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Q&A with Dean Cecilia Rouse on the new Woodrow Wilson installation

Cecilia Rouse speaks before "Double Sights"

Q&A with Dean Cecilia Rouse on the new Woodrow Wilson installation

Oliver Effron

On Saturday, October 6, The Daily Princetonian sat down with Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School Cecilia Rouse to discuss the recent Walter Hood installation — “Double Sight” — which grapples with the complex legacy of former University president and President of the United States Woodrow Wilson.

NEWS | 10/07/2019

U. inaugurates installation on Woodrow Wilson's legacy with discussion, dedication

U. inaugurates installation on Woodrow Wilson's legacy with discussion, dedication

Benjamin Ball

“Double Sights” was commissioned after the Trustee Committee on Woodrow Wilson’s Legacy at Princeton released its recommendations in 2015. The University convened the committee after the Black Justice League (BJL) organized a series of protests, which culminated in a 33-hour occupation of Eisgruber’s office, in the fall of 2015.

NEWS | 10/06/2019

Obama ’85 sends surprise video message to Thrive conference

Obama ’85 sends surprise video message to Thrive conference

Benjamin Ball

In the Instagram video, Obama expressed that what meant the most in her University experience were the friends she met during her time on campus.

NEWS | 10/06/2019

Vigil marks third year of Wang’s detainment

Vigil marks third year of Wang’s detainment

Danielle Ranucci

At 5:00 p.m. yesterday, students, faculty, and community members held a vigil in honor of Xiyue Wang, a Ph.D. student in History who has been detained in Iran for over three years on charges of espionage.

NEWS | 10/04/2019

Office of Sustainability replaces bottle giveaway with opt-in utensil program

Office of Sustainability replaces bottle giveaway with opt-in utensil program

Elizabeth Shwe

As a part of their goal towards a zero-waste campus, the Office of Sustainability is piloting a reusable utensil kit opt-in for the Class of 2023.

NEWS | 10/04/2019

Website using ‘Princeton’ name promotes contentious historical outlook

Website using ‘Princeton’ name promotes contentious historical outlook

Paige Allen

A website addressing controversial issues in Japanese history from a right-wing perspective has called itself the Princeton Institute for Asian Studies (IFAS) and presented its website in an orange-and-black color scheme despite being unaffiliated with the University.

NEWS | 10/03/2019

Black alumni gather for the first day of the Thrive conference

Black alumni gather for the first day of the Thrive conference

Anne Wen

Decked in black and orange, black alumni attentively listened to the first Thrive startup showcase presentation. The three-day Thrive conference, from Oct. 3 to Oct. 5, welcomes over 1,400 guests and alumni to campus for alumni discussion forums, entrepreneurship showcases, and networking opportunities.

NEWS | 10/03/2019

Allen and Felten discuss the ethics of AI

Allen and Felten discuss the ethics of AI

Albert Jiang

In a talk on Wednesday night, Gen. John R. Allen and Professor Edward W. Felten talked about both the benefits and the ethical dilemmas that would accompany military-related advancements in artificial intelligence. “This is a capability that has the capacity for great good,” Allen said, but also can be “applied with great destructiveness.”

NEWS | 10/03/2019

Professors ponder organ donation in cases of brain death

Professors ponder organ donation in cases of brain death

Caitlin Limestahl

Months after a young California resident Jahi McMath was declared brain dead, she could clearly respond to instructions to move certain parts of her body. Cases like Jahi’s were the subject of a lecture yesterday which raised questions of what it really means to be dead, entitled “The Challenge to ‘Brain Death’: Are We Taking Organs from Living Human Beings, and If We Are, Does It Matter?”

NEWS | 10/03/2019

Former Obama, Clinton pollster Joel Benenson talks campaign strategy

Former Obama, Clinton pollster Joel Benenson talks campaign strategy

Evelyn Doskoch

On Wednesday, at an event titled “What the Press and Pundits Get Wrong: Reading the Electorate,” Benenson discussed what he sees as common errors in political strategy and misinterpretations of polling data. The award-winning Democratic pollster also discussed his past experience working with various high-profile political candidates.

