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Alumni couple donates $10 million to establish new Iranian studies center

Alumni couple donates $10 million to establish new Iranian studies center

The University will establish a new Center for Iran and Persian Gulf Studies, funded by a $10 million gift from husband and wife Bijan Mossavar-Rahmani ’74 and Sharmin Mossavar-Rahmani ’80 as part of the recently concluded Aspire Campaign.

NEWS | 11/19/2012

University awaiting state license to move forward with plans for campus pub

Plans for the construction of a campus pub, likely to be located in Cafe Vivian in the Frist Campus Center, are on hold. The Campus Center Association is currently waiting for a license of approval from the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, according to University Spokesperson Martin Mbugua.

NEWS | 11/19/2012

Search committee expects to have candidate list by end of December

The committee searching for a replacement for outgoing University president Shirley Tilghman expects to have “quite a list of candidates” by the end of December, Kathryn Hall ’80, the chair of the search committee told Princeton Alumni Weekly on Monday. Internal checkpoints like this December date had not yet been released by the search committee, which has prioritized confidentiality during the search process.

NEWS | 11/19/2012

Elements, Mediterra, Ferry House pleased with Restaurant Week results

Elements — a fine dining restaurant on Bayard Lane — served more than 700 meals during the University’s first-ever Restaurant Week, significantly more than any of the other participating restaurants. A majority of these meals were served to University students, according to Elements wine director Carl Rohrbach.

NEWS | 11/19/2012

With anonymity, students compliment each other on Facebook

Over the past few days, a Facebook account called Pton Compliments has filled up students’ newsfeeds with compliments about their classmates. The project, created last Thursday, solicits compliments from students through a Google document and posts them anonymously on Facebook, tagging the recipient.

NEWS | 11/19/2012

Wagstaff ’14 cleared of campaign penalty after appeal

The USG voted to clear presidential candidate Benedict Wagstaff ’14 of the 10 points it had penalized him for negative campaigning after he published a chart comparing the presidential and vice presidential candidates on his Facebook page Sunday night.

NEWS | 11/19/2012

Kassen ’76 leads pro-Israel lobby in time of conflict

As violence flares up in the Middle East between Israelis and Palestinians once again, American activists on both sides are vocally advocating for their causes. Michael Kassen ’76, the president of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, has perhaps the most influence in shaping the pro-Israel message within the United States.

NEWS | 11/18/2012

Despite tensions, no movement to include mayor in University Board of Trustees

During the recent campaign for Princeton mayor, both candidates argued for better communication between the University and the local municipality to ease tensions between the two.

NEWS | 11/18/2012

Princeton considers changes to Thanksgiving break schedule

Students and faculty may not have class this week in future years, depending on the results of focus groups currently being held by the University which deal with the possible extension of Thanksgiving break. The USG is conducting the groups in conjunction with the Office of the Dean of the College and the Office of the Dean of the Faculty at University President Shirley Tilghman’s request.

NEWS | 11/18/2012

News & Notes: Urban Outfitters will open on Dec. 6

The Urban Outfitters under construction at 42 Nassau St. will open on Dec. 6, according to the Princeton Patch. Previous job postings for the clothing store said it would open in December but did not specify a date.

NEWS | 11/18/2012

Princeton moves close to strategic partnership with University of Tokyo

The University is finalizing a strategic partnership with the University of Tokyo as part of its efforts to expand global opportunities for its faculty and students. This is the third strategic partnership the University has formed with a foreign university this year, after solidifying ties with the University of Sao Paolo in and Humboldt University in Germany.

NEWS | 11/18/2012

No Princeton students win 2013 Rhodes Scholarship; Cunningham ’13 wins Mitchell

This year, for the first time since 2005, no Princeton student won a Rhodes Scholarship, the Rhodes Trust announced early Sunday morning. While six students from Harvard and seven from Yale won awards, none of the 32 winners came from Princeton.

NEWS | 11/17/2012

Jackson '15, Wagstaff '14 square off in debate

Reforms to academic policies and the ability of a new USG president to work with a new University president were highlights of the issues discussed at the debate between the two USG presidential candidates and three vice presidential candidates Sunday night.

NEWS | 11/17/2012

Restaurant Week served 3,000 students, USG reports

The USG praised its first Restaurant Week at its Senate meeting Sunday night, noting the positive response from both the restaurants and the students who ate there.

NEWS | 11/17/2012

News & Notes: Booker considers challenging Christie

Cory Booker, the Democratic mayor of Newark who has drawn attention for his heroics and active Twitter feed, has delayed a decision to challenge incumbent Republican N.J. Governor Chris Christie in 2013, according to the Newark-based Star-Ledger.

NEWS | 11/17/2012

In new book, George, Girgis GS argue for traditional marriage

Politics professor Robert George and philosophy student Sherif Girgis GS aim to make a compelling argument for the traditionalist view of marriage in a forthcoming book, set to be published in December.The book — titled “What is Marriage? Man and Woman: A Defense” — seeks to improve the quality of the debate surrounding same-sex marriage, according to Girgis.

NEWS | 11/17/2012

Princeton early admission applications jump 10 percent

3,791 students applied for early admission to the University, about a 10-percent increase over the 3,443 who applied last year.The University may still accept more applications because the Office of Admission instituted a flexible deadline due to the complications posed by Hurricane Sandy, according to University Spokesperson Martin Mbugua.

NEWS | 11/16/2012

Jackson ’15: "I saw so much potential" for change

Coworkers and friends of Class of 2015 senator Shawon Jackson describe him as the guy who’s always smiling, the guy who says hi to everyone and who’s always friendly.

NEWS | 11/14/2012

Visiting professors bridge religion, environmentalism

The offices of visiting religion professors Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim lie next to exhibits of dinosaur skeletons and Darwin's finches in Guyot Hall, the home of the ecology and evolutionary biology department.

NEWS | 11/14/2012

Faculty: Eisgruber ’83, Slaughter ’80 speculated to be front-runners to replace outgoing Tilghman

University Provost Christopher Eisgruber ’83 and Wilson School professor and former dean Anne-Marie Slaughter ’80 are speculated by faculty to be the front-runners to replace outgoing University president Shirley Tilghman, according to interviews with faculty members this week.

NEWS | 11/14/2012

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