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Eisgruber urges investment in education, need to improve job resources for graduate students at alumni conference

Eisgruber urges investment in education, need to improve job resources for graduate students at alumni conference

James Evans

University President Chrisopher Eisgruber ’83 said higher education was still a worthy investment during a Q&A on Friday in Richardson Auditorium as part of this weekend's "Many Minds, Many Stripes" conference for graduate alumni During the 45-minute conversation, Eisgruber spoke about his vision for the University, as well as graduate student life and education. When asked about the largest challenges facing the University, Eisgruber reiterated his belief that higher education was coming under pressure, a theme he stressed at his Installation ceremony in September. “People are asking questions about the value of education.

NEWS | 10/20/2013

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Early on in Nassau Hall gunshot incident, officers realized situation was not emergency

Early on in Nassau Hall gunshot incident, officers realized situation was not emergency

Marcelo Rochabrun

“Public Safety is receiving reports of possibility of shots fired in Nassau Hall,” a Princeton Police Department dispatcher saidaround 7:57 p.m.

NEWS | 10/20/2013

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Campus ESL resources directed towards graduate students

Campus ESL resources directed towards graduate students

Jean-Carlos Arenas

While the University requires a minimum proficiency in English for both undergraduate and graduate admission, some students arrive on campus still facing challenges with the language.

NEWS | 10/20/2013

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News & Notes: Yale will not consider instituting honor code

News & Notes: Yale will not consider instituting honor code

Daily Princetonian Staff

Yale College Dean Mary Miller told the Yale Daily News that the school is not actively considering the creation of an honor code.

NEWS | 10/20/2013

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Projects Board allegedly violates USG Constitution with funding approval

Projects Board allegedly violates USG Constitution with funding approval

Anna Mazarakis

The Projects Board allegedly violated the USG Constitution by approving a funding request for $1,800 for the Tango Club Tango Festival. The Senate found the approved fund request while reviewing the USG budgetfrom July through September at its weekly meeting on Sunday evening.

NEWS | 10/20/2013

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Updated: University endowment returns 11.7 percent, grows to $18.2 billion

Updated: University endowment returns 11.7 percent, grows to $18.2 billion

James Evans

The University’s endowment returned 11.7 percent in fiscal year 2013, falling in line with other recently announced returns across the Ivy League.

NEWS | 10/20/2013

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Krugman argues against austerity at alumni conference

Krugman argues against austerity at alumni conference

Joseph Sheehan Joe

Economics professor Paul Krugman explained the danger of attempting to reduce budget deficits in a time of recession in a lecture for the "Many Minds, Many Stripes" alumni conference on Friday afternoon. Speaking to a packed auditorium of graduate alumni, Krugman discussed “intro economics” in the context of the Great Recession. The winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his contributions to New Trade Theory, Krugman is known nationally for his twice-weekly columns in The New York Times.

NEWS | 10/19/2013

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Endowment grows to $18.2 billion

Endowment grows to $18.2 billion

James Evans

The University’s endowment returned 11.7 percent in fiscal year 2013, falling in line with other recently announced returns across the Ivy League.

NEWS | 10/18/2013

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Expansion of entrepreneurship courses to follow recent surge in interest, support

Expansion of entrepreneurship courses to follow recent surge in interest, support

Ruby Shao

Expanding the University's course offeringsin entrepreneurship will be a priority initiative for new provost David Lee GS '99, University President Christopher Eisgruber '83told the 'Prince' in September. Lee's initiative comes amid a climate for entrepreneurship on campus that has evolved significantly in recent years.

NEWS | 10/17/2013

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Sedgewick pushes for increased investment in online education

Sedgewick pushes for increased investment in online education

Elliott Eglash

“How are we going to disseminate knowledge in the future? If we can disseminate knowledge for free, isn’t that what we’re supposed to be doing?

