The Communiversity Festival of the Arts, an annual celebration coordinated by the Arts Council of Princeton that highlights collaboration between the town and the University, will take place on Sunday, April 28.
The ecology and evolutionary biology department experienced a large drop in the number of declared concentrators between last year and this year.
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In the first year of non-selective admission to the Wilson School?s undergraduate concentration, 162 sophomores had declared the School?s program as their major as of Wednesday afternoon.
The Communiversity Festival of the Arts, presented by the Arts Council of Princeton, will take place on Sunday, April 28, instead of on a Saturday, when the event has traditionally been held.
Gerson Leiva ?16 grew up in Trenton, N.J.
As Christopher Eisgruber ?83 settles into his new role as University president, he will confront a host of challenges related to funding for academic research and the rising cost of higher education.
Brad Smith ?81, who serves as Microsoft?s general counsel and executive vice president for legal and corporate affairs, spoke on campus on Friday about how reforms of immigration and education policy can be made to address problems currently affecting the technology industry.
Upon beginning his term July 1, University President-elect Christopher Eisgruber ?83 will be tasked with continuing the various initiatives started by current President Shirley Tilghman.
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.
Chairs of many academic departments expressed their approval of Provost Christopher Eisgruber?s
?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.
