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The Princeton education of a prime minister

The Princeton education of a prime minister

Coming from a Korean family that was not financially well-off, former Korean prime minister Un-Chan Chung GS ’78 managed to attend — and eventually lead — the number-one ranked Korean university. Later, he received a Ph.D. from one of America’s best as well: Princeton.

NEWS | 10/08/2012

Leong ’13 and Choi ’14 write book about graduate alumnus

Elaine Leong ’13 and Edward Choi ’14 have published a book telling the personal story of an economics Ph.D. candidate that they met three years ago in the basement of Fisher Hall. The book has elicited favorable reviews from prominent members of the University community, including University president Shirley Tilghman.

NEWS | 10/08/2012

New tactic seen in USG campaign, involving auctioning Facebook cover photo, ruled inappropriate

The 32 candidates running for Freshman Class Council received a unique email the night of Oct. 1 from Baxter Ingram ’16, the administrator of the Class of 2016 Facebook page. “Lock in your candidacy with this opportunity!” Ingram’s email read.

NEWS | 10/08/2012

SFER founders resume studies after year off

In the midst of taking a year off from the University, Catharine Bellinger ’13 and Alexis Morin ’13 were honored by Time magazine as two of the nation’s top education activists. Now, in addition to trying to build and sustain a national movement, they’re working toward completing their undergraduate degrees.

NEWS | 10/07/2012

U. sued by 2 employees for discrimination

One current and one former University employee have separately sued the University in U.S. District Court alleging employment discrimination, but both cases may face dismissal, according to federal court records.

NEWS | 10/07/2012

News & Notes: Scheduled Ai Weiwei talk postponed to spring

The University has postponed a lecture by Chinese artist and government dissident Ai Weiwei, who designed the sculptures currently on display outside Robertson Hall. The lecture was scheduled for Oct. 10, but Ai will be unable to travel outside China due to the government’s continued hold on his passport, the artist explained in interviews with The New York Times and The Daily Princetonian last month.

NEWS | 10/07/2012

Rethinking shopping period

With the add/drop period concluded and class rosters settled, students can do little beyond reflect on whether they chose the right courses during the first two weeks of school — unless they want to pay the $45 fee to drop a course.But at other schools with formal shopping periods, the add/drop period is significantly longer and provides students with an opportunity to sample classes more freely. Based on student survey results, the USG is recommending that Princeton take steps to move in that direction.

NEWS | 10/07/2012

Study: In group settings, women are reluctant to speak

Women speak less in groups when outnumbered, according to a new study by politics professor Tali Mendelberg published in the American Political Science Review.

NEWS | 10/06/2012

Scientist-president Tilghman promoted U.’s arts program, supporters sayj.

Throughout her tenure as University president, Shirley Tilghman has frequently planned campus-wide projects that span the course of many years. One of her most ambitious long-term projects — the development and expansion of the University’s arts programs — took quite a while and still isn’t finished.Tilghman, set to retire this June after 12 years, has spent the last eight expanding the University’s commitment to the arts by building the Lewis Center for the Arts and pushing through the controversial Arts and Transit Neighborhood.

NEWS | 10/04/2012

New keyless locks record student data

The new keyless locks installed in all undergraduate dorms record the times and locations of all attempts to open them using a University ID card.

NEWS | 10/04/2012

New system pilots academic advising through Freshman Seminars

In an experiment to revamp the freshman advising system, the Office of the Dean of the College is piloting a program that integrates the academic experience of freshman seminars with first-year advising.Six of the 48 classes offered through the Freshman Seminar Program have been selected to participate in the program in which freshman seminar professors also serve as academic advisers for their students.

NEWS | 10/04/2012

A subfield, a drink or both?: Wine economics

Though he would not describe himself as a wine connoisseur, economics professor Orley Ashenfelter GS ’70 loves wine and has devoted a big part of his life to studying the drink. And even his students notice.

NEWS | 10/04/2012

News & Notes: USG interviews 12 for committee representatives

The usg has offered 12 students interviews for the two undergraduate slots on the search committee tasked to replace retiring University President Shirley Tilghman. According to USG president Bruce Easop ’13, 48 students applied for the two positions.

NEWS | 10/04/2012

News & Notes: UK alumni association online account information compromised in hack

The hacking group known as Team GhostShell announced via Twitter on Monday that it had illegally obtained account information, including usernames and passwords, from several educational institutions around the world, including Princeton. However, the Princeton-related compromised accounts were limited to the website of Princeton Association UK, a UK-based alumni association of 1,000 members that is unaffiliated with the University. GhostShell did not release any accounts from official University servers.

NEWS | 10/03/2012

Scholar on aging argues people can now live to 1,000

Some people alive today will live to be at least 1,000 years old, according to Aubrey de Grey, a leading scholar in the study of anti-aging methods. In a lecture Wednesday, de Grey presented research-based support and an ethics-based argument for a near future in which aging no longer exists and people live forever.

NEWS | 10/03/2012

News & Notes: Search for person in Lake Carnegie continues

More than a full day after they began their search, rescue personnel still have not located a person reportedly spotted in the water in Lake Carnegie under the Harrison Street Bridge.

NEWS | 10/03/2012

Korean leader defends Rhee

Monica Chon

Former Korean prime minister Un-Chan Chung GS ’78 defended the legacy of controversial former Korean president Syngman Rhee GS, Class of 1910, in a lecture Wednesday afternoon, hours after the Wilson School dedicated a lecture hall in Rhee’s name. Chung’s speech, the inaugural Syngman Rhee *1910 Lecture, emphasized Rhee’s merits in providing the building blocks for South Korea to develop into the economically prosperous nation it is today.Prior to the speech, Bowl 016 in Robertson Hall was renamed and dedicated in honor of Rhee, whose South Korean presidential legacy from 1948 to 1960 is complicated by allegations of violent political suppression and electoral fraud. Part of Rhee’s legacy includes the Jeju Massacre in 1948, when his army killed approximately 60,000 South Korean communist sympathizers. Twelve years later, Rhee was ousted from power during the April Revolution following alleged abuses of power.

NEWS | 10/03/2012

To encourage recycling, new trash labels call on human psychology

In the rush to get to late meal or a study session in Frist Campus Center, students often pause to dispose of the day’s wrappers, bottles and waste in one of Frist’s neatly labeled and separated disposal bins. Those who stop for long enough will notice a new disposal option: bins with “Landfill” stickers.

NEWS | 10/03/2012

Watching contentious debate, an amicable party

Mitt Romney and Barack Obama made their partisan and ideological differences clear during the first debate of the presidential campaign on Wednesday night. Romney wore a red tie, and Obama wore a blue one. They each laid out a distinct vision of the role of the federal government. On numerous occasions, moderator Jim Lehrer asked them explicitly if there was a stark difference between the two of them on a certain issue, and they generally agreed differences do exist.

NEWS | 10/03/2012

Following overshoot, U. to decrease class size slightly for next three years

In response to the over-enrollment of the Class of 2016 by 49 students, the University will reduce the target class size of the Classes of 2017, 2018 and 2019 by 18 students each compared to this year's freshman class to create classes of 1,290 freshmen.

NEWS | 10/03/2012

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