NEWS | 10/17/2013

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News & Notes: 8 U. faculty among inductees to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

News & Notes: 8 U. faculty among inductees to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Daily Princetonian Staff

Eight members of the University faculty were inducted into the 233rd class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in a ceremony on Oct.

NEWS | 10/17/2013

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With demonstrators in the audience, Heritage Foundation fellow Anderson ’04 urges traditional understanding of marriage

With demonstrators in the audience, Heritage Foundation fellow Anderson ’04 urges traditional understanding of marriage

Regina Wang

Heritage Foundation fellowRyan T. Anderson ’04 argued for a traditional conception of marriage as a union between one man and one woman in an event sponsored by the Anscombe Society and the American Whig-Cliosophic Society on Thursday evening.

NEWS | 10/17/2013

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Hayley Gorenberg ’87 leads effort to overturn New Jersey's same-sex marriage ban

Hayley Gorenberg ’87 leads effort to overturn New Jersey's same-sex marriage ban

Allison Kruk

The New Jersey Superior Court ruled to overturn the ban on gay marriage late last month, arguing that the civil union system violates both the 14th Amendment and the New Jersey Constitution.

NEWS | 10/17/2013

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Alumnus Cochrane ’81 becomes Princeton Public Schools superintendent

Alumnus Cochrane ’81 becomes Princeton Public Schools superintendent

Jasmine Wang

The Princeton Public Schools Board of Education appointed Stephen Cochrane ’81 superintendent of Princeton Public Schools earlier this month.

NEWS | 10/16/2013

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Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng advocates universal human rights

Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng advocates universal human rights

Jacqueline Gufford

Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng called for the worldwide recognition of universal human rights and proposed measures to end to the Chinese government’s repression of its people in a lecture delivered at the University Wednesday night. Speaking through a translator, Chen emphasized the need to examine human rights from a global perspective in an increasingly interconnected society.

NEWS | 10/16/2013

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Booker wins Senate seat

Booker wins Senate seat

Hannah Schoen

Newark Mayor Cory Booker defeated former Bogota Mayor Steve Lonegan in the race to fill the seat vacated by Senator Frank R.

NEWS | 10/16/2013

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News & Notes: Traffic rerouted at Alexander St. and University Place for Arts & Transit construction

News & Notes: Traffic rerouted at Alexander St. and University Place for Arts & Transit construction

Catherine Ku

The intersection of Alexander Street and University Place was closed to traffic starting Wednesday to accommodate construction of a new traffic circle near the future Arts and Transit Neighborhood. The closure is expected to last until February 2014, according to an email sent to the University community on Tuesday byDepartment of Public Safety Administrative Captain Donald Reichling.Alexander Street will be closed from College Road to just north of the new Princeton Station parking lot. The construction has also resulted in changes to pedestrian and bike paths.

NEWS | 10/16/2013

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U. advertises for new Executive Director of Career Services

U. advertises for new Executive Director of Career Services

Ella Cheng

The University has advertised for a new Executive Director of the Office of Career Services to“augment the existing strengths of Princeton's current Career Services leadership," according to a posting on the University's jobs website.The job will be a "new senior position" which reports directly to the Vice President for Campus Life and will work with other senior administrators and alumni leaders,according to the announcement posted on the database of open positions.Beverly Hamilton-Chandler is currently the Director of Career Services, the most senior position at the agency presently.

NEWS | 10/16/2013

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News & Notes: Town calls off coyote-culling effort

News & Notes: Town calls off coyote-culling effort

Daily Princetonian Staff

A proposed coyote-culling effort is no longer in consideration for the town of Princeton.

NEWS | 10/15/2013

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Yavetz ’14 provides novel explanation for why satellites stay in orbit

Yavetz ’14 provides novel explanation for why satellites stay in orbit

Corinne Lowe

In the course of writing his junior paper, astrophysics major Tomer Yavetz ’14 developed a novel theoretical framework for why satellites stay in orbit around the Earth.

NEWS | 10/15/2013

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