Princeton College Republicans has decided not to endorse a statement of support for marriage equality circulated by the presidents of numerous Ivy League Democrats and Republicans chapters.
In response to increased interest on campus in issues of socially responsible investing, the Resources Committee of the Council of the Princeton University Community has invited the chair of Yale?s Advisory Committee on Investor Responsibility and law professor Jonathan Macey to give a talk on Mar.
The USG discussed the success of the ?What I Be? project at its meeting on Sunday night.
The second USG-sponsored Mental Health Week, consisting of several speakers, group fitness classes, movie screenings and mental health-related study breaks, will run from Feb.
Former Indiana governor Mitch Daniels ?71 was presented with the Woodrow Wilson Award, the highest honor given to an undergraduate alumnus, on Saturday during the University?s 2013 Alumni Day in Richardson Auditorium.
Arminio Fraga GS ?85, an investor and the former president of the Central Bank of Brazil, was awarded the James Madison Medal, the University?s highest honor conferred on an alumnus of the Graduate School, during Saturday?s Alumni Day proceedings.
Wilson School professor Anne-Marie Slaughter ?80 and University President Shirley Tilghman spoke Friday evening as part of the Alumni Association?s ?Conversation on Women & Leadership.? The pair discussed a wide range of topics, from the label of feminism to the role of government in actually implementing gender-based reform.
Scientists have long puzzled over how flocks of several thousand starlings flying without a leader and without a destination manage to remain one cohesive unit, but University researchers have now determined the cause of this flock unity.
As eating clubs were conducting pickups the Saturday after Bicker week, a student who had previously been informed that he had been hosed learned that he had actually been accepted.
While all of her roommates became doctors and many of her friends entered finance after graduating from Princeton, Christina Gelsone ?96 headed to clown school.
This academic year?s round of Ivy League admissions saw less change in application numbers for the incoming freshman class.
USG president Shawon Jackson ?15 said he plans to promote accessibility, approachability and accountability for the USG this year, signaling that he would keep his campaign promises during his term. ?The theme for this year is ?to lead is to serve,? and that?s a quote from Elie Wiesel,? Jackson said.
Founder and photographer of the ?What I Be? project Steve Rosenfield discussed his photography and the importance of honesty to oneself at a lecture in Frist Campus Center on Wednesday afternoon. Rosenfield has photographed people from a variety of backgrounds and spent this week taking pictures of over 80 Princeton students as part of the ?What I Be? project, which he said aims to ?create security through insecurity.? The photographs feature individual students with words describing personal insecurities written on their bodies, including on their hands and faces. Former USG president Bruce Easop ?13 said before the lecture began that the project served as a conversation-starter in the days leading up to Mental Health Week. Rosenfield, who is based in Davis, Calif., said that when he began taking photographs four years ago, his goal was to produce images that were ?really dramatic and really raw.? He came to the University this week at the recommendation of Shirley Gao ?13, also from Davis, who first encountered Rosenfield?s work two years ago. ?It was very touching and striking for me to see these photos of people revealing parts of themselves,? Gao said.
Continuing its effort to support collaborative, cross-national research and teaching initiatives, the University has finalized its third strategic partnership of the year with the University of Tokyo.
An approximately 20-year-old white male allegedly danced naked in the University Cottage Club dining hall on Friday evening, police said Tuesday. Police alleged that the individual danced until he was confronted by a Cottage employee.
Seven students had the opportunity to witness the end of the world in Guatemala, the birthplace of the Mayan apocalypse legend itself, on Dec.
After 19 years as a professor in the University?s molecular biology department, professor Bonnie Bassler will begin her term as department chair on July 1. While the announcement was posted on the molecular biology webpage last week, the department has been preparing for the transition over the last several months.
A new lawsuit was filed this month against the Regional Planning Board of Princeton, challenging its 9-1 vote in favor of the University?s plans for the Arts and Transit Neighborhood on Dec.
Two seniors, Caroline Hanamirian ?13 and Jake Nebel ?13, have been awarded the Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize, the highest general distinction the University confers on undergraduate students. Four graduate students, Angele Christin GS, Laura Gandolfi GS, George Young GS and Jiaying Zhao GS, were granted the Porter Ogden Jacobus Fellowship. The Pyne Prize is awarded annually to the two seniors who have most clearly demonstrated excellent scholarship, strength of character and effective leadership.
The University has already begun construction on what will be the largest building project in its history, the Arts and Transit Neighborhood.
