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Amazon CEO Bezos '86 to speak at Baccalaureate

Amazon CEO Bezos '86 to speak at Baccalaureate

Jeff Bezos ’86, founder and CEO of the online retail giant Amazon.com, will deliver the Baccalaureate address on May 30, Class of 2010 president Aditya Panda announced Tuesday in an e-mail to all seniors. Bezos, a former Quadrangle Club member, graduated summa cum laude from the University as a concentrator in computer science and electrical engineering. After college, he worked in finance for several years before founding Amazon.com in 1994.

NEWS | 11/17/2009

USG handbook inconsistent with constitution

USG officials distributed an elections handbook at their meeting Sunday evening that is inconsistent with both the current USG constitution and the bylaws of the Council of the Princeton University Community. The inconsistencies relate to the election of class senators and U-Councilors.

NEWS | 11/17/2009

Princeton in Africa opens to other schools’ alumni

The Princeton in Africa Program has begun accepting applications from students from any nonprofit college or university in the United States, breaking with its established precedent of only taking Princeton alumni.

NEWS | 11/17/2009

Yale early apps drop 5.2 percent

Early admission applications to Yale dropped 5.2 percent from last year, from 5,556 applications in 2008 to 5,265 this fall, Yale Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Jeff Brenzel announced on Monday.

NEWS | 11/17/2009

News & Notes: Herbst ’83 to become Colgate president

Colgate University announced this week that Jeffrey Herbst ’83 will be its next president, starting in the summer of 2010. Herbst will succeed interim president Lyle Roelofs.

NEWS | 11/17/2009

Tiger in the nude

Stereotypical images of Princeton students often include pastel lawn dresses, collared polo shirts and neatly pressed khakis. But one Princeton sophomore, featured nude on the cover of the first official issue of Diamond magazine, is challenging those stereotypes.

NEWS | 11/17/2009

Not-so-safe sex: STIs at Princeton

Though the University dropped from 29th to 61st on the annual Trojan Sexual Health Report Card this year, the rates of STIs among students on campus are on par with those at other colleges and universities in the United States, based on the fall 2008 National College Health Assessment (NCHA) II and data provided by UHS to The Daily Princetonian.

NEWS | 11/16/2009

Admins: Data suggest law, medical school admissions unaffected by deflation

Princeton graduates continue to be successful in gaining admission to the most selective law schools and medical schools, despite the University’s grading policy, administrators said at the Monday meeting of the Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC).

NEWS | 11/16/2009

New rules check fans at tailgates

Township police officers were called Saturday to help enforce new University rules restricting tailgating before sporting events. The call came shortly after Public Safety officers broke up a “violent” fight among two freshman males, authorities said.

NEWS | 11/16/2009

Tiger teachers not deterred by low pay

"Really? Do you really want to be a teacher?” This is a question Marlise Jean-Pierre ’12 and other Princetonians interested in becoming educators often face. For people who pose that question, the teaching profession’s low salary and prestige may seem incongruous with the high cost of a Princeton education.

NEWS | 11/16/2009

Husband and wife awarded Kyoto Prize

Peter and Rosemary Grant, two emeritus professors in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, were awarded the 2009 Kyoto Prize in the field of Basic Sciences on Tuesday, Nov. 10. They are the first husband-and-wife team to receive the Kyoto Prize, which includes a diploma, a 20-karat-gold Kyoto Prize medal and a cash gift of 50 million yen, roughly $550,000.

NEWS | 11/16/2009

Renovated Whig Hall reopens

Around 70 people gathered on Saturday at Whig Hall, home to the oldest collegiate political, literary and debating group in the country, to celebrate the formal reopening of the building, which just underwent its first major internal renovations since 1972.

NEWS | 11/15/2009

Counting pennies at Princeton

Caitlin Caldwell ’12 always dreamed of becoming a doctor. So when she learned she had been accepted to Brown University’s eight-year medical program, which includes both undergraduate and graduate education, she was ecstatic. But Princeton had offered her full financial aid. Without a credit history or a loan co-signer, the $2,000 annual cost she would have to cover at Brown made her decision easy: She came to Princeton.

NEWS | 11/15/2009

Public Safety handcuffs freshman at tailgate

Public Safety officers broke up a fight between two freshman males near the tailgating lot off Broadmead Road before Saturday’s football game. Neither student was arrested, but both have been referred to the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students for disciplinary action. One student, who put the other in a chokehold, was placed in handcuffs, though he was not being arrested.

NEWS | 11/15/2009

Juggling girls: Princeton's sole male cheerleader

Before each kickoff, the only male member of Princeton’s cheerleading squad hoists a female cheerleader onto his shoulders, holding her aloft to celebrate the score. Few, if any, other members of the Princeton community perform this stunt, but for Trent Fuenmayor '12, it’s an integral part of life.

NEWS | 11/15/2009

Ricky’s evicted from location on Nassau Street

As the University focuses on dealing internally with the economic downturn, signs of the struggle have begun to appear just outside FitzRandolph Gate. Princeton’s traditional ice-cream rivalry has taken a new turn with the eviction of Ricky’s Candy, Cones and Chaos from its Nassau Street location.

NEWS | 11/15/2009

Westminster policy presents barriers for students

University students can take courses at Westminster Choir College (WCC) and at Princeton Theological Seminary (PTS), a Presbyterian institution unaffiliated with Princeton University, to supplement their regular University courses. But while both schools are open to Princeton students, the logistical hurdles and accreditation policies involved vastly differ.

NEWS | 11/12/2009

U. competes for place on Google Street View

Princeton is currently competing with Arizona State University, Michigan State University, Rochester Institute of Technology and Stanford to become the third college campus available in Street View.

NEWS | 11/12/2009

Wilson School program cut as some faculty question layoffs

The Policy Research Institute for the Region (PRIOR) at the Wilson School will be shut down at the end of this academic year, as the University has eliminated the positions of the institute’s three staff members, along with 40 other positions across campus, effective June 30, 2010.

NEWS | 11/12/2009

The $50,000 question

The University increased its tuition and fees to $47,020 for the 2009-10 academic year, a jump from $45,695 the year before. Though the cost of attending Princeton is still under the $50,000 mark, 58 universities are already charging more than that, and the University could potentially follow suit in January, when it announces tuition and fees for the 2010-11 academic year.

NEWS | 11/12/2009

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