Wilson School professor emeritus Daniel Kahneman and Wilson School professor Alan Blinder ’67 were among four economists named to the American Economic Association’s list of 2011 Distinguished Fellows.
Former university professor Harold Garfinkel passed away from congestive heart failure last month at his Pacific Palisades, Calif., home at the age of 93.
Students in fraternities and sororities, along with nonaffiliated allies, are taking steps to try to dissuade the University from banning freshman rush. The ban, which was recommended in a report issued Monday by the Working Group on Campus Social and Residential Life, would need the approval of the Office of the Vice President for Campus Life and the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students in order to be implemented.
Steven Orszag GS ’66, who taught mathematics at Princeton from 1984 to 1998, passed away on Sunday at the age of 68. Those who knew him said he was a brilliant thinker who found joy in sharing his love of learning.
A memorandum released by the Borough Council yesterday — after two months of negotiations between the Borough, Township and University over community transit issues — outlines a plan for a right-of-way easement that would allow for a potential light rail system running all the way to Nassau Street should a new system ever replace the Dinky.
The Graduate School received 11,689 applications for the 2011-12 academic year, up 5 percent from last year. A total of 1,197 graduate students were accepted, for a 10.2 percent overall admissions rate, slightly lower than last year’s admissions rate of 10.7 percent.By the April 15 postmark deadline, 623 — or 52 percent — of admitted students accepted the University’s offer of admission, slightly down from last year’s yield of nearly 54 percent.
The former governor of New York makes no excuses about his past.“Life is a series of chapters, and you live and you learn and you go on,” he said. “I make no bones to people that I’ve seen peaks and I’ve seen valleys.”But Eliot Spitzer ’81 — activist USG chairman, widely praised state attorney general, disgraced and scandalized former governor of New York, and now host of a primetime CNN talk show — also refuses to make excuses about his future.
The Borough Council voted on Tuesday evening to introduce a zoning ordinance for the University’s proposed Arts and Transit Neighborhood for official review and consideration. After a period of at least 35 days, allowing a review by the Princeton Regional Planning Board, the Council will hold a final vote on the ordinance.
In a report released on Monday, the Working Group on Campus Social and Residential Life, established by University President Shirley Tilghman in September, proposed prohibiting students from rushing fraternities or sororities until their sophomore year. The group recommended a minimum penalty of suspension for participating in or conducting rush for freshmen.To be implemented, the policy would need to be approved by the Office of the Vice President for Campus Life and the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students, University Vice President and Secretary Bob Durkee ’69 said in an email to The Daily Princetonian. Durkee, who co-chaired the group along with Vice President for Campus Life Cynthia Cherrey, added that there is currently no specific timetable for the implementation of the new policy.
Politics professor Robert George moderated a panel titled “The Killing of bin Laden: What Does It Mean for America and the World?” before a large audience in Dodds Auditorium on Tuesday.
University officials formally discussed the findings of the Working Group on Campus Social and Residential Life at the Council on the Princeton University Community meeting on Monday.
In the wake of the announcement that Osama bin Laden had been killed, expert faculty members have been publicly reacting to the news that the former head of al-Qaida and the mastermind behind the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks is dead.
The Wilson School published highlights from the senior thesis of Sam Dorison ’11 on its website last week in response to the recent media coverage of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility following WikiLeaks’ releases on the topic.
Associate Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor ’76 returned to the University as part of the “She Roars” conference on Friday afternoon to discuss women’s leadership potential.
The Common Application announced modifications for the 2011-12 application season earlier this month. The application was changed to reflect an increasingly diverse applicant pool, adding questions about marital status, children and military status along with a more detailed section on language proficiency.
In a report released at noon today, the Working Group on Campus Social and Residential Life — which President Shirley Tilghman established in September — proposed prohibiting students from rushing fraternities or sororities until their sophomore year. The group recommended a minimum penalty of suspension for participating in or conducting rush for freshmen.
Jason Adleberg was elected Class of 2014 vice president in a runoff election last week, the USG announced on Friday.
Over 40,000 students, community members and visitors gathered for a day of balloons, funnel cake and face-painting at the annual Communiversity festival on Saturday in downtown Princeton.
The University held its first ever “She Roars: Celebrating Women at Princeton” conference this weekend, bringing together undergraduate and graduate alumni 50 years after the University admitted its first female degree candidate.
Venture capitalist and principal at Highland Capital Partners Alex Taussig presented a talk titled “Entrepreneurship from the Trenches: 10 Things Every Hacker Should Know About Venture Capital” in Jones Hall on Thursday afternoon.
