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Robertsons allege misuse of Wilson School endowment

Robertsons allege misuse of Wilson School endowment

The family that donated what has become approximately $550 million to support the Wilson School is continuing with litigation against the University, and so far there has been no attempt to mediate the dispute.The family members of the Robertson Foundation ? endowed in 1961 through a $35 million gift by Charles Robertson '26 and his wife Marie Robertson ? are displeased with the direction of the Wilson School and the financial management of the foundation's assets.

NEWS | 09/10/2002

Solving the world's problems, all as a mere undergraduate

The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs ? known to students as "Woody Woo" ? provides research opportunities for juniors and seniors in domestic and foreign policy.

NEWS | 07/14/2002

Whitman '77 makes $30 million donation

A $30 million gift by Meg Whitman '77 toward the construction of the sixth residential college will enable the University to expand its undergraduate enrollment by 500 students and institute a new four-year college program.The donation, which comes during Whitman's 25th reunion year, was announced in February and will support just less than one-third of the $90 to 100 million project.

NEWS | 07/14/2002

Impractical? Perhaps, but the liberal arts curriculum is illuminating

If you thought you came to college to learn something practical, forget it. Princeton is one of the last bastions of the high-minded, esoteric and abstruse ? the liberal arts education.Come September, when you arrive at this small liberal arts university in central New Jersey, it will be time to begin your new life as an A.B., a candidate for Princeton's Bachelor of Arts degree.Ignore your calculator-toting roommates when they casually mention their course load of "Electromagnetic Field Theory and Optics" or "Mechanics of Solids and Fluids," ad nauseam.

NEWS | 07/14/2002

Tilghman implements change, embraces University in first year

On a warm spring afternoon, while undergraduates sprawl on Cannon Green, Shirley Tilghman leans across her conference table with intensity.In her first year as University president, she has addressed alumni and congressmen, responded to the events of Sept.

NEWS | 07/14/2002

Advisers: Guides through the academic wilderness

Don't worry if you have no idea what courses you want to register for in the fall ? your academic advisers may help you feel a little less clueless.Under a system implemented in 1997, approximately 60 faculty members serve as advisers, with each counseling about 30 freshmen and sophomores.In each college, 10 faculty members advise freshmen while five are assigned to sophomores.

NEWS | 07/14/2002

TWC renamed to honor University's first African-American dean

After years of debate, administrators and student leaders of the Third World Center have moved to change the name of the University's multicultural center to the Carl A.

NEWS | 07/14/2002

Ambrose bestsellers questioned for citation methods

"There are something like six or seven sentences . . . that are the sentences of other writers."These sound like the pleading words of a college student accused of plagiarism, trying to minimize the significance of his appropriation of others' words.

NEWS | 07/14/2002

Campus groups help mold University division into acceptance

In the Pride Alliance archives in Mudd Library, amid serious letters, meeting minutes and Pride rally posters, there is a Hallmark card.It is probably there by accident ? a short, friendly, handwritten note from one member of the organization to another.

NEWS | 07/14/2002

University community reacts, evolves in reponse to Sept 11th

Everyone was on campus. By Monday, September 10, 2001 all returning undergraduates had joined the newly oriented class of 2005.

NEWS | 07/14/2002

Even God rested on the seventh day, but you will not, or so it may seem

Never in the course of human events have so few caused so many so much pain.The nicely embossed brochures the University sends you tell all about the fascinating activities and extracurricular programs available at Princeton.They leave out one important fact, however: Unless your name happens to be Houdini, you will be hard-pressed to sample even a few of them.If you have any intention at all of getting something resembling an education for your $120,000, you are going to be very busy for the next four years with your work alone.Never fear, however, because there are a variety of tactics available for dealing with course chagrin, paper paralysis and homework hysteria.There is, of course, the most obvious and initially painless option: sloth.

NEWS | 07/14/2002

Wisdom wielders

Princeton boasts a large and high-powered faculty worthy of its reputation as one of the best in the nation.These famous scholars, unlike their research-oriented counterparts at other Ivy League schools, often teach undergraduate courses ? maybe even yours. Nobel PrizesIn the past few years, Princeton has consistently produced Nobel Prize winners in various departments.Electrical Engineering professor Daniel Tsui won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1999 for his discovery of the fractional quantum Hall effect.Molecular biology professor Eric Wieschaus shared the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1995 with two other researchers for their work on fruit fly genetics.In 1994, senior research mathematician John Nash shared the Nobel Prize for Economics with two research teammates for their work on game theory.Creative writing professor Toni Morrison, physics professor Joseph Taylor and researcher Russell Hulse, who works at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, all won Nobels in 1993.Morrison, who also won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel "Beloved," coordinates the Princeton Atelier, a program that gives undergraduates the chance to collaborate with famous professionals in the creative world such as Gabriel Garcia Marquez.Physics professor Val Fitch won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1980 for his discoveries about high-energy subatomic particles.

NEWS | 07/14/2002

Whitman, Baker to highlight commencement weekend speakers

Three generations of Princeton alumni will stand at the podium this June at commencement ceremonies.Former Secretary of State James Baker '52, a member of the Class of 2002's grandparent class, will give the Class Day address, while eBay chief executive Meg Whitman '77, a member of '02's parent class, will deliver the Baccalaureate address.The graduating class chose Baker for his experiences as a public servant and insight they thought he could provide on current events, said senior class president Spence Miller.

NEWS | 07/14/2002

A nuts-and-bolts education: Engineers face full schedules and classes far from campus

The very idea of engineering at Princeton is enough to send chills down the spines of many A.B. majors.

NEWS | 07/14/2002

Tilghman administration brings familiar faces back to Nassau Hall

University academic and administrative appointments for 2002-2003 brought some tigers back to Nassau Hall while introducing fresh talents across a range of departments.This past fall's administrative reorganization separated the responsibilities formerly combined in the position of vice president for finance and administration.Christopher McCrudden, treasurer of the University, will assume senior level responsibility for finance-related issues on September 1.

NEWS | 07/14/2002

West GS '80 returns after public drama

Cornel West GS '80 will begin teaching typical courses at the University in the fall, but his journey back to Princeton ? where he attended graduate school and taught from 1988 to 1994 ? was anything but ordinary.

NEWS | 07/14/2002

Competitive bicker, full sign-in class fills most eating clubs

Perhaps the most anticipated week in a sophomore's career came to a close Saturday as Bicker and sign-in clubs initiated their new members.This eating club season reflected a change in students' preferences since last year.

NEWS | 07/14/2002

Facing the challenge of your academic life, and winning, 100 pages later

If you thought getting into Princeton was hard, wait until you see what you have to do to get out.Every spring, college seniors across the nation break out the sunglasses, play frisbee, drink beer and work on their tans.

NEWS | 07/14/2002

Princeton offers students a wide array of electronic resources

Welcome to the world of advanced electronic resources.While your parents are still struggling to program the DVD player, at Princeton you will be able to research your term paper, send email to your friends or tour a museum in Paris ? all from the comfort of your own dorm room.All you need is a computer and a network connection to tap into the University's Dormnet system.So instead of becoming a "have-not" on an information-driven campus, overcome your computational phobias and learn about the electronic resources available to you as soon as you arrive at Princeton.

NEWS | 07/14/2002

Into the stacks, for better or for worse

Students get "Stoned" at Princeton all the time.The lure of the 18th-largest library in the country, Harvey S.

NEWS | 07/14/2002

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