The volume of emails sent on the Princeton network can bring an unwelcome distraction: lots of spam. As many students spend hours checking their inboxes, some are beginning to complain about the number of unnecessary emails they are receiving, particularly from residential college listservs.
Legendary broadcast journalist and author Tom Brokaw presented a lecture titled “The Time of Our Lives” about the American dream and how the United States should focus on service.
The prospects of making unexpected and groundbreaking chemical discoveries may have just received a huge boost, thanks to a method recently developed and successfully tested by University researchers.
Economics professor Alan Blinder ’67 presented a public lecture on the economic downturn and potential recovery on Monday night titled “Storm Clouds Rising: Are There Ways Out.” “I was thinking I would just call this lecture: ‘The Mess,’ ” Blinder joked, underscoring the somewhat pessimistic tone of the lecture, which was part of the Wilson School’s Economic Recovery Series.
The USG Community Service Committee is revamping community service on campus with a new Campus Community Challenge, or 3C, initiative.
Less than a week after his arrest on the steps of the Supreme Court, African American studies professor Cornel West GS ’80 was handcuffed once again at a protest in New York on Friday afternoon. He was among 30 arrested for blocking the entrance of the 28th Police Precinct Station in Harlem by linking arms in an act of planned civil disobedience. The group was protesting the New York Police Department’s stop-and-frisk policy, with critics arguing that the random stopping, searching and questioning of people unfairly targets Hispanic and black men.
African-American studies professor Cornel West GS ’80, along with 18 other protesters, was arrested on the steps of the Supreme Court on Sunday afternoon.
The University’s endowment posted a 21.9 percent return on investments for the fiscal year ending Jun. 30, 2011 — raising the total endowment figure to $17.1 billion from last year’s $14.4 billion total.
Students and community members gathered in McCormick Hall on Monday afternoon for a panel discussion titled “Judging Around the World.” Chief Justice of New Zealand Dame Sian Elias and former Advocate General at the European Court of Justice Miguel Poiares Maduro headlined the panel, which was hosted by the University’s Program in Law and Public Affairs.
Students gathered on the south lawn of Frist Campus Center on Wednesday to discuss the changing landscape of the Middle East and issues related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as part of “Talk Israel: Join the Conversation.”
