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Updated: University’s yield for Class of 2017 increases to 68.7 percent

Updated: University’s yield for Class of 2017 increases to 68.7 percent

The yield for admitted students of the University?s Class of 2017 rose 2 percent from 66.7 to 68.7 percent in the second year since the University reinstated its early admission program, Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye said Thursday.

NEWS | 05/08/2013

Updated: University’s yield for Class of 2017 increases to 68.7 percent

The yield for admitted students of the University?s Class of 2017 rose 2 percent from 66.7 to 68.7 percent in the second year since the University reinstated its early admission program, Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye said Thursday.

NEWS | 05/08/2013

Breaking: Chen '15 wins $100,000 “20 Under 20” Thiel Fellowship

Xinyi Chen '15 has won one of the 2013 ?20 Under 20? Thiel Fellowships, the Thiel Foundation announced this morning. The Thiel Fellowships provide 20 young entrepreneurs under 20 years of age with $100,000 each to start a company.

NEWS | 05/08/2013

DREAM Team members, College Democrats lobby for immigration reform on Capitol Hill

Thirty students traveled to Capitol Hill on May 7 to speak with Congressional representatives and lobby for comprehensive immigration reform, in a trip organized by the DREAM Team.The trip took place as the Senate Judiciary Committee began its review of a sweeping bi-partisan immigration bill completed on April 16 that would overhaul current immigration law.

NEWS | 05/08/2013

Letter to the Editor: Regarding "Playing sports, choosing concentrations"

Regarding "Playing sports, choosing concentrations"If one would study all of the diverse co-curricular and extracurricular "affinity groups" on campus, I expect that one would find a different pattern of concentrations in the majors declared among those respective groups.

NEWS | 05/07/2013

U. approves new certificate program in Statistics and Machine Learning

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NEWS | 05/06/2013

CPUC discusses mental health, votes on adding non-voting PRINCO member at last meeting

The Council of the Princeton University Community held its last meeting of the academic year on Monday, May 6. Executive Director of University Health Services John Kolligian, Jr.

NEWS | 05/06/2013

Student diagnosed with meningitis, hospitalized

A male University student was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis and transported to a local hospital on Monday night, the University announced Tuesday afternoon.

NEWS | 05/06/2013

Firestone metal carrels to be replaced with personal lockers, open carrels this fall

Instead of the blue metal carrels in Firestone Library, which have traditionally been reserved for seniors in the humanities and social sciences as they write their theses, members of the Class of 2014 in these disciplines will be assigned personal lockers.

NEWS | 05/06/2013

Updated: Student diagnosed with meningitis, hospitalized

A male University student was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis and transported to a local hospital on Monday night, the University announced Tuesday afternoon.

NEWS | 05/06/2013

For PPPL scientist Andrew Zwicker, science has aesthetic value

Dr. Andrew Zwicker of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory presented a TEDx talk on the subject of ?Future Utopias? this past March in which he envisioned a future powered by green energy.

NEWS | 05/06/2013

Blog post by Princeton professor emeritus sparks controversy

Princeton professor emeritus of international law and United Nations rapporteur Richard Falk has been widely criticized and asked to step down from his position at the UN because of a blog post he published on April 19, ?A Commentary on the Marathon Murders.? Accused of anti-Semitism and of blaming the bombings on the victims themselves, he and his family have received hate mail and threats, according to Falk. Falk noted in an interview that he had been highlighting the way in which the United States? global actions and military foreign policies, such as those in Iraq and Afghanistan, have created growing anti-American sentiment.

NEWS | 05/04/2013

Former Sen. Mitchell urges patience in Middle East, active negotiations in Israel-Palestine conflict

Former Senator George Mitchell urged the United States to exercise patience in assessing the results of the Arab Spring revolutions and to actively facilitate negotiations for a peaceful solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a keynote address at the University?s Colloquium on Public and International Affairs last Friday. Under former President Bill Clinton, Mitchell served as a special envoy for Northern Ireland and played a leading role in peace negotiations there in the late 1990s.

NEWS | 05/04/2013

Dining Services to launch food truck at athletic events in fall

A ?food truck" operated by Dining Services will make its first appearance on campus in late August and is intended for use mainly at athletic events. According to Director of Dining Services Stu Orefice, the food truck will primarily be used at lacrosse games and may also be used for additional athletic functions.

NEWS | 05/04/2013

Despite combat ban reversal, Princeton ROTC cadets' plans remain unchanged

As graduation approaches for seniors serving in the Princeton Reserve Officers? Training Corps Battalion, cadets at the University and other institutions are preparing to enter an American military whose composition could change significantly as a result of former U.S.

NEWS | 05/04/2013

Pton.in connects students to peers over the summer

A new student-created website called Pton.in provides University students with a portal to see where their peers will be over the summer.

NEWS | 05/04/2013

Whig-Clio summer fellowship recipients to be announced Monday

The American Whig-Cliosophic Society will announce on Monday the recipients of the society?s Summer Fellowship in Public Service, a grant of $3,500 given to three students to subsidize the cost of an unpaid internship this summer. The fellowship, funded by the Whig-Clio Board of Trustees, is restricted to Whig-Clio members, president Matthew Saunders ?15 said.

NEWS | 05/01/2013

LGBT alumni share stories in oral history project

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender alumni attendants at the recent Every Voice conference had the opportunity to record their personal narratives as part of an audio and visual oral history project organized by the Alumni Association of Princeton University and funded by the institutional equity and diversity efforts of the Office of the Provost.

NEWS | 05/01/2013

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