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Richard Woodbridge, former Township mayor and former Borough Councilman, is running for mayor of consolidated Princeton.  He says that what the municipality needs most during this period of transition is “experience, experience, experience.”

Woodbridge has the unique background of having served on the elected governments of both Princeton Township and Princeton Borough.  He also grew up in Princeton, went through the public school system, and graduated from Princeton University. 

Bill Bradley, former U.S. Senator from New Jersey, will open his national tour for his new book, "We Can All Do Better," with a public lecture on Wednesday, May 9, 2012, at 4:30 p.m. in McCosh Hall, Room 50, on the Princeton University campus. The address, sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School, is free and open to the public. A book sale and signing will immediately follow the talk.

West Windsor, NJ: Rutgers University Art Professor Judith Brodsky will discuss the contemporary art world at Mercer County Community College on Tuesday, April 17, at noon in the Communications Building, Room 110. The talk, entitled, “My Life in Art,” is the fourth in the college's Spring 2012 Distinguished Lecture Series, and will be held at the college’s West Windsor Campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road.

Professor Brodsky is an artist, printmaker and arts advocate. In her talk, she will draw from her own experience as an artist as well as from her projects as a curator and activist.

The author, whose grandparents survived the sinking of the Titanic 100 years ago this month, discusses “Starboard at Midnight,” her book about their lives.

Phil Barnett '79, minority staff director for the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, will present a public talk at the Woodrow Wilson School titled, "The Politics of Climate Legislation: Failed Attempts and the Prospect for Future Legislation," on Wednesday, April 4, 2012, at 4:30 p.m. The discussion is part of the School's "Energy and Environment" thematic lecture series.

Patricia de Stacy Harrison, president and chief executive officer of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), will participate in a public talk at the Woodrow Wilson School at 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 18, 2012. Harrison's talk is part of the School's "Media and Public Policy" thematic lecture series.

Three new paintings by acclaimed artist Mel Leipzig, professor of art and art history at Mercer County Community College, will be unveiled at a special event on Wednesday, March 14.

The college and Leipzig are co-hosting the free event at the Conference Center at Mercer from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. to help raise funds for a student art gallery planned at the Trenton campus on North Broad Street. Guests will enjoy hors d’oeuvres and the opportunity to meet the artist.

Princeton University Professor Brian Kernighan, renowned author and icon of the computer world, will discuss the importance of understanding numbers in a talk at Mercer County Community College on Wednesday, March 7, at 12 noon in the Communications Building, Room 109, at the West Windsor Campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road.

The talk, entitled, “Millions, Billions, Zillions: Why (In)numeracy Matters,” is the second in the college's Spring 2012 Distinguished Lecture Series.

Ira Katznelson, famed American political scientist and historian and currently the Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History at Columbia University, will deliver two public talks at the Woodrow Wilson School as part of the 2012 Princeton Lectures in Politics and Public Affairs.

Ira Katznelson, famed American political scientist and historian and currently the Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History at Columbia University, will deliver two public talks at the Woodrow Wilson School as part of the 2012 Princeton Lectures in Politics and Public Affairs.

“Keeping Politics out of Women’s Health” will be the topic of a public talk at the Woodrow Wilson School presented by Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, on Wednesday, March 28, 2012. Richards is visiting the Wilson School as part of its “Leadership and Governance Program,” which brings prominent policy makers to Princeton for a multi-day visit so that students can meet and learn from exemplary public leaders.

Acclaimed artist Mel Leipzig, professor of art and art history at Mercer County Community College, will discuss two great painters as part of the college's Distinguished Lecture Series, on Tuesday, Feb. 28, at 12 noon in the Communications Building, Room 110, at the West Windsor Campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road.

Eva Mantell loves teaching art.  “When students aren’t expecting to come up with anything good, and they are engaged and surprised by what they’ve created, it feels great. I find it very energizing.”

Mike Carnevale and Mary Fritschie love tea and want you to love it too. It was their love of tea and spices that led them to open infini-T Café and Spice Souk in Palmer Square.

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Westminster Choir College of Rider University organ faculty member Matthew Lewis will present a recital on Monday, October 3, at 7:30 p.m. in the Princeton University Chapel.

His program will include compositions by Duruflé, Franck and Messiaen, including such works as Fantaisie in A major, Fugue sur le theme du Carillon des heures de la Cathédrale de Soissons and Diptyque.

Lidia Usami is more than an economist, speechwriter, publicist, translator, pianist, piano teacher, and fluent in five languages -- she is also the founder of the Kids4Kids charitable program in Princeton. “Music needs to be played to uplift people’s spirits,” says Lidia, “and to do something for the community.”
 

Speaker: Christopher J. Daggett, President and CEO, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

Topic: "Current Trends in Philanthrophy: Mission Related Investing"

It was no more than half an hour after the polls closed in Princeton when Democrats munching pizza at Conte’s learned that Yina Moore had defeated David Goldfarb.

By a margin of 297 to 211, with all nine precincts reporting, Moore got the nod of her party as its nominee to take on Republican Jill Jachera in November in the Borough mayoral election. 

Dorothy Mullen, well-known in the Princeton community for masterminding the Riverside Elementary School organic garden, has been a food activist for much of her adult life.

After having its opening this past fall delayed by legal technicalities, the status of Princeton International Academy Charter School (PIACS) remains uncertain, with its founders still at loggerheads with the surrounding public school districts.

The Woodrow Wilson School will host a panel discussion titled, "Purple Hearts – Back from Iraq and Homeland" at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 16 in Bowl 016, Robertson Hall. Panelists will include Chaplain (Major) Paul Berghaus at the United States Military Academy, West Point; Nina Berman, documentary photographer; Lt. Commander Kevin Cady, MPP candidate at the Woodrow Wilson School; and Lt. Colonel John Stark, a Professor of Military Science and Director of Princeton University’s ROTC program.

The Woodrow Wilson School will host a post mid-term elections panel discussion titled, "A Midcourse Correction? The 2010 Elections in Perspective," at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, November 15, in Bowl 016, Robertson Hall. A public reception will follow the discussion in the Bernstein gallery.

The Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) will co-host a workshop on Arab political development with a public by Saad Eddin Ibrahim, founder and chairman of the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies, titled "The Angst of Arab Dissidents" on Tuesday, October 12, 2010 at 4:30 p.m. in Bowl 001 in Robertson Hall. Ibrahim's talk is the inaugural event of the University's Workshop in Arab Political Development, directed by Amaney Jamal, an associate professor of politics at Princeton.