Edward Felten, the director of the University’s Center for Information Technology Policy and a professor in the Wilson School and the computer science department, testified before the U.S.
At a contentious panel at the Princeton Club of New York on Wednesday, University faculty and alumni debated whether the University should divest its holdings in fossil fuel companies in New York City. Former Princeton University Investment Company President Randall Hack ’69 rejected the idea that University investment decisions should be based on environmental calculations.
As Christopher Eisgruber ’83 begins his new duties as University president, new University provost and former economics and Wilson School professor David Lee GS ’99 will focus on finishing many of the projects begun by his predecessor.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj9uqJD1Nuo] In the midst of a crowd of 50 students who were moving fast enough to breeze by pedestrians — but not so fast that they missed a word that he said — jogged Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark and candidate for U.S.
Anne-Marie Slaughter’80, a former director of policy planning for the U.S. State Department and a former dean of the Wilson School, said the current shutdown of the federal government has made the U.S.
The Gap Year Network,an Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students-approved club that aims to help students who took gap years transition back into campus life, is expanding its reach.
While the federal government remained shut down Wednesdayafter Congress failed to agree on the terms of a continuing resolution, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Health Exchanges are just opening for business and leaving their marks within the Orange Bubble.
After the federal government shut down at midnight on Tuesday, The Daily Princetonian spoke to U.S.
After congressional gridlock resulted in a government shutdown at midnight on Tuesday, The Daily Princetonian spoke by phone with Joyce Rechtschaffen '75, director of the University's D.C.-based Office of Government Affairs, who serves as the primary liaison between the University and lawmakers in Washington.
William S. Dietrich II '60 has bequeathed a gift to endow the University's Economic Theory Center, which has been renamed in his honor. University Spokesperson Martin Mbugua declined to disclose the amount of the gift. Dietrich majored in history at the University.
Yale plans to expand its number of residential colleges from 12 to 14, financing the additional two with a $250 million donation from alumnus Charles Johnson, the Yale Daily News reported. The donation from Johnson, retired co-chair of the mutual fund Franklin Resources,is the largest in Yale's history.
Members of the Class of 2017 were required to complete a new online Sexual Harassment/Assault Advising, Resources and Education course— along with the traditional AlcoholEdu—prior to their arrival on campus this year. The course, called "Unless There's Consent," aims to educate students on sexual assault and sexual harassment but also covers domestic violence, stalking and the idea of consent.
The number of criminal offenses reported on campus decreased for the fifth consecutive year to 44 cases in the 2012 calendar year, according to the University’s 2013Annual Security and Fire Safety Report, released by the Department of Public Safety last week. While the number of crimes reported on campus are down overall, the number of forcible sex offenses increased slightly to 17 cases, continuing an upward trend that has been consistent since 2009, when 11 cases were reported. The crime levels are the lowest in at least a dozen years, according to aggregate data maintained by The Daily Princetonian. The University releases its annual Crime Report in compliance with the federal Clery Act, which regulates the reporting of crime on college campuses.
The following is a guest column submitted by an alumnus in response to arecent Bloomberg article.I'm sure I'm not the only one to notice the factual inaccuracies in the Bloomberg article.
First-come, first-served precept and lab sign-ups were available through the Student Course Online Registration Engine for 150 courses this fall, as part of a University pilot program to centralize the course enrollment system and move away from the use of Blackboard for section enrollments. This initiative, which was started last spring with 50 courses, has been in the works for two years, University Spokesperson Martin Mbugua said.
University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 floated the idea of a potential increase in the size of the University’s student body at theCouncil of the Princeton University Community’s meeting on Monday afternoon.
Tower Club, the most popular club for the fall Bicker season last year, saw its number of bickerees drop by almost half this year, from 66 students in 2012 to 34 this year. The drop returned fall bicker levels to normal, as last year's 66 bickerees was a 75 percent increase over the 38 who bickered in fall 2011. Despite the drop affecting Tower, a total of 125 students bickered clubs this fall, just a dozen short of the 137 students who bickered last September.
English and theater professor Jill Dolan was named to the Lawrence University Board of Trustees, Lawrence University announced Monday.
Calvin Chin, the new director of the University Health Services Counseling and Psychological Services unit, will officially assume the position Tuesday.
The Resources Committee called recommendations for greater transparency by the student group Princeton Coalition for Endowment Responsibility “unwieldy, unnecessarily complicated and inconsistent” with policies of the University, Princeton University Investment Company and Board of Trusteesin a report released this summer. In its November 2012 proposal, PCER asked the Resources Committee to alter the way in which it reviews and considers University investment decisions, especially in terms of representation in the committee and transparency. PCER’s proposal requested access to the University’s investment information in order to facilitate “sustained campus interest” in investment issues.
