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PiTP 2003 Social Activities |
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Sunday, June 29 - Arrival and refreshments, 12- 5:30
p.m. Monday, June 30 – Supermarket shopping trip Tuesday, July 1 - Welcome dinner Wednesday, July 2 - Pool Party at Nassau Swim Club Thursday, July 3 – Bird watching in the Institute
Woods, 7:00 a.m. Friday, July 4 - Morning workshop at the Hayden
Planetarium New York City; afternoon free Saturday and Sunday - See weekend activities below Monday, July 7 - Supermarket shopping trip Tuesday, July 8 - Poster Session and dinner Tuesday, July 8 - Institute t-shirt sale (lunchtime) Wednesday, July 9 - Pool party rain date Thursday, July 10 -
Day-long workshop at Princeton University Physics Department Friday, July 11 - Farwell Lunch in Dining Hall Friday, July 11 - Free Swim, Nassau Swim Club, 7-8 pm Saturday, July 12 – Departure Students will be divided into small groups to have lunch with the lecturers once during the program.
Weekend Activities in Princeton Downtown Princeton, centered around Nassau Street and Palmer Square, has many interesting buildings, shops and coffee places. Bainbridge House is a building from before the Revolutionary War located at 158 Nassau Street, adjacent to the Garden Theater. It is now a small museum, run by the Princeton Historical Society. Tours of historical Princeton depart from Bainbridge House at 2:00 PM on Sunday. The tours last two hours, but you are free to leave anytime you please. Princeton University campus, between Nassau Street and Washington Street, has many interesting buildings, such as the historical Nassau Hall (where the U.S. Congress met at one point during the Revolutionary War). Princeton University Museum contains great paintings
(including a Monet), collections and exhibits. It The Guyot Hall Natural History Museum contains dinosaur nests and many fossils. While on campus, look for black squirrels ( a Princeton specialty), and sculptures of famous artists (including Henry Moore’s). The Mercer Street area is interesting, too. Einstein House is located at 112 Mercer Street. (Please note, this is private residence) Woodrow Wilson House (where he lived as President of Princeton University) is at 82 Library Place, between Stockton Street and Hodge Road, in the elegant western section of Princeton. Princeton Battlefield, site of the first U.S. victory
during the Revolution, is located at 500 Mercer The Clark House Museum, the house where General Mercer died, is open for tours on Saturday (10AM-12 Noon, 1-4 PM) and Sunday (1PM-4 PM). Off Mercer Street, at the end of Springdale or Olden Lane, one can access the woods of the Institute for Advanced Study. There are many walking paths, some leading to the canal, some to the battlefield, some to a bird sanctuary. Excellent bird watching is possible. Terhune Orchards, on Cold Soil Road off 206 South in
Lawrenceville, is an excellent place for
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