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University admits 8.39 percent for Class of 2015

University admits 8.39 percent for Class of 2015

The University has accepted 8.39 percent of applicants for the Class of 2015, a slight increase of 0.21 percent over the initial admit rate last year. Out of a record-high 27,189 applications, 2,282 were accepted and an additional 1,248 were placed on a wait list.“In many ways, the pool is as deep and as broad as we’ve seen it in past years,” Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye said in an interview.

NEWS | 03/29/2011

MLB CFO Mariner speaks on business of athletics

Major League Baseball chief financial officer and executive vice president Jonathan Mariner focused on the troubles facing labor agreements in the sports industry in a lecture in Marx Hall on Tuesday night.

NEWS | 03/29/2011

FDIC chairman Sheila Bair covers lessons from economic crisis

Speaking to an audience that nearly filled McCosh 50 on Monday afternoon, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation chairman Sheila Bair reflected on the tensest moments of the financial crisis that began in 2008 and argued in support of recently announced regulations on the financial sector.

NEWS | 03/29/2011

Less than half of students accepted to international summer programs

Acceptance numbers for the Princeton in Spain and Princeton in Bermuda summer programs were released this week.

NEWS | 03/29/2011

Councilman asks for decision on PILOT

At Tuesday’s Borough Council meeting, the Council reviewed its proposed 2011 capital budget and a councilmember announced his support for an editorial requesting that the University publicly state that the Arts and Transit zoning ordinance decision will not affect its annual voluntary contribution to the Borough.The editorial, “Eliminate PILOT Doubts,” published in The Princeton Packet on Thursday, advises that the University “issue a statement that the payments in lieu of taxes are not tied to the zoning changes and that they will continue at the current amount or more well into the future.”

NEWS | 03/29/2011

Rapper Wiz Khalifa to perform at Lawnparties

Rapper Wiz Khalifa will be performing at the USG-sponsored concert at Lawnparties on May 1.

NEWS | 03/28/2011

Payne, Farrow discuss human rights

U.S. Rep. Donald Payne of New Jersey and actress and humanitarian Mia Farrow opened the International Relations Council's Distinguished Speaker's Series last Saturday with their talk titled "What Lies Ahead: Prospects for Peace in Sudan."

NEWS | 03/28/2011

Waldron discusses international law, Christianity

Jeremy Waldron, a New York University law professor and a professor of social and political theory at Oxford, delivered a lecture on “Sovereigns, Borders and Responsibility for the World” in Lewis Library on Monday.

NEWS | 03/28/2011

Roundtable considers immigration

Over 25 panelists from universities, nonprofit organizations and departments of the federal government gathered for “A Round Table on Deportations and National Security” on Monday in the Friend Center’s Convocation Room.

NEWS | 03/28/2011

Clubs work to adapt to new policy

In light of Public Safety’s new policy of notifying the Princeton Borough Police of every alcohol-related transport request made on Prospect Avenue, eating club presidents have begun advising members on how to handle situations in which intoxicated students need assistance. While many clubs say they will still call for help if the situation demands it, they have strongly advised members to remember that the officers on duty should be the first line of help.

NEWS | 03/28/2011

Ramdas GS ’88 talks about gender equity issues

Kavita Ramdas GS ’88 spoke about gender justice in the global community before a largely female audience in Dodds Auditorium on Monday afternoon.

NEWS | 03/28/2011

Registrar to increase accessibility of course evaluations in fall 2011

Registrar Polly Griffin said the University is working to make teaching evaluations accessible directly from the Course Offerings website starting in fall 2011 at the Council of the Princeton University Community meeting on Monday. Griffin added that students may be able to ask course-specific questions directed toward individual department representatives in the near future.

NEWS | 03/28/2011

News & Notes: Controversy brews over ‘black genocide’ flyers at Theological Seminary

Earlier this month, anti-abortion literature circulating at Princeton Theological Seminary sparked a controversy after several students found the flyers, with slogans such as “Black Genocide in the 21st Century,” to be racially offensive.

NEWS | 03/27/2011

Hip-hop symposium addresses culture

Students from multiple universities gathered in the Fields Center on Saturday afternoon for “Hip Hop 2.0: The Price of an Era,” a symposium that addressed a number of issues surrounding the current state of hip-hop.

NEWS | 03/27/2011

U. hosts Asian music conference over weekend, drawing more than 30 speakers

The University’s “In the Mix: Asian Pop Music” conference brought together 32 speakers from eight different countries alongside performers, music industry professionals and students from around the world on March 25 and 26.

NEWS | 03/27/2011

News & Notes: U. named as ‘dream’ school

Just days before tens of thousands of high school students worldwide find out if they were accepted to the University, The Princeton Review released the results of its annual “College Hopes and Worries” survey. Princeton was ranked the fourth most popular “dream” school for college applicants and third for parents.

NEWS | 03/27/2011

USG names academic life project members

Newly selected members of Project ALTA were announced at the USG Senate meeting held at the Department of Public Safety building at 200 Elm Drive on Sunday night.The members include USG vice president Catherine Ettman ’13, USG executive analyst Shyam Modi ’14, USG academics chair Steven Rosen ’13, Rafael Grinberg '12, Emily Levy ’13, Alexis Morin ’12 and Rebecca Scharfstein ’12. The project will be chaired by USG president Michael Yaroshefsky ’12.

NEWS | 03/27/2011

News & Notes: Alumnus earns prestigious mathematics prize

Mathematician John Milnor GS ’54 has won the the 2011 Abel Prize, the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters announced on March 23.

NEWS | 03/27/2011

News & Notes: School board approves $80.3 million budget

The Princeton Regional Schools Board of Education unanimously approved a $80.3 million 2011-12 spending plan on Tuesday night.

NEWS | 03/27/2011

N. Korean defector talks for KASA

The Korean American Students Association political board hosted a screening of the documentary “Hiding,” made by the humanitarian organization Liberty in North Korea, in the Class of 1970 Theatre in Whitman College on Thursday night. After the screening, North Korean defector Jinhae Jo recounted her experience escaping from North Korea to China and eventually to the United States.

NEWS | 03/27/2011

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