8 highlights from President Tilghman’s "last lecture"
President Shirley Tilghman gave a lecture this Monday
President Shirley Tilghman gave a lecture this Monday
The Princeton Council passed a new policy governing the procedure through which Council members recuse themselves from decisions in which they have a personal conflict of interest at a meeting on Monday evening.
After stepping down as University president at the end of June, Shirley Tilghman won?t have to wait long before stepping into another presidential role, this time as president-elect of the American Society for Cell Biology.
In its final meeting of the semester, the USG Senate discussed the continuation of the Summer Storage Initiative, the addition of activities to Intersession and the large jump in freshman voting during the last USG Spring 2013 elections. Currently, Hae Bin Kim ?13 and Deana Davoudiasl ?15 lead the SSI, an initiative founded in 2010 that provides students with inexpensive storage over the summer.
The University?s employee health plan will now include coverage for gender reassignment surgery, effective July 1, University Spokesperson Martin Mbugua said.
When University alumni return to campus for Reunions later this month, Joe Ramirez ?07 will already be here.
Assistant Vice President for Safety and Administrative Planning Treby Williams ?84 has been appointed acting executive vice president, the University announced Friday morning.
At least 15 graduating seniors
Assistant Vice President for Safety and Administrative Planning Treby Williams ?84 has been appointed acting executive vice president, the University announced Friday morning.
While President-elect Christopher Eisgruber ?83 has been preparing for his presidency by organizing a listening tour around campus for the past few weeks, President Shirley Tilghman has been wrapping up her presidency by thanking those who were important during her years was president.
Xinyi Chen '15 has won one of the 2013 ?20 Under 20? Thiel Fellowships,
The University is in the process of establishing an interuniversity center in Beijing to coordinate collaboration between the University and peer institutions in China, Jeremy Adelman, a history professor and director of the Council for International Teaching and Research, explained.
Four University undergraduates have created Friendsy, a website that allows students to indicate their interest in becoming friends with, hooking up with or dating other students.
The University student who was diagnosed with meningitis and hospitalized on Monday is listed as in stable condition and is recovering, a representative of the New Jersey Department of Health said.
The yield for admitted students of the University?s Class of 2017 rose 2 percent from 66.7 to 68.7 percent in the second year since the University reinstated its early admission program, Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye said Thursday.
The yield for admitted students of the University?s Class of 2017 rose 2 percent from 66.7 to 68.7 percent in the second year since the University reinstated its early admission program, Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye said Thursday.
Xinyi Chen '15 has won one of the 2013 ?20 Under 20? Thiel Fellowships, the Thiel Foundation announced this morning. The Thiel Fellowships provide 20 young entrepreneurs under 20 years of age with $100,000 each to start a company.
Thirty students traveled to Capitol Hill on May 7 to speak with Congressional representatives and lobby for comprehensive immigration reform, in a trip organized by the DREAM Team.The trip took place as the Senate Judiciary Committee began its review of a sweeping bi-partisan immigration bill completed on April 16 that would overhaul current immigration law.
Regarding "Playing sports, choosing concentrations"If one would study all of the diverse co-curricular and extracurricular "affinity groups" on campus, I expect that one would find a different pattern of concentrations in the majors declared among those respective groups.