Renowned mathematician and professor Elias Stein passes away at 87
Renowned mathematician Elias M. Stein, the Albert Baldwin Dod Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus, at the University, passed away on Dec. 23, 2018, at the age of 87.
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Renowned mathematician Elias M. Stein, the Albert Baldwin Dod Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus, at the University, passed away on Dec. 23, 2018, at the age of 87.
From Jan. 22 to Jan. 25, world leaders in all fields, including a delegation of University faculty, met in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, for this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF), themed “Globalization 4.0.” Dozens of political and business leaders, celebrities, economists, scientists, and journalists met to discuss the problems facing the modern world.
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell ’75 has recently found himself embroiled in a controversy surrounding federal interest rates with President Donald Trump. The two men have sparred pointedly on the topic, largely differing in their approaches to sustaining growth in an economy that is strong but not immune to a slowdown in 2019.
On Friday, Feb. 1, New Jersey Senator Cory Booker announced he is running for president, becoming the fourth Democratic senator to join the crowded 2020 field.
University alumnus and founder of the Vanguard Group John Clifton “Jack” Bogle ’51 passed away in his home in Bryn Mawr, Pa. on Wednesday, Jan. 16 at the age of 89.
On Dec. 21, 2018, the Office of Communications announced in a statement that the University joined 65 other colleges and universities in public support of a lawsuit defending international students, professors, and researchers from a new federal visa policy which took effect in August.
A Twitter account belonging to the New Jersey European Heritage Association (NJEHA), a white supremacist organization, issued a statement Friday afternoon that the group’s demonstration planned for Saturday, Jan. 12, allegedly is a hoax and will not occur.
The New Jersey European Heritage Association (NJEHA), a white supremacist organization, plans to hold a demonstration at noon on Saturday, Jan. 12, in Palmer Square, drawing counter-protests from members of the University and the town at large.
On Tuesday, Dec. 11, Time Magazine named University alumna Maria Ressa ’86 and other journalists as 2018 Person of the Year.
Because we had no choice but to become so closely acquainted, our room’s mouse quickly became “Mousey” to us quadmates. We saw Mousey so often that we had to nickname him. He hung around on our desks, under our beds, in the common room, you name it. We called P-Safe’s emergency line, but they just told us to calm the f down, that it wasn’t in fact an emergency, and to email Housing and Real Estate Services instead. Housing eventually came and left some traps.
Coming back to Princeton after break is always difficult. But these illustrations by Wendy Ho ’21 make us fall back in love with campus. Check out more of her work at @new.beans on Instagram.
On Saturday, October 20, nearly thirty refugees, alongside Princeton students, faculty and their families took a break from their jobs, studies, and otherwise busy lives to participate in the Office of Religious Life’s annual pumpkin carving event. Crouched on tarps on the Murray Dodge lawn in the cool afternoon air, participants immediately took to carving, painting, and decorating what soon became a beautiful and diverse array of pumpkins.
For many Princeton students, one of the few bright spots of the midterms slog is planning themed Princetoween costumes, events, and decor with friends. While Princeton’s premature Halloween festivities bring together a student body emerging from many days of library hibernation, an offensive theme choice can do just the opposite. Often the University emails a cultural sensitivity reminder at this time of year, although such reminders sometimes skirt around the words “cultural appropriation.”
How can we optimize the happiness of others, given that our actions directly contribute to the well-being of those in need, through traveling? Why are male athletes perceived to be aggressive and arrogant? How much do we really know about marijuana? Questions like these were posed at TEDxPrincetonU, which featured speakers from different backgrounds and disciplines on Nov. 11.
On Oct. 26, the Princeton Day School Theater put on its first show of “Girls Like That,” a play by Evan Placey that explores the complex gender dynamics in modern adolescence. After the play, activist Monica Lewinsky hosted a talkback with the audience to discuss her own experiences with cyberbullying.
University researchers have recently discovered twin stars, one of which has shown signs of ingesting a dozen or more of its own rocky planets, according to a University release. As a nod to ancient mythology, the researchers have named the newly discovered stars after Kronos and his lesser-known brother Krios.
Tucked between Starbucks and the Landau clothing store on Nassau Street, Dohm Alley has been unremarkably empty for much of its existence. However, thanks to the work of the Design @ Dohm Alley team, the alley has been transformed into an outdoor art space and is hosting its first installation: the English Romantic Poets.
Attempting to move forward in the wake of tragedy, both United States senators from New Jersey have joined forces with a group of other Democratic senators in introducing new legislation to amend the nation’s gun laws.
Paul Krugman, Professor Emeritus of Economics and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School, has come under fire in the past couple days for tweeting about an outbreak of cholera in Puerto Rico that has since been proven without basis.
“A lot of undergraduates are unaware that many law schools, such as ours, are really looking for people of very diverse backgrounds. We’re looking for artists and chemists and undergraduate engineering majors. We’re not looking for people who have the more traditional backgrounds,” explained Avi Soifer, Dean of the University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law, after a Sept. 14 announcement that the law school would begin accepting the Graduate Record Examinations in lieu of the Law School Admission Test on a one-year trial basis.