Academics

Despite overall downward trend in humanities sign-ins, history shows unexpected surge

Paul Phillips

Two hundred sixty-nine members of the Class of 2016 declared concentrations in the humanities by the end of the sophomore major declaration period on Tuesday.The same number of students declared a humanities concentration in the Class of 2015, whereas 286 did in the Class of 2016.The humanities majors with the largest number of concentrators remain history, with 90, and English, with 48.

NEWS | 04/24/2014

Princeton professor warns about ‘House of Debt’

Daniel Johnson

While new financial regulation has focused on bank oversight and risk management, economics and Wilson School professor Atif Mian and professor of finance at the University of Chicago Booth School of BusinessAmir Sufi argue in an upcoming book that not enough attention has been paid to the role of high levels of private, household debt in the Great Recession. “The profession at-large and also the policy side have severely underestimated the importance of debt for the whole of the economy,” Mian explained. Their book, called "House of Debt," is complemented by anew blogthat bears the same title and debuted inMarch.

NEWS | 04/23/2014

Study reveals that average citizens wield minimal political power

Jeron Fenton

New research produced by politics professor Martin Gilens andpolitical science professor at Northwestern University Benjamin Page shows that average citizens have little to no influence on the outcome of government policy. The data used in Page and Gilens' research consisted of 1,779 pieces of U.S.

NEWS | 04/20/2014

Katsevich '14 awarded Hertz Fellowship

Sheila Sisimit

Gene Katsevich ’14 is one of 15 students nationwide to be awarded a Hertz Fellowship this year.

NEWS | 04/20/2014

Low response rate for USG Midterm Evaluation survey

Sharon Deng

Only 171 students, approximately 26 percent of the students sampled, responded to the USG Academics Committee’s Midterm Evaluation Pilot program survey.The survey was available from April 3 to April 6 and allowed students to submit anonymous feedback about their classes. The 10 classes selected for the pilot program varied in size, department and type, but all received the same survey.Consisting of 14 questions, the survey was based on an existing midsemester course questionnaire template provided by the McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning.

NEWS | 04/14/2014

Bodine to take position at Georgetown

Bodine to take position at Georgetown

Do-Hyeong Myeong

Wilson School diplomat-in-residence and Directorof the Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative program Barbara Bodine intends to step down at the end of the academic year. The University is now searching for a director for the SINSI program, which was established in 2006. A job posting indicated the search was posted on the University website on April 7.

NEWS | 04/14/2014

Zelizer takes students to see Cranston play

Do-Hyeong Myeong

History professor Julian Zelizer went with 48 students to Broadway on Wednesday to see "All the Way," a play about former President Lyndon B.

NEWS | 03/27/2014

Disputes arise over postgraduate fellowship program name

Sharon Deng

The use of the construction “Princeton in” in a recently launched postgraduate fellowship started by a group of University alumni is being questioned by University officials.

NEWS | 03/13/2014

Cherskov '14 wins Gates Scholarship

Lorenzo Quiogue

Adriana Cherskov ’14 has been awarded a 2014 Gates Cambridge Scholarship, making her the sixth Princeton student or alumnus to receive the award this year.

NEWS | 03/06/2014

Committee on Discipline open to considering publication of total number of cases heard

Luc Cohen

The Faculty-Student Committee on Discipline may for the first time provide transparent information about the total number of disciplinary cases adjudicated each year, Dean of Undergraduate Students and Committee on Discipline Chair Kathleen Deignan told The Daily Princetonian. The Committee — together with the student-run Honor Committee, which adjudicates allegations of cheating on in-class examinations — has in the past issued annual discipline reports detailing the number of students found responsible for violations of University policy.

NEWS | 03/05/2014

Meck ’00 donates $150,000 to fund philanthropy seminar

Do-Hyeong Myeong

Terrence Meck ’00, co-founder and president of The Palette Fund, donated $150,000 to FRS 157: Philanthropy to sustain the course for three more years.

NEWS | 02/26/2014

Humanities sequence sees large drop in second-semester enrollment

Joseph Sheehan Joe

Only 24 students enrolled in the second-semester component of the Humanities Sequence — listed as HUM 216-219 — compared with 47 students who were enrolled in the class for the fall semester.

NEWS | 02/24/2014

Green Hall to be used as swing space

Sheila Sisimit

Following the psychology department’s move from Green Hall to Peretsman-Scully Hall, Green Hall is now being used as “swing space,” Provost David Lee GS ’99 said.

NEWS | 02/20/2014

U. lecturer argues global warming doesn’t cause polar vortex

Elizabeth Paul

University lecturer Isaac Held and his colleagues published a letter in "Science"on Feb.

NEWS | 02/19/2014

Wilson School to offer study abroad program in Israel

Warren Crandall

The Wilson School has partnered with the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Israel, to offer Wilson School students the chance to study abroad while completing a mandatory task force.

NEWS | 02/18/2014

Survey is first step in reevaluation of grade deflation

Chitra Marti

A survey sent out to all undergraduate students on Feb.

NEWS | 02/16/2014

McGraw sees increase in number of student visits

The McGraw Teaching and Learning Center expects to see an increase of 31 percent in student visits this academic year, compared to last year.

McGraw sees increase in number of student visits

Jacob Donnelly

The McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning has received over 3,800 visits since the start of the academic year and is expecting to receive over 7,600 visits by the end of the year.

NEWS | 02/12/2014

Despite report, departments say diversity was already of importance

Elizabeth Paul

Though areportreleased this past September by theTrustee Ad Hoc Committee on Diversityfound that white males dominated in faculty, administrator, graduate student and postgraduate populations, representatives from several departments on campus said that they had paid attention to the diversity among their populations before the report was released. The Committee’s report reviewed statistics of the racial and gender demographic trends in undergraduate, graduate, postdocs, faculty and staff populations.

NEWS | 02/05/2014

Pogrebniak ’14 named Churchill Scholarship winner

Sheila Sisimit

Katherine Pogrebniak ’14 was awarded a Churchill Scholarship to study for a master’s degree at the University of Cambridge. The Churchill Scholarship, funded by the Winston Churchill Foundation, is awarded to at least 14 students each year who wish to pursue studies in engineering, mathematics or the sciences, according to its website. Pogrebniak, a computer science concentrator, said she is planning to obtain a Master of Philosophy in computational biology and is excited for the classroom-based learning and the research component of her studies. There were two phases of the application process — applying for the Princeton nomination and then competing at the national level.

NEWS | 02/03/2014

Petition challenges Pourdavoud Chair candidate

Chitra Marti

A petition organized by Columbia professor Ehsan Yarshater surfaced challenging the University’s current candidate for the position of the Ibrahim Pourdavoud Professorship in Persian Studies.The petition, which has been taken down, argued that having the name of Pourdavoud, a pioneer in the field of pre-Islamic Iranian studies, meant that the professor who occupies the Pourdavoud Chair should continue his work in the field of pre-Islamic studies.

NEWS | 01/07/2014

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