?Does Princeton exacerbate problems? Absolutely, this place is a freaking pressure cooker,? Kanwal Matharu ?13 said.
The Alternative, a new student group on campus, aims to promote conversation about the consequences of the University?s hook-up culture and provide alternative social programming.
In its first year without selective admission, the Wilson School could receive a very large sophomore class and could be unable to cater to the significant increase in students in the department, Wilson School professor Stanley Katz predicted Friday. According to the results of a sophomore poll to which Katz had access, around 170 sophomores have expressed interest in the Wilson School. ?I wouldn?t be surprised if there was around 150 [students],? Katz said of his expectations this year.
When Abby Klionsky ?14 tried to enroll in her fall semester classes on the University Registrar?s website SCORE at 7:30 a.m.
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.
Students will now be able to vote in the current USG elections using the Helios website at public voting stations in Frist Campus Center.
A referendum to appear on the ballot in this week?s USG elections would require the Honor Committee to change its penalty for students who write over the time limit during exams.
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.
Jon Huntsman, a former governor of Utah and former U.S.
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.
The University called for a press conference at noon Sunday in an email sent to members of the media.
Incoming president-elect Christopher Eisgruber
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.
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
Christopher Eisgruber ’83 was named the 20th president of the University at a press conference just after noon on Sunday in the Faculty Room of Nassau Hall.
Following the announcement of the appointment of Christopher Eisgruber’83 as the next University president, The Daily Princetonian sat down with Katie Hall’80, the chair of the search committee and the University Board of Trustees, to discuss the details behind the election.
University Provost Christopher Eisgruber ’83 was named the 20th president of the University on Sunday. The selection was announced at a press conference held at Nassau Hall, where the University Board of Trustees unanimously approved the search committee’s recommendation of Eisgruber.
Provost Christopher Eisgruber ?83 was confirmed as the 20th University president shortly after noon on Sunday during an extraordinary meeting of the Board of Trustees.
Following the University press conference naming Provost Christopher Eisgruber '83 as the next University president, Eisgruber sat down with The Daily Princetonian to discuss his selection, his plans for the University and his time as an undergraduate.
