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Staff members recognized at ‘Hidden Chaplains’ event

Staff members recognized at ‘Hidden Chaplains’ event

Zachary Shevin

On Thursday evening, over 100 students and community members came together in Frick Auditorium for a celebration of gratitude as students recognized “Hidden Chaplains” on campus, members of the community “who change their day in small but meaningful ways.”

NEWS | 05/02/2019

Google, U. hold inauguration event for Google AI Lab on Palmer Square

Princeton University President Christopher Eisgruber '83 stands in a suit and an orange tie behind a brown podium with a microphone in hand. A banner that says "Google AI" in blue, red, yellow, and green is next to him.

Google, U. hold inauguration event for Google AI Lab on Palmer Square

Zoya Amir Gauhar

The University and Google held an inaugural event for the new Google AI lab located just north of campus in Palmer Square on Thursday, May 2. The event hosted speakers such as Professor of Computer Science Elad Hazan, New Jersey Governor Philip Murphy, New Jersey Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman, alumnus and former Google Chairman Eric Schmidt ’76, and President Christopher Eisgruber ’83.

NEWS | 05/02/2019

Eisgruber, NJ college leaders express concerns on immigration delays in letter to Congress

Eisgruber, NJ college leaders express concerns on immigration delays in letter to Congress

Benjamin Ball

University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 partnered with other leaders in higher education across the state of New Jersey to send a letter to Congress expressing concerns about immigration delays and policy.

NEWS | 05/02/2019

Room draw reform petition seeks housing transparency, improved randomization

Room draw reform petition seeks housing transparency, improved randomization

Rebecca Han

“There are some pretty blatant errors in the room draw randomization process, yet numerous attempts to bring this to the administration had very little impact, especially proportional to the problem,” said Betsy Pu ’22, one of the students spearheading the petition.

NEWS | 05/01/2019

Class of 2019 honors faculty with invitation to 4th Annual Gratitude Gala

Zoya Amir Gauhar

The Gala was a time for students to show their gratitude to professors who have influenced them through their time at the University.

NEWS | 05/01/2019

Political messages found graffitied in at least six locations across campus

David Veldran

University spokesman Ben Chang expressed support for students’ rights to free expression of their views on difficult topics, but condemned the defacing of University property in the effort to do so.

NEWS | 05/01/2019

History professor Kevin Kruse 'roasts' Trump in Full Frontal segment

Benjamin Ball

Kruse concluded his roast by telling the president he is a “hell of a guy.” Then, he immediately corrected himself, saying, “I read that wrong. Cheers, President Trump. You’re going to hell, guy.”

NEWS | 05/01/2019

Student analysis of room draw sparks renewed conversation

Student analysis of room draw sparks renewed conversation

Ariel Chen and Rebecca Han

An analysis of room draw by Adam Chang ’20 and Yang Song ’20 indicates that the randomization error effected rising juniors in addition to current juniors, larger draw groups received on average better draw times, and that draw ordering is the same across 2018 and 2019 for the same draw groups.

NEWS | 05/01/2019

Former U. professor Whiting GS ’90 to become Harvard Graduate School of Design dean

Former U. professor Whiting GS ’90 to become Harvard Graduate School of Design dean

Taylor Sharbel

Sarah Whiting GS ’90 has been appointed the first female dean of Harvard Graduate School of Design. In addition to receiving her M.Arch. from the University in 1990, Whiting taught at the University as an assistant architecture professor from 2005 to 2009.

NEWS | 05/01/2019

Students raise concerns about individual information made publicly available through room draw

Students raise concerns about individual information made publicly available through room draw

Ariel Chen

The University Housing documents listing draw times, which include student PUID number and class year, are not protected by the University’s Central Authentication System (CAS) and can be accessed by anyone who has the links to the documents. The students whose information can be accessed in this way includes those who have opted to be removed from the University’s public directory.

NEWS | 04/30/2019

Former housing secretary speaks on federal housing policy, discrimination

Patenaude discusses federal policy making

Former housing secretary speaks on federal housing policy, discrimination

Talha Iqbal

“I want to be remembered as being an advocate for Puerto Rico, as the person who fought for it,” Pamela Hughes Patenaude, former Deputy Secretary for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), said in regards to her efforts to increase government involvement in Puerto Rico’s housing crisis.

NEWS | 04/30/2019

Radical protestors threaten pedestrians with “hellfire”

Allan Shen

A group of self-proclaimed Christian protesters displayed posters on campus on Monday afternoon telling various minority groups to “obey Jesus” or face “hellfire.”

NEWS | 04/29/2019

Sibley ’19 reflects on eye health, U. accommodations

Sibley ’19 reflects on eye health, U. accommodations

Katie Tam

In February of this year, Sibley sent an email to residential college listservs with the subject line “Don’t Be Me. Graduate on Time!” Sibley warned readers about the dangers of too much screen time and offered suggestions for preserving your vision, including inverting the display colors on your computer and following the 20-20-20 rule: for every twenty minutes of staring at a screen, look twenty feet away for twenty seconds.

NEWS | 04/29/2019

Emily Carter, dean of School of Engineering and Applied Science, to step down

Emily Carter, dean of School of Engineering and Applied Science, to step down

Linh Nguyen

According to the University’s Office of Engineering Communications, Carter will become “the university’s second-ranking officer and serve as the chief operating and academic officer,” a position meant to “[bring] broad vision and executive leadership to campus-wide policy, planning, initiatives and operations.”

NEWS | 04/29/2019

Reed ’19, Zoulis ’19 selected as senior class valedictorian, salutatorian

Reed ’19, Zoulis ’19 selected as senior class valedictorian, salutatorian

Ivy Truong and Marie-Rose Sheinerman

On Tuesday, June 4, Reed will deliver the valedictory address, and Zoulis will deliver the traditional salutatory oration in Latin.

NEWS | 04/29/2019

Eight students honored with Spirit of Princeton awards

Eight students honored with Spirit of Princeton awards

Oliver Effron

The awardees are Marcia Brown ’19, Nnenna Ibe ’19, Kyle Lang ’19, Moyin Opeyemi ’19, Hannah Paynter ’19, Samuel Vilchez Santiago ’19, GJ Sevillano ’19, and Colin Yost ’19.

NEWS | 04/29/2019

Students react to room draw error

Students react to room draw error

Rebecca Han

“It’s just shocking that this is actually something that’s happened, that somehow housing failed to randomize according to weight something, which seems like something that anyone in COS 126 could have coded up,” Natalie Collina ’19 said.

NEWS | 04/29/2019

U. students, community members come together for 49th annual Communiversity ArtsFest

U. students, community members come together for 49th annual Communiversity ArtsFest

Claire Silberman

The event was the largest cultural event in Central New Jersey, with around 40,000 people participating.

NEWS | 04/29/2019

USG discusses potential changes to meal plans, funding requests

USG discusses potential changes to meal plans, funding requests

Jacob Gerrish

“They’re planning on either adding more meals to it for the same price or decreasing the price,” Virk said. “Because right now price-wise per meal it really does not make sense.”

NEWS | 04/28/2019

U. claims error in room draw process, provides compensation to affected students

U. claims error in room draw process, provides compensation to affected students

Rebecca Han

Upperclass room draw processes were not completely randomized this year, according to an email sent to the dorm-undergrads listserv by Director of Housing Dorian Johnson. Johnson wrote that $1,000 would be deducted from the 2019–20 housing fees of rising seniors directly affected by the issue and in the lower half of their class’s draw.

NEWS | 04/26/2019

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