I lead a Scholar Lifestyle because of my passion for learning. But this passion didn’t exist at all until I came to Princeton. Before entering Princeton, my motivation to learn was simple: to obtain…

Aahh, how sweet the taunting smell of summer! As exams are in full swing, I thought I'd procrastinate by sharing some of my adventures last summer with Princeton in Beijing (PIB).  My dad'…

Okay, so maybe the title makes me seem crazier than I really am. Backtrack. As you may remember, this summer I am set to volunteer at the Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy in Kolkata, India. I had…

This summer, I'm back at Princeton, completing an internship at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL).  One of the main goals of PPPL is to make fusion energy a reality. The mainstream…

Wow! Another year down. It is hard to believe that I am already halfway done with my time in Princeton. As I pack for my first international internship through Princeton (or rather, totally…

Greetings from London! As Tigers and Tigresses travel all over the world during summer, I’d like to offer my personal tale on connecting with alumni for career advice while abroad. A one-click…

Near the end of last semester, excitement over my Club Sailing team’s annual Florida training trip was mounting, as the week promised plenty of sunshine, sailing and team bonding after a brutal…

This evening, I’m sitting on an overlook in Södermalm, a neighborhood of Stockholm. Across the water sits City Hall, the stately red brick building famous for being the venue of the annual Nobel…

As I explained in my last blog entry, I'm spending this summer working at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and staying on Princeton's campus. This gives me the opportunity to see…

Image My summer internship with the Quebec Labrador Foundation was a literal and figurative journey. QLF is a…

Part 2 of my summer update! See Part 1 here. While the previous post looked more directly at my project, a great part of my Dale experience lies in my day to day life in New York…

Happy summer from New York City!! I hope you all are doing awesome and have been enjoying fast-flying golden months of the year. Martin A. Dale '53 Summer Award So at the end of last school year, I…

I spent this summer working with a post-doctorate researcher in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department (EEB) who is conducting a study of febrile illness in pediatric patients in Laikipia…

If you’re the sort of person who likes to travel, or hasn’t travelled much but would like to, Princeton has you covered. Princeton students find about ten-and-a-half billion ways to see the country…

The largest climate march in history took place Sept. 21 in countries all over the world, with more than 400,000 protesters marching in New York City alone. I am so proud to say that I was among them…

I spent most of my summer taking photos. You probably could have guessed as much, given that I lived in India for nine weeks. What may come as a bit more of a surprise is how those photos helped me…

Life is starting to settle back into routine here at Princeton, and I am finally beginning to readjust after my recent semester abroad. As a senior (!), starting a new semester is simply a…

One of the best parts of being on campus this time of year is the changing foliage that signals the coming of autumn to New Jersey. Princeton is one of the more beautiful places I’ve ever lived in or…

History was made this summer in Washington, D.C. In early August, President Obama hosted 51 official delegations from the African continent for the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. Among…

Image Until last January, I had never heard the word “Ediacaran” in my life. Nor could I reliably point out…

Image Day 4 continued: My team was closest to camp, so we could see the water creeping toward our tents,…

So I have a few brothers and sisters, three of whom went to college before me. Image Every time one of my…

Those of you who are regular readers of my blog (shout out to my mom!) know that I'm a member of Quipfire!, Princeton's oldest improv comedy group. And believe it or not, my interest in comedy…

College awareness is an issue that has interested me since my senior year of high school. I still clearly remember all the difficulties and confusion I endured during the college application process…

Hello, readers!Imagine: a foreign language professor is trying to explain to you a complex grammatical point about how the endings of words change depending not only on those words’ parts of speech,…