Milley’s confirmation was decided on a 89–1 vote with broad bipartisan support, in an otherwise immensely divided legislative body.
The Guyot renovation, the result of a gift from Eric Schmidt ’76 and his wife, Wendy, will consolidate the data sciences faculty into one hall but displace the University’s environmental science programs — making the possibility of additional science facilities imminent.
Former Princeton ROTC Cadet General Mark Milley ’80 discussed U.S. military challenges and political issues at his Senate confirmation hearing on July 11. Milley has been nominated to serve as the 20th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The University was listed as second among private colleges and universities on CNBC Make It’s list of “the top 50 U.S. Colleges that pay off the most,” behind only Stanford University. The University was the only school in the state of New Jersey on the list, which included a total of 25 public and 25 private colleges.
According to reporting from the New Yorker, Wang’s wife “has been assured by [Trump] Administration officials that they are working for her husband’s release, but she has been left largely in the dark about what is happening.”
The University has named nine new members to the Board of Trustees, effective July 1, according to a statement on June 18. According to the statement, the new trustees are Heather Gerken ’91, Anthony H.P. Lee ’79, Brad Smith ’81, Sumir Chadha ’93, Bob Peck ’88, Anthony Yoseloff ’96, Amy Alving GS ’88, Terri Sewell ’86, and Sarah Varghese ’19.
The Tony Award for Best Musical went to Hadestown, produced by faculty member Mara Isaacs and Jordan Roth ’97. Faculty member Rachel Hauck and Lewis Center for the Arts guest artist Jessica Paz won for Best Scenic Design of a Musical and Best Sound Design of a Musical, respectively, for their work on Hadestown. Rodger and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!, produced by Roger S. Berlind ’52 and William Berlind ’95, won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical.
In her first appearance on Jeopardy!, Emma Boettcher ’14 defeated professional sports gambler James Holzhauer, ending his 32-game winning streak and preventing him from surpassing Ken Jennings’ record for highest regular-season winnings. In her first three days on the show, Boettcher has made over $97,000.
Will’s baccalaureate address was met with a silent protest from numerous students as part of Princeton IX Now, a coalition of University students that have protested against what they believed to be inadequate adjudications of Title IX procedures by the University administration.
Ellie Kemper ’02 gave the 2019 Class Day speech on Monday, June 3. At the University, Kemper majored in English. She wrote and acted for the Triangle Club, performed improv with Quipfire!, and acted with Theater Intime.
On June 1, the group of students seeking to reform policies relating to the Title IX office at the University staged a walk-out of a #MeToo panel and held signs and donned purple in lieu of orange and black during the P-Rade.
According to Hotchkiss, the results of the YAT voting were presented at the Alumni Council Awards Luncheon on Friday, May 31.
Others who spoke at the event included President Christopher Eisgruber ’83, class president Chris Umanzor ’19, Maya Rita Aronoff ’19, and Chris Kellogg-Peeler ’19.
The Drama Desk Awards now recognize exceptional theatrical work in more than thirty categories by artists working on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and Off-Off-Broadway.
University students with physical disabilities face a number of unique challenges as they navigate campus and academic and social life.
The Schmidts hope that the central location on campus, across from Frist Campus Center, will promote collaboration in computer science on campus.
Beginning in the afternoon and continuing into the evening, students found kitchens, laundry rooms, and lounges covered in as much as two to three inches of water.
The Dinky resumed full service on Sunday, May 12.
For over a week, these student activists had weathered through thunderstorms and cold nights during reading period.
The fire was contained to a cubicle in the “E” wing. Emergency responders used a fire extinguisher to put out the blaze.
