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(12/19/16 11:22pm)
The Department of Justice and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey reached an agreement with the University with regards to the University’s protocol and procedural practices relating to students with mental health disabilities, according to a University press release.
(12/15/16 3:44am)
The majority of the Ivy League colleges and universities have released their early acceptance results for the Class of 2021.
(12/15/16 3:12am)
Rider University’s decision to consolidate the Westminster Choir College’s Princeton campus with its main Lawrence campus has been met with significant backlash from Rider students and faculty.
(12/12/16 4:02am)
The 2017 yearbook will reflect new and upgraded improvements in an attempt to better encapsulate the University experience for all members of the undergraduate class, according to Vojislav Mitrovic ’18, executive director of Princeton Yearbook Agency.
(12/08/16 4:09am)
Darcy James Argue, conductor of the Princeton University Creative Large Ensemble, was nominated for a Grammy award. His album, tilted “Real Enemies,” was named a finalist in the “Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album” category.
(12/06/16 4:29am)
Yale University released a report to its Committee to Establish Principles on Renaming after receiving demands to rename the residential college named after John C. Calhoun, a former U.S. Senator known for his support of slavery.
(12/05/16 5:59am)
Some Ivy League universities have announced their stances in relation to the “campus sanctuary” movements across many college campuses across the nation.
(11/17/16 4:07am)
Members of the Princeton University Art Museum Student Advisory Board opened a permanent collection of ancient and medieval coins at the museum.
(11/09/16 10:21pm)
The Carl A. Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding and the Office of Religious Life offered post-election processing spaces for students in response to the victory of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. Presidential election on Wednesday.
(11/09/16 9:04pm)
All six University alumni seeking reelection to the U.S. House of Representatives won their races. Rep. Ken Buck ’81, Leonard Lance GS ’82, Derek Kilmer ’96, Jared Polis ’96, John Sarbanes ’84, and Terri Sewell ’86 won their respective races and kept their seats in the House.
(11/09/16 8:35pm)
The Carl A. Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding and the Office of Religious Life offered post-election processing spaces for students in response to the victory of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. Presidential election on Wednesday.
(10/12/16 8:31pm)
Although secularist theorists argue that religion will become less relevant in political discussions as society progresses, issues of religion and race will continue to be important factors in the upcoming election and beyond, said Gaston Espinosa, a visiting fellow in Religious and Public Life at the University and a professor of Religious Studies at Claremont McKenna College, in a Wednesday lecture.Espinosa considered the question of whether the vast majority of Americans want less talk about religion in politics and feel indifferent about the religious beliefs of their presidential candidates.He noted that recent studies show that religion in America — particularly Christianity — is in decline. He discussed how, despite this, studies from organizations like the Pew Research Center show that religion is still an influence in a majority of voters’ decisions.A majority of Americans say that religion is an important part for their life, he said. He explained a study showing that more than 50 percent Americans feel that the candidate they vote for should share their religious beliefs, and nearly half of Americans also say that churches should express views on politics.He added that the studies showing a decline in religion fail to take into account that “nones,” or people who have indicated they do not belong to any religion, are often misclassified.“There’s this question about the rise of the nones,” he said. “Are nones really all atheists?”Only 24 percent of people who indicate that they have no religion truly have no sort of belief in God or spiritual and religious practice, according to Espinosa.Espinosa noted that religions such as Islam, Evangelicalism, and Mormonism are on the rise. Other fast-growing sects include independent, non-denominational religious centers, especially in Latin-American communities.Latino communities, he said, are growing rapidly across the United States and are already the largest minority in 25 states. By 2100, only 40 percent of the U.S. population will be white, while 33 percent will be Hispanic.“Racial populations are growing more rapidly than people realize and are offsetting others,” Espinosa said, adding that even in historically more conservative states, such as Georgia and North Carolina, racial minorities are a growing share of the electorate.Presently, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are demonstrating awareness of this shift through their campaign trail strategies, he added.“Clinton has made a calculated decision to use religion as a vehicle,” Espinosa explained.He referred to her visiting and praying at historically black churches as a part of her campaign and compared it to Trump’s recent visits to newly established black churches in an effort to connect to both racial minorities and religious leaders.Espinosa said he foresees race playing an increasingly important role in a post-Obama America given the decline of the white electorate, and religion playing an increasingly important role due to the presence of religion in some form in a vast majority of Americans’ lives.The lecture, titled "Race, Religion, and the 2016 Election," took place at 4:30 p.m in Dodds Auditorium. It was sponsored by the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions.
