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New masters appointed for Forbes, Mathey

New masters appointed for Forbes, Mathey

Classics professor Harriet Flower has been appointed to succeed Antoine Kahn GS ’75 as master of Mathey College, and chemistry professor Michael Hecht will succeed Christian Wildberg as master of Forbes College. Flower and Hecht begin four-year terms at their respective colleges on July 1.

NEWS | 01/05/2010

U. offers faster, more reliable wireless service

Students using the University’s wireless network should notice faster and more reliable internet performance on campus.

NEWS | 01/05/2010

Yaroshefsky ’12 looks ahead to presidency

The USG will emphasize student participation and communication under the leadership of Michael Yaroshefsky ’12, who begins his term as USG president Feb. 1 and succeeds current president Connor Diemand-Yauman ’10.

NEWS | 01/05/2010

Appiah protests Chinese writer's arrest

Appiah, who opened the New Year’s Eve event, is the president of PEN American Center, a New York-based literary association devoted to defending freedom of expression.

NEWS | 01/05/2010

New Jersey freezes McCarter funding

The New Jersey Treasury Department’s decision to freeze committed funding to arts organizations could result in losses of as much as $500,000 for McCarter Theatre and threaten the successful execution of productions scheduled for its next season.

NEWS | 12/17/2009

Professors say sea levels sensitive to warmth

Two degrees may be all that distinguish a thriving coastal city from a deluged ghost town, according to a study led by University researchers that was the basis for an article in Wednesday’s issue of Nature.

NEWS | 12/17/2009

In India, SHARE director empowers women

While Princeton students were feasting on Thanksgiving turkey or taking advantage of Black Friday sales, Suraiya Baluch was having a remarkably different experience.

NEWS | 12/17/2009

U. vaccinates 2,300 for H1N1

UHS has vaccinated 2,271 students, faculty, staff and dependents against the H1N1 flu during November and December.

NEWS | 12/17/2009

Should we end Bicker?

Michelle Wu and Aaron Hosios

Try to imagine the University without one of its most controversial and distinctive institutions — one that has endured for more than a century, even in the face of sharp criticism for its divisiveness and exclusivity.

NEWS | 12/17/2009

Yaroshefsky ’12 elected USG president in runoff

Michael Yaroshefsky '12 narrowly won the runoff for USG president with 51.3 percent of the vote, defeating Jack Altman '11 by 41 votes.

NEWS | 12/17/2009

Malkiel defends grade deflation at Whig-Clio debate

Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel defended the grade deflation policy at a debate Wednesday evening hosted by the Whig-Cliosophic Society.

NEWS | 12/16/2009

Yale admits 13.9 percent of early applicants

Yale has admitted 730 of the 5,261 applicants in its single-choice early action pool, the university announced on Tuesday. The acceptance rate for this applicant pool, 13.9 percent, is slightly larger than the rate from last year, 13.4 percent. Yale also received 5 percent fewer early applications this year than it did last year.

NEWS | 12/16/2009

A look at activism on campus

Civically engaged students interviewed for this article described Princeton as a campus where students organize lecture series and film screenings rather than protests and rallies.

NEWS | 12/16/2009

Race and the Street

Michelle Wu and Aaron Hosios

Abiodun Azeez ’12 knew even before she arrived on campus last fall that she didn’t want to join an eating club. “I don’t think eating clubs are the place for me,” she said in an e-mail. “I guess part of it had to do with what I’d read about eating clubs — elitism, rich white kids —and I’m not elite, rich, or white.”

NEWS | 12/16/2009

Alums look back at on campus protests

On the morning of April 14, 1978, 210 University students took over two floors of Nassau Hall for 27 hours, while 300 supporters gathered outside the iconic building. The students, led by the People’s Front for the Liberation of Southern Africa, were protesting University holdings in corporations doing business in apartheid South Africa.

NEWS | 12/16/2009

NEWS | 12/15/2009

Dining Services undecided on Fair Trade bananas

Director of Dining Services Stu Orefice said his department will seek more input before deciding whether to begin purchasing Fair Trade bananas, as recommended by a USG referendum passed last week.

NEWS | 12/15/2009

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