U. wins national award for diversity and inclusion efforts
Sam KaganThe University was awarded the HEED prize, which recognizes achievement in diversity and inclusion in higher education.
The University was awarded the HEED prize, which recognizes achievement in diversity and inclusion in higher education.
In her announcement email to moderator applicants, Hu encouraged looking toward the new ‘Looped’ app as a replacement resource. She noted that the University alums who developed the start-up” created a moderator process that would be “less time consuming and stressful.”
The Daily Princetonian sat down with CNN political correspondent and former Hillary Clinton spokeswoman Karen Finney for a Q&A.
A three-minute video with narration by Borer guided readers through changes in the campus, measuring physical changes, tracks of carbon footprint, and research equipment. Since the University has expanded in size, new construction yields higher carbon footprint. Borer called for early action and cited the 2019 action plan as one possible solution.
The event was coordinated by lead organizers Annabelle Jin, a junior in high school and co-president and founder of the chapter of Period at Moorestown High School; Tanvi Koduru, a sophomore in college and the chapter leader and founder of Period at Rowan University; and Chai Kim, a senior in high school and co-president of Period at Moorestown.
Fatinah Albeez ’23, Melissa Chun ’23, Jafar Howe ’23, Taryn Sebba ’23, and Sophie Singletary ’23 (listed in alphabetical order) will represent the Class of 2023 on the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) Class Council. The results of the class-wide election, held last week, were sent in an email on Friday, Oct. 18.
USG discussed concerns that the new Lawnparties date could create incompatibilities with schedules for undergraduate athletic teams.
This decision comes as an official response to a historical audit, commissioned in 2016, which examined the Seminary's connections to the institutions of American slavery. According to the Seminary’s official announcement, the trustees’ approval was unanimous.
James Peebles GS ’62 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics on Oct. 8 “for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology.” Peebles sat down with The Daily Princetonian to discuss his career and the next great issue he is excited to research.
Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a judge in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and Professor at the Notre Dame Law School, opened her Oct. 17 talk on campus by arguing, “The story of the United States can’t be told without the Constitution.”
Twenty undergraduates are working with the Carl A. Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding to engage the University’s student body in critical conversations about equity and inclusion on campus.
On Wednesday, amid a backdrop of pronounced student activism, Princeton Theological Seminary’s trustee members met to discuss the potential of establishing a reparations fund. This meeting, following years of student activism on the matter, was the first of its kind and represents a climactic moment in this ongoing saga.
On Thursday, Oct. 17, The Daily Princetonian sat down with Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin for an interview. Rubin, a Republican, is one of the foremost advocates of the Never Trump movement and has repeatedly denounced her former party in her columns and on MSNBC, where she is a frequent commentator.
Rubin pointed to the impeachment proceedings, “vigorous” press coverage, and active courts for evidence of the system’s success.
On Monday, Oct. 7, the Davis International Center bulletin board in Frist Campus Center was transformed into the Lennon Wall, an eclectic display of solidarity with the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.
The University said in an announcement on Wednesday that the new names “should not affect functions inside the spaces.”
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has found herself in trouble with Magistrate Judge and University alumna Sallie Kim ’86 of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
In the 10 years of the program, the number of volunteers has grown and the program itself has evolved. Recently, the department has decided to transition into employing a combination of paid and volunteer firefighters.
The addition joins six other computing clusters: Tiger, Dell, and Perseus, which are the largest and reserved primarily for faculty, as well as Nobel, Adroit, and Tigressdata, which are available to students.
Lt. General Romeo Dallaire was the Force Commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission to Rwanda. He visited the University as part of the lecture series with the Woodrow Wilson School.