President Tilghman conferred 1,125 bachelor's degrees and 743 graduate degrees at the University's 261st commencement, the final ceremony in a three-day series of graduation events.
Meaghan Petersack '08 has been elected the newest young alumni trustee, University officials have announced.
Physician and medical anthropologist Paul Farmer exhorted the members of the Class of 2008 to "make hope and history rhyme" as he delivered the Baccalaureate address this afternoon.Farmer took the phrase from a poem by Seamus Heaney, whom he incorrectly identified as the 2006 baccalaureate speaker, and used it to lead into a description of his vision of a utopian future that he hoped this year's graduating class would help create.
It?s an unconventional opening gambit, outside of a courtroom and facing a jury, to ask for your sympathy.
White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten ?76, speaking on campus today, said that his dismissal of former press secretary Scott McClellan may have motivated McClellan?s new book, which harshly criticizes the Bush administration."It may be that I?m ultimately responsible for the bitterness and disgruntlement, and ultimately for the book,? said Bolten, who rarely speaks publicly.
The reopening of the legendary Cannon Club has been a drama long in the making.Though Dial Elm Cannon (DEC) Graduate Board chair Warren Crane ?62 and University Executive Vice President Mark Burstein had both said earlier this year that the club is slated to open next February, Crane said in an interview yesterday that this is not a firm deadline.Crane still hopes for a February 2009 opening.
Two Princeton researchers, Alicia Soderberg and Edo Berger, have become the first humans in recorded history to witness the explosion of a supernova in real time.
Misbah, Princeton?s first magazine dedicated to exploring Muslim issues, was officially launched at a release party last night in Frist Campus Center 309.The new student publication aims to be a ?conversation in print,? editor-in-chief Babur Khwaja ?09 said.
California is set to become the second state to allow same-sex marriages, following a ruling yesterday by the state?s supreme court that struck down California?s marriage laws as unconstitutional.
[Scene: June 3. Nassau Hall front lawn. Temperature: 74o F. Light southerly winds.]Class of 2008, as I look out today on a sea of Weather Fans, I see all the promise and potential of a generation.
?Professor Bernhard was the reason I majored in chemistry.? When Jackie Latina ?08 came to Princeton, her struggle in departmental courses freshman year made her think twice about majoring in chemistry.
Shrinking computers has been one of the most successful endeavors of the last decade.
As the death toll from Monday?s earthquake approaches 20,000 with thousands more still missing in China's Sichuan Province, the rubble has managed to fall upon the lives of students and faculty thousands of miles away in New Jersey.
Membership in Quadrangle Club has declined sharply over the past decade, but Quad president Christian Harris ?09 said he is ready to combat the decline in membership and broadcast Quad?s advantages to the student body.
The introduction of the free, ad-supported music downloading service, Ruckus, in December 2006 has not eliminated the problem of illegal downloading on campus.
Cannibalism may be the driving force behind locust swarms, a University-led research team has discovered.
Princeton students lack concern for others and live in an environment that does not encourage a sense of social responsibility, said a group of concerned students who were joined by deans and administrators at a town-hall discussion in the Mathey College Common Room on Wednesday night.The discussion was put together by students in various peer advisory groups such as Speak Out and SHARE to address ?sensitivity to racial and sexual harassment and assault,? in light of recent events including the violence at BlackBox in April and the charges brought against former student Malik Little ?11, Alice Abrokwa ?08 explained.Moderator Dante Ricci GS said the discussion was not intended to focus too much on these recent events, though.
The University is currently reviewing a proposal to offer a Latino studies program, an issue that has been on the administration?s table for more than 10 years.If approved, the Latino studies program may be available to students as soon as two years from now.
When James An ?08 began spring break, everything was going according to plan. He was almost finished with his senior thesis and already had a job lined up for next year: a position as a first-year analyst in the fixed income division at Bear Stearns.On a retreat for Manna Christian Fellowship with his friends, An heard the news.
