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Princeton Mobile, a new mobile website containing interactive information about the University for students, faculty, staff and visitors, will replace the current iPrinceton mobile app, the Office of Information Technology announced. Princeton Mobile contains 16 interactive menus, including a library catalogue and information on residential and retail dining.

NEWS | 03/31/2013

U. admits record 7.29 percent

U. admits record 7.29 percent

A record low of 7.29 percent ? or 1,931 of the applicants ? were admitted to the University for the Class of 2017 on March 28.

NEWS | 03/31/2013

U. accepts 7.29 percent overall to Class of 2017

1,931 students ? or 7.29 percent ? of 26,498 applicants were offered admission to the University?s Class of 2017.

NEWS | 03/28/2013

Q&A: Human rights activist Chen Guangcheng

Daily Princetonian Staff

Chen Guangcheng, a Chinese human rights activist, was awarded the James Madison Award For Distinguished Public Service by the American Whig-Cliosophic Society on Thursday.

NEWS | 03/28/2013

Former Center for Jewish Life director Diamond dies in vehicle accident

Former director of the Center for Jewish Life Rabbi James Diamond died Thursday morning in a triple-car accident, according to the Princeton Police.

NEWS | 03/28/2013

Community Walks fosters student involvement in local community

The Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students and the Pace Center have cosponsored Community Walks, a new initiative designed to foster student involvement in the local community by introducing students, alumni and their families to various organizations in the town of Princeton through student-led walking tours. The concept originated in the spring of 2012 after four students formed a Pace Center working group to research projects sponsored by the civic engagement centers at peer universities, according to Shirley Gao ?13, one of the four members of the group and a member of the Community Walks Executive Board. ?I had noticed this gap in Princeton University programming; I noticed that we didn?t really have anything to push people beyond Nassau Street and explore the local town,? Gao explained. The team of students and administrative advisers developing the initiative hopes to familiarize students with the town and encourage them to participate in the local community on the basis of the awareness gained from the walk, according to Associate Dean Maria Flores-Mills, the ODUS member affiliated with the project. ?I think it?s very much in concert with the University?s unofficial service motto,? Flores-Mills added.

NEWS | 03/28/2013

Whig-Clio awards medal to activist Chen Guangcheng

Daily Princetonian Staff

Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng was presented with the James Madison Award for Distinguished Public Service on Thursday afternoon.

NEWS | 03/28/2013

Non-profit “101” provides scholarships to local students

The nonprofit and volunteer-run organization known as ?101? provides need-based scholarships to graduates of Princeton High School.

NEWS | 03/28/2013

Social psychologist Steele examines stereotype threat in higher education

Elizabeth Paul

Internationally renowned social psychologist and Dean for the School of Education at Stanford Claude Steele discussed his research on stereotype threat and the challenges faced by underrepresented minorities in higher education on Tuesday evening. Steele explained how stereotype threat, the experience of anxiety that a person feels when he or she is in a position to potentially confirm a negative stereotype about his or her social group, can cause people exposed to the same situation to have divergent experiences.

NEWS | 03/27/2013

Student petition for sex survey gets 1,100 signatures

An online petition calling for the commissioning of an updated ?Sexual Experiences Survey? has amassed over 1,100 signatures since it was first circulated on March 10. The petition was authored by Shreya Murthy ?13, Siofra Robinson ?13 and Kellie Valladares ?13, with input from Kanwal Matharu ?13, earlier this month in response to the publication of a previously unpublished survey from 2008 showing that one in six female undergraduates reported non-consensual vaginal penetration. ?We were definitely shocked when the initial article had come out, but it seems that once we started asking questions it didn?t really seem like the University was necessarily trying to hide it or intentionally suppress it ? more that they had just used it internally and hadn?t necessarily thought to make it as public, as perhaps students would want it to be,? Murthy said. In response to the petition, Vice President for Campus Life Cynthia Cherrey, Sexual Harassment/Assault Advising, Resources and Education Program Director Jacqueline Deitch-Stackhouse and Women?s Center Director Amada Sandoval met with Murthy, Robinson and Valladares on Monday to discuss efforts that can be made on campus to address sexual assault. ?When we met with the students [who crafted the petition], we had a productive first discussion on how to continue to further our efforts in this area,? Director of News and Editorial Services in the Office of Communications Daniel Day said on behalf of Cherrey.

NEWS | 03/27/2013

Study finds American workers less incentivized to migrate between states

American workers are getting fewer benefits from migration, according to a new study by economics professor Greg Kaplan and Sam Schulhofer-Wohl, an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.

NEWS | 03/27/2013

LGBT center hires new coordinator

Catherine Duazo

New Program Coordinator for the University’s LGBT Center Andy Cofino began working at the office over spring break.

NEWS | 03/27/2013

Princeton Club settles lawsuit

A $10 million lawsuit against the Princeton Club of New York filed by former longtime employee Jo-Ann Garcia was settled in a private agreement, according to Club General Manager Larry Hines and the lawyers of both parties.

NEWS | 03/27/2013

Three seniors win $30k Labouisse Prize

A joint project in Sierra Leone by Shirley Gao ?13 and Raphael Frankfurter ?13 and a project in Brazil by Courtney Crumpler ?13 were awarded this year?s Henry Richardson Labouisse ?26 Prize, which provides graduating seniors $30,000 to pursue work in the developing world. The two judges, Wilson School professor Stanley Katz and history professor Janet Chen, selected the winning projects because they best fit the award?s mission to support hands-on efforts to help the developing world that are likely to succeed, Katz said. ?The spirit of this award is that it?s for students who want to go out and work with local organizations and local individuals to improve local living conditions,? Katz said.

NEWS | 03/26/2013

U. creates new position for emergency procedures

The University has created the position of associate director for emergency preparedness planning in order to begin a thorough review of existing emergency response plans and protocols in mid-April.

NEWS | 03/26/2013

U. researchers study effects of climate change on water trade

Lillian Dattilo

Experts studying the global food trade rarely consider how the trade of food encompasses a virtual trade of the water required to produce the food.

NEWS | 03/26/2013

Students call for firearms divestment

In response to a faculty petition urging the University to divest from assault weapon manufacturers after the Dec.

NEWS | 03/26/2013

Panel explores gender limitations women face in society

In an event held on Tuesday evening in recognition of Women?s History Month, the American Whig-Cliosophic Society hosted a panel on whether women are limited in society, especially in relation to Freud?s claim that ?anatomy is destiny.? The panelists included Wilson School professor Nannerl Keohane, Italian professor Gaetana Marrone-Puglia, Director of Student Life for Butler College Alexis Andres and Women?s Center director Amada Sandoval. Andres began the discussion by explaining the research she conducted for her dissertation on the concept of effortless perfection for women at the University of Virginia, which was based on a survey conducted by Keohane at the Women?s Initiative Steering Committee at Duke University. She shared responses from students she interviewed who said that women felt pressure to do well in school, participate in multiple extracurricular activities and maintain a nice body but never show their exhaustion or stress. Sandoval added to this by discussing the double standard women face in terms of personalities and body issues, saying that women are constantly scrutinized on the basis of their looks and behavior.

NEWS | 03/26/2013

Oates to retire after 2015

Alex Jafari

Nationally renowned author and creative writing professor Joyce Carol Oates said she will retire from her teaching position at the University in July of 2015.

NEWS | 03/26/2013

U. research explores 3D mapping in mouse brain

Greta Shum

In a recent study published in Nature, University researchers have discovered the mechanism inside a mouse’s brain that allows it to map its location in three-dimensional space.

NEWS | 03/25/2013

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