Fifteen Princeton faculty, including president emerita Shirley Tilghman, have endorsed Congressman Rush Holt, Jr.
U.S. Rep. Rush D. Holt, Jr., formerly of U. Plasma Physics Laboratory, seeks Senate nomination U.S.
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University professor emeritus Daniel Kahneman was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Obamaon Thursday,The Times of Trenton reported. Kahneman, a professor emeritus of psychology and public affairs at the University, is a Nobel laureate in economics. The award represents the highest civilian honor in the United States.
The Washington Post Co.announced a deal todayto sell its namesake newspaper to billionaire Jeff Bezos’86 for $250 million. Bezos, the founder and CEO of the online merchant Amazon.com, will become the sole owner of the newspaper, while the paper's parent company will retain control of its other holdings. Bezos wrote in anopen letter to employees of the Postthat he would not take charge of the paper's daily operations and that the paper would retain its current leadership.
The USG has approved a $65,000 funding request from the Social Committee for the fall Lawnparties, according to USG president Shawon Jackson ’15. The request was officially approved on July 17 by vote conducted over e-mail, since the entirety of the student government was not able to meet in person, he explained. According to Jackson, the funding will cover the costs of the main act and supplies needed for the event. This figure is slightly higher than the $60,000 approved for last spring's Lawnparties but slightly lower than the $70,000 approved for the spring 2012 and fall 2012 Lawnparties, according to figures provided by Jackson. Lawnparties is scheduled to take place onSept.15.
In a rare mention of her alma mater, First Lady Michelle Obama ’85referred to the Universityas "probably the iviest of the Ivy League” while addressing high school students at an event heldThursdayin Chicago.
Tower Club president Doug Stuart confirmed in an email to The Daily Princetonian Friday night that pop musician Aaron Carter will be performing as the club's act for fall Lawnparties. CartertweetedFriday afternoon that he will be performing at the University on Sunday, Sept.
During the first week of July, five University students were studying abroad inCairo, where this past week the Egyptian government of President Mohamed Morsi was overthrown by popular and military action.
Susan Patton's forthcoming book will be called "Smarten Up!: Words of Wisdom from the Princeton Mom" and is scheduled to be released in the spring of 2014, publisher Simon & Schuster announced Tuesday.The announcement followsindications from a Simon & Schuster publicistand Patton on Friday suggesting that an agreement between the two parties was expected early this week. Patton wrote aletter to the editorof The Daily Princetonian on March 29 encouraging female students to find a husband on campus before graduation.
Former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer ’81, who has spent the past five yearsrehabilitating his imageafter a prostitution scandal cost him his political career, has announced he will run for the Democratic Party's nomination for New York City Comptroller. Spitzerresigned as governor in March 2008following the revelation that he had used a high-end prostitution service.
The publisher Simon & Schuster is expected to announce next week that it has contracted a book deal with Susan Patton ’77. The book deal comes after Pattonwrote a letterto the editor of The Daily Princetonian onMarch 29.
University students studying or interning in Brazil and Turkey remain safe and largely insulated from the political protests there, according to interviews conducted with students abroad.
The fourth survey of the Committee on Background and Opportunity will be released within the next few weeks, USG president Shawon Jackson ’15 said in an interview this week. “The survey will probably go out by mid-July, and then we’ll probably keep it open for about a month with two to three reminder emails,” Jackson said. Though a tentative timeline described in theApril 28USG Senate packet indicated that the survey would be sent out on Dean’s Date, Jackson explained thatthe committee overseeing the administration of COMBO IV decidedto postpone its release because it was “conscious of survey fatigue” that the student body might be feeling due tothe large number of surveys sent out at the end of the academic year. The release of data for theCOMBO III surveylast fall was marked by heavy delays.
A male University student was hospitalized after being diagnosed with bacterial meningitis on June 30 during an academic program abroad, the University announced in an email sent to undergraduate students Tuesday afternoon.
Christopher Eisgruber ’83 officially replaced Shirley Tilghman as University president on Monday morning, a change in leadership that will likely guide the University through the next decade. Eisgruber, whose promotion from provost wasannounced in mid-April, assumed his new post as part of a Nassau Hall transition that simultaneouslyelevated former Wilson School professor David Lee to Eisgruber’s old positionand Pablo Debenedetti tothe dean for research position. Debenedettireplaces A.J.
Renewing efforts to design and pass an ordinance to curb underage drinking in town, local officials and members of the Princeton community have formed a committee to discuss a possible ordinance that would fine minors under the age of 21 caught drinking inside a private residence. The committee, which has met twice so far, consists of representatives from the Princeton Police Department, Princeton High School, parents, Princeton Board of Health, various drug and alcohol prevention organizations, including Corner House and the Princeton Alcohol and Drug Alliance, and the University.
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For the two University alumni who will likely be shaping the future of affirmative action in the United States this week, their relationships with their alma mater both during and after they graduated hints at their views on the issue. The Supreme Court did not rule on Thursday in the case Fisher v.
About eight hours after thecall to evacuate due to a bomb threat, the University reopened its campus at6:25 p.m.according to thePrinceton homepage.After an investigation led by the Department of Public Safety and assisted bymultiple law enforcement agenciesincluding the Princeton Police Department, Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad, Mercer County Sheriff's Department and Prosecutor's Office, Monmouth County K-9 unit, New Jersey State Police, New Jersey Transit Police, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, no explosives were found. According to the homepage, the University will continue to work with law enforcement officials to investigate the source of the threat.
