During a ceremony held in the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York City Monday afternoon, the Ivy League named junior quarterback Quinn Epperly the conference’s Offensive Player of the Year and awarded him the Asa S.
Princeton Ridge, an area in the northern region of the town of Princeton and the target of ecological preservation efforts, is now the site of a natural gas pipeline expansion by Williams Co., an energy infrastructure company.The town of Princeton has filed for neutral “intervenor” status on the project, along with Environment New Jersey, Food and Water Watch and the New Jersey chapter of the Sierra Club.
No new cases of gastroenteritis on campus have been reported since Thursday, University Spokesperson Martin Mbugua said Monday. On Thursday, nine studentsreported to University Health Serviceswith symptoms of gastroenteritis. Keith Levine, a local health inspector, said on Thursday that foodborne illness impacted five individuals on Thursday.The source was considered to be Ivy Club, and Levine was summoned to the club to inspect and start an investigation into the outbreak. The Daily Princetonian was able to independently verify that at least five Ivy members had been afflicted with symptoms of gastroenteritis. Outbreaks of gastroenteritis affected the University inearly 2012andearly 2013. In both cases, the outbreaks affected hundreds of students.
Pulin Sanghvi, the newly appointed executive director of Career Services, comes to the University with a strong background in finance and consulting, including companies as large as Morgan Stanley and McKinsey & Company. Acknowledging that recruitment for these industries is already quite strong on campus, Sanghvi said his main priority is to broaden student opportunities for career exploration. However, Sanghvi said he is not concerned that his background will hinder his abilities to expand career exploration services at the University, citing that he had expanded offerings as the head of the Career Management Center at Stanford Graduate School of Business. His arrival comes at a time when the office is undergoing several reforms.
The Council of the Princeton University Community meeting held yesterday discussed the future of Graduate School housing and proposed incorporating more student and faculty input into classroom design.Graduate Student Government president Friederike Funk raised concerns regarding the current shortage of graduate housing in light of the planned demolition of the Butler Apartments and asked during the Q&A session how this tract of land will be used in the future.
Since the first case of meningitis at Princeton was reported in March 2013,the University has faced seven additional cases of meningococcal disease.
The University is continuing to investigate the leak of “The Ocean Full of Bowling Balls,” reclusive author J.D.
At its weekly meeting on Sunday evening, the USG unanimously approved amendments requiring each of the four class governments to hold its own monthly public meetings and to publish and report its own budget each semester. The remaining amendments, which proposed to fully separate the Senate and the class governments, were tabled indefinitely. In a vote of 17 in favor and four against, the USG decided not to continue its own Summer Storage Initiative and not to collaborate with Princeton Student Agencies.
After serving as executive director of Dining Services for 21 years, Stu Orefice left his position at the University last Monday to pursue a consulting job in New York City. “It was time for me to create a new recipe,” Orefice wrote in an announcement sent to his friends and colleagues, adding, “I am extremely proud [of] the work of our award-winning dining team, and I take comfort in the fact that I leave the Princeton pantry fully stocked with high quality ingredients.” In his message to coworkers, Orefice explained that he hopes his job transition will allow him more flexibility to spend more time with his family.
Small World Coffee, the popular coffee shop with two locations on Nassau and Witherspoon streets, will celebrate the 20th anniversary of its move to Princeton on Dec.
In the wake of former South African President and anti-apartheid revolutionary Nelson Mandela’s death on Dec.
Between September and November, four thefts and two burglaries from the eating clubs have been reported, compared to zero in the same period last year, according to a review of police records from the same period in 2012 and 2013. The incidents have been reported at Cap & Gown, Cottage, Terrace, Quadrangle and Tower Clubs. Based on public records detailing the incidents as well as interviews with eating club presidents, the victims themselves and police officers, no explanation for the increase in the number of reported incidents could be determined.
Alla Ryklin, a woman from West Windsor, was charged with two counts of computer criminal activity on Wednesday.Ryklin, 48, allegedly accessed and damaged a University “online learning center” which was designed for use by University employees, Assistant Prosecutor Christine Petrucci said.
Graduates of the University have some of the lowest student debt loads in the nation, according to a report released by the Institute for College Access and Success.
At least five individuals have come down with symptoms of foodborne illness apparently linked to the Ivy Club, a local health inspector confirmed Thursday.A total of nine individuals reported to McCosh Health Center on Thursday with symptoms of gastroenteritis, University Spokesperson Martin Mbugua said.
Some University students infected with meningitis have suffered some of the disease’s residual effects, according to Peter Johnsen, Director of Medical Services at University Health Services. “I would not say all of our students have completely escaped residual effects,” Johnsen said at a panel on the upcoming meningitis B vaccine Thursday evening, where medical professionals from the U.S.
The University’s voluntary contribution to the town of Princeton's municipal budget for next year will not be lower than last year’s contribution of $2.475 million, University officials confirmed.
Though McGraw Study Hall remains a popular academic-help resource, with 5,800 student visits recorded by the McGraw Center in the last academic year, its popularity has also been a source of dissatisfaction for some students because of the overcrowding and shortage of student tutors. According to data collected by the McGraw Center, in the 2012 fall semester, 62 tutors regularly worked one shift a week, and in spring 2013, only 59 did so.
