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U. affiliates contribute to C-SPAN historians’ survey of presidential leadership

U. affiliates contribute to C-SPAN historians’ survey of presidential leadership

Daily Princetonian Staff

C-SPAN released its third annual survey by historians of presidential leadership. The survey polled 91 historians, include three University historians, to rank the “43 former occupants of the White House on ten attributes of leadership,” according to a press release from Media Relations Specialist Robin Newton. University affiliates who participated include Politics Professor emeritus Fred Greenstein, author and Edwards Professor of American History, emeritus Nell Irvin Painter, and George Henry Davis 1866 Professor of American History, and Professor of History Sean Wilentz.

NEWS | 02/20/2017

USG discusses student group recognitions, position appointments

Jason Fu

In their first weekly meeting of the second semester, the Undergraduate Student Government discussed new position appointments and student group recognitions on Feb. 19. The Student Group Recognition Committee’s Chair Aaron Sobel ’19 presented newly recognized student groups, a distinction that grants groups access to an email listserv and deems them legitimate. As legitimate student groups, they are eligible for funding from the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students.

NEWS | 02/20/2017

PEI hosts conference on relationship between climate and consumption

Jackson Artis

Caring about sustainability does not imply action. It's not enough that people care about sustainability because sometimes caring doesn't catalyze them into action, according to Richard Waite GS ’79, who presented on how to make eating habits more sustainable at the Feb. 17 conference on "Changing Climate, Changing Appetites.”

NEWS | 02/19/2017

Day of Action coalition produces 550 postcards against Trump immigration policies

Audrey Spensley and Allie Spensley

On Friday, February 17th, Princeton Advocates for Justice held an ‘Immigration Day of Action,’ an event for students to voice concerns about President Trump’s executive orders and other national political actions regarding immigration.

NEWS | 02/19/2017

MASJID, DREAM Team organize rally, teach-in for immigrant rights

Christopher Umanzor

On Thursday, Feb. 16, the Muslim Advocates for Social Justice and Individual Dignity and the DREAM Team, two student groups on campus, came together to host a Solidarity Rally and Teach-In.

NEWS | 02/16/2017

Pyne Prize awarded to Gold, Salazar

Pyne Prize awarded to Gold, Salazar

Rose Gilbert

Solveig Gold, ‘17, and Marisa Salazar, ‘17, were named co-winners of the 2017 Moses Tyler Pyne Honor Prize Feb. 16, the highest general honor awarded to undergraduates by the University.

NEWS | 02/16/2017

Michael Froman '85, co-creator of the TPP, discusses U.S. trade policy

Michael Froman, Assistant to the President and Dep. National Security Advisor for Int'l Economics, in his office at the EEOB, in Washington, May 1, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)

Michael Froman '85, co-creator of the TPP, discusses U.S. trade policy

Allie Spensley

World trade policy can’t be advanced in the future without a stronger focus on workers displaced in an economically uncertain world, Michael B.G. Froman ’85, retired Ambassador and former U.S. Trade Representative under President Barack Obama, said in a lecture Thursday. The lecture responded to steps President Trump has made to change existing United States trade policy by withdrawing from the negotiation stage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

NEWS | 02/16/2017

Dillon Gymnasium celebrates seventieth anniversary

Alexander Stangl

The University’s Herbert Lowell Dillon Gymnasium, constructed in 1947 and home to renowned athletes such as Bill Bradley ‘65, gold-winning captain of the 1964 US Olympic basketball team and current US senator, celebrates its seventieth anniversary this year. Having recently undergone renovations, Dillon Gym has recently reopened all of its A-level facilities this year.

NEWS | 02/16/2017

State of the University letter highlights U.'s progress

Abhiram Karrupur

University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 affirmed the University's responsibility to contribute impartial scholarship and durable truths to the world in his first annual State of the University letter. The idea for the letter came out of Eisgruber's conversations with members of the University community after the Board of Trustees released a strategic framework last year.

NEWS | 02/16/2017

USG President signs No Apologies Initiative, an effort to remove application fees for first-generation and low-income applications

Marcia Brown

Undergraduate Student Government President Myesha Jemison ’18 signed on to the "No Apologies Initiative," a collaborative effort among student government leaders of Ivy League and similarly selective peer institutions to automatically remove application fees for first-generation and low-income applicants to their schools, according to a press release. The press release was penned by Viet Nguyen, Brown University Student Body President and the director of 1IvyG, an inter-Ivy first-generation college student network that provides resources to first-generation students and seeks to "improve ... campuses for all first-generation college students.” Melana Hammel ’18, co-chair of the Princeton Hidden Minority Council, also signed on to the initiative along with USG Vice President Daniel Qian ’19.

NEWS | 02/16/2017

Men's lacrosse looks for fresh start

Claire Coughlin

The Princeton Men’s Lacrosse Team had a difficult season last year, but is looking for a fresh start with a new coaching administration and some exciting new additions to the team. Last year, the team went through a tough time when former coach Chris Bates was fired.

NEWS | 02/15/2017

Environmental course makes sustainability recommendations for U.

Jacob Tyles

The most sustainable structures that stand with us today “naturally encourage” sustainable behaviors within its occupants, director of the Office of Sustainability Dr. Shana Weber said.

NEWS | 02/15/2017

New organization encourages women to pursue engineering projects

Marcia Brown

Five undergraduate women in engineering at the University realized that their female peers were dropping out of the engineering departments at much higher rates than their male peers.

NEWS | 02/14/2017

New pop-up shop offers free business clothing to students

Jisu Jeong

University students browsed through and took home free lightly-used and new business clothing at the first ever Tiger Threads Pop-Up Shop, an event run by Career Services, on Tuesday evening. The selection included blouses, dress shirts, pants, ties, scarves, and other formal garments obtained through a partnership with the Office of Community and Regional Affairs, which provided extra clothes obtained through its clothing drive to the Pop-Up Shop.

NEWS | 02/14/2017

News and Notes: U. impostor Hogue pleads guilty in Colorado

Alice Vinogradsky

On Feb. 7, James Hogue, famed con man, pleaded guilty to felony and changes related to an array of stolen goods after being found living in an illegally-built shack situated on a peak on Aspen Mountain in Colorado.

NEWS | 02/14/2017

Lecture: Nicholas Schmidle discusses digging for the facts

Samuel Garfinkle

The evaluation of factual information is not only a qualitative exercise, but also, crucially, a qualitative judgement of both the information and its source, according to New Yorker staff writer Nicholas Schmidle.

NEWS | 02/14/2017

U. prof Felten discusses role as deputy CTO at White House

Norman Xiong

Technology will play an increasingly important role in essential public policy areas such as defense, transportation, and economy, according to former Deputy United States Chief Technology Officer and University Computer Science Professor Ed Felten.

NEWS | 02/14/2017

Trump Supreme Court pick collaborated on book with U. professor

Audrey Spensley

Neil Gorsuch, President Trump’s selection for the Supreme Court, collaborated on a book titled The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia with University Professor and McCormick Chair in Jurisprudence Robert George.

NEWS | 02/13/2017

Student activists praise U. amicus brief, hope for more

Marcia Brown

In a press release yesterday, the University announced that it would be joining the court challenge in an amicus curiae brief to President Donald Trump’s administration’s federal immigration executive order.

NEWS | 02/13/2017

Women’s basketball recap: Tigers win 5th straight, continue to climb in standings

Chris Murphy

The Tigers knew that if they were going to have a shot to win the regular season title, they would have to steal some wins on the road. The women’s basketball team took to the road this Friday and Saturday and won both games — marking the first time this season they've won two consecutive road games.

NEWS | 02/13/2017

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