At Princeton, the saying is revised, as if by a natural translation, and gains unlikely import: You are not what, but where you eat.
Four students traveling to South Padre Island, Texas, over winter break is nothing unusual. But instead of catching some sun, Haonan Zhou ’13, Atanas Petkov ’12, Jack Hutton ’13 and Daniel Minkin ’12 competed in the Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship.
Roughly 25 Native American undergraduates are currently enrolled at Princeton, according to a Univesity estimate. Because of its small size and the mixed ethnicities of Native American students, the Native American community on campus has had limited visibility in recent years, several Native American students said.
Princeton students fall victim to the “stereotype threat,” according to a study led by Adam Alter GS ’09. The “stereotype threat” is the phenomenon in which reminding people of negative stereotypes associated with their group identity can encourage the fulfillment of those stereotypes.
Just four months after the Office of Information Technology (OIT) implemented printing quotas, printing has decreased by roughly 13 percent, saving the University roughly $27,000, OIT senior manager Leila Shahbender said.
An admission rate less than 10 percent may seem low to applicants for undergraduate degrees, but it’s safety-school territority compared to the hurdle that students must overcome to study at Princeton as exchange students. Only 17 visiting students entered the University this year, all admitted through exchange programs between Princeton and their home schools.
Allan Kornblum GS ’73, who was director of Public Safety from 1969 to 1975, died of cancer at age 71 last Friday at the University of Florida Shands Cancer Center in Gainesville, Fla.
A recent international survey of academics confirmed the love-hate relationship between universities and high-profile annual rankings like those issued by U.S. News & World Report. Perhaps surprisingly, the survey also found that U.S. News’ rankings, which are by far the most well-known in the United States, command relatively little respect abroad.
Rep. Robert Andrews (D-N.J.) gave a talk on “Healthcare Reform and the State of the Economy” at the Wilson School on Monday afternoon. He discussed the stress on the current healthcare system and the need for healthcare reform.
Colleges and universities across the country reacted positively this month to President Obama’s proposed expansion of the Pell Grant program, which provides the most common form of federal financial aid for low-income college students.
Though also a gateway into the education field, the University’s Program in Teacher Preparation attracts significantly less attention from undergraduates than Teach for America (TFA).
Do college students have curfews?” a curious sixth-grader asked a panel of five Princeton undergraduates Friday morning. The answer, “no,” came as a surprise to the middle schooler. The panel discussion was part of several activities led by Students for Education Reform (SFER), a group of undergraduates that volunteered on a campus expedition which brought roughly 25 middle-school students from Global Neighborhood Secondary School (GNSS), in New York City’s East Harlem neighborhoods to campus.
Only two years after following in Princeton’s footsteps by instituting a no-loan financial-aid policy, Dartmouth announced last week that it will be reinstituting loans in the financial-aid packages of families with incomes higher than $75,000, starting with the Class of 2015.
George Boxer ’10, David Karp ’10 and Scott Arcenas ’09 won scholarships to study at Cambridge University this fall, the University announced on Friday.
This fall, the chemistry department will move a half-mile south on Washington Road from its 80-year-old accomodations in Frick Laboratory. The location switch will take place over a six-month phased move-in period, and the building should be fully operational and ready for classes in the spring 2011 term. When The Daily Princetonian toured the new site last Friday, 80 percent of construction had already been completed, previewing a building that will propel the department into the 21st century.
Attempt to enter Campus Club on a typical Saturday night and, chances are, you’ll be greeted by a stern-looking student asking to see your PUID.
Snowball fights are fun, but if you want to stay warm and vent your frustration, try initiating a listserv war. While some students find these listserv battles — often begun when one student’s e-mail sparks an influx of “reply all” responses — amusing, others consider them burdens to their inboxes.
You won’t find Kimberly Bonner ’08 in Medford, N.J., her home listed on the TigerNet alumni directory. Bonner is stationed in Tanzania, waging a war against mosquitoes.Bonner is one of the five inaugural undergraduate recipients of the Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative (SINSI) scholarship. The program places Princeton graduates in federal government jobs for two years and funds their two-year Master in Public Affairs (MPA) degrees at the Wilson School.
The Whig-Cliosophic Society hosted a debate Thursday evening over whether the Department of Public Safety’s sworn officers should be allowed to carry guns on campus. Audience members voted 15-8 in favor of arming the officers. Roughly 30 to 40 people were present at the debate.
The creation of the University’s Facebook page — in addition to accounts on Twitter, YouTube and iTunes — reflects efforts by the communications office to increase Princeton’s online presence via social media.
