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News: Slaughter ’80 to leave U. for D.C. think tank

News: Slaughter ’80 to leave U. for D.C. think tank

By JAMES EVANS Staff Writer Wilson School professor and former Wilson School dean Anne-Marie Slaughter ’80 will leave the University to become the next president of the New America Foundation, a nonpartisan think tank based in Washington, D.C. The appointment would remove Slaughter from consideration for the University presidency, a position for which she was widely considered a front-runner — along with Provost Christopher Eisgruber ’83 — since the presidential search began last fall. The University’s Presidential Search Committee is expected to make an announcement this spring.

NEWS | 04/03/2013

NEWS: News & Notes: U. ranked 5th on ‘dream schools’ list

By DAILY PRINCETONIAN STAFF Princeton was ranked fifth on the Princeton Review’s list of applicants’ top 10 “dream schools,” The Huffington Post reported.

NEWS | 04/03/2013

NEWS: Whig-Clio debates whether hook-up culture is misogynistic

By PAUL PHILLIPS Contributor In a vote of 26-16, the audience members at a debate held by The American Whig-Cliosophic Society on Tuesday evening found that the so-called hook-up culture at Princeton does not promote misogyny. Whig-Clio began the debate with the proposition that the hook-up culture is misogynistic.

NEWS | 04/03/2013

Planck data supports view of simple universe

Greta Shum

Princeton researchers working with the European Space Agency have received groundbreaking data from the Planck satellite launched by the ESA in May 2009.

NEWS | 04/02/2013

U. fire marshal post left vacant

The University has not had a fire marshal for more than a year, ever since former marshal Robert Gregory left his post to work for emergency services in Princeton Borough, which has since been consolidated into the single Princeton municipality.

NEWS | 04/02/2013

U. physicist Polyakov wins $3 million prize

Elizabeth Paul

Physics professor Alexander Polyakov was awarded the 2013 Fundamental Physics Prize for his contributions to string theory and quantum field theory on March 20.

NEWS | 04/02/2013

AASA submits proposal for Asian American Studies

Members of the Asian-American Students Association and Asian-American Studies Committee have submitted a formal proposal to the University outlining their specific requests for the creation of an Asian American Studies certificate program by fall 2015.

NEWS | 04/02/2013

USG to nominate students to Priorities Committee

The Undergraduate Student Government was asked by the University?s Priorities Committee on March 22 to nominate several students for the committee.

NEWS | 04/02/2013

NEWS: U. physicist Polyakov wins $3 million prize

By ELIZABETH PAUL Contributor Physics professor Alexander Polyakov was awarded the 2013 Fundamental Physics Prize for his contributions to string theory and quantum field theory on March 20.

NEWS | 04/02/2013

NEWS: USG solicits nominations for Priorities Committee

By JEAN-CARLOS ARENAS Contributor The Undergraduate Student Government was asked by the University’s Priorities Committee on March 22 to nominate several students for the committee.

NEWS | 04/02/2013

NEWS: AASA submits report to U. outlining request for Asian American Studies program

By KRISTEN MCNIERNEY Staff Writer Members of the Asian-American Students Association and Asian-American Studies Committee have submitted a formal proposal to the University outlining their specific requests for the creation of an Asian American Studies certificate program by fall 2015.

NEWS | 04/02/2013

NEWS: Fire marshal position vacant for more than a year at U.

By LOULLY SANEY Staff Writer The University has not had a fire marshal for more than a year, ever since former marshal Robert Gregory left his post to work for emergency services in Princeton Borough, which has since been consolidated into the single Princeton municipality.

NEWS | 04/02/2013

NEWS: U. researchers confirm understanding of a simple universe

BY GRETA SHUM Contributor Princeton researchers working with the European Space Agency have received groundbreaking data from the Planck satellite launched by the ESA in May 2009.

NEWS | 04/02/2013

Chair of the Board, Hall ’80: Comfortable in her own skin

Patience Haggin

One of the most influential individuals involved in choosing the next University president, Katie Hall ’80, the chair of the board of trustees and the chair of the presidential search committee, is the chief executive officer of an asset management company that is worth more than the University’s endowment. Her company, San Francisco-based Hall Capital Partners, has assets under management of around $22 billion.

NEWS | 04/01/2013

Chair of the Board, Hall ’80: Comfortable in her own skin

One of the most influential individuals involved in choosing the next University president, Katie Hall ?80, the chair of the board of trustees and the chair of the presidential search committee, is the chief executive officer of an asset management company that is worth more than the University?s endowment. Her company, San Francisco-based Hall Capital Partners, has assets under management of around $22 billion.

NEWS | 04/01/2013

Letter from alumna receives national attention

Susan Patton ?77 made international headlines over the weekend in response to the letter she wrote to the editor of The Daily Princetonian, published on Friday. The letter encouraged female Princeton students to find a husband at the University before graduation, stating that they would never again be surrounded by such a concentration of intellectually stimulating men. The letter received immediate attention from students, alumni and the blogosphere, receiving an estimated 2,000 views on The Daily Princetonian?s website before the site became unavailable Friday afternoon.

NEWS | 04/01/2013

Prank housing email prompts OIT response

The Office of Information Technology has launched an investigation into the origins of what Housing and Real Estate Services has referred to as a ?fraudulent email? that was sent to the student body on the morning of April 1 posing as an official communication from Housing and Real Estate Services. The email falsely stated that all residential college and upperclassman housing room draw assignments would be reassigned because several room draw groups had received incorrect point values.

NEWS | 04/01/2013

Interclub Council releases survey about eating club admissions

The Interclub Council released a survey via email on March 25 designed to collect feedback from sophomores who registered to participate in the eating club admissions process this year based on their experiences joining a club or using the updated ICC website.?We?re always looking to explore ways to improve the club admissions process, and an important part of that effort is getting the feedback of people who participated,? ICC president Connor Clegg ?14 explained.

NEWS | 04/01/2013

Faculty vote to approve changes to Thanksgiving break, fall semester

Thanksgiving break will begin on the day before Thanksgiving starting this fall, after a unanimous vote by the faculty at a University faculty meeting on Monday.

NEWS | 04/01/2013

La Source screening raises $7,784 for school building in Haiti

On Saturday night, 264 students filled McCosh 10 for the screening of ?La Source,? a documentary that follows Whitman College janitor Josue Lajeunesse?s return to his native Haiti after 2010?s devastating earthquake to provide clean water to the 5,000 people in his home village, La Source.

NEWS | 04/01/2013

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