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Huntsman addresses future of American politics, encourages students to serve their countries

Jon Huntsman, the former governor of Utah and 2012 candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, criticized partisanship and encouraged students to go into politics in an address before a full house in Dodds Auditorium on Friday. Huntsman?s extensive political career includes tenures as the U.S.

NEWS | 04/21/2013

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As Princeton student, Eisgruber '83 remembered for his ?keen intellect?

Along with nine years of experience as University provost, newly elected University President Christopher Eisgruber ?83 will also bring a new perspective as a former undergraduate to his leadership of the University. ?My four years here were transformative, happy,? Eisgruber told The Daily Princetonian following the announcement of his presidency on Sunday. ?They were years that stretched me, that gave me friendships that have lasted a lifetime since then that forced me to rethink the ideals that I brought to the University and enabled me to come away with understandings of ideas and of people and of places that I didn?t have before I came.? Originally from Corvallis, Ore., Eisgruber was a concentrator in the physics department while at the University.

NEWS | 04/21/2013

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Smith ?81 of Microsoft advocates immigration reform, expansion of STEM education

In the rapidly expanding field of technology, the number of jobs available requiring a degree in computer science dramatically outstrips the number of computer science degrees currently being awarded in the United States, Brad Smith ?81, general counsel and executive vice president for legal and corporate affairs at Microsoft, said in a lecture on campus on Friday.

NEWS | 04/21/2013

The Daily Princetonian

Eisgruber to support grade deflation, online curriculum, U.?s international presence

The academic agenda of newly appointed University President Christopher Eisgruber ?83 will focus on refining the University?s grading policy, evaluating options for online curriculum development and expanding the University?s status as an internationally-minded institution. Eisgruber said that he is satisfied with the current grading system, which he calls ?the grading fairness policy.? He noted that before the current policy was implemented, there had been arbitrary differences in grading standards across departments.

NEWS | 04/20/2013

The Daily Princetonian

New president brings broad background in law, public service, academia

The next president of the University, Christopher Eisgruber ?83, has had a long history as a scholar at Princeton, first as an undergraduate and then as a Wilson School professor beginning in 2001 before taking the position of provost in 2004, but he also brings a strong and broad background in academics at other institutions. Eisgruber graduated from the University

NEWS | 04/20/2013

The Daily Princetonian

Town looks to PILOT, conflicts of interest as top issues for Eisgruber's term

As the administration of University Provost Christopher Eisgruber ?83 begins to work with the local town government, an item high on its agenda will be renegotiating the University?s monetary contribution to the town. Mayor Liz Lempert, who is acquainted with Eisgruber, said that she was glad to see someone who is already a member of the local community take on the presidency and that her first priority at this time is congratulating Eisgruber and the University on his selection. At the University press conference announcing his selection as president on Sunday, Eisgruber said that at the local level, he hopes to find ways to strengthen the civic partnership between the University and the town, of which he is a longtime resident. "I look forward to working with Mayor Lempert and her colleagues in the years ahead," he said.

NEWS | 04/20/2013