Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Guitars, Safaris and Protein Absorption!

PAUL COWGILL (pictured right) is playing in a 6 piece indie rock band in Boston that began doing shows locally in June of 2011.  The band – appropriately called “Cowgill” – is quickly expanding to other places on the East Coast and beyond! Paul said, “think part Punch Brothers, part The Beatles, part Dave Matthews Band, part Radiohead, and part Taking Back Sunday… minus a little talent, but with big plans.”  Paul sings, writes songs, and plays acoustic guitar. The band is doing a Kickstarter campaign that is ending on December 17th to raise funds to record a full-length album in January.  If you'd like to be involved in helping to make this album a reality, you can find out how on the band’s website at http://cowgillmusic.com

After Princeton, LAUREN RIDGE (pictured) returned to her home state of North Carolina.  She is pursuing her PhD at North Carolina State University in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department.  Lauren is doing computational work studying the absorption of proteins onto nanoparticles and surfaces.

MICOL MARTINELLI spent 3 weeks over the summer in Tanzania, where she climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro.  She said it was “absolutely the most challenging but amazing experience ever!”  Micol saw baby lions on safari and relaxed on the beaches of Zanzibar post climb.  She said Tanzania is an incredibly beautiful country and that the vacation represented “the best 3 weeks since Princeton!”