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Study shows TFA alums vote, donate, volunteer less than program dropouts

Study shows TFA alums vote, donate, volunteer less than program dropouts

Teach For America (TFA) alumni exhibit slightly lower levels of charitable giving, voting and civic engagement than those who dropped out of the program or declined offers of admission, according to a recent study by Stanford sociology professor Doug McAdam.

NEWS | 01/07/2010

Sophomore club fees total hundreds

New members of Tower Club will pay $870 this spring, while sophomores at Tiger Inn will pay $825, according to information provided by the clubs’ presidents. New members of Cap & Gown Club will pay $700, while sophomores joining Quadrangle Club will face fees of $650 and Cloister Inn members will pay $500 for the next semester, the clubs’ presidents said.

NEWS | 01/07/2010

Future of the fellowship program unclear

It remains unclear how the advising of applicants for postgraduate fellowships will be run after Associate Dean of the College Frank Ordiway ’81 leaves Princeton this June.

NEWS | 01/07/2010

New website lets students rank courses

Students trying to choose courses for next semester have a new guide to turn to: the recently launched Princeton CourseRank website, princeton.courserank.com.

NEWS | 01/07/2010

U. sees decrease in tenure, tenure-track professors

The percentage of tenured and tenure-track professors at the University has been decreasing slowly over the past decade, according to data from the Department of Education (DOE) provided by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). Dean of the Faculty David Dobkin said in an e-mail, however, that data maintained by the University indicate different trends.

NEWS | 01/07/2010

News & Notes: Leach '64, Petraeus GS '85 to be awarded alumni honors

Gen. David Petraeus GS ’85 and former Iowa congressman Jim Leach ’64 will be honored on Alumni Day with the James Madison Medal and Woodrow Wilson Award, respectively.

NEWS | 01/07/2010

Jaouad ’10 travels to Egypt for Gaza Freedom March

While most students were relaxing over winter break, Suleika Jaouad ’10 was thousands of miles from her home in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., poised to enter a war zone.

NEWS | 01/05/2010

Five juniors awarded SINSI scholarships

Five juniors have been awarded Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative (SINSI) fellowships by the Wilson School.

NEWS | 01/05/2010

New masters appointed for Forbes, Mathey

Classics professor Harriet Flower has been appointed to succeed Antoine Kahn GS ’75 as master of Mathey College, and chemistry professor Michael Hecht will succeed Christian Wildberg as master of Forbes College. Flower and Hecht begin four-year terms at their respective colleges on July 1.

NEWS | 01/05/2010

U. offers faster, more reliable wireless service

Students using the University’s wireless network should notice faster and more reliable internet performance on campus.

NEWS | 01/05/2010

Yaroshefsky ’12 looks ahead to presidency

The USG will emphasize student participation and communication under the leadership of Michael Yaroshefsky ’12, who begins his term as USG president Feb. 1 and succeeds current president Connor Diemand-Yauman ’10.

NEWS | 01/05/2010

Appiah protests Chinese writer's arrest

Appiah, who opened the New Year’s Eve event, is the president of PEN American Center, a New York-based literary association devoted to defending freedom of expression.

NEWS | 01/05/2010

New Jersey freezes McCarter funding

The New Jersey Treasury Department’s decision to freeze committed funding to arts organizations could result in losses of as much as $500,000 for McCarter Theatre and threaten the successful execution of productions scheduled for its next season.

NEWS | 12/17/2009

Professors say sea levels sensitive to warmth

Two degrees may be all that distinguish a thriving coastal city from a deluged ghost town, according to a study led by University researchers that was the basis for an article in Wednesday’s issue of Nature.

NEWS | 12/17/2009

In India, SHARE director empowers women

While Princeton students were feasting on Thanksgiving turkey or taking advantage of Black Friday sales, Suraiya Baluch was having a remarkably different experience.

NEWS | 12/17/2009

U. vaccinates 2,300 for H1N1

UHS has vaccinated 2,271 students, faculty, staff and dependents against the H1N1 flu during November and December.

NEWS | 12/17/2009

Should we end Bicker?

Michelle Wu and Aaron Hosios

Try to imagine the University without one of its most controversial and distinctive institutions — one that has endured for more than a century, even in the face of sharp criticism for its divisiveness and exclusivity.

NEWS | 12/17/2009

Yaroshefsky ’12 elected USG president in runoff

Michael Yaroshefsky '12 narrowly won the runoff for USG president with 51.3 percent of the vote, defeating Jack Altman '11 by 41 votes.

NEWS | 12/17/2009

Malkiel defends grade deflation at Whig-Clio debate

Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel defended the grade deflation policy at a debate Wednesday evening hosted by the Whig-Cliosophic Society.

NEWS | 12/16/2009

Yale admits 13.9 percent of early applicants

Yale has admitted 730 of the 5,261 applicants in its single-choice early action pool, the university announced on Tuesday. The acceptance rate for this applicant pool, 13.9 percent, is slightly larger than the rate from last year, 13.4 percent. Yale also received 5 percent fewer early applications this year than it did last year.

NEWS | 12/16/2009

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