On Thursday, Wallace Hall, the new social sciences building, was dedicated, as was the McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning. On Friday, the Frist Campus Center was dedicated, followed by a luncheon on the grassy sward between the center and Guyot Hall and a dinner that night in a decorated Jadwin Gym. In between dedications and dinners the university hosted numerous lectures and panels, drawing on luminaries from the alumni ranks and faculty to speak. Both expressed pleasure in being able to create the building. Thomas Frist singled out President Shapiro for his fire and passion, and Venturi and Thomas H. Wright '62, vice president of the university, for their good stewardship.
Good teaching can and needs to be learned, and good learning can and needs to be taught.
The teaching and learning center will be a laboratory for new ideas across departments and disciplines. The exhibit is being shown in complement with the large-scale sculptures on campus, notably Richard Serra's The Hedgehog and the Fox, which is located near Princeton Stadium. The show ends December 30. This is the largest corporate gift in Princeton's history, and will fund the Carbon Mitigation Initiative. The principal researchers, Stephen Pacala , professor in ecology and evolutionary biology, and Robert Socolow , professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, will investigate several technologies for capturing the carbon in fossil fuels and sequestering it in underground formations.