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Google, U. hold inauguration event for Google AI Lab on Palmer Square

Princeton University President Christopher Eisgruber '83 stands in a suit and an orange tie behind a brown podium with a microphone in hand. A banner that says "Google AI" in blue, red, yellow, and green is next to him.

Google, U. hold inauguration event for Google AI Lab on Palmer Square

Zoya Amir Gauhar

The University and Google held an inaugural event for the new Google AI lab located just north of campus in Palmer Square on Thursday, May 2. The event hosted speakers such as Professor of Computer Science Elad Hazan, New Jersey Governor Philip Murphy, New Jersey Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman, alumnus and former Google Chairman Eric Schmidt ’76, and President Christopher Eisgruber ’83.

NEWS | 05/02/2019

Eisgruber, NJ college leaders express concerns on immigration delays in letter to Congress

Eisgruber, NJ college leaders express concerns on immigration delays in letter to Congress

Benjamin Ball

University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 partnered with other leaders in higher education across the state of New Jersey to send a letter to Congress expressing concerns about immigration delays and policy.

NEWS | 05/02/2019

Room draw reform petition seeks housing transparency, improved randomization

Room draw reform petition seeks housing transparency, improved randomization

Rebecca Han

“There are some pretty blatant errors in the room draw randomization process, yet numerous attempts to bring this to the administration had very little impact, especially proportional to the problem,” said Betsy Pu ’22, one of the students spearheading the petition.

NEWS | 05/01/2019

Class of 2019 honors faculty with invitation to 4th Annual Gratitude Gala

Zoya Amir Gauhar

The Gala was a time for students to show their gratitude to professors who have influenced them through their time at the University.

NEWS | 05/01/2019

Emily Carter, dean of School of Engineering and Applied Science, to step down

Emily Carter, dean of School of Engineering and Applied Science, to step down

Linh Nguyen

According to the University’s Office of Engineering Communications, Carter will become “the university’s second-ranking officer and serve as the chief operating and academic officer,” a position meant to “[bring] broad vision and executive leadership to campus-wide policy, planning, initiatives and operations.”

NEWS | 04/29/2019

Students react to room draw error

Students react to room draw error

Rebecca Han

“It’s just shocking that this is actually something that’s happened, that somehow housing failed to randomize according to weight something, which seems like something that anyone in COS 126 could have coded up,” Natalie Collina ’19 said.

NEWS | 04/29/2019

U. claims error in room draw process, provides compensation to affected students

U. claims error in room draw process, provides compensation to affected students

Rebecca Han

Upperclass room draw processes were not completely randomized this year, according to an email sent to the dorm-undergrads listserv by Director of Housing Dorian Johnson. Johnson wrote that $1,000 would be deducted from the 2019–20 housing fees of rising seniors directly affected by the issue and in the lower half of their class’s draw.

NEWS | 04/26/2019

U. increases financial aid budget by 7.2 percent for 2019–20 academic year

U. increases financial aid budget by 7.2 percent for 2019–20 academic year

Linh Nguyen

On Thursday, April 25, the Office of Communications announced that the University trustees have “adopted an operating budget for the University totaling $2.3 billion for 2019–20.” Of this total budget, $187.4 million — up 7.2 percent from last year’s $174.2 million — will go towards undergraduate financial aid.

NEWS | 04/25/2019

Proposed changes to distribution requirements would add new category, give students more flexibility

Marissa Michaels

The proposed Culture and Difference distribution would require students to take a course that exposes them to diverse identities.

NEWS | 04/21/2019

Campus roadway to be named after Rivers ’53, one of the first African American U. undergraduates

Rebecca Han

The Council of the Princeton University Community’s (CPUC) Committee on Naming recommended the name "Rivers Way" to the Board of Trustees.

NEWS | 04/17/2019

Kruse, Vinitsky win Guggenheim Fellowships

Kruse, Vinitsky win Guggenheim Fellowships

Benjamin Ball

Professor of history Kevin Kruse and professor of Slavic languages and literature Ilya Vinitsky are among 168 recipients of 2019 Guggenheim fellowships, from a pool of almost 3,000 applicants.

NEWS | 04/16/2019

Class of 2023 Pre-read announced

Benjamin Ball

This year’s Pre-read, “Stand Out of Our Light: Freedom and Resistance in the Attention Economy,“ focuses on the ethical questions raised by an increased reliance on technology.

NEWS | 04/11/2019

Computer Science professor Mark Braverman awarded Waterman Award for work in algorithms

Albert Jiang

Braverman worked on projects involving predictive analytics of medical data, as his core research contributions are in the area of algorithms and computational complexity.

NEWS | 04/10/2019

U. cuts ties with Huawei after company scandals

Bill Huang

The University has cut funding ties with Chinese telecom giant Huawei in light of the company’s recent scandals.

NEWS | 04/08/2019

Public Safety investigates cases of arson on campus

Public Safety investigates cases of arson on campus

Mina Lee

Four cases of arson have occurred in the past four days.

NEWS | 04/08/2019

U. prohibits faculty from engaging in romantic, sexual relationships with graduate students

U. prohibits faculty from engaging in romantic, sexual relationships with graduate students

Marissa Michaels

The Office of the Dean of Faculty released updated policies to prohibit all non-preexisting romantic and sexual relationships between faculty and graduate students on Monday, April 1.

NEWS | 04/07/2019

Fire extinguished at Fine Hall

Benjamin Ball

The Office of Communications reported that the fire department and University officials were investigating the cause of the fire and assessing damage.

NEWS | 04/07/2019

Former students, Catholic community reflect on controversy surrounding former U. chaplain

Former students, Catholic community reflect on controversy surrounding former U. chaplain

Yael Marans

Several months ago, Catholic prelature Opus Dei revealed they had settled a sexual misconduct case regarding Father C. John McCloskey, who previously served the Catholic community at the University.

NEWS | 04/04/2019

U. accepts 5.77 percent of applicants to the Class of 2023

U. accepts 5.77 percent of applicants to the Class of 2023

Roberto Hasbun

At 7 p.m. tonight, the University will accept 1,152 new students to the Class of 2023, who, along with the 743 students offered admission during the single-choice early action, will comprise the accepted class. Overall, the University accepted 1,895 students out of an applicant pool of 32,804, representing a 5.77 percent acceptance rate.

NEWS | 03/28/2019

No suspects yet located in lewdness, peering incidents

Linh Nguyen

Between 8:30 p.m. and 8:50 p.m. Thursday evening, an unknown individual was observed “peering into a window at the New Graduate College.” Around the same time Friday evening, an elderly white male with long gray hair and a light skin male with sandy brown hair and medium build were seen separately near the intersection of Washington Road and Ivy Lane and a residential backyard on Fitzrandolph Road, respectively, both wearing no clothing.

NEWS | 03/18/2019

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