Today’s Briefing:
SCOTUS AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: The Supreme Court’s decisions about race-conscious admissions at Harvard and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is expected to come in June. In an email to the ‘Prince,’ Vice President and General Counsel Ramona Romero said it would be “hard to predict” how the decision will ultimately impact the University. University President Christopher L. Eisgruber ’83 stated in a Nov. 11 interview that “we will do our best to be creative within the limits of the law. But we can’t pretend that it’s going to be easy.” Legal scholars including Martin Flaherty ’81 and Udi Ofer, who are both visiting professors in the School of Public and International Affairs, told the ‘Prince’ that other protected categories, such as gender, could potentially be jeopardized by a ruling against race-based affirmative action.
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STUART WEITZMAN: On Wednesday, Nov. 16, The Princeton Entrepreneurship Council hosted Stuart Weitzman, the founder of the luxury footwear brand, to talk about his entrepreneurial journey. Weitzman discussed taking risks early in his career, being inspired by the visual arts, and the importance of giving back to the community. To aspiring students entrepreneurs in the audience, he said, “You can’t do it alone.”
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