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Solicitor General Elena Kagan ’81 (standing) served as editorial chairman for The Daily Princetonian while at the University.
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USDA finds University mistreated lab primates
University researchers provided inadequate amounts of water to lab primates and violated or failed to document compliance with pre-approved protocol, according to findings from a routine inspection of animal research facilities conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture at the University in late June.
Annual Giving raises third highest total ever
Though the economy is still reeling after a few rough years, the 2009-10 Annual Giving campaign raised $48,582,819, the third highest total since its establishment in 1940. Surpassing this year’s initial goal of $46 million, the total was almost $4 million more than the $44.6 million raised during last year’s campaign. Undergraduate alumni participation also exceeded the 60 percent mark for the first time in a decade, with 60.8 percent of alumni making a donation.
‘Prince’ Q&A with poet laureate Merwin ’48
A two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, W.S. Merwin ’48 was named the nation’s 17th poet laureate on July 1. During his one-year term, he will seek to promote national appreciation of poetry. After his appointment, Merwin spoke with staff writer Christina Henricks about his new position, his time as an undergraduate and the art of poetry.
Senate panel votes 13-6 to confirm Kagan ’81
The nomination of Solicitor General Elena Kagan ’81 to the Supreme Court was endorsed by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday in a 13-6 vote that went mostly along party lines.
- Appellate court rules against Cottage Club in tax lawsuit
- Petraeus GS ’87 to replace McChrystal as military leader in Afghanistan
- University awards degrees at 263rd Commencement
- Gibson ’65 jokes with seniors at 2010 Class Day address
- Members of Class of 2010 recognized for achievements at Class Day
- Former Wilson School Dean dies at 89
- Amazon.com CEO Bezos ’86 delivers 2010 Baccalaureate address
- Acidic water leaks at cogeneration plant
- Grehan ’10 elected Young Alumni Trustee
- Yield falls to 56.9 percent for Class of 2014
- Breaking the glass ceiling: 40 years of coeducation
- Annual Giving campaign raises almost $32 million, nearing goal of $46 million
- Daily Princetonian, Mudd Library to launch digitized archives
- Gibson ’65 to be Class Day speaker
- University accused of civil rights violations
- Metcalf-Leggette ’13 settles suit with University
- On loyalty and legacy
- Janet Dickerson: A decade of dedication
- University expects to take roughly 100 students off waitlist to fill demographic gaps
- Brian Smith: A quarter-century behind the presses at the ‘Prince’
- Rush Holt: The congressional physicist
- Students have many options for summer thesis funding
- Annual Giving raises third highest total ever
A midsummer sports round-up
With just less than two months until classes start again, we bring you the first half of summer’s Princeton athletics highlights.
Baseball: Barnes and two incoming freshmen picked in MLB draft
This week, junior Dan Barnes became the latest in a long line of Princeton pitchers to garner interest from major-league teams in the amateur draft. The Toronto Blue Jays selected the righty with their 35th-round selection on Wednesday afternoon. Barnes could have returned to Princeton to play his senior season, but instead signed a professional contract and will begin his minor-league career this summer, he said in an e-mail.
Commencement 2010
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