(10/10/16 5:26pm)
Lauren Bush Lauren ’06 came out in support of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
(09/28/16 8:04pm)
The Institute for Advanced Study is continuing to put out bids for construction of 15 units of facultyhousing on the historic Maxwell’s Field.The Institute’s plans date back to earlier this year, when they rejected attempts at halting the construction projects.A statement on the IAS’s website noted that the site of Maxwell’s Field is no longer valuable as an archaeological site. “The Berger Group’s report, produced in 2007, concluded that it is very unlikely that any concentrations of additional artifacts of the Battle of Princeton may be found on the building site,” it reads.However, Kip Cherry, vice president of the Princeton Battlefield Society, said the Institute is ignoring the historic significance of remembering the Battle of Princeton.Policy and communications director for the Civil War Trust, Jim Campi, said that the Trust attempted numerous times to acquire the property from IAS, offering to buy the 22-acre Maxwell's Field tract for $3.3 million in November 2015.He said that IAS rejected this offer and in December 2015, the Trust offered $4.5 million, a price nearly 40 percent higher than the land's appraised value. Campi added that this second request was also rejected.Trust first learned about the threat to Maxwell's Field through conversations with the National Park Service and the Princeton Battlefield Society, he said.The Civil War Trust is a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization devoted to the preservation of America's battlegrounds.Cherry said that the Civil War Trust and the Battlefield Society started working together in 2014 in their endeavor to preserve the heart of the Princeton Battlefield.“We feel that it is very important to preserve that part of the battlefield. We’ve been opposing the project since the very beginning,” Cherry said.She explained that the IAS has taken a general stance that the Battle of Princeton is made up of general skirmishes and therefore lacks the value of a true historic site.“This is a place where Washington used true strategy and leadership. This is the place he operated as a true general and this is why he was such an important figure in the creation of our nation. This is not a small thing. This has national importance.”The field still contains artifacts that have yet to be discovered, Cherry said. Ten artifacts were discovered last year by The Ottery Group, a natural and cultural resource consulting firm based in Maryland.“We haven’t been able to get the Institute to understand the significance," Cherry added.
(09/25/16 2:24pm)
The University implemented student technology changes this fall, including a new printing system with a Google Cloud Print platform and a shift towards broader use of the eduroam service.
(09/22/16 9:35pm)
Harvard University announced that its endowment fund suffered a $1.9 billion loss for the 2016 fiscal year, according to a reportfrom Harvard Management Company, which oversees the university's financial assets.This represents the largest decline since the financial crisis in 2008.
(09/21/16 11:08pm)
Four University alumni were named 2016 MacArthur Fellows by the MacArthur Foundation. Branden Jacobs-Jenkins '06, Subhash Khot GS '03, José Quiñonez GS '98, and Julia Wolfe GS '12 were among the 23 individuals selected for this award.
(09/21/16 5:13pm)
The issues surrounding refugee resettlement and Special Immigrant Visas require a delicate consideration of both the moral conundrum of admitting those seeking asylum and the security issues of admitting potential terrorists, said Jacob Shapiro, professor of politics and international affairs.
(09/19/16 8:09pm)
The University's 2026 Campus Plan, announced Monday night at a public meeting, includes major infrastructural decisions such as the expansion of the engineering school, the growth the Princeton Environmental Institute, and the construction of an additional residential areas on campus.
(09/19/16 7:56pm)
The University presented its 2026 Campus Plan to local officials and residents at a public meeting Monday night, announcing the committee’s decision to transform the land beyond the main campus that belongs to the University. This includes lands in the municipality of West Windsor, lands south of Lake Carnegie, the Forrestal Campus in the municipality of Plainsboro, and Prospect Avenue.