NEWS | 10/03/2019

U. signs agreement with India's largest renewable energy producer

A grey and brick building with reflective window at dusk sits behind a large abstract grey and orange sculpture.

U. signs agreement with India's largest renewable energy producer

Ngan Chiem

The University’s Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD), and the top independent renewable energy producer in India, ReNew Power, have agreed to combine resources for future collaboration in the field of renewable energy.

NEWS | 10/02/2019

Activist Naomi Klein talks global climate justice imperative

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Activist Naomi Klein talks global climate justice imperative

Allie Spensley

When Naomi Klein looks at the world today, she sees flames. There are three “fires” that the global community is facing, she told an audience at Richardson Auditorium on Tuesday, and they are increasingly converging.

NEWS | 10/02/2019

Judge rules in favor of Harvard in civil action alleging discrimination against Asian-American applicants

Judge rules in favor of Harvard in civil action alleging discrimination against Asian-American applicants

Mallory Williamson

On Monday, Sept. 30, Judge Allison D. Burroughs of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled in favor of Harvard University in a civil-action lawsuit filed by Students for Fair Admissions, a group which alleged that Harvard discriminated against Asian-American students in its admission process.

NEWS | 10/01/2019

General Mark Milley ’80 sworn in as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs

Mark Milley speaking at ROTC commissioning

General Mark Milley ’80 sworn in as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs

Rooya Rahin

Milley will now hold the highest officer position in the United States military.

NEWS | 10/01/2019

Removal of Tigerbook photos not due to U. policy change

Zachary Shevin

Student photos have been unavailable on Tigerbook since Sept. 30. “The issue may be related to the transition of the College Facebooks to a new publishing platform,” Deputy University Spokesperson Michael Hotchkiss wrote in an email to the Daily Princetonian. “If Tigerbook’s developers reach out to the Office of Information Technology, staff there can talk with them about the issue and possible solutions.”

NEWS | 10/01/2019

Creative writing professor emeritus Edmund White receives 2019 Letters Medal

Benjamin Ball

According to the National Book Foundation, Edmund White majored in Chinese at the University of Michigan before moving to New York City. There, he formed the Violet Quill, a casual club comprising himself as six other gay writers: Christopher Cox, Robert Ferro, Michael Grumley, Andrew Holleran, Felice Picano, and George Whitmore.

NEWS | 10/01/2019

EcoReps Move-In Resale diverts 15 tons of waste

EcoReps Move-In Resale diverts 15 tons of waste

Naomi Hess

“We take those prices and reduce the price to anywhere between 20-50% depending on the quality of the item – how new it is, the condition of the item, the uniqueness of the item based on our inventory,” Lisa Nicolaison, who is the Engagement and Communication Coordinator at the Office of Sustainability, wrote in an email to The Daily Princetonian.

NEWS | 09/30/2019

Burglary and motor vehicle theft increase, Public Safety reports

Burglary and motor vehicle theft increase, Public Safety reports

Benjamin Ball

Also included in the report were statistics regarding fires for the 2018 year, listing five incidents on campus: one in Blair Hall, one in 1901 Hall, one in Dodge-Osborne, one in Yoseloff Hall, and one in the Lawrence Graduate apartments.

NEWS | 09/30/2019

‘The Daily Show’ host Trevor Noah, Microsoft president Brad Smith ’81 discuss technology in society

‘The Daily Show’ host Trevor Noah, Microsoft president Brad Smith ’81 discuss technology in society

Linh Nguyen

The conversation oriented itself around Smith’s 2019 book, “Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age,” as well as Noah’s 2017 memoir, “Born a Crime.”

NEWS | 09/30/2019

Gilbert ’09 sentenced to life with possible parole for murdering his father

Gilbert ’09 sentenced to life with possible parole for murdering his father

David Veldran

The elder Thomas Gilbert, who graduated from the University in 1966, was a wealthy Wall Street hedge-fund banker. His death, at the age of 70, stunned the financial world.

NEWS | 09/30/2019

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