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Princeton municipality institutes Indigenous Peoples’ Day to replace Columbus Day

Princeton municipality institutes Indigenous Peoples’ Day to replace Columbus Day

Hannah Wang

The resolution also acknowledges the land of the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation on which the municipality was built, as well as the forced diaspora of other Native nations and indigenous peoples in the Americas at large.

NEWS | 10/13/2019

USG discusses new voting platform for upcoming election

Imaan Khasru

According to USG President Zarnab Virk ’20, the current voting platform used by USG — known as Helios — is outdated. She therefore called for a switch to a platform more up-to-date with today’s technological advancements. The new platform used will be Election Runner.

NEWS | 10/13/2019

Wax defends remarks on immigration, race at Whig-Clio talk

Wax defends remarks on immigration, race at Whig-Clio talk

Benjamin Ball

Wax gave this defense at an event, hosted by the Whig-Cliosophic Society, entitled “Speak Freely: A Conversation,” in which she and Keith Whittington, the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics at the University, talked about free speech on college campuses and related topics. The event took place in East Pyne 010, in front of a little more than a dozen audience members.

NEWS | 10/13/2019

George and West GS ’80 discuss open-minded intellectual inquiry

George and West GS ’80 discuss open-minded intellectual inquiry

Allan Shen

“Tonight’s discussion addresses a topic — truth-seeking — that resides at the heart of this university, and indeed, at the center of any research university worthy of the name,” said University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83.

NEWS | 10/13/2019

U. endowment earns 6.2 percent return for 2019 fiscal year

Benjamin Ball

In the past, Andrew Golden, the President of The Princeton University Investment Co. (PRINCO), the University office that manages the endowment, has emphasized that the 10-year figure is the one that gives the better sense of the endowment’s performance over time.

NEWS | 10/11/2019

Student activism groups form on campus ahead of 2020 Dem primaries

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Student activism groups form on campus ahead of 2020 Dem primaries

Ngan Chiem

As the 2020 Democratic presidential primary nears, only two official student groups have formed on campus to rally around specific candidates: Princeton for Warren and Tigers for Julián.

NEWS | 10/11/2019

Finkelstein GS ’87 delivers anti-Semitic remarks at panel on black and Palestinian solidarity

Finkelstein GS ’87 delivers anti-Semitic remarks at panel on black and Palestinian solidarity

Marie-Rose Sheinerman and Caitlin Limestahl

Guest speaker and political scientist Norman Finkelstein GS ’87 addressed Jacob Katz ’23, a veteran of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), saying he should “feel shame” for his role as a “concentration camp guard,” in the Q&A portion of a panel discussion on Thursday, Oct. 10, called “Fighting for Justice: From Gaza to Ferguson.”

NEWS | 10/11/2019

Former New York Fed President William Dudley discusses US economic expansion

Emily Perez

In a lecture centered around economic expansion, former Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley addressed the question of whether or not the United States can keep the longest period of economic expansion in its history going.

NEWS | 10/11/2019

U. announces replacement for Blackboard

U. announces replacement for Blackboard

Benjamin Ball

The Office of Communications described Canvas as “a flexible and interactive web platform where faculty can post the syllabus, announcements, course [activities] and assignments.”

NEWS | 10/10/2019

Professors offer superhero psychoanalysis

Professors offer superhero psychoanalysis

Sandeep Mangat

On Wednesday, Saunders, Slovenian professor and film critic Jela Krecic, and author and new-age philosopher Slavoj Zizek convened at the Betts Auditorium on campus to discuss superheroes and film, and their relation to human nature.

NEWS | 10/10/2019

Photos return to Tigerbook

Photos return to Tigerbook

Shamma Pepper Fox

The return of student photos to Tigerbook resulted from the temporary aggregation of student photos by the developer, George Kopf, and is reflective of changes in student privacy.

NEWS | 10/10/2019

New Frist art exhibit works to spark conversation around feminism

Frist Campus Center, a significant hub of social activity on campus.

New Frist art exhibit works to spark conversation around feminism

Omar Farah

Last fall, the University's Women*s Center commissioned an art installation for the popular Frist A Level dining area. On Sept. 27, during a Women*s Center event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the University’s first class of women, the design was debuted to the public.

NEWS | 10/09/2019

U. Professor Peter Jaffé discovers microbe capable of decontaminating water supply

Sam Kagan and Rachel Sturley

U. Professor Peter Jaffé and Associate Research Scholar Shan Huang’s work on PFA-degrading microbes could change the course of American public health.

NEWS | 10/09/2019

Juliana Ochs Dweck named chief curator of the University Art Museum

James Anderson

Juliana Ochs Dweck has been appointed to the newly created role of chief curator at the Princeton University Art Museum.

NEWS | 10/08/2019

Literary scholar Jeffrey Miller ’06 named 2019 MacArthur Fellow

Literary scholar Jeffrey Miller ’06 named 2019 MacArthur Fellow

Zoya Amir Gauhar

Literary scholar and University alum Jeffrey Miller ’06 was named a MacArthur Fellow on Sept. 25 for his analyses of the writing process during the Reformation and the Renaissance. The award is informally known as the “Genius Grant.”

NEWS | 10/08/2019

Dismissal of Marie Yovanovitch ’80 tied to impeachment proceedings

Mindy Burton

Personally recalled by Trump two months early from her diplomatic role in Ukraine, Yovanovitch is now scheduled to provide a deposition to investigators from the House committees on intelligence, foreign affairs, and oversight on Oct. 9.

NEWS | 10/08/2019

Q&A with Fatima Goss Graves, President and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center

Naomi Hess

The Daily Princetonian spoke with Fatima Goss Graves, the President and CEO of the National Women’s Law Center.

NEWS | 10/08/2019

Professor Emeritus James Peebles GS ’62 awarded Nobel Prize in Physics

Rooya Rahin

On Tuesday, Oct. 8, University Albert Einstein Professor Emeritus of Science James Peebles GS ’62 was awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics "for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology.”

NEWS | 10/08/2019

U. launches Princeton Quantum Initiative

U. launches Princeton Quantum Initiative

Allan Shen

The initiative aims to bring together over 30 faculty members from the Departments of Chemistry, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Physics.

NEWS | 10/07/2019

Bait Bike program leads to two arrests

Uchechi Ihenacho

The University Public Safety Bait Bike Program works to encourage bike thieves to think twice through a bike sticker that states, “This Could Be a Bait Bike: Think Before You Steal,” which warns prospective criminals that the bike may be equipped with a tracking device.

NEWS | 10/07/2019

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