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U. holds security filings worth $30M in Uber, $821k in Beyond Meat, according to recent SEC filing

U. holds security filings worth $30M in Uber, $821k in Beyond Meat, according to recent SEC filing

Zachary Shevin

Specifically, this filing shows seven companies in which the University has holdings. The filing showed around $127.6M in University holdings, making up about 0.49 percent of the University’s $26.1B endowment

NEWS | 02/20/2020

Q&A with Chris Lu ’88, former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor

Q&A with Chris Lu ’88, former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor

Taylor Sharbel and Sam Kagan

The Daily Princetonian sat down with Chris Lu ’88, former Assistant to the President and White House Cabinet Secretary for President Barack Obama. Lu discussed his time at Princeton, his days with Obama at Harvard Law School, and 2020 Democratic Candidates.

NEWS | 02/19/2020

Menstrual Product Task Force presents plans for expansion, 'Periodpalooza'

Menstrual Product Task Force presents plans for expansion, 'Periodpalooza'

Caitlin Limestahl

The Menstrual Product Task Force aims to increase the number of buildings that offer free, organic menstrual products from 20 to 40 locations and further influence national policy with regards to tampon taxes.

NEWS | 02/19/2020

Four graduate students named Jacobus Fellows

Four graduate students named Jacobus Fellows

Shamma Pepper Fox

All of this year’s fellows will pursue careers in academia. According to the Graduate School’s website, “previous Jacobus winners have gone on to become leaders in all fields including academia, business, industry, and government.”

NEWS | 02/19/2020

Bat crashes microeconomics lecture in McCosh 50

Bat crashes microeconomics lecture in McCosh 50

Claire Silberman

Deputy University Spokesperson Mike Hotchkiss explained in a statement to The Daily Princetonian that the room was evacuated shortly after the bat sighting. A pest-control company arrived to find the bat gone, “likely through an open window.”

NEWS | 02/19/2020

Princeton Police Department arrest two on Witherspoon for violence, robbery

Princeton Police Department arrest two on Witherspoon for violence, robbery

Ngan Chiem

Angel Gonzalez-Hernandez was arrested and charged with robbery, simple assault, and terroristic threats, while Jose Bran-Gonzalez was charged with robbery, aggravated assault, unlawful possession of a weapon and possession of marijuana under 50 grams.

NEWS | 02/18/2020

Updated Trump travel ban may complicate international students’ post-graduation plans

Updated Trump travel ban may complicate international students’ post-graduation plans

Omar Farah

While students and scholars remain exempt from the ruling, the change may present some difficulties for the students’ post-graduate plans. Effective Feb. 22, six new nations will be added to the initial list of nations: Nigeria, Eritrea, Myanmar (Burma), Kyrgyzstan, Sudan, and Tanzania.

NEWS | 02/18/2020

Sirad Hassan ’20 to participate in Jeopardy! College Championship

Sirad Hassan ’20 to participate in Jeopardy! College Championship

Rooya Rahin

According to a press release from Jeopardy producers, Hassan will be one of two students from the Ivy League participating in this year’s Tournament, with the other being Yale University sophomore Nathaniel Miller.

NEWS | 02/18/2020

Hundreds of fossils lay forgotten in the basement of Guyot. One sophomore is working to change that.

Hundreds of fossils lay forgotten in the basement of Guyot. One sophomore is working to change that.

Kris Hristov

The collection was all but forgotten until Andrew Xu ’22 found out about it while preparing for a high school Science Olympiad fossils competition. Xu now maintains the collection with the help of the Geosciences department.

NEWS | 02/18/2020

Bezos ’86 commits $10 billion to fight climate change

Bezos ’86 commits $10 billion to fight climate change

Evelyn Doskoch

The Bezos Earth Fund will fund scientists, activists, NGOs, and other efforts to combat and reverse the effects of global climate change.

NEWS | 02/18/2020

Campus transit reform seeks to “make walking and biking ‘irresistible’”

Campus transit reform seeks to “make walking and biking ‘irresistible’”

Shamma Pepper Fox

A team comprised of students, faculty, and administrators on the Transportation Advisory Council (TAC) and from Transportation & Parking Services (TPS) began studying Princeton’s transit network in September 2019 to “explore ideas that can make walking and biking ‘irresistible,’” according to the TPS website.

NEWS | 02/18/2020

Forbes College to absorb Pink House sustainable foodshare

Taylor Sharbel

Current Forbes students who are eligible for upperclass housing will have the opportunity to draw into Pink House as individuals or groups during a special room draw prior to the start of the regular room draw process in mid-March.

NEWS | 02/17/2020

Despite increases in aid for students with children, some say it’s not enough

Marie-Rose Sheinerman

“When I think about GCAP, I think, ‘Gosh, am I looking a gift horse in the mouth?’ All of this is an extreme privilege,” said Kristin Isaacs, the wife of Cory Isaacs, a third-year Ph.D. candidate in the Woodrow Wilson School. “I want to be thankful and I am thankful, but it’s just not enough.”

NEWS | 02/17/2020

USG discusses Student Speaker Initiative, community engagement

USG discusses Student Speaker Initiative, community engagement

Danielle Ranucci

USG discussed using data to improve communication and outreach. Specifically, USG Vice President Andres Larrieu ’22 examined the role that data collection could play in optimizing USG services.

NEWS | 02/16/2020

Vote100 hosts Day of Action, aims to increase turnout

Karolen Eid

As part of their mission to increase civic engagement on campus, members of Vote100 encouraged students to call, email, and write letters and postcards addressed to the offices of government officials.

NEWS | 02/16/2020

Sarah Hirschfield ’20 wins 2020 Gates Cambridge Scholarship

Marie-Rose Sheinerman

Hirschfield will pursue an M.Phil. in philosophy at Cambridge. In interviews with The Daily Princetonian, Hirschfield’s friends and mentors seemed to agree on one thing: at her core, she is a student of philosophy.

NEWS | 02/16/2020

Coley ’20, Press ’20 awarded Moses Taylor Pyne Prize

Coley ’20, Press ’20 awarded Moses Taylor Pyne Prize

Caitlin Limestahl

The honor is named after Moses Taylor Pyne, Class of 1877, a long-time benefactor of the University and University trustee for 36 years beginning in 1884; his tenure lasted through the University presidencies of James McCosh; Francis Landey Patton; Woodrow Wilson, Class of 1879; and John Grier Hibben, Class of 1882.

NEWS | 02/14/2020

Divest Princeton student activists deliver CPUC proposal on steps of Nassau Hall

Divest Princeton student activists deliver CPUC proposal on steps of Nassau Hall

Rooya Rahin

On Thursday afternoon, about 50 people planned to march to the office of University President Christopher L. Eisgruber ’83 and protest the University’s investments in fossil fuel companies.

NEWS | 02/13/2020

First-year students revitalize ‘Princeton Against Gun Violence’ advocacy group

Rachel Sturley

The group aims to create a continuous dialogue around gun policy reform, rather than merely responding to tragedies. Blanco described a cycle of national attention as having “spikes” after every mass shooting and almost complete silence in the intervals between.

NEWS | 02/13/2020

U. names Ian Deas as Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Students

Naomi Hess

As Program Coordinator, Deas helped support student organizations by advising events and running training on policies and procedures. He was also part of the ODUS student engagement team, which runs events like Lawnparties and Dean’s Date Celebration. A final part of his role involved working on ODUS communications.

NEWS | 02/13/2020

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