Economics professor Christina Paxson was more than 3,000 miles away from Princeton, atop the mountains of Oregon, when she received an e-mail from President Tilghman telling her she had a new job.
As Sotomayor’s stance on affirmative action comes under close scrutiny during her Supreme Court confirmation hearings this week before the Senate Judiciary Committee, her advocacy for affirmative action during her time at Princeton may shed some light on her political convictions.
Borough Police arrested Wilson Arnoldo Munoz on August 2 for exposing himself to a woman on campus earlier that day. The arrest followed three similar incidents of lewdness on campus in April and May, for which no arrests have been made.
Charter Club was found not guilty on two charges of serving alcohol to minors and a third charge of maintaining a nuisance by Judge Bonnie Goldman of the Princeton Borough Municipal Court on May 18.
Princeton sits atop U.S. News & World Report’s list of America’s best colleges and universities, sharing the top spot with Harvard in rankings released on August 19. Princeton has been ranked as the top college in America for nine of the past 10 years.
Dilday ?09 elected Young Alumni Trusteeelizabeth dilday ?09 confirmed in an interview on May 26 that she has been elected the young alumni trustee (YAT) for the Class of 2009.?It?s a huge honor,? she said.
Former White House chief of staff Josh Bolten ’76 will become a member of the Wilson School faculty for this academic year, the University announced July 7.
Dressed in black, they held candles, sang Farsi songs from the 1979 revolution and stood around a makeshift memorial on the grass of Palmer Square.More than 70 members of the Iranian community in Princeton gathered for a 90-minute candlelight vigil on June 19 to honor the memory of the dozens who have lost their lives so far in Iran during violent protests following the disputed June 12 presidential election.
Roughly one-third of eligible University employees have decided to accept the package offered through the University’s Voluntary Retirement Incentive Program.
Class of 2012 senator Becca Lee was appointed on May 31 to complete her term after being forced to vacate her seat on May 24 following the discovery of an error in the vote counts from last December’s election.
With 409 votes out of the 1,412 cast, Mendy Fisch ’11 fell 63 votes short in his bid for a seat on the Borough Council. Fisch finished third in the Democratic primary on June 2 behind Jenny Crumiller, a former head of the Princeton Community Democratic Organization who won 531 votes, and incumbent Councilman Kevin Wilkes ’83, who won 472 votes.
Kim '01 wins NYT endorsement in City Council race Nearly 150 accept U. retirement package Princeton economist named prime minister of South Korea Bridge Year students jet off to foreign lands Recession forces budget cuts, layoffs at McCarter TheatrePrinceton in France: Working with the Musee d'Orsay
Princeton sits atop U.S. News & World Report's list of America's best colleges and universities, sharing the top spot with Harvard in rankings released on Wednesday afternoon. Yale is third on this year's list, while Penn, Stanford, MIT and the California Institute of Technology all share the fourth spot.Click here to see a complete list of the top 50.
Sonia Sotomayor '76 was confirmed last week as the first Hispanic and third woman to serve as a justice on the Supreme Court. Please click here to see The Daily Princetonian's full coverage of the Sotomayor nomination.
A man was arrested by Borough Police late Saturday evening for exposing himself to a female visitor on campus, the Department of Public Safety announced in a campus-wide safety alert early Sunday morning.
The University community experienced its third gun scare in five months on Monday morning before officials determined the object in question was a blue toy water gun with a fluorescent tip.
As Sotomayor’s stance on affirmative action comes under close scrutiny during her Supreme Court confirmation hearings this week before the Senate Judiciary Committee, her advocacy for affirmative action during her time at Princeton may shed some light on her political convictions.
WASHINGTON — Seven weeks after her nomination by President Obama to the nation’s highest court, Sonia Sotomayor ’76 sat alone at a long black table before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday for the opening day of her confirmation hearings.
The University estimates its endowment has lost closer to 25 percent of its value than the 30 percent previously projected, President Tilghman said in an interview.
