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(04/08/14 3:39pm)
“When a boy handed me a cup of water on the 16thtee, I could hardly hold it. I didn’t know whether I was holdin’ the putter or it was holdin’ me.”– Gay Brewer, 1967 Master’s Champion
(03/26/14 6:44pm)
Humans are “intent detectors,” and, as such, judge brands and companies based on the latter's ability to project warmth and competence,Susan Fiske and Chris Malone argued in a joint presentation on Wednesday.
(03/24/14 6:57pm)
In fall 2013, Princeton became the first school district in New Jersey to mandate headgear for soccer players. The policy also included field hockey and girls’ lacrosse, but the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association did not approve any of the district’s proposed headgear units for the two sports in the 2013-14 academic year, Princeton High School Athletic Director John Miranda said.
(03/24/14 12:38pm)
The leader of the Venezuelan opposition movement, Leopoldo López, has roots in Princeton, having graduated from Princeton’s Hun School in 1989. The Hun School is an independent college preparatory school located in Princeton.
(03/13/14 4:12pm)
Sudan and South Sudan are unlikely to go to war again, but the situation in South Sudan has significantly worsened in recent months due to the onset of civil war, Princeton Lyman said in a lecture Thursday evening. Lyman is former ambassador to Nigeria and South Africa, former special envoy for Sudan and South Sudan, and current senior advisor to the United States Institute of Peace.
(03/06/14 2:52pm)
Former CIA employee and former NSA contractor Edward Snowden was a product of a culture in the intelligence community that has evolved significantly since the Cold War, Frederick Hitz ’61 said in a lecture on Thursday.
(03/05/14 2:51pm)
The pursuit of perfection is one of the biggest issues facing women in America today, Barnard College president Debora Spar argued at a lecture on Wednesday. Spar spoke as part of a discussion on her book, “Wonder Women: Sex, Power and the Quest for Perfection,” which was released in 2013.
(03/04/14 4:01pm)
Since Rush Holt announced his retirement on Feb. 19, three candidates have announced their intention to run for New Jersey’s 12thdistrict seat in the House of Representatives. The candidates are State Rep. Linda Greenstein (D-Middlesex), Assemblywoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Mercer) and Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula (D-Somerset).
(03/04/14 2:44pm)
Two government whistleblowers, Cathy Harris and Thomas Tamm, discussed their experiences as whistleblowers and the consequences of their whistleblowing actions at a lecture on campus on Tuesday.
(03/03/14 4:53pm)
Director of the Andlinger Center for Energy and the EnvironmentEmily Carter is joining two other female theoretical chemists in a call for the boycott of the 15thInternational Congress of Quantum Chemistry because its preliminary list of speakers did not include women.
(03/03/14 3:45pm)
Nine students were arrested in front of the White House at a youth protest against the Keystone XL Pipeline on Sunday.
(02/28/14 10:58am)
Paul Krugman, the economics professor known for his regular columns in The New York Times, will retire from his position at the University in June 2015.
(02/27/14 4:19pm)
Dr. Bruce J. “BJ” Miller ’93 makes a living taking care of the dying.
(02/27/14 10:28am)
Former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke has joined the Brookings Institution, a bipartisan economic think tank, as a distinguished fellow in residence.
(02/26/14 8:14pm)
Transparency and accountability in financial markets are keys to investor confidence, former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro argued at a Wilson School lecture Wednesday evening. Schapiro spoke in conversation with Wilson School professor Alan Blinder as part of the Wilson School’s Program in Leadership and Governance.
(02/25/14 8:50pm)
During a lecture on Tuesday, former Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Julie Gerberding discussed the challenge of developing vaccines to deal with the growing number of new infectious diseases that have limited antimicrobial treatments.
(02/25/14 8:48pm)
MIT history professor Craig Steven Wilder argued that colleges were responsible for reinforcing slavery in antebellum America and that slavery played a pivotal role in establishing American universities.
(02/22/14 3:27pm)
The University should consider changing its motto to “Princeton in the nation’s service, in the service of all nations and in the service of humanity, one person and one act at a time,” Sonia Sotomayor ’76, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, told a standing room-only crowd at Richardson Auditorium in a Saturday morning lecture entitled “In the Nation’s Service.”
(02/22/14 3:23pm)
Hunter R. Rawlings III GS ’70 commented on the challenges that universities face in providing undergraduate education in the “data age” in an Alumni Day speech. The speech was an acceptance speech for the James Madison Medal awarded him by the Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni in 2013 for his distinguished career in public service.
(02/20/14 4:25pm)
Daphne Oz ’08, co-host of ABC’s food-centered talk show The Chew, shared her experiences in the professional world during a lecture on Thursday and advised students to embrace the opportunity to explore different career paths before choosing a long-term track.