the public, kicks off with a reception at 11:30 a.m. followed by a lecture by speaker […]
McCarter Theatre Center has announce d two new appointments to its leadership team: Donya K. Washington as the new BOLD associate artistic director and Joe Peacock as director of development. Washington joins McCarter from the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF), where she has been pivotal in her role as director of repertory producing. During her nine […]
Applications are due by Friday, May 3, for Princeton University’s Propelus I-Corps regional program. The next sessions of the program take place Tuesday, May 21, and Friday, June 14, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. As materials on the program’s website, icorpsnortheasthub.org, explain, the program enables scientists and engineers working in teams to “take the […]
For Artists Artworks Trenton offers “Paint the Creek: Plein Air Landscape with John Gummere” on three consecutive Saturdays, May 4, 11, and 18, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Artworks, 19 Everett Alley, Trenton. Assunpink Creek runs through Artworks’ “front yard,” a beautiful location in historic Mill Hill that offers a range of views […]
The following stories were originally published in the May 1, 2024, issue of U.S. 1 Newspaper. Cover Stories Spring Dining: New(ish) Kids on the Block Between the Lines Opportunities for Artists and Musicians Survival Guide Physics for LeadersMCCC to Host Forum on Educational Equity Preview of the Arts Stories HomeFront’s ArtJam Pops Up in PrincetonGeorge […]
Take a tour of musical talents and community-forward creativity during the third annual Princeton Porchfest, organized by the Arts Council of Princeton with support from Princeton University, on Saturday, April 27, from noon to 6 p.m. at the Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, 102 Witherspoon Street, in Princeton. Described on the ACP website as […]
You don’t need to travel far to find a good book — or a good author. Princeton Public Library hosts its annual Local Author Day author fair on Saturday, April 27, from 1:30 to 4 p.m. in the library’s community room. The authors of fiction and nonfiction works from children’s picture books to novels and […]
Alison Mitchell, co-executive director of the New Jersey Conservation Foundation, wrote the following for the nonprofit’s weekly “State We’re In Column” originally published on April 19. It’s hard to imagine a world in which the fastest way to move freight between Philadelphia and New York City was having mules tow barges along a 70-mile canal […]
Three social entrepreneurs and authors are making appearances in Princeton and Lawrence to share uplifting stories and lessons learned in their journey to justice. The free events take place Friday, April 26, at the Mercer County Library Lawrence Headquarters, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, from 2 to 4 p.m., and at Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau […]