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Tackling the Plastic Problem
Class Close-Up: Experiencing the Inaccessible Spots on Campus
Lecturer Erin Raffety *15 is teaching a writing seminar called Disability Justice
Class Close-Up: Stepping Out to Understand Affordable Housing
During one walking tour, Shkuda’s 25 students explored a Princeton suburb and then researched records dating back to the 1920s
Class Close-Up: Serving Up Culture and Justice with Food
Class Close Up: Uniting Students With Entrepreneurs in Trenton
Class Close-Up: ‘My Mind Is Blown’
A course ahead of (or behind?) its time
Class Close Up: Exploring the Science of Superheroes
‘Everyone genuinely enjoys the lectures and wants to come and listen,’ said Chloe Raichle ’23
Class Close-Up: Students Work to Overturn Wrongful Convictions
Class Close-Up: Students Rewrite the Classics in Creative Course
Visiting fellow Kamila Shamsie says contemporary writers are using the Greek classics in different ways
Class Close-Up: Computer Course Navigates the Ethics of Tech
‘It’s thinking about how those lines of code impact the project that impacts the broader society,’ said Jeremiah Giordani ’25
Class Close-up: Looking to Pandemics Past to Plan the Future
Class Close-Up: Students in ‘Origami Engineering’ Connect Art and Science
It may seem like arts and crafts, but professor Glaucio Paulino says ‘origami is very deceiving’
Class Close-Up: Students Connect With Local Black Theater Institution
Class Close-Up: Bringing Justice to South Asia’s Coastline
Students in the new course are examining the equitable distribution of coastal resources
Class Close-Up: What Went Wrong at New Jersey Women’s Prison
Twelve enrolled students are analyzing the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women
Class Close-Up: Students Learn the Art of Stand-Up Comedy
Class Close-Up: Probing Ethics and the Environment Through Religion
Students Reimagine Technology For a More Inclusive Future
‘This is not a class where the professor knows all the answers,’ said associate sociology professor Janet Vertesi
Class Close-Up: Policing Class in 2021 Turns to Current Events
The class watched and dissected the opening arguments of the Derek Chauvin trial
Class Close-Up: Using Literature to Examine Socialism
New Class Examines COVID’s Impact on the Film Industry
The course examines themes the world is experiencing — isolation, political strife, and racial protests
Exploring Values and Asian Culture By Asking: ‘What Is Cuteness?’
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