Princeton University Solar Collector Field Tour
Princeton University's Solar Collector Field can only seen from the Dinky, and since that is not running, come with us on a private tour!!
Friday April 12 @ 4:00pm
With 16,528 photovoltaic panels covering 27 acres, Princeton‘s solar collector field is among the largest single installations at a U.S. college or university. The project site is located on land adjacent to Princeton‘s main campus between the New Jersey Transit "Dinky" spur line. The project was built on land that holds the “spoils” from dredging Lake Carnegie back in the 1970s, so it would have been quite challenging to farm or locate a building there.
Princeton University’s
Solar Field is now even more sustainable thanks to a fleecy flock that keeps the 27 acres trim and tidy. The new ewe system is a creative and economical way to keep grass and weeds from reducing the efficiency of the photovoltaic panels that provide solar energy to campus. The 75 Katahdin sheep have been dining out at solar fields in the state for years!
Our tour is slated for Friday April 12 at 4:00pm.
Space is limited, so please let us know if you are interested by Tuesday April 2nd. Send your name to Tom at
tswift@alumni.princeton.edu so we can reserve your space. Upon receipt, we will send you all the pertinent details as to where to meet! Kids are welcome but alas, our furry friends would probably not do to well with the sheep!!
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Tour of Princeton University Solar Fields (
Friday, April 12, 2019 - 4:00 PM to
6:00 PM
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Come along with PA3 for a private tour of the Princeton University Solar Field. Contact Tom at tswift@alumni.princeton.edu
Location: Princeton University
Cost: tbd
Organized by: PA3 & Princeton University Facilities
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Nassau Hall Faculty Room Tour
ENTER THE INNER SANCTUM
You Have Never Seen Nassau Hall Like This!
Please join us as PA3 presents an exclusive, private, and guided visit to Princeton’s Faculty Room in Nassau Hall on Tuesday, April 30 from 5 -6 pm. Open free of charge to all PA3 members* but rsvp required by Monday, April 29. Rsvp to glbustin@outlook.com.
The Faculty Room in Nassau Hall has been called “the symbolic center of the university” by Professor Karl 
Kusserow, author of “Inner Sanctum, Memory and Meaning in Princeton’s Faculty Room” and John Wilmerding Curator of American Art at the University Art Museum. The portraits displayed there “create a distinct historical narrative” and their story is echoed in the room itself. Professor Kusserow will lead us through an exploration of the history and significance of one of the most iconic spaces on the Princeton campus – and one which many alumni have never seen. Portraits of George Washington at the Battle of Princeton, of James Madison, John Witherspoon and of other past Princeton presidents back to our origins as a college -- not to mention those of England’s King George II and of William of Nassau -- will delight and inform PA3 members. Open to all PA3 members (*Annual membership starts at $20 for Young Alumni. To join, go to: https://www.princetonaaa.org/dues) and please remember to RSVP.
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Nassau Hall Faculty Room Tour (
Tuesday, April 30, 2019 - 5:00 PM to
6:00 PM
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Did you know the Continental Congress, having fled Philadelphia out of fear that soldiers demanding back pay might riot, met in Nassau Hall, making it temporarily the capitol of the United States in 1783?
Come learn many more fascinating facts on this private tour by Professor Karl Kusserow.
Free to PA3 Members. More info at Posting link below. RSVP to George at glbustin@outlook.com
Location: Nassau Hall, Nassau Street at Witherspoon, Princeton, NJ 08540
Cost: Free to Members
Organized by: Princeton Area Alumni Association
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An Evening of Winetasting
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Join PA3 alumni
at an
Evening of Winetasting
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
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in Vino Diversitas!
The global wine world has been homogenizing into a monotonous palette of Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Grigio, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir and Merlot. These are great grapes, but Vineyards everywhere have literally been uprooting their local grapes, with their funky, foxy, unique taste and millennia of history just to make a wine that is indistinguishable from a wine from halfway around the planet.
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Wednesday's wine tasting will focus on rediscovering wine that doesn't all taste like it's all produced by Gallo. Wine that matches a broad spectrum of culinary delicacies. Wine that doesn't all taste like it comes out of the same box or barrel. Wine that is fun, and pushes the extremes along all five senses, as well as the sense of humor. |
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Schedule of Events
- 7:00 - Registration, Mingling, Snacks
- 7:30 - Brief Overview of the History of Winemaking,
presented by local Oenophile Sev Onyshkevych '83
- 8:00 - Tasting of 'Indigineous' wines, guided by Sev
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Quadrangle Club
33 Prospect St, Princeton NJ
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This event is specially-priced for members of the classes of '00 - '18
but ALL alumni are welcome.
We are grateful to
Quadrangle Club
for hosting PA3.
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Reserve your spot using the PayPal button below.
$5/person: members of the classes of '00 - '18
$10/person: PA3 dues-paying members
$15/person: non Dues-paying members
Contact Lydia at activities@princetonaaa.org with questions.
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Are you a current Dues-paying member of PA3?
Check your membership status
for the 2018-2019 year here!
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Cost: $5/recent alum; $15 dues-paying member; $20 non-members;
Organized by: PA3
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March 2019 Propeller
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, March 12th, 2019
Speaker: Andrew Voros, Rutgers ’80
Senior VP, PrevenTive Conservation USA,
A Division of ExecuTREK Systems, LLC
“Recent Developments in Photocatalysis for Air Pollution Abatement
And Self-Cleaning Exteriors: Passive, Affordable, Green, Sustainable”
Photocatalysis, the initiation of a reaction by light, has long held promise for commercial applications across numerous environmental systems: air purification, contaminant remediation, water disinfection, and biofilm inhibition. When harnessed to turn interior & exterior surfaces (windows, lighting fixtures, textiles, building materials, solar panels) into passive reactors capable of self-cleaning --- this technology improves air quality. After a brief overview of key developments in the field, Andrew will discuss: the latest third-generation applications that employ nano titanium dioxide; methods to quantify their effectiveness; and their positive impacts on human health.
Registration Required via propellers.princetonaaa.org
NEXT PRINCETON PROPELLER: Tuesday, April 9th (6 P)
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First Friday Lunch - May 3, 2019
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.
Noah Mandell is a doctoral candidate in Plasma Physics at Princeton University. Noah's thesis work is focused on turbulence and transport in fusion plasmas. Fusion is the energy that powers the stars, and it is the ultimate energy source of the future - both clean and unlimited. But so far, harnessing it has remained elusive. Turbulence is one of the main issues that makes it difficult to build an efficient fusion reactor.
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 an appetizer, entree, dessert and coffee/tea.
Wine/beer offered a la carte - select Enhanced Lunch Ticket on the PayPal button below.
*** NEW REGISTRATION RULES:
Pre-registration is required, by 9am on the day of the luncheon.
Date: Friday, May 3, 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.
>> Looking forward to seeing you...in your orange and black! <<
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First Friday Luncheon (
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Noah Mandell, doctoral candidate in Plasma Physics, will discuss his work on turbulence.
Location: Nassau Club, 6 Mercer St, Princeton
Cost: $25/person dues-paying mbrs; $30 others
Organized by: PA3
Posted by lydia almost 6 years ago.
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