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Rouse, former Obama adviser, to head Wilson School

Rouse, former Obama adviser, to head Wilson School

Wilson School professor Cecilia Rouse, a top education policy analyst and a former economic adviser to President Obama, will lead the Wilson School as its next dean, the University announced Monday, taking the wheel of an institution as it undergoes rapid changes to its undergraduate curriculum.

NEWS | 07/29/2012

With critical donation, Amazon's Jeff Bezos '86, MacKenzie Bezos '92 back same-sex marriage

Amazon founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos ’86 and his wife MacKenzie Bezos ’92 have donated $2.5 million of their fortune to a political action committee that supports same-sex marriage in Washington, a donation announced by the PAC on Friday morning. The couple’s gift instantly doubled the fundraising haul of Washington United for Marriage, which is organizing to preserve same-sex marriage in the state.

NEWS | 07/28/2012

U. completes $1.88 billion Aspire campaign, largest fundraising push in school history

After five years of extensive fundraising, the University raked in $1.88 billion through the Aspire campaign, beating its goal by $130 million in the largest capital campaign in the University’s history.

NEWS | 07/10/2012

Housing scrambles to find beds for large freshman class, students on wait list

Next year 13 students in Wilson College will be able to sleep, eat and study without ever stepping foot outside of their dorm building — Wilcox Hall.

NEWS | 07/04/2012

Gas leak in E-Quad quelled by rescue squads

Around 100 people were evacuated from the Engineering Quadrangle at 5:40 p.m. on Friday due to a silane gas leak in a laboratory on the fourth floor of the J wing.

NEWS | 06/30/2012

Daniels '71 named president of Purdue University

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels ’71 may have declined to run for the Republican nomination for President of the United States last year, disappointing many national conservative leaders, but Daniels hasn’t abandoned the idea of a presidency altogether. On Thursday, Purdue University, Indiana's second-largest public university, announced that the home-state governor would be its next college president.

NEWS | 06/20/2012

Trustee donates $10 million to fund international fellows program

Trustee William Fung ’70 has donated $10 million to expand the University’s globalization efforts and bring six international fellows to Princeton beginning next year, the University announced Tuesday.Fung's gift will create the Fung Global Fellows Program, a postdoctoral fellowship program in the social sciences and humanities administered by the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies.

NEWS | 06/18/2012

Q-and-A: Brown President Ruth Simmons, soon-to-be Princeton trustee

At the beginning of next month, outgoing Brown president Ruth Simmons will trade schools with Wilson School dean Christina Paxson — Paxson will succeed Simmons in Providence as Brown’s 19th president, and Simmons will join Princeton’s Board of Trustees. On Monday, the ‘Prince’ caught up with the new trustee and asked her which school will have her allegiance.

NEWS | 06/17/2012

Bill would overhaul town-gown interaction, make Princeton comparable to public universities

Daily Princetonian Staff

The University may no longer need to earn the approval of the Borough and Township when it seeks to expand the campus if a bill making its way through the New Jersey state legislature passes. Senate Bill 1534 would eliminate the requirement that local governments in New Jersey sign off on the expansion and zoning plans of private nonprofit schools like Princeton, potentially reshaping town-gown battles like the long struggle over the University’s controversial Arts and Transit Neighborhood.

NEWS | 06/15/2012

Brown's Simmons named to Princeton Board of Trustees

The day after she retires from Brown University and is succeeded by Wilson School Dean Christina Paxson, outgoing Brown president Ruth Simmons will join Princeton’s Board of Trustees, the University announced Tuesday. Simmons, the first black president in Ivy League history and a vice provost at Princeton for three years in the 1990s, will be one of seven new people to join the Board on July 1.

NEWS | 06/11/2012

Battlefield named endangered site, pleasing preservationists

The Princeton Battlefield, a site at the center of a local political controversy, was named one of “America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places” by the National Trust for Historic Preservation last week, the latest step taken by local preservationists to oppose the development plans of the Institute for Advanced Study.

NEWS | 06/10/2012

Lempert defeats Wilkes '83 2 to 1 in Democratic primary for mayor

Princeton Township Deputy Mayor Liz Lempert defeated Borough Councilman Kevin Wilkes ’83 for the Democratic nomination for mayor of the consolidated Princeton on Tuesday. Lempert earned 2,055 votes, nearly twice the 1,105 votes that Wilkes received.

NEWS | 06/05/2012

Tilghman defends liberal arts education at Commencement; Aretha Franklin awarded honorary degree

The sky cleared up from the previous night’s rainfall just in time for the University’s 265th Commencement on Tuesday morning, as 1,230 undergraduates from the Class of 2012, five from other classes and 832 graduate students received their degrees in a ceremony on the front lawn of Nassau Hall.

NEWS | 06/04/2012

At Baccalaureate, Lewis ’82 tells seniors to understand role of luck

Author Michael Lewis ’82 drew on his own experiences and the content of his books to urge the Class of 2012 to understand the role that luck has played in their successes at the University’s 265th Baccalaureate ceremony held on Sunday afternoon in the University Chapel.

NEWS | 06/03/2012

Following rain, Carell talks technology, Doug Davis '12 at Class Day

Comedian and actor Steve Carell gave the keynote speech Monday morning at this year’s Class Day, a ceremony that dates back to 1856.Carell, known for his work on the television series "The Office" and films such as "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "Little Miss Sunshine," provided a lighthearted discussion of the differences between his own college career and those of today’s students given the advent of new technology.

NEWS | 06/03/2012

Tilghman: Arts and Transit, Nobel Prize, Aspire campaign are 'highlights' of year

The past year at the University was “blessed with a lot of highlights and a few lowlights,” President Shirley Tilghman told a crowd of alumni, students and parents in a conversation Saturday morning.

NEWS | 06/02/2012

Picoult '87, writers question future of print media

Author Jodi Picoult ’87 and three other alumni who work in writing and publishing spoke on Saturday morning about the developing tension between printed media and electronic publishing. Former executive at Time Inc. Nick Nicholas ’62, Washington Post journalist Joel Achenbach ’82 and multimedia advertising consultant for a newspaper in Austin, Texas, Jessica Gutierrez ’07 joined Picoult in the discussion.

NEWS | 06/02/2012

Long hours in the tents: The Reunions crews

As over 20,000 alumni and current students throw their cares away at Reunions this weekend, small teams of students work nonstop to ensure that all the events run smoothly.

NEWS | 06/02/2012

Tales from the Old Guard

Speaking in a gentle voice, Charlie Crandall ’42 P’74 G’15, sat calmly on the Forbes back patio. All of a sudden, he raised his cane in the air, and with the boisterous voice of a young man, shouted out to a fellow classmate he spotted. It is this very enthusiasm that defines the members of the Old Guard.

NEWS | 06/02/2012

Panel: Should the news be fair and balanced?

Five University alumni who work in the media tried to answer the question, “Is Anyone Really Interested in Having the News Be Fair and Balanced?”, in a panel discussion hosted on Thursday afternoon.

NEWS | 06/01/2012

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