The University reported $40,000 in lobbying-related expenses on science-related nominations, among other issues, in the fourth quarter of 2014, according to a disclosure report filed by the University with the U.S.
Terrace Club was “completely filled” after the first round of sign-ins, while the other four sign-in clubs had space remaining after the early round. Terrace accepted 145 sophomores in the first round, Terrace Club president Lucia Perasso ’16 said in an email to The Daily Princetonian, which ismore than the 130 who signed in last year.
Five juniors have been awarded fellowships for the Wilson School’s Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative, a program to promote and sponsor students’ work in the federal government. Nathan Eckstein ’16, Jamal Johnson ’16, Abyssinia Lissanu ’16, Michelle Nedashkovskaya ’16 and Alex Wheatley ’16 will spend the summer after their junior year working in federal agencies.
The University has entered into a contract with local restaurateur Jack Morrison to purchase a liquor license for $1.5 million, according to records obtained by The Daily Princetonian under a request from the town of Princeton. Morrison had previously purchased the license for about $1 million, according to Planet Princeton. Hedeclined to comment. Terra Momo, a local restaurant group, had previously ended lease discussions with the University that had started in 2013, in which Terra Momo would have operated the restaurant and café area in the forthcoming Arts and Transit Neighborhood. Ending the discussions was mutual and “amicable,” and the issue of obtaining a special permit liquor license was not a factor, Terra Momo Group co-owner Raoul Momo said.
The University will remain closedon Tuesdaydue to inclement weather after closing earlyon Monday. An email from the Princeton Telephone and E-mail Notification System to the University communityon Mondaysaid the campus would be closedon Tuesdayfor“nonessential personnel.” The closure comes as the East Coast prepares for Winter Storm Juno, which has already caused thousands of flight cancellations.
The University closed earlyon Mondaydue to inclement weather. The closures come as the east coast prepares for Winter Storm Juno, which has already caused thousands of flight cancellations nationwide.
A bomb threat referencing the University was called into the Princeton Police Department at 5:16 p.m.
Before Michael Davidson ’92 was an award-winning cardiovascular researcher and surgeon, he was a rock star —on campus, at least. Davidson — who died after being shot at a Boston hospital on Tuesday, apparently by a relative of a former patient — was the guitarist for the bands The Change and Chicago Typewriter while on campus, among his numerous extracurricular activities.
Michael Davidson ’92 died on Tuesday evening after receiving two gunshot wounds at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Mass., where he had worked as a cardiovascular surgeon since 2006.
GirlCode app developers Victor Zhou ’18 and twin sisters Amanda and Monica Shi ’18 said this week that they will be taking down the app due to “pressure from the administration.” They recently launched the app on the iTunes Store that makes the codes for women’s bathrooms in University residential spaces accessible to anyone who downloaded the app. The app had been taken down as of Sunday. The creators said that the decision to shut down the app was made during a private meeting on Wednesday with three representatives from the Department of Public Safety, Housing and Real Estate Services and the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students.
Vice President for Campus Life Cynthia Cherrey will be leaving the University in August to head the International Leadership Association as president and chief executive officer.
Students, faculty, staff and community members circled around a table supporting a single lit candle in the lobby of Murray-Dodge Hall on Monday night as they remembered the life of Audrey Dantzlerward '16, who was found dead in her room in Edwards Hall today.
Audrey Dantzlerward ’16, a resident of Edwards Hall, was found dead in her room on Monday morning.
An Undergraduate Student Government referendum calling on the faculty to provide for a three-week winter recess in the next calendar year was passed.
Nolan Johnson, a former technical theater teacher at the Hun School of Princeton, admitted as part of a plea deal that he had sex with a female student last year, the Princeton Packet reportedon Thursday. Johnson pleaded guilty to second-degree endangering the welfare of a child at Mercer County Superior Court in Trenton. As part of the agreement, Johnson will receive a five-year suspended prison sentence, register as a sex offender and be on parole for the rest of his life.
The Office of Admission has received and processed 26,976 applications for the Class of 2019 as of Jan.
Philippe Lançon, an incoming visiting fellow in the Program in Latin American Studies for the 2015-16 school year, was critically injured in Wednesday’s attack on the French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo.
Victor Zhou ’18 and twin sisters Monica and Amanda Shi ’18 launched an app on the iTunes store called "GirlCode" after Winter Break.
The University will design its own sexual assault survey to comply with Title IX as opposed to using a survey designed by the Association of American Universities. The decision was made by University President Christopher Eisgruber "83 following the unanimous recommendation of the new Faculty-Student Committee on Sexual Misconduct. As part of its resolution agreement with the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights, the University is required to provide a“description of tools used for conducting a climate check” by Jan.
Harvard Law School was found in noncompliance with Title IX for violating the same broad criteria as the University, according to aDec.
