U. Responds to Concerns About Lead in Campus Water
The University has not yet found elevated levels of lead concentration in drinking water on campus, according to University Media Specialist Min Pullan.
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The University has not yet found elevated levels of lead concentration in drinking water on campus, according to University Media Specialist Min Pullan.
The University launched an improved search function on its website Monday.
Cara McCollum ’15 passed away early Monday morning at Cooper University Hospital in Camden, N.J., a week after sustaining critical injuries in a crashlast Monday on Route 55, according to NJ.com.Cooper University Hospital did not respond to request for comment.According to a post on the Facebook page titled “Prayers for Cara,” McCollum passed away Monday morning at 4:31 a.m., accompanied by her family in the operating room. Before she died, she made the decision to donate her organs to save other lives, the post said.“We’ve prayed constantly for a miracle, and we believe God has answered our prayers. Although it’s not the miracle that we first envisioned, it’s a miracle nonetheless,” the post read. “In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. Please accept our sincerest thanks for your heartfelt prayers. We all will miss her now that she’s gone.”University Media Relations Specialist Min Pullan expressed condolences for McCollum’s passing.“We were very saddened to hear the tragic news about Cara’s passing. We extend our deepest sympathies to her family and friends,” Pullan wrote in a statement to the ‘Prince.’McCollum graduated from the University with an A.B. in English. While at the University, she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta's Epsilon Mu Chapter and Cottage Club.“Princeton Theta is incredibly sad to hear about Cara's passing,” wrote Theta President Courtney Burke ’17 in a statement to the ‘Prince.’“While I did not have the pleasure of knowing her myself, I've heard from those Thetas who knew her well about her contagious smile, passion for childhood literacy and impact on campus. Our thoughts and Theta love are with her family at this time,” Burke added.McCollum won the Miss New Jersey pageant in 2013, and was also a competitor in the 2014 Miss America pageant.McCollum joined SNJ Today as lead anchor last year.“The entire SNJ Today family extends its condolences to the many loyal viewers, colleagues, friends, and family of Cara McCollum,” Ken Pustizzi, president of SNJ Today, said in a statement acknowledging McCollum’s passing.“Whether you had the privilege of knowing her or if you enjoyed her newscasts during her all too brief time with us, you know that her smile determination and sincerity made her a beloved individual,” Pustizzi added.Pustizzi also wrote that McCollum showed warmth to everyone she met.“She was a part of our news team family and we are gratified to have worked with her — even for such a short time. We will miss her terribly. Our thoughts and prayers are especially with her parents Rick and Maureen McCollum, her brother Derick McCollum and her boyfriend, Keith Jones, during this difficult time,” he wrote.A tribute to McCollum was broadcast Monday night on Philadelphia’s WACP Channels 4 and 226 and on Channel 789, according to SNJ Today. The tribute will be archived on the SNJ Today website after Monday night.In a Twitter statement, Chris Christie, New Jersey governor and ex officio member of the University Board of Trustees, said that he is “very sad to learn of the passing of Miss NJ 2013 Cara McCollum.”“I love you dear Cara. Your loving smile and sense of humor touched everyone around you. Your laugh was contagious. When we first met, we would both joke that NY and NJ were really from the South (her growing up in Arkansas and myself in Oklahoma),” Miss America 2014 Nina Davuluri, who gave lecture at the University last year, wrote in a Facebook post.
The Princeton Human Services Department and the University's DREAM Team, a student group that advocates immigration reform, joined initiatives to help families that may be impacted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids.
Cara McCollum ’15, Miss New Jersey 2013, is in critical condition at Cooper Health System after a car crash Monday night, according to The Press of Atlantic City.
In response to African American Studies Professor Imani Perry’s arrest on Saturday, some University students are collecting stories from students, alumni, staff and faculty who have had experiences plagued by racism with the Princeton police department, according to Asanni York ’17.
Imani Perry, theHughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studiesat the University, was arrested in the borough of Princeton for an outstanding parking ticket from three years ago on Saturday,according to Perry'sTwitter account.
Professor of ecology and evolutionary biology Simon Levinwill receive a National Medal of Science at a White House ceremony in January.
The psychology department at the University opened three new research laboratories in computational neuroscience, social neuroscience and developmental psychology in the past two years.
Torture does not provide safety and actually exacerbates societal problems, Juan Méndez, U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishmentand prominent human rights advocate, said in a lecture on Thursday.
Juan Méndez is the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment and a prominent leader in human rights advocacy. He sat down with The Daily Princetonian to talk about how he first became involved in human rights advocacy, his current priorities in the prevention and abolition of torture and advice for aspiring human rights advocates.
A new childcare facility for University NOW Day Nursery, the daycare program for children of University faculty, staff and students, has been approved by the Regional Planning Board of Princetonand will begin initial construction activities within the next month.
Moral language is an important means of re-framing policy,Reverend William Barber, president of the North Carolina chapter of the NAACP of the NAACP Legislative Political Action Committee, argued in a lecture on Wednesday.
U.S. Senator for Texas Ted Cruz ’92 proposed the abolishment of the Internal Revenue Service, Department of Energy, Department of Commerce and the Department of Housing and Urban Development in the fourth Republican presidential debate on Tuesday.
The University mathematics department hosted a memorial serviceSaturdayfor John Nash GS '50, a long-time professor at the University and winner of the 1994 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, and his wife, Alicia Nash.
Five University alumni have participated in Venture for America, a two-year fellowship program for aspiring entrepreneurs, since the program was founded in 2011.
Anyone with the right determination and perseverance can start a successful company, Tom Leighton ’78 said at the Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education Symposium, which was held to commemorate the Keller Center’s 10th anniversary.