Princeton Township police promoted five officers in June in the second round of promotions since the department’s leadership was implicated in a corruption probe at the end of last year.
In an email sent out to the student body on Aug. 11, Deputy Dean of the College Clayton Marsh announced that the University had reached an agreement with Labyrinth Books, which provides textbooks for most University courses, allowing students to buy used and new textbooks at 30 percent off the listed price.
Public Safety will no longer be required to notify the Princeton Borough Police of calls from Prospect Avenue. Under the newly revised policy, if students call Public Safety from the eating clubs, they will receive the same response as the one they would receive if they called from an on-campus location.
The yield for the Class of 2015 is 57.2 percent, the Princeton Alumni Weekly reported on July 6. This number is a slight increase from last year, when the yield reached 56.9 percent.
The university took first place in the U.S. News and World Report’s list of America’s best national universities for 2011-12, tying with Harvard. Yale came in third, followed by Columbia, the California Institute of Technology and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The storm that brought heavy rain and high winds to the East Coast two weeks ago — Hurricane Irene — caused only minor damage to University property, the administration reported. The University is currently in the process of assessing estimates and costs regarding the loss incurred.
The University’s Annual Giving campaign raised $50,010,045 for the year 2010-2011, it announced in July, the second highest total in the campaign’s history.
At the end of the month, the future of the former Valley Road School site will be determined. Princeton Regional Schools will choose between replacing the school with a site to house Princeton’s emergency services or converting the school to a community center for local nonprofits.
A $10 million gift made by philanthropist Lynn Shostack to the University’s Project X in June will ensure continued support for faculty members seeking seed funding for creative and unconventional research projects in the field of engineering.
Three weeks after the University’s Aug. 23 announcement that it would prohibit freshmen from rushing fraternities or sororities beginning in the fall of 2012, the University’s Greek organizations are still taking in the news.
Sovereign Bank signed a three-year agreement with the University in July, effective immediately, to help support international academic initiatives.
Last Sunday on Cannon Green, several hundred University faculty, students and members of the public gathered to reflect on the 10-year legacy of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and honor the memories of the thousands who perished, including 13 Princeton alumni.
Residents of the Borough and Township will vote on a referendum proposing consolidation of the two communities this November. If the referendum passes with a majority in both the Borough and the Township, the two Princetons will become one municipality under a borough form of government.
Seven undergraduates were awarded prizes during opening exercises on Sunday.The Freshman First Honor Prize, awarded annually to a current sophomore who achieved exceptional academic standing during their freshman year, went to Eugene Katsevich ?14, a prospective mathematics major from Oviedo, Fla.The George B.
The electro-hop group Far East Movement will headline the USG-sponsored concert at Lawnparties this Sunday at Quadrangle Club.
Cannon Club, which is set to reopen as an undergraduate eating club in February 2012, will now be offering social memberships to members of the classes of 2012 and 2013. The Graduate Board of Trustees of Cannon Dial Elm Club announced the news in an email sent out to juniors and seniors on Aug. 15.
Heavy rains and dangerous weather conditions in the wake of Tropical Storm Lee last week forced the University to recall the freshman pre-orientation Outdoor Action trips.
Trauma victims recovering from serious injuries exhibit similar gene activity — regardless of age, gender or previous health — as their condition changes.
In an official resolution this July, the Borough Council publicly announced that it is opposed to the University’s plan to move Dinky station.
Shanta Devarajan ’75, the chief economist of the World Bank’s Africa Region, spoke on the importance of service as the keynote speaker for the annual “Reflections on Service” event on Sept. 13.
