Daily Newsletter: February 16, 2021
(02/16/21 1:00pm)
USG Senate outlines priorities and two new task forces, George P. Shultz ’42 dies at 100
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USG Senate outlines priorities and two new task forces, George P. Shultz ’42 dies at 100
The Dept. of Education drops its investigation into the University, the ELE Department undergoes a name change, student-athletes begin phase I athletics training, the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbates student mental health
Furloughed workers rehired, Chitra Parikh ‘21 reflects on USG President term
Notable for being one of the world’s richest people and overseeing the creation and transformation of the lucrative e-commerce and technology company Amazon, Jeff Bezos ’86 announced on Feb. 2 that he would be stepping down from his central role as CEO of Amazon.
On Jan. 19, the College Board announced that it will eliminate the optional essay section from the SAT as well as the SAT subject tests. These moves come after the COVID-19 pandemic rendered traditional standardized test-taking difficult or inaccessible to many high school students.
A study led by teams of faculty and researchers at the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment and the High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI) published on Dec. 15 outlines five different feasible and affordable pathways for the United States to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This brief timeline would rely on fast-paced technological development, widespread infrastructure transformations, and pervasive societal change in order to stave off the impending threats of climate change.
Theatre Intime and the Princeton Shakespeare Company’s decision to remotely produce “As You Like It,” Shakespeare’s lighthearted pastoral comedy, strikes a pleasantly discordant note in a year defined by a global pandemic, accelerating political polarization, and many sacrifices, big and small.
After the University announced it would invite all undergraduates back to campus for the spring semester, students had 10 days to determine whether they intend to live on campus.
The University has extended COVID-19 testing to students living both on and off campus in anticipation of Thanksgiving air travel.
Princeton University has been named among one of several institutions to receive a $53 million grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF). On Oct. 29, the grant was formally awarded to a consortium of scientists at five institutions — Princeton University, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI), University of Washington, Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution — to subsidize the construction and deployment of 500 robotic floats for monitoring ocean health.
“I hope that nobody has ever had to look at somebody they love through a glass,” narrates Clementine “Tish” Rivers (KiKi Layne) as the camera pans from a close-up shot of Tish and her lover, Alfonzo “Fonny” Rivers (Stephan James), embracing in the sunlight’s warm glow, to Fonny being guided by a police officer to greet Tish through the glass window of a dimly lit prison.
Last week, Princeton Mayor Liz Lempert and the Princeton Council encouraged local residents to download “NJ COVID-19 Alert,” a contact tracing app developed by New Jersey to ramp up COVID-19 mitigation efforts throughout the state.
Last week, the University debuted a COVID-19 Dashboard on its official Fall 2020 website. The dashboard reports that 14 University community members have tested positive since the beginning of the semester. No new cases were reported within the past week.