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Professor Thomas Roche Jr., Renaissance scholar and ‘generous teacher,’ dies at 89
“[Roche] was the consummate host, the consummate professor, the consummate Spencerian, the consummate mentor, an extraordinary friend. And one of the most caring, wicked, hilarious, big hearted people I know,” reflected John Smelcer ’98, a founding member of Princeton Shakespeare Company (PSC), in an email to The Daily Princetonian.
Q&A with Nicholas Johnson ’20, U.’s first black valedictorian
Johnson shared his reflections on being named valedictorian, responding to challenging situations, and growing as an undergraduate.
Q&A with Grace Sommers, Class of 2020 salutatorian
Sommers said she looks forward to crafting her Latin-language commencement address — “maybe throwing in some jokes.”
When the show can’t go on: COVID-19 and Princeton’s performing arts
“I think theater just has, will, and always will be the space for us to be considering our togetherness and healing the wounds of separation,” Alvarez said.
Womanhood, Love, and the Gaze in ‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire’
Currently showing at the Princeton Garden Theatre, Céline Sciamma’s latest film “Portrait de la jeune fille en feu” (translated as “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”) explores the dialectics of artist/subject, love/beloved, and viewer/viewed, presenting them as fluid and reciprocal. In the act of viewing, the film posits, oneself is viewed.
'Sister Mok-rahn' elevates artists of East Asian descent through story of North Korean defector
The Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Theater will present the first full English-language production of “Sister Mok-rahn,” a critically acclaimed contemporary Korean play written by Eunsung Kim and translated by Dayoung Jeong. The production is the senior thesis project of Jenny Kim ’20, who provided dramaturgy, lighting design, and set design, while Carol Lee ’20 plays the title character, Jo Mok-rahn.
Mazin ’92 awarded Golden Globe Award for Chernobyl miniseries
“Chernobyl” was nominated for four awards and won two. In addition to winning “best television limited series or motion picture made for television,” the miniseries’ actor Stellan Skarsgård was awarded “best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a series, limited series or motion picture made for television.”
Recently named Rhodes Scholars discuss their academic passions
As Rhodes Scholars, Malhotra and Alagappan will join 30 other recipients from the United States in participating in two to three years of graduate study at Oxford funded by the scholarship beginning in September 2020.
Mudd Library to close for renovations through 2021
The Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, a division of Princeton University Library’s Department of Special Collections, will close for renovations in March 2020. Digitization services will cease in February 2020 in preparation for the renovation, which is predicted to last through January 2021.
Local organizations gather for Period Rally in Hinds Plaza
The event was coordinated by lead organizers Annabelle Jin, a junior in high school and co-president and founder of the chapter of Period at Moorestown High School; Tanvi Koduru, a sophomore in college and the chapter leader and founder of Period at Rowan University; and Chai Kim, a senior in high school and co-president of Period at Moorestown.