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Savings from consolidation total $750K in preliminary 2013 budget

Savings from consolidation total $750K in preliminary 2013 budget

The consolidation of the former Princeton Borough and Township has resulted in net savings of $750,000 from the consolidated municipality?s 2013 preliminary budget, according to a presentation of the budget on Tuesday evening.

NEWS | 04/22/2013

Faculty welcome Eisgruber appointment, cognizant of future challenges

Chairs of many academic departments expressed their approval of Provost Christopher Eisgruber?s

NEWS | 04/22/2013

The COMBO Series: Survey finds almost half of students report feeling depressed

?Does Princeton exacerbate problems? Absolutely, this place is a freaking pressure cooker,? Kanwal Matharu ?13 said.

NEWS | 04/22/2013

New student group seeks to provide alternative social options for students

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.

NEWS | 04/22/2013

In first year of non-selective admission, significant increase predicted in Wilson School concentrators

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.

NEWS | 04/21/2013

SCORE falters as Class of 2014 selects fall courses

When Abby Klionsky ?14 tried to enroll in her fall semester classes on the University Registrar?s website SCORE at 7:30 a.m.

NEWS | 04/21/2013

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

News & Notes: Frist voting stations now accessible for use in USG elections

Students will now be able to vote in the current USG elections using the Helios website at public voting stations in Frist Campus Center.

NEWS | 04/21/2013

Proposed USG referendum would change Honor Committee policies

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.

NEWS | 04/21/2013

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

Q&A: Jon Huntsman, former Utah governor & former U.S. ambassador

Jon Huntsman, a former governor of Utah and former U.S.

NEWS | 04/21/2013

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

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros to headline spring Lawnparties

Edward

NEWS | 04/21/2013

U. calls press conference at noon, possibility of Princeton presidential announcement

The University called for a press conference at noon Sunday in an email sent to members of the media.

NEWS | 04/20/2013

Eisgruber looks to maintain rush ban and multi-club bicker, create greater sense of community in residential colleges

Incoming president-elect Christopher Eisgruber

NEWS | 04/20/2013

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

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

Eisgruber '83 stresses greater inclusivity, online education, town-gown relationship at Nassau Hall press conference

Loully Saney

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.

NEWS | 04/20/2013

Q&A: Katie Hall '80, chair of the search committee and chair of the Board of Trustees

Marcelo Rochabrun

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.

NEWS | 04/20/2013

After months of speculation, Eisgruber '83 named next Princeton president

James Evans

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.

NEWS | 04/20/2013

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