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Marie Yovanovitch ’80 testifies before Congress
“This is about far more than me or a couple of individuals,” Yovanovitch said. “As Foreign Service professionals are being denigrated and undermined, the institution is also being degraded. This will soon cause real harm, if it hasn’t already.”
Violinist Stefan Jackiw, Pianist Jeremy Denk offer performances, musical insights
In an interview, Jackiw described performance as an opportunity to “come together in some quasi-religious way, take communion together through this piece.”
GoFundMe for Title IX protestor quickly exceeds fundraising goal
The amount, $2,723, was based on the fine that an anonymous student received for writing “Title IX Protects Rapists” on University walkways in April.
Man with knife arrested during Easter Service at University Chapel
“No one was threatened or injured,” said Deputy University Spokesperson Michael Hotchkiss, “though others at the Chapel were concerned.”
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi ’00 awarded Oscar for best documentary feature
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi ’00 accepted the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for her film “Free Solo,” for which she was the director.
NJ minimum wage set to rise until 2024
On Monday, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed legislation that will increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2024. University students and the larger Princeton town community will not immediately feel the effects of the law.
Title IX comment period ended, U. critiqued proposed changes
The comment period for the proposed Title IX changes has ended. The University, in conjunction with the American Association of Universities and the New Jersey State Bar Association, left suggestions as to how to improve the proposed changes.
Department of Education proposes changes to Title IX
A few weeks ago, the Department of Education released a long-anticipated proposal for changing the regulations laid out in Title IX.
COS, Wilson School professor Edward Felten on election security, intersection of tech and policy
“Familiarity with technology as a user [and] some ability to think a little more deeply about how it works and about what is likely to be able to do and not do — that’s going to be core knowledge for policy professionals in the future.”
Penn professor discusses discrimination in Asian-American communities
Themes of his book include the phenomenon of “racial melancholia” — an estrangement from American culture surrounding racial norms — as it relates to depression and suicide among model minorities. Still, in the years after his early work on racial melancholia, Eng started to notice different behaviors in the students of his Asian-American literature and culture classes.