Just six years after graduation, Adam Frankel ’03’s words have already been heard by millions. Frankel is a senior speechwriter for President Obama.
University staff will begin serving as volunteer firefighters with the Princeton Fire Department during their work shifts in a move that will effectively double the size of Princeton’s firefighting force during the business day.
The elimination of the University’s swim test in 1990 marked the end of Princeton’s physical education requirement. Several peer institutions, however, retain requisite participation in physical fitness programs. Currently, Cornell, Columbia and Dartmouth are the only Ivy League schools with physical education requirements.
Affirmative action may increase academic pressure and stigmatize minority students, according to a study conducted by sociology professor Douglas Massey GS ’78.
Even after months of research and writing, a senior's thesis isn't done until it's bound. For some seniors, this final step is insignificant, but students in some departments face steep costs and strict departmental requirements for binding. The history and psychology departments do not require theses to be bound prior to submission, but other departments, such as politics and the Wilson School, require not one, but two bound copies.
He is as close to an “average Princeton student” as one gets — statistically: He’s a caucasian male from New Jersey concentrating in economics. He earned a 3.78 grade point average at a public high school and earned around a 2220 on the SAT. He is a member of Wilson College, receives $33,671 in financial aid and will live in Dod Hall his senior year.
Students arriving on campus before Sept. 1 next fall won’t be permitted to move into their own rooms, Facilities representatives announced at a USG meeting Sunday. Students who are approved to move in early will live in designated temporary dorms until regular move-in, Director of Campus Life Initiatives Amy Campbell explained in an interview with The Daily Princetonian.
David Wade GS ’82’s is the creator of the “Princeton College of Medicine,” an online medical education service that he said will decrease the financial burden of students. Wade’s college, however, may face legal action from the University due to the college’s use of the University’s trademarked name.
The University has admitted 9.79 percent of the 21,964 applicants who sought admission to the Class of 2013. Only 2,150 members of the largest applicant pool in the University's history were offered spots. The acceptance rate is higher than it has been in each of the last two years, whent he University accepted 9.25 percent and 9.50 percent for the classes of 2012 and 2011, respectively.
The Alcohol Coalition Committee proposed a revision to the University’s current party registration policy at a meeting of the Council of the Princeton University Community on Monday. The revised policy would establish a clearer registration process for students hoping to host parties with alcohol.
Several undergraduates took top spots in the 69th William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition held on Dec. 6, 2008, according to results announced this month. The University’s team, consisting of Peter Diao ’10, John Pardon ’11 and Adrian Zahariuc ’11, ranked second nationally, earning $20,000 for the math department and $800 for each member.
A Borough patrol officer is facing departmental charges and possible termination following allegations that he provided alcohol to teenagers and played drinking games with them at a party he attended with a 14-year-old boy in upstate New York in October 2007.
Students from Fargo, N.D., and surrounding areas have been waiting anxiously to see whether the city’s dikes will be able to withstand flooding.
In addition to a 3,000-pages-per-student printing quota, the USG hopes to change the default settings on all cluster printers to print four pages per sheet with one-inch margins.
The University’s Annual Giving campaign may not reach its goal of $56 million by June 30, Assistant Vice President of Development for Annual Giving William Hardt ’63 said. The campaign has amassed $20.5 million.
Every day, an average of 3,000 books are deposited at the Research Collections and Preservation Consortium (ReCAP), located on Princeton’s Forrestal Campus, which houses excess materials from the University Library as well as the Columbia University library and the New York Public Library. For years, overflowing stacks have forced the University Library to ship thousands of volumes off the main campus each month to this facility, which opened in 2002 and currently holds more than 7.2 million volumes.
Mendy Fisch ’11 failed to get the endorsement of the Princeton Community Democratic Organization (PCDO) for the Princeton Borough Council elections Sunday evening. The group instead voted to endorse candidate Jenny Crumiller.
Graduate students in the history department said they are facing difficulties finding jobs, as many academic searches nationwide are being canceled because of the economic downturn.
Quad will double the number of shared meal plans it offers from 20 to 40 next year to meet increased student demand. Colonial, Cloister and TI will also offer more shared meal plans next year.
The Registrar’s website currently lists the 1,404 courses being offered for the fall 2009-10 semester, down from 1,690 this semester and 1,733 classes last fall. Though administrators stressed that the course offerings for next fall were not yet finalized, the course cuts come as the University prepares to have its largest undergraduate student body ever.
