Daily Newsletter: June 15, 2023
Researcher accuses Fung Global Fellows Program of pregnancy discrimination
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Researcher accuses Fung Global Fellows Program of pregnancy discrimination
Frank Chmiel ’98, the recently dismissed principal of Princeton High School, is appealing the Princeton School Board’s recent decision to not reinstate him, his lawyers confirmed to The Daily Princetonian. The lawyers also confirmed that they filed a notice that leaves open the possibility of a lawsuit. Both the notice and the appeal are due June 15, 90 days after the date of his non-renewal notice.
Legal scholar Dr. Saskia Stucki announced her withdrawal from the University’s Fung Global Fellowship last month, citing sex discrimination as the cause of her departure. Stucki, who discovered she was pregnant shortly after her acceptance into the postdoctoral program, has made several allegations against the University surrounding the process of negotiating terms of her parental leave and subsequent childcare.
In 2021, the NCAA adopted a new policy allowing college athletes the opportunity to profit off their name, image, and likeness (NIL) after decades of advocacy and a favorable Supreme Court ruling.
Amid ongoing criminal proceedings for his alleged involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, Larry Giberson ’23 graduated alongside fellow members of the Class of 2023.
In a campaign launch video posted to Twitter on Monday, Professor Emeritus Cornel West GS ’80 announced that he is running for president under the obscure People’s Party as a means to use the office as a “vehicle to pursue that truth and justice — what I’ve been trying to do all of my life.”
On June 2, the University announced that Peter Schiffer will serve as the next dean for research, a position that entails working “closely with the provost and other University leaders to develop and support Princeton’s dynamic research community.”
Class of 2023 graduates as Eisgruber talks free expression and equality
“My joints hurt — no bones about it,” read a pill-shaped sign carried by a member of the Class of 1963 during the annual P-rade.
It has been a dominant year for Princeton athletics. After being ranked the No. 14 athletic program in the country, Princeton not only boasts the best undergraduate education in the world, but the best athletic program in the Ivy League. In terms of the performance of teams, there was no shortage of success for Princeton.
Princeton’s 276th commencement ceremony marked the end of three days of graduation festivities, with speakers urging students to go on to lead considerate and conscientious lives.
The Tigers, in addition to lots of team success, had a year filled with notable individual accomplishments and accolades. From a National Football League draft pick to the end of a wrestling championship drought, here are some of the best individual performances of 2022–23.
Students gathered on Cannon Green, wearing their class jackets despite warm weather, to celebrate Class Day, where Congresswoman Terri Sewell ’86 returned to campus to urge students to serve their communities.
On May 26, over a hundred alumni piled into McCosh 50, nearly filling the largest lecture hall on campus, to listen to a panel of alumni lawyers, activists and law professors discuss the Supreme Court entitled “Constitutional Controversies: The Supreme Court’s Impact on American Society.” Panelists agreed that affirmative action would be struck down, but expressed the view that it would not significantly change college admissions.
With a looming Supreme Court decision that experts predict will strike down affirmative action, University President Christopher L. Eisgruber ’83 maintained that the University will find ways to achieve a diverse campus in an annual address to alumni delivered during Reunions.
Kwame Anthony Appiah, a University professor and ethicist, spoke at the Baccalaureate ceremony for the Class of 2023, speaking about the role of attention, both to oneself and the world, to live an ethical life. The theme connected to using a Princeton education for a life of service to others.
A special issue celebrating the Class of 2023
Mutemwa Raphael Masheke ’23 triumphed in the final round of this year’s Young Alumni Trustee (YAT) election. Despite higher visibility, this year’s election did not see a significant increase in typically low turnout.
50 Years of Coeducation
Caring for friends like Maura Coursey requires better harm reduction for drug use