During this year’s College homecoming in October, several hundred alumni returned to campus to reconnect with each other and their alma mater—and, in many cases, to compete! A number of sports hosted alumni games, including men’s and women’s soccer, volleyball, rugby, and swimming. In addition, alumni and friends participated in ...
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Brent Bennett (C’14), on the far left, joined a 12-person team of BuzzFeed colleagues sent to Rio de Janeiro in August to create video content for the official NBC Olympics Snapchat Discover Channel. With roundups of each day’s events and quirky video segments with athletes, the Snapchat coverage drew substantial ...
Two-time Olympic athlete Ngozi Mwanamwambwa Asinga (US’89, C’93) was recently featured on CNN’s African Voices series, a collection of videos showcasing some of the continent’s contemporary change-makers. Principia provided yearbook and historic photos of Ngozi to CNN, and the video shows several shots of her wearing her Principia jersey on ...
James Rosebush, former Deputy Assistant to President Ronald Reagan and Chief of Staff to First Lady Nancy Reagan, shares the impact of his Principia experience.
It’s been a long, circuitous journey for Jack Langworthy (US’03)—from a remote village in East Africa’s Rift Valley to the high-tech environs of greater Silicon Valley. Eventually, he hopes to make the return trip to Tanzania, equipped with new skills, know-how, and financing from a unique business incubator program. ...
More than 525 people attended the College reunion last month, reconnecting with old friends and making new ones. Along with a variety of talks, classes, and entertainment, attendees took advantage of numerous activities, such as golf, tennis, and a 5K Fun Run. The solar car team shared information about their ...
As a researcher at Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, Briggs DeLoach (US ’11, C’15) thrives on asking big questions about the wide-reaching impact of the Internet and digital technology, particularly as they relate to youth. Alongside an interdisciplinary group of Harvard faculty, colleagues from Ivy League ...
Turnout for the first-ever Principia Global Days of Service was terrific! Over a four-day weekend (April 21–24), alumni and friends joined forces to serve their local communities. More than 40 different service projects took place around the world. From California to St. Louis to New York to Switzerland, groups sorted ...
Moving from heading up a twice-a-semester high school news magazine (with an estimated readership of 500) to leading a 500-employee, five-day-a-week newspaper (estimated readership: 10,000+) is a huge step by any measure. And in the case of Tanner Walters (US’14), former Upper School editor of The Voice , it’s even ...
Kevin Pratt (US’ 00, C’04) helped aerospace development company Blue Origin make history recently. After the company launched a rocket at their Texas test site in November, both the capsule and propulsion module landed back on earth right side up. A second test was equally successful last month, inspiring Pratt ...
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