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PUO and Glee Club receive anonymous $5 million

PUO and Glee Club receive anonymous $5 million

The Princeton University Orchestra and the Princeton University Glee Club have been left $5 million, to be equally divided between the groups, in the will of an anonymous, deceased alumnus. Music lecturer and Glee Club director and conductor Gabriel Crouch announced to club members a week and a half ago that someone had left the two music groups $5 million, according to Glee Club president Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa ?14. PUO director Michael Pratt announced the donation to the orchestra on Feb.

NEWS | 02/25/2013

Microsoft funds many USG events

Microsoft?s continued support of Undergraduate Student Government events, including Lawnparties, the Silent Disco and the recent Idea Farm, is part of a student engagement model the company is piloting at Princeton for future education programs at U.S.

NEWS | 02/25/2013

U. College Republicans doesn’t endorse Ivy League gay marriage support statement

Princeton College Republicans has decided not to endorse a statement of support for marriage equality circulated by the presidents of numerous Ivy League Democrats and Republicans chapters.

NEWS | 02/25/2013

U. hosts talk on ethical investing

In response to increased interest on campus in issues of socially responsible investing, the Resources Committee of the Council of the Princeton University Community has invited the chair of Yale?s Advisory Committee on Investor Responsibility and law professor Jonathan Macey to give a talk on Mar.

NEWS | 02/24/2013

USG discusses results of the recent “What I Be” project

The USG discussed the success of the ?What I Be? project at its meeting on Sunday night.

NEWS | 02/24/2013

Second Mental Health Week begins

The second USG-sponsored Mental Health Week, consisting of several speakers, group fitness classes, movie screenings and mental health-related study breaks, will run from Feb.

NEWS | 02/24/2013

Alumni Day honors Daniels ’71

Former Indiana governor Mitch Daniels ?71 was presented with the Woodrow Wilson Award, the highest honor given to an undergraduate alumnus, on Saturday during the University?s 2013 Alumni Day in Richardson Auditorium.

NEWS | 02/24/2013

Fraga GS ’85 awarded James Madison Medal

Arminio Fraga GS ?85, an investor and the former president of the Central Bank of Brazil, was awarded the James Madison Medal, the University?s highest honor conferred on an alumnus of the Graduate School, during Saturday?s Alumni Day proceedings.

NEWS | 02/24/2013

Tilghman, Slaughter ’80 discuss women and leadership

Wilson School professor Anne-Marie Slaughter ?80 and University President Shirley Tilghman spoke Friday evening as part of the Alumni Association?s ?Conversation on Women & Leadership.? The pair discussed a wide range of topics, from the label of feminism to the role of government in actually implementing gender-based reform.

NEWS | 02/24/2013

Starlings only aware of immediate neighbors, U. research finds

Scientists have long puzzled over how flocks of several thousand starlings flying without a leader and without a destination manage to remain one cohesive unit, but University researchers have now determined the cause of this flock unity.

NEWS | 02/21/2013

Cap changes Bicker decision

As eating clubs were conducting pickups the Saturday after Bicker week, a student who had previously been informed that he had been hosed learned that he had actually been accepted.

NEWS | 02/21/2013

Clowning around: Gelsone ’96 makes living in comedy

While all of her roommates became doctors and many of her friends entered finance after graduating from Princeton, Christina Gelsone ?96 headed to clown school.

NEWS | 02/21/2013

Ivy League admit numbers stabilize

This academic year?s round of Ivy League admissions saw less change in application numbers for the incoming freshman class.

NEWS | 02/21/2013

Shawon Jackson ’15: Spotlight on Service

USG president Shawon Jackson ?15 said he plans to promote accessibility, approachability and accountability for the USG this year, signaling that he would keep his campaign promises during his term. ?The theme for this year is ?to lead is to serve,? and that?s a quote from Elie Wiesel,? Jackson said.

NEWS | 02/20/2013

‘What I Be’ features U. students

Founder and photographer of the ?What I Be? project Steve Rosenfield discussed his photography and the importance of honesty to oneself at a lecture in Frist Campus Center on Wednesday afternoon. Rosenfield has photographed people from a variety of backgrounds and spent this week taking pictures of over 80 Princeton students as part of the ?What I Be? project, which he said aims to ?create security through insecurity.? The photographs feature individual students with words describing personal insecurities written on their bodies, including on their hands and faces. Former USG president Bruce Easop ?13 said before the lecture began that the project served as a conversation-starter in the days leading up to Mental Health Week. Rosenfield, who is based in Davis, Calif., said that when he began taking photographs four years ago, his goal was to produce images that were ?really dramatic and really raw.? He came to the University this week at the recommendation of Shirley Gao ?13, also from Davis, who first encountered Rosenfield?s work two years ago. ?It was very touching and striking for me to see these photos of people revealing parts of themselves,? Gao said.

NEWS | 02/20/2013

U. finalizes 3rd cross-national strategic partnership of year, with University of Tokyo

Continuing its effort to support collaborative, cross-national research and teaching initiatives, the University has finalized its third strategic partnership of the year with the University of Tokyo.

NEWS | 02/20/2013

Male streaker dances through Cottage Club

An approximately 20-year-old white male allegedly danced naked in the University Cottage Club dining hall on Friday evening, police said Tuesday. Police alleged that the individual danced until he was confronted by a Cottage employee.

NEWS | 02/20/2013

Students witnessed ‘end of the world’ in Guatemala

Seven students had the opportunity to witness the end of the world in Guatemala, the birthplace of the Mayan apocalypse legend itself, on Dec.

NEWS | 02/20/2013

Bassler appointed MOL chair

After 19 years as a professor in the University?s molecular biology department, professor Bonnie Bassler will begin her term as department chair on July 1. While the announcement was posted on the molecular biology webpage last week, the department has been preparing for the transition over the last several months.

NEWS | 02/19/2013

Arts & Transit Neighborhood challenged by lawsuit

A new lawsuit was filed this month against the Regional Planning Board of Princeton, challenging its 9-1 vote in favor of the University?s plans for the Arts and Transit Neighborhood on Dec.

NEWS | 02/19/2013

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