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Princeton sits atop U.S. News rankings, tied with Harvard

Princeton sits atop U.S. News rankings, tied with Harvard

Princeton sits atop U.S. News & World Report's list of America's best colleges and universities, sharing the top spot with Harvard in rankings released on Wednesday afternoon. Yale is third on this year's list, while Penn, Stanford, MIT and the California Institute of Technology all share the fourth spot.Click here to see a complete list of the top 50.

NEWS | 08/18/2009

Sotomayor '76 confirmed to Supreme Court post

Sonia Sotomayor '76 was confirmed last week as the first Hispanic and third woman to serve as a justice on the Supreme Court. Please click here to see The Daily Princetonian's full coverage of the Sotomayor nomination.

NEWS | 08/05/2009

SJP 2009

Click here to read about the daily adventures, thoughts and musings of the Princeton University Summer Journalism Program students, alumni and counselors during this year's program.

NEWS | 08/02/2009

Man arrested for lewdness

A man was arrested by Borough Police late Saturday evening for exposing himself to a female visitor on campus, the Department of Public Safety announced in a campus-wide safety alert early Sunday morning.

NEWS | 08/01/2009

Toy gun sparks campus scare

The University community experienced its third gun scare in five months on Monday morning before officials determined the object in question was a blue toy water gun with a fluorescent tip.

NEWS | 07/26/2009

Sotomayor ’76 helped shape University’s affirmative action practices

As Sotomayor’s stance on affirmative action comes under close scrutiny during her Supreme Court confirmation hearings this week before the Senate Judiciary Committee, her advocacy for affirmative action during her time at Princeton may shed some light on her political convictions.

NEWS | 07/15/2009

Sotomayor ’76: Judicial philosophy is fidelity to the law

WASHINGTON — Seven weeks after her nomination by President Obama to the nation’s highest court, Sonia Sotomayor ’76 sat alone at a long black table before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday for the opening day of her confirmation hearings.

NEWS | 07/12/2009

Tilghman: Endowment loss closer to 25 percent

The University estimates its endowment has lost closer to 25 percent of its value than the 30 percent previously projected, President Tilghman said in an interview.

NEWS | 07/08/2009

Bolten ’76 to teach in Wilson School

Former White House chief of staff Josh Bolten ’76 will become a member of the Wilson School faculty in the upcoming academic year, the University announced July 7.

NEWS | 07/06/2009

A quiet vigil, far from home

Dressed in black, they held candles, sang Farsi songs from the 1979 revolution and stood around a makeshift memorial on the grass of Palmer Square. Last Friday evening, more than 70 members of the Iranian community in Princeton gathered for a 90-minute candlelight vigil to honor the memory of the dozens of people who have lost their lives in the violent protests following the Iranian presidential election on June 12.

NEWS | 06/23/2009

University to offer retirement incentives

The University announced a voluntary incentivized retirement program last week at a time when employees nationwide are delaying their retirement in light of the recession.

NEWS | 06/18/2009

Paxson selected as new dean of the Wilson School

Economics professor Christina Paxson was more than 3,000 miles away from Princeton, atop the mountains of Oregon, when she received an e-mail from President Tilghman notifying her of good news.

NEWS | 06/15/2009

Obama taps Leach ’64 to chair NEH

Visiting Wilson School professor and former Republican congressman Jim Leach ’64 has been nominated by President Obama to chair the National Endowment for the Humanities.

NEWS | 06/02/2009

‘Prince’ Q&A with Katie Couric

“CBS Evening News” anchor and managing editor Katie Couric sat down with The Daily Princetonian’s Jack Ackerman on Monday morning before her Class Day address to answer questions about her move from NBC to CBS, how much she pays attention to ratings and the growing importance of the internet for the media.

NEWS | 06/02/2009

University fails to notify seniors of gun scare

Members of the Class of 2009 did not receive alerts from the University’s emergency notification system about Wednesday’s gun scare because their names had been removed from the database.

NEWS | 06/02/2009

Fisch ’11 loses Borough Council election

With 409 votes out of the 1,412 cast, Mendy Fisch ’11 fell short in his bid for a seat on the Borough Council. Fisch finished third in the Democratic primary on Tuesday behind Jenny Crumiller, a former head of the Princeton Community Democratic Organization who won 531 votes, and incumbent Councilman Kevin Wilkes ’83, who won 472 votes.

NEWS | 06/01/2009

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