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University to abandon planned Arts and Transit neighborhood

University to abandon planned Arts and Transit neighborhood

The University will likely abandon its plan to build an Arts and Transit Neighborhood, Vice President and Secretary Bob Durkee ’69 said after a special joint meeting that the Borough Council and Township Committee held to discuss the proposed construction on Monday night.The meeting was a culmination of five years of conflict over the 2006 University plan that sought to expand the University’s art facilities and reduce congestion in the area around the Dinky station by moving the station and developing a series of new arts buildings to the west of campus.

NEWS | 01/31/2011

Township counts costs following police probe

Princeton Township officials are criticizing the secrecy and the roughly $100,000 cost of a corruption probe that implicated the leadership of the Township police department and resulted in criminal charges against the chief. At the same time, officials are working to find a new chief and determine the makeup of the department in the future.

NEWS | 01/31/2011

News & Notes: Schmidt ’76 steps down as CEO of Google

Alumnus Eric Schmidt ’76 has stepped down as CEO of Google. Schmidt’s departure will be rewarded with $100 million in stocks and options, and he is expected to retain 9.1 percent of Google’s voting power.

NEWS | 01/30/2011

Mayor Bloomberg selected to give Baccalaureate address

Michael Bloomberg, the third-term mayor of New York, will deliver the Baccalaureate address on May 29, Class of 2011 president Alex Rosen announced in an e-mail to seniors Jan. 14.

NEWS | 01/30/2011

Board of Trustees approves 1 percent increase in tuition

Undergraduate tuition and fees will increase by 1 percent next year, the University announced on Monday. The cost increase will be the lowest one in 45 years.

NEWS | 01/30/2011

University arranges flights back home for students studying in Egypt

Anti-government protests that have caused over 100 deaths during the past week are posing a serious threat to the five Princeton students currently studying abroad in Egypt.

NEWS | 01/30/2011

News & Notes: Bassler receives Richard Lounsbery Award

Molecular biology professor Bonnie Bassler will receive the Richard Lounsbery Award from the National Academy of Sciences.

NEWS | 01/30/2011

University sees 3.3 percent increase in applications

The University received 27,115 applications this year for admission to the Class of 2015, it announced Wednesday, Jan. 19.

NEWS | 01/30/2011

Colonial takes 71 more members than last year

The total number of students placed into their first-choice eating club during the first round of sign-ins is almost 70 students higher than it was last year, according to data released to the club presidents by the Princeton Prospect Foundation on Saturday night. The significant increase is primarily the result of a dramatic rise in first-round sign-ins at Colonial Club. None of the clubs saw a drop in first-round interest, and a few saw modest increases.

NEWS | 01/30/2011

News & Notes: Whitman '77 named to board of Hewlett-Packard

Former eBay CEO and Princeton alumna Meg Whitman ’77 has joined Hewlett-Packard’s board of directors.

NEWS | 01/30/2011

News & Notes: Milberg '53 donates collection of Irish prose to University

Leonard Milberg ’53 has contributed his third donation of prose written by Irish writers to the University. Milberg’s previous donations of poetry and theater materials were made in 1994 and 2006, respectively.

NEWS | 01/30/2011

Web Update: Friends, family gather to remember Zeller GS

Every seat in the Garden Room of Prospect House was occupied Saturday afternoon as friends, family and members of the University community gathered to remember Bill Zeller GS, who passed away Jan. 5.

NEWS | 01/14/2011

The lasting memory of Charles Ryskamp

When Charles Ryskamp was appointed the director at New York City’s prestigious Pierpont Morgan Library in 1969, he did not leave his post as an English professor. When he then took over as director of the renowned Frick Collection art gallery in 1987, he continued to stay. So when he passed away last March, it was no surprise to those who knew him that Ryskamp included in his will a way to extend his 55-year affiliation with the University.

NEWS | 01/13/2011

Former Township police chief accused of stealing guns

The former chief of the Princeton Township Police Department struck a deal with the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office to conduct 40 hours of community service and pay restitution instead of facing criminal prosecution for allegedly stealing a police-owned antique M-16 assault rifle, the prosecutor’s office announced Wednesday.

NEWS | 01/13/2011

Wilkes ’83: Building a better Borough

For 25 years, newly elected Borough Council president Kevin Wilkes ’83 stayed far away from politics. Watching his one-time supervisor, former state Sen. Harrison Williams, get convicted in 1981 for taking bribes in an FBI sting operation caused him to give up the field “like a young ideologue” suddenly disillusioned.

NEWS | 01/13/2011

Twenty-five years at the top: USG presidents

David Ascher ’99 needed to move quickly. Several academic departments had threatened to withdraw from the Honor Code because they believed students had been wrongfully exonerated of cheating accusations. And Ascher, then USG president, did not want this to become “the first blip” in the centuries-old agreement between the faculty and students.

NEWS | 01/13/2011

Kyllo ’14 dies in dorm room

Khristin Kyllo, a talented softball player known for her energetic and vivacious personality, died Thursday morning from natural causes. She was 18. Kyllo, a freshman from Vienna, Va., was found in her Forbes College dorm room by Public Safety officers, who responded to a call from a Forbes student around 8 a.m. Princeton Borough police and the Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad also responded. Kyllo was found dead when Borough police arrived, police Capt. Nick Sutter said.

NEWS | 01/13/2011

Video: 2010 Dodge-Osborn Cup

The Daily Princetonian covers the 2010 Dodge-Osborn Cup.

NEWS | 01/13/2011

News & Notes: Hummus referendum actually passed

The Sabra hummus referendum that garnered international media attention over the past two years actually passed in last fall’s election, the USG election triumvirate announced late Tuesday night after an audit. A total of three students voted against the referendum, while 8,666 hungry students voted in favor.

NEWS | 01/11/2011

Alexander Beach awaits Snooki

Just a week after MTV’s announcement of “Jersey Shore: PrincetonU,” the University and USG have banded together to implement tight dress restrictions for undergraduates.

NEWS | 01/11/2011

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