Photographers talk humanitarian projects
Three photographers trekked to the midst of the Sandinista conflict in Nicaragua, to the most violent years of the Iraq War, and to the home of a fatally ill man and his wife in China for their work.
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Three photographers trekked to the midst of the Sandinista conflict in Nicaragua, to the most violent years of the Iraq War, and to the home of a fatally ill man and his wife in China for their work.
“There is no other more central or urgent topic in our history than slavery,” University history professor Sean Wilentz stated at a Sept. 28 panel discussion on his most recent book, “No Property in Man: Slavery and Anti-Slavery at the Nation’s Founding.”
Nine seniors were selected as winners of the Spirit of Princeton award, according to deputy dean of undergraduate students Thomas Dunne.
The University Office of Communications announced in a statement on Tuesday that two prominent spaces on campus will be named after slaves who lived or worked at the University.
A poster referring to “The White Race” as “Earth’s Most Endangered Species” was found on a lamppost outside FitzRandolph Gate on Monday. The underlined words “Help preserve it” were printed beneath a large picture of a mother holding a baby, followed by contact information for a white supremacist organization called the New Jersey European Heritage Association.
After the weather conditions on campus worsened yesterday afternoon, the University canceled all evening classes, closed all libraries as of 6 p.m., and shut down its shuttle service, TigerTransit, as of 4:30 p.m.
“We can’t fix poverty in America without fixing housing,” said sociology professor Matthew Desmond at a Feb. 28 lecture on eviction in America.
“Eighty-one,” said Andrew R. Lewis. “That’s the percentage of white evangelicals who voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 election. The argument is that Donald Trump doesn’t align with the values of white evangelicals, so how could this be?” Lewis is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Cincinnati, and he began his Feb. 27 lecture at Princeton with a single number projected onto a slide.
John (Jack) Finlay ’18 was one of sixteen students across the country to receive a Churchill Scholarship for the 2018-2019 academic year.
Twenty-one members of the Class of 2018 are vying to serve as the 2018 Young Alumni Trustee on the University’s Board of Trustees. The Young Alumni Trustee position, established in 1969, was instituted to “ensure that the Board would always include four members with recent experience as undergraduates.” The Board reasoned that younger members will reflect “the needs, concerns, and interests of the current generation of Princeton undergraduates.” Young Alumni Trustees are given equal responsibilities and powers as all other Board members.
Princeton’s Civil Rights Commission has decided not to investigate a 2017 complaint that alleges a pattern of racial discrimination in Princeton’s public school system.
Anne Treisman, a prominent figure in the field of cognitive studies, was known for her work on visual attention, object perception, and memory. Treisman, the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, died on Feb. 9 due to a stroke following an extended illness. She was 82 years old.
Sinan Ozbay '19 and Sam Arnesen '20 were named runners-up at the World Universities Debating Championships (WUDC), held in Mexico City, Mexico, from Dec. 27, 2017, to Jan. 4, 2018.
Elections for Undergraduate Student Government begin today, and all three USG presidential candidates encourage University students to vote.
For the first time in its 12-year history, the 2017 Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange found that the number of international students enrolling in U.S. universities has decreased. For the 2016-17 school year, international enrollment fell by about three percent, or about 10,000 students.
University officials oppose a provision in the House Republican tax bill which would impose a federal tax on private university endowments larger than $250,000 per student.
Online retail giant Amazon is looking to expand into an additional corporate headquarters, and President Eisgruber feels that the University might have something to offer in the process.
The Undergraduate Student Government Executive Committee alerted the student body in an email on Oct. 15 of their concerns about the confidentiality of a popular student directory application, Tigerbook.
Members of Princeton Citizen Scientists held a teach-in program at the Princeton Public Library this Thursday aimed at educating community members about scientific issues which may have an impact on them.
“The future of the Hispanic community is on you,” journalist Jorge Ramos told University students at the beginning of his talk, “Nuestro Futuro: A Conversation with Jorge Ramos,” this Friday.