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As Princeton student, Eisgruber '83 remembered for his ?keen intellect?

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

Following seven-month-long search, details emerge about presidential selection process

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.

NEWS | 04/20/2013

Q&A: Eisgruber '83, University President-elect

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.

NEWS | 04/20/2013

Town looks to PILOT, conflicts of interest as top issues for Eisgruber's term

As the administration of University Provost Christopher Eisgruber ?83 begins to work with the local town government, an item high on its agenda will be renegotiating the University?s monetary contribution to the town. Mayor Liz Lempert, who is acquainted with Eisgruber, said that she was glad to see someone who is already a member of the local community take on the presidency and that her first priority at this time is congratulating Eisgruber and the University on his selection. At the University press conference announcing his selection as president on Sunday, Eisgruber said that at the local level, he hopes to find ways to strengthen the civic partnership between the University and the town, of which he is a longtime resident. "I look forward to working with Mayor Lempert and her colleagues in the years ahead," he said.

NEWS | 04/20/2013

U. postpones emergency notification system test in light of Boston lockdown

A campus-wide test of the University's emergency notification system originally scheduled for

NEWS | 04/18/2013

Town votes to approve separation agreement with police chief

Chief of the Princeton Police Department David Dudeck will retire on Oct.

NEWS | 04/17/2013

Patton ?77 dispenses advice for female students at campus lecture

Susan Patton ?77 discussed her

NEWS | 04/17/2013

Indian pharmaceutical corporation Dr. Reddy?s Laboratories moves headquarters to Princeton

Dr. Reddy?s Laboratories, Inc., an Indian pharmaceutical corporation with 15,000 employees worldwide, will move its North American headquarters to a 75,500-square-foot facility in the Princeton Forrestal Center in Plainsboro, the company has announced.

NEWS | 04/17/2013

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