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CPUC discusses plans to renovate Firestone at meeting

CPUC discusses plans to renovate Firestone at meeting

An update on renovation plans for Firestone Library topped the agenda at Monday’s meeting of the Council of the Princeton University Community.“Although it has been lovingly cared for by the University ... the reality is that this building, now 60-plus years old, simply needs to be completely revamped,” University Librarian Karin Trainer said of the University’s largest academic building.University architect Ron McCoy GS ’80 joined Trainer and detailed the massive renovation slated to take place over the next 10 years. The University has established an agreement with the design firm Frederick Fisher and Partners, which will work alongside Shepley Bulfinch Richardson & Abbott, the firm that has worked on the renovations since 1997.

NEWS | 11/15/2010

Carnival raises disability awareness

For several hours Sunday afternoon at Campus Club, more than 200 University students ran obstacle courses, did arts and crafts, and told stories to children during a carnival at the annual Princeton Down Syndrome Conference. Around 150 people with Down syndrome from more than 100 families participated.

NEWS | 11/14/2010

Ivy League summit conference addresses leadership

Around 150 students from all eight Ivy League schools gathered on campus this weekend to participate in the 11th Ivy Council Leadership Summit, titled “Advancing Leadership: Navigating the Post-Crash Climate.”In focused discussions, students, including 30 from Princeton, explored various economic, social and political problems facing the world. Speakers addressed ideas such as leadership and the American Dream.

NEWS | 11/14/2010

Foreign policy conference focuses on Middle East

Foreign policy experts and international officials discussed U.S. policy goals in Afghanistan and the Middle East in a pair of panel discussions on Friday and Saturday as part of the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination’s 10th Anniversary Colloquium.

NEWS | 11/14/2010

Symposium highlights undocumented minors, immigration reform

Two high-profile panels addressed a crowded East Pyne 010 at Friday’s DREAM Act symposium. Students and University community members sat in aisles and stood in the back of the auditorium as panelists talked about the plight of illegal immigrant children and the act’s potential impact.

NEWS | 11/14/2010

Additional certificate options expand areas of academic study

Planets and life is one of three new certificates established this year, along with one in values and public life and one in jazz studies. Nassau Hall has overseen a dramatic increase in its certificate offerings over the last five years, introducing 11 of its current 45 programs during this period.

NEWS | 11/14/2010

Web Update: Yaroshefsky ’12 to face Korbel ’13 in reelection bid

Polly Korbel ’13 will challenge sitting USG president Michael Yaroshefsky ’12 in his bid for reelection, according to an announcement posted on the USG website late Sunday evening.

NEWS | 11/14/2010

Prince of Liechtenstein delivers address on future role of states

Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein argued that future states must allow their communities more freedom in their operation, in the opening address of the 10th anniversary colloquium of the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination on Thursday afternoon.

NEWS | 11/11/2010

Terrace may open doors to graduate students

Terrace Club is considering accepting graduate students as full members beginning this sign-in period. The move would be a break from the policies of the other nine eating clubs, though it would fall in line with a policy Terrace abandoned earlier this decade.

NEWS | 11/11/2010

University offers funds for professors to revise class style, syllabi

While teaching ECO 101: Introduction to Macroeconomics, economics professor Elizabeth Bogan said that she focused on the decline in housing prices in spring 2008, recessions and the role the financial sector plays in the real economy in fall 2008, and what the Federal Reserve does to fight recessions in spring 2009.

NEWS | 11/11/2010

University introduces certificate in Values and Public Life

This fall, the Center for Human Values launched a new certificate program in Values and Public Life, accepting 24 out of 30 applicants into the inaugural class.

NEWS | 11/11/2010

Burford ’12: Life after whistle-blowing

When John Burford ’12 pledged the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity in 2008, he, like so many other freshmen, was seeking to redefine his identity. “I just wanted to see what it felt like to be a part of that crowd, to be part of the cool kids, the party people,” he said.

NEWS | 11/11/2010

Yale announces fund for New Haven students to attend college in state

Yale University will provide up to $4 million a year to fund the college education of New Haven, Conn., public school students under a new scholarship initiative that was announced jointly by Yale president Richard Levin and New Haven Mayor John DeStefano Jr. on Tuesday.

NEWS | 11/10/2010

Orszag ’91 speaks on health care law

Peter Orszag ’91, who served as budget director for the first 18 months of Barack Obama’s presidency, spoke Wednesday afternoon to a standing-room-only crowd about the strengths and weaknesses of the health care reform legislation that he played a central role in devising.

NEWS | 11/10/2010

Committee on women leadership reports changing views on gender

Female students gravitate toward different types of leadership positions than men, rather than avoiding leadership positions altogether, according to preliminary survey and focus group research presented by the Steering Committee on Undergraduate Women’s Leadership at a lunch discussion Wednesday.

NEWS | 11/10/2010

Garden behind Frist provides herbs for Dining Services

Frist Campus Center gained a modest addition this summer: an herb garden on its south patio. The garden was planted at the beginning of the summer and provides herbs for Frist dining services. The University created the garden after dining staff expressed interest in incorporating fresh herbs into food served at Frist, sustainability manager Shana Weber said in an e-mail.

NEWS | 11/09/2010

University will offer jazz studies certificate next year

The music department will launch a new jazz studies certificate next fall, offering undergraduates a comprehensive understanding and appreciation of jazz.

NEWS | 11/09/2010

Morning bomb threat clears Palmer Square

Palmer Square was evacuated Wednesday morning after a man called the Princeton Borough Police Department at 6:13 a.m. saying “some people had gone too far” and indicated that a bomb had been planted near new luxury condominiums there.The police issued an all clear around 1:30 p.m. after 13 police K-9 units conducted a four-hour search but found nothing, Borough Police Chief David Dudeck said at a press conference Wednesday afternoon.In response to the threat, police evacuated shops, offices and condominiums near Palmer Square. Paul Robeson Place and Hulfish Street were closed off by officers, yellow police tape and barricades.

NEWS | 11/09/2010

Top court denies Cottage’s bid for tax-exempt status

Cottage Club’s nine-year battle for tax-exempt status came to an end when the New Jersey Supreme Court refused to hear its appeal on Nov. 4.“I’m delighted,” Borough attorney Michael Herbert said of the decision. “I think that Cottage, along with the other eating clubs, receive services from the Borough and should pay their fair share.”

NEWS | 11/09/2010

After Rutgers suicide, University policy remains unchanged

In the weeks since the suicide of Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi, members of the University community have fought to combat bullying and homophobia on campus and on the national level. The University has not yet made any formal revisions to its policies, but it has addressed the incident in other ways.

NEWS | 11/09/2010

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