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Class of 2014 contains greatest number of minority students ever

Class of 2014 contains greatest number of minority students ever

The Class of 2014 contains the greatest number of minority students in University history, according to new matriculation statistics released Monday night.The 1,313 members of the freshman class include 490 students from American minorities, constituting 37.3 percent of the class. There are also 141 international students from 47 countries, representing 10.7 percent of freshmen. The class also contains 208 students, representing nearly 16 percent of freshmen, who come from “low-income” backgrounds, according to a University statement.

NEWS | 09/20/2010

New certificate program in astrobiology explores potential for extraterrestrial life

The University has announced a new Planets and Life certificate program, which will introduce students to astrobiology, a field that explores the origins of life and the potential for life on other planets.Astrophyiscs professor Adam Burrows, director of the new program, explained that a number of students were interested in exploring the potential for life on other planets, a topic that is garnering increasing attention nationally, internationally and locally.

NEWS | 09/20/2010

Charter will use weighted sign-in system

Seven months after Charter Club became the only sign-in club to fill to capacity in first-round sign-ins, the club has decided to change the format of its sign-in system for this February, allowing sophomores to boost their chances of acceptance by attending club events.

NEWS | 09/19/2010

Sex may reduce stress, study shows

A new study by University researchers suggests something that college students have known for decades: Sexual activity may lower stress.

NEWS | 09/19/2010

Lights, camera, action

Several students used the summer to get their feet wet in the moviemaking industry, getting a front-row seat to the acting, marketing and behind-the-scenes wrangling that goes into every film.

NEWS | 09/19/2010

Print quota cut costs by 1 percent

Paper consumption fell 17 percent and printing costs declined 1 percent during the 2009-10 academic year after the Office of Information Technology implemented a printing quota last October, OIT senior manager Leila Shahbender said in an e-mail.

NEWS | 09/19/2010

Federal law aims to ease burden of textbook costs

A new federal law requires that colleges and universities post, “to the maximum extent practicable,” the ISBNs and retail price details of all textbooks on their online course schedule, so that students can have the information they need to shop around in advance. Alternatively, according to a June announcement from the Department of Education, schools can link course schedules to a site such as an affiliated bookstore. Princeton is compliant with the law because lists are posted on Labyrinth’s website and linked to the Registrar’s site, University spokeswoman Emily Aronson said in an e-mail. But the textbook buying experience remains unchanged for students, who still have to go through Labyrinth to find ISBNs and prices for most textbooks.

NEWS | 09/16/2010

Chin ’75 discusses landmark internment trial

With Denny Chin ’75 narrating, 13 students celebrated Constitution Day on Thursday afternoon by reenacting the historic 1942 trial of Minoru Yasu, who intentionally violated a curfew imposed upon Japanese-Americans during World War II.

NEWS | 09/16/2010

Pair of newly released rankings of world’s best universities place Princeton 5th, 10th

Princeton was ranked fifth and tenth among the world’s best universities, according to two major rankings released this month. Times Higher Education put Princeton behind Harvard, California Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford, in that order, in a ranking released yesterday, while QS placed Princeton behind four British universities, Harvard, Yale, MIT, University of Chicago and Caltech. University of Cambridge had the best score in the QS ranking.

NEWS | 09/16/2010

Senior year without a carrel

Math and science majors have long done without carrel privileges. That briefly changed with the opening of Lewis Library in September 2008, when seniors majoring in the sciences could apply for one of the 44 carrels available in Lewis and Fine lib. This year, however, the University has opted to leave those carrels unassigned.

NEWS | 09/16/2010

Carter begins as inaugural director of Andlinger Center

The University appointed Emily Carter, a mechanical and aerospace engineering professor, as the first-ever director of the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment. Carter began serving in the position Sept. 1.

NEWS | 09/16/2010

New Frick opens to host chemistry research, classes

Continuing a trend of major unveilings over the past three years, the new Frick Chemistry Building has now opened and will serve as the new home of the chemistry department, housing its research and teaching facilities. Several other major construction projects have been completed on the southern end of campus in recent years, including Lewis Library in 2008 and Butler College in 2009. Over the summer, Streicker Bridge, a pedestrian bridge spanning Washington Road, was also completed and now connects the new chemistry building to science buildings across the road.

NEWS | 09/15/2010

B.o.B to headline Lawnparties, confirming speculation

B.o.B is slated to headline Fall Lawnparties, USG social chair Jake Sally ’12 said in an e-mail to the student body on Saturday evening. The announcement comes nearly two months after The Daily Princetonian reported on The Prox that the rapper would likely perform on campus next Sunday.

NEWS | 09/10/2010

Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel to step down

Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel will retire from her post at the end of the 2010-11 academic year, the University announced last week. Malkiel is widely known among current undergraduates and recent alumni as the architect of the University’s controversial revised grading policy, which limits the number of A grades that can be awarded to undergraduates in each department.

NEWS | 09/07/2010

RCAs to go on-call, patrol hallways on weekends

Starting this fall, Public Safety officers will not be the only individuals patrolling the hallways of residential colleges on weekends: Residential college advisers have been assigned to walk through the dorms, too.

NEWS | 08/28/2010

Lindenstrauss wins Fields Medal, math world's top honor

Mathematics professor Elon Lindenstrauss received a Fields Medal — one of the most prestigious awards in the field of mathematics — at the International Congress of Mathematicians, which concluded today in Hyderabad, India. The medal is awarded at the quadrennial conference to between two and four mathematicians under 40 years old.

NEWS | 08/26/2010

Princeton drops behind Harvard in U.S. News rankings

Princeton dropped to second place after Harvard in U.S. News & World Report’s ranking of America’s best colleges and universities, according to an Associated Press story posted around 4 p.m. on Aug. 16 at whiznews.com.

NEWS | 08/15/2010

Kagan ’81 becomes third Princetonian on Supreme Court

The Senate voted 63-37 to confirm Solicitor General Elena Kagan ’81 as the next Supreme Court justice, a historic move that marks the first time three women will serve simultaneously on the nation’s highest court.

NEWS | 08/04/2010

USDA finds University mistreated lab primates

University researchers provided inadequate amounts of water to lab primates and violated or failed to document compliance with pre-approved protocol, according to findings from a routine inspection of animal research facilities conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture at the University in late June.

NEWS | 07/29/2010

Annual Giving raises third highest total ever

Though the economy is still reeling after a few rough years, the 2009-10 Annual Giving campaign raised $48,582,819, the third highest total since its establishment in 1940. Surpassing this year’s initial goal of $46 million, the total was almost $4 million more than the $44.6 million raised during last year’s campaign. Undergraduate alumni participation also exceeded the 60 percent mark for the first time in a decade, with 60.8 percent of alumni making a donation.

NEWS | 07/27/2010

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