This August, STEM graduate students and postdocs gathered for the CST-sponsored Lab Tales - a four-day storytelling workshop.
The Student Advisory Board Social Sciences and Life Sciences teams came together to organize a “Dinner and Discourse” event where team leaders Audrey Zhang ‘25 and Kenya Ripley-Dunlap ‘24 hosted 15 undergraduates at Thai Village for a lively conversation about the interconnectedness of art and science. This…
CST collaborated with Princeton’s Analog Photography Club for a cyanotype workshop!
Harrison Shapiro '22 was named the 2022 recipient of the Pope Prize for Science Writing.
Grad student, and long-time StudioLab enthusiast, James Loy laser-cut a windmill that he plans to use at home as a tea dispenser!
Our second RadLab for the semester was Jewelry Making with Katie Bender.
In April, CST kicked off our new Wonder Walk series at the Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve.
CST Executive Director Sami Kahn and Associate Director Penelope Georges presented at the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) 2022 Conference on Diversity, Equity and Student Success.
The CST is proud to announce that Dr. Penelope Georges, CST Associate Director, STEM Initiatives, was a recipient of the Princeton School of Engineering and Applied Science Excellence in Teaching Award!
Graduate students across disciplines met up in March to encourage each other in creating storytelling podcasts blending interdisciplinary research interests.
We kicked off our first RadLab of the semester with Mechanical Keyboard Design by Alexander Haywood.
In March, students gathered in StudioLab to participate in our Synth Design Hackathon.
Artist Stephen Talasnik paid a visit to STC209 and led students to create organic sculptures made from loops and curves of wood reed.
On Thursday, March 3rd, several undergraduates gathered in the Coffee Club to learn about the physics of foam and the tricks to beautiful latte art! In the first part of the event, Dr. Janine Nunes, a Research Scholar and Lecturer in the MAE department, and…
STC 209 is buzzing with creative energy and conversation under the guidance of longtime supporters of the seminar. In the past few weeks,
How are bacterial communication and sustainable fashion related? Is in vitro meat ethical? If we could LISTEN to data in song rather than visualize it graphically, could pitch and tone variations improve detection of malignant cells? These questions were among some of those posed to introduce the bioengineering concepts…
We are pleased to share that the CST’s Inclusive Science Education research group has had an article published in the Journal of Science Education for Students with Disabilities! The article describes the group’s efforts during the summer of 2020 as…
Transformations in Engineering and the Arts, STC209, is back in person and in the StudioLab this spring. This week, Prof. Jane…
Students from the freshman seminar Body Builders wrapped up the fall semester this week. Over the course of the semester, students surveyed recent advances in biotechnology and created bioart representations of those concepts. The course ended with a public exhibition of student works, which included garments created using sustainable…
Last Thursday, CST student technicians cut out over 60 animal puzzles using StudioLab’s laser cutter. Attendees chose from a collection of available designs and then observed the fabrication process. The tiger was the most popular design (not surprising) while the duck came in at a close second (interesting). If you missed the event and want to…
On December 7, the CST’s new event series, Brainy Bites, made its debut! This program aims to bring science to the forefront of conversations about foods that we may interact with every day but seldom take a moment to think about, and what a better way to kick off the series than with some coffee. By collaborating with the phenomenal, student…
In the second week of November, the CST’s Student Advisory Board (SAB) gathered for its first meeting of the 2021-2022 academic year! Over a high-energy dinner, student board members had the opportunity…
On Tuesday March 30, 2021, Jevin West and Carl Bergstrom of the University of Washington, co-authors of Calling Bullsh*t: The Art of Skepticism in a Digital World, delivered the Anthony B. Evnin Lecture, virtually. In the video below,…
On October 28th, Prof. Stefana Parascho (ARC) and Dr. Sami Kahn (CST) presented a virtual keynote at the Technical University of Munich’s School of Engineering and…