Tourism spending in the Princeton region in 2014 increased 5.2 percent from 2013 to a record-breaking $2 billion, the Princeton Packet reported.
Five members of the Class of 2019 and their Community Action leader Divya Seshadri ’16 were involved in a car accidenton Sept.
The Class of 2019 consists of 1,319 students from 46 states and Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and Guam, with a plurality coming from California, New Jersey and New York.Nearly 37.6 percent of students came from these three states, a slight decrease from last year’s 38.7 percent.
Members of the Class of 2019 took the first steps into their academic career during Opening Exerciseson Sunday, when University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 welcomed the incoming students by sharing encouragements and blessings for the start of their adventure on campus. “You will encounter people with views, backgrounds, values and assumptions different from your own,” Eisgruber said.
Nate Ruess, lead vocalist of former Grammy-winning indie rock band Fun., will headline the 2015 fall Lawnparties, Undergraduate Student Government social chair Simon Wu ’17 announced in an email Thursday.Indie pop duo Holychild will stage the opening act, Wu said. Ruess, along with Jack Antonoff and Andrew Dost, formed Fun.
Creative writing professor and Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri, as well as novelist and philosopher Rebecca Newberger Goldstein GS ’77, have been named recipients of the 2014 National Humanities Medal. President Barack Obama, joined by first lady Michelle Obama '85, presented medals to the recipients on Thursday, Sept.
A University alumnus was removed from his position as ethics director of the American Psychological Association last month after an independent review alleged that he collaborated with the Department of Defense to enable torture. Stephen Behnke '82 was removed from the position in which he had served since 2000.
A terrorist attack spurred the University to relocate Tyler Lawrence ’16 and Tori Rinker ’16 from their internships in Cairo, Egypt, in mid-July. "Out of an abundance of caution in the wake of an incident in Cairo, the students were relocated to Casablanca, Morocco, to continue their internship with the same organization.
The Princeton Annual Giving campaign set a new record this year with $61,490,178 raised from nearly 45,000 gifts, William Hardt '63, Assistant Vice President of Development for Annual Giving, said. The undergraduate alumni participation rate was 60.3 percent. The Annual Giving fundraising total was significantly higher than last year's previously record-breaking amount of$58,748,900, although the undergraduate alumni participation rate was down from 61.4 percent last year. According to University President Christopher Eisgruber '83, continued positive results from Annual Giving and year-round gifts made to the University could make expanding the undergraduate student body a foreseeable possibility.He added that the 60.3 percent undergraduate alumni participation rate achieved in this year’s campaign surpasses that of Princeton’s peer institutions by a significant margin. “Our participation rate shows the deep appreciation Princetonians feel for the experience they have here," Eisgruber said.
The University has updated the "Smoking" section of "Rights, Rules, Responsibilities" in the past week to prohibit smoking within 25 feet of all workplaces and buildings of public access. Section 1.5.3 had previously only prohibited smoking within workplaces and buildings of public access.
Terrace Club enacted a complete prohibition against smoking and the use of vapor-emitting substances indoors at the behest of the Princeton Health Department, Terrace graduate board chair Sandy Harrison ’74 said.According to Harrison, a week after The Daily Princetonian published an article on November 24 identifying Terrace as a non-smoke-free building, the Princeton Health Department approached club leadership saying that its smoking policy was not in compliance with New Jersey state law.Jeffrey Grosser, town health officer, explained that although the investigator did not observe any violations or receive any complaints from the University, the “policy of the club didn’t reflect the [New Jersey] Smoke-Free [Air] Act.”Although gray areas exist in the law's implications, the act prohibits smoking in indoor work places and facilities open to public activities.“There have been miscommunications in the past, and some eating clubs believed they were exempt [from the law],” Grosser said, “but we made it clear that even if [Terrace] is private, it still has to comply.”The club's graduate board subsequently consulted the law and in March installed a new ventilation system in a single room dedicated to smoking, according to a March 23 article in the 'Prince.'However, the new policy did not satisfy the Health Department.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie announced his presidential candidacyTuesdaymorning at Livingston High School in Livingston, N.J. Christie, who has been struggling in New Jersey polls recently, is also an ex officio trustee of the University. He is the 14th Republican to have declared a presidential run. NJTV News reported there were around 1,000 protesters outside the high school protesting, among other issues, Christie's actions on pension reform. With supporters in the background holding "Christie 2016: Telling It Like It Is" signs, Sheila Goldklang, a friend and colleague on the Livingston Board of Education of Chris Christie's late mother, Sandy Christie, first introduced Christie.
The University has revoked its offer to hire Michael LaCour, who allegedly altered data sets in an academic study, as an assistant professor in the Wilson School after a review of the allegations, University spokesperson Martin Mbugua said. LaCour coauthored a December 2014studyas a doctoral student at the University of California, Los Angeles, which received nationalmedia attentionfor purportedly showing that opponents of same-sex marriage could be reliably persuaded to change their minds after just one conversation with a gay person. The prominent journal Science issued aretractionof the study onMay 28.
Washington, D.C. —History professor Hendrik Hartog found himself entwined in history on Friday when his book, “Man and Wife in America: A History,” was cited in Associate Justice of the U.S.
A record number of graduates from the Class of 2014 — 90.3 percent — achieved their post-graduation goals within six months of graduating, according to an annual report published this week by the University’s Office of Career Services.
The University named nine members to the Board of Trustees earlier this week.They are Lori Dickerson Fouché ’91; Arminio Fraga GS ’85; Paul Maeder ’75; Anne Sherrerd GS ’87; Doris Sohmen-Pao ’93; returning trustees Laure Forese ’83, Louise Sams ’79 and C.
New undergraduatecertificates in Cognitive Science,Ethnographic Studies, and History and the Practice of Diplomacy will be available beginningJuly 1, 2015, according to University spokesperson Martin Mbugua. Faculty voted in favor of proposals for the programs at the last faculty meeting in May. According to Deputy Dean of the College Clayton Marsh, the Committee on the Course of Study received proposals for Cognitive Science from philosophy professor Sarah-Jane Leslie, forEthnographic Studies from anthropology professor Carol Greenhouse, and for History and the Practice of Diplomacy fromhistory professor William Jordan and Wilson School deanCecilia Rouse. Marsh explained that proposals for newcertificates undergo a lengthy process of screening and approval before appearing on the agenda for a faculty meeting.
The University Board of Trustees voted to create a new department for African American studies, the University announced on Tuesday. The department will be created on July 1. The decision came shortly after heated controversy on campus surrounding misappropriation of cultures and racial tensions on campus.
It is important to pursue ideals that are not necessarily the most pragmatic, University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 said at the University’s 268th Commencement on Tuesday.
Jill Dolan will be the next Dean of the College, the University announcedon Tuesday. The appointment follows a semester-long search. Dolan is an English professor and the director of the Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies.
