Mike McCurry '76, a former adviser to John Kerry and Bill Clinton, said at a Wilson School panel Monday that the president's missteps in Iraq would constrain his options during his second term."Spreading freedom is a noble cause," McCurry said.
The University's endowment grew by about $1.2 billion during the 2003-04 fiscal year, according to a report released in late January by the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO).That represents an increase of 13.7 percent for the University ? less than Harvard University's 17.5 percent growth and Yale University's 15.5 percent growth.Princeton's endowment now stands at $9.9 billion.
President Tilghman renewed her pledge to support women faculty in science and engineering at a faculty meeting Monday, in the wake of the controversy surrounding Harvard president Larry Summers' recent comments.The remark, Tilghman's second public statement on the subject, came toward the end of a meeting that addressed a range of issues including the chemistry department's expansion plans and a planned revision of University course offerings.Presiding over the meeting, Tilghman was asked to comment on the controversy by Maria Klawe, dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science.Though Klawe did not mention Summers by name, she referred to "a certain president of another school who is prepared to sacrifice his career for the sake of [certain statements regarding] women engineers."Summers recently came under fire for suggesting that the lack of successful women in scienceand math-related careers might be due to "innate" differences between the genders.In response, Tilghman said she could "say with absolute confidence that the ground at Princeton is extremely fertile for talented women scientists, mathematicians and engineers" starting their careers."We're prepared to be the Ellis Island," she said, suggesting Princeton could serve as a haven for female academics in the sciences.Graduate school dean William Russel, a chemical engineer, reported earlier in the meeting on the chemistry department's plans to expand, including the possibility of a new building.Russel said the department is striving to "launch itself into the upper ranks [of chemistry departments] nationwide." In particular, the department is looking at what subfields of chemistry will be most important in the future and which of the University's other departments might be "critical partners" in interdisciplinary efforts, he said.Russel explained that plans for a new building are still in the "information-gathering stage," but that a conceptual design of the building was outlined in the late 1990s.A more detailed report on the chemistry department's efforts is expected later in the spring.Other issues raised during the meeting included the creation and removal of courses in various departments ? which were all approved unanimously ? as well as this year's record number of undergraduate applications.Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel, who presented the proposed curriculum changes, said that the number of proposed new courses was normal but the large number of proposed deletions ? 31 ? was "perhaps less usual." She explained that such deletions become necessary every five or six years, due to events like the departure of faculty members.Tilghman then asked Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye to report on the record-high number of applications to the University this year.
Despite rapidly accelerating moves toward digital reference systems at the University and nationwide, Firestone Library won't be replaced anytime soon.Google announced plans in December to digitize portions of several library collections, including those at Harvard University, Stanford University, Oxford University and the University of Michigan.
It's early morning as Miles Cava '07 churns out laps alongside his Princeton teammates in DeNunzio Pool.
The "cool factor" of Apple computers, with their sleek design and eye-catching ads, has barely chipped away at the market dominance of PCs nationwide.
Yale Law School announced Feb. 1 that it will prevent military recruiters on campus starting this spring.The decision follows a Jan.
With its tongue-twisting Greek name, Epsilon Upsilon Omicron (EYO) might sound like the latest fraternity or sorority to arrive on campus.
LAWRENCEVILLE ? Nine University students joined community members and religious leaders for a public hearing on proposed changes to the state's lethal injection regulations in a full conference room Friday.Held by New Jersey's Department of Corrections (DOC), the hearing provided concerned citizens a chance to speak about the proposals before the DOC votes on whether to approve or change them.The first proposed amendment would allow media access to death row prisoners in the three days prior to execution.
Following a record number of first-round sign-ins, Bicker brought even more new members to the Street this weekend.Cap and Gown Club had the biggest Bicker class this year, with roughly 180 students bickering.
Several campus organizations will help launch an effort to aid tsunami victims Monday by introducing Making Waves, a community-wide initiative to fold 150,000 origami waves, each in memory of an individual killed in the disaster."[The waves] help us remember, because you're folding individual objects to remember individuals," said Bonnie Bernstein, education and outreach coordinator of the Cotsen Children's Library.The initiative started when a young boy asked how to create a wave at the library's origami workshop immediately following the tsunami.
Several hallways in Forbes college were vandalized Sunday night as sign-in clubs picked up new sophomore members, prompting an investigation by the Residential College Disciplinary Board.A window was broken, garbage was strewn across the floor and silly string was used to spell "Q" on doors, according to Forbes director of studies Oliver Avens.
Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye discussed plans for expanding the University's applicant pool and provided new details on a research initiative to survey applicants' views of Princeton at a USG-sponsored town hall meeting Thursday night.She also announced that applications to the University's undergraduate program for the Class of 2009 climbed from Wednesday's count of 16,077 to 16,290.
WirehogWhen DC++ was shut down in December, Princeton students lost one of the most widely used file-sharing programs on campus.
Princeton Borough Police arrested three Philadelphia residents suspected of credit card theft on campus and outside Starbucks on Nassau Street on Jan.
Eric Plutz first fell in love with the control lights, switches and pipes of the organ at age 12 while visiting the Paramount Music Palace in Indianapolis with his family."The organist was like the Wizard of Oz," Plutz said.
Princeton Township's Site Plan Review Advisory Board met Monday night to review proposals for Ivy Club's planned expansion and for a new restaurant and jazz club, marking the next step toward the approval of both projects ? and the potential expansion of entertainment options both on and off the Street.Stephen Distler, the principal of developer JAT Holdings, presented his proposal for Aston's Restaurant and Bar, a jazz club he hopes to build on the site of Mike's Tavern on Bayard Lane.
The University filed a request for declaratory judgments on Wednesday, the latest development in the case of the two-year-old lawsuit brought by the Robertson family.
The University unveiled its plan for the construction of 200,000 square feet of new engineering buildings at the Borough Council meeting Tuesday.
Physics professor James Peebles and astronomy professor James Gunn have been awarded this year's Crafoord Prize, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced January 27th.The professors will share the $500,000 award with Cambridge University professor Sir Martin Rees for their "contributions towards understanding the large-scale structure of the Universe," according to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences website.The prize was established in 1980 to support research in scientific fields not considered by the Nobel Prize, which the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences also awards.
