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Few minorities among University's senior ranks

Few minorities among University's senior ranks

When Vice President for Campus Life Janet Dickerson retires in June, the University will lose a devoted and caring administrator, President Tilghman and students told The Daily Princetonian last month. But the University will also lose the only African-American member among its senior administrators.

NEWS | 11/09/2009

The Nude Olympics: 10 years after the ban

Around this time each year as the weather gets colder, a few knowing residents of Holder Hall look at their courtyard and acknowledge its relative emptiness. One night each year for at least a quarter of a century until 2000, that area was full of naked sophomores honoring the year’s first snowfall. For the last 10 years, though, the snow has fallen on jackets and hats alone.

NEWS | 11/09/2009

University reduces searches for new faculty by two-thirds

The University will authorize only about one-third as many searches for new faculty as it has in the past, Provost Christopher Eisgruber ‘83 said on Monday at the annual public meeting of the Priorities Committee. Eisgruber also announced the University has reached its goal of making 200 staff reductions between June 2008 and June 2010.

NEWS | 11/09/2009

Beecher ’13 elected class president

Zachary Beecher has been elected Class of 2013 president, USG senior elections manager Addie Darling ’12 said in an e-mail to the freshman class on Friday afternoon.

NEWS | 11/08/2009

Indian film crew shoots scenes on campus

On Saturday afternoon, Bollywood came to Princeton. Indian dance music resounded across Firestone Plaza as critically acclaimed Indian filmmaker Gautham Menon brought his crew to campus to shoot scenes for his upcoming film “Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya,” or “Will You Come Down From the Sky?” in English.

NEWS | 11/08/2009

From Jeeps and Jaguars to jellyfish

Spongebob is the only guy I know who can have fun with a jellyfish for 12 hours,” Squidward the Octopus exclaimed in an episode of the animated series “SpongeBob SquarePants.” Squidward clearly has not heard of John Dabiri ’01, who is currently an associate professor of aeronautics and bioengineering at the California Institute of Technology.

NEWS | 11/08/2009

Lewdness reported in women's locker room

An unidentified male entered the women’s locker room in Caldwell Field House and recorded himself performing a lewd act using unattended camera phones, Senior Associate Director of Athletics Erin McDermott said in an e-mail sent on Friday to the members and head coaches of the women’s athletics teams.

NEWS | 11/08/2009

Students seek approval to do human research

While most seniors working on their theses lock themselves up in Firestone Library and spend their days scouring the dimly lit stacks for research material, others are looking elsewhere for their primary research material. Sociology, economics and politics majors, as well as psychology majors in particular, are choosing to focus on humans, rather than books, as research material for their theses.

NEWS | 11/08/2009

Middle of the Road: Students' Reactions to Midterm Stress Vary

Students respond to midterm week.

NEWS | 11/02/2009

Elite society targets young alumni

Soon after leaving their comfortable campus, Princeton graduates may feel the absence of a crucial part of their undergraduate experience: an intimate social community. Yet as recent alumni scatter across the country, some have sought to maintain the engaging intellectual and social experience they had at Princeton.

NEWS | 10/29/2009

U. to lay off 43 employees

The University will lay off 43 employees across various offices and job levels and involuntarily reduce the hours of 18 other employees.

NEWS | 10/29/2009

U. drops to 61st on Trojan Sexual Health Report

The 2009 Trojan Sexual Health Report Card, released earlier this week, ranked the University 61st out of the 141 colleges and universities assessed nationwide, a steep drop from the University’s 29th-place ranking in 2008. The fourth annual report card evaluates access to sexual health resources and information on the campuses of major NCAA colleges and universities.

NEWS | 10/29/2009

Pace Center releases plan for USG funds

The Pace Center has finalized plans for distributing an estimated $90,000 in USG funds, nearly half of which will be spent on a week-long service initiative in Trenton for between 150 and 200 students over Intersession, the center announced in a statement on Thursday.

NEWS | 10/29/2009

Student files suit against U.

A member of the Class of 2013 is suing the University for refusing to grant her extended time on examinations.

NEWS | 10/29/2009

U. expects to receive H1N1 vaccine next week

The University expects to receive a shipment of the H1N1 vaccine next week and will begin to distribute the vaccine to students shortly after, the University announced Thursday afternoon in an e-mail to the campus community. University Health Services will distribute the vaccine as doses are received from the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services throughout the fall and winter.

NEWS | 10/29/2009

Out the gates and back again

Most graduates return to campus only occasionally, for Reunions or Homecoming. But for a small number of alumni who also choose to pursue graduate degrees at the University, Commencement is not the end of their academic pursuits at Princeton.

NEWS | 10/29/2009

University to make $50,000 payment to West Windsor

The University made a formal agreement with West Windsor Township to make a Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT), under which the University will pay the Township $50,000 instead of paying taxes on land the University owns in the Township.

NEWS | 10/28/2009

USG looks to move on after series of troubled elections

Since the 2008 USG constitutional amendment instituting the independent position of senior elections manager, three students have filled the post. Each has resigned before the end of his or her term, raising concerns about the ability of the USG to manage elections.

NEWS | 10/28/2009

Town, Boro to probe merger

The separate governing bodies representing Princeton Borough and Princeton Township have formally agreed to explore the possibility of merging or sharing some of their overlapping services and resources, The Times of Trenton reported on Tuesday.

NEWS | 10/28/2009

Einstein photos found in vault

Albert Einstein’s wrinkled visage is again visible in Princeton. Hidden for years in a secret vault, a set of 14 black-and-white photographs of the incomparable scientist remained unknown and unseen — until archivists at the Institute for Advanced Study discovered them this past summer.

NEWS | 10/28/2009

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