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Campus spaces named after formerly enslaved employees

Jimmy Johnson, selling food from his wheelbarrow.

Campus spaces named after formerly enslaved employees

Audrey Spensley

The University Office of Communications announced in a statement on Tuesday that two prominent spaces on campus will be named after slaves who lived or worked at the University. A new public garden located between Firestone Library and Nassau Street will be named after Betsey Stockton, and the easternmost arch of East Pyne Hall will be named after James Collins “Jimmy” Johnson.

NEWS | 04/19/2018

University eSports reflects on a decade of evolution, growth

University eSports reflects on a decade of evolution, growth

Bill Huang

University eSports started in 2009 with a small group of Princeton gamers. Its tournaments for this school year are all finished, but the club is already planning an Ivy League eSports conference event for the fall.

NEWS | 04/19/2018

Director of Asia Program Abraham Denmark discusses China’s rise, agenda

Bill Huang

Abraham Denmark, former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia and current Director of the Asia Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, spoke yesterday on China’s growing role in the international scene as part of the Princeton-Harvard China and the World Program.

NEWS | 04/19/2018

U. celebrates naming of Arthur Lewis Auditorium

U. celebrates naming of Arthur Lewis Auditorium

Benjamin Ball

The University held a reception to celebrate the naming of the Arthur Lewis Auditorium in Robertson Hall on Wednesday, April 18.

NEWS | 04/18/2018

Autism Awareness Month panel shares the experiences of autistic relatives

Autism Awareness Month panel shares the experiences of autistic relatives

Hector Afonso Cruz

In honor of Autism Awareness Month, panelists gathered at Frist Campus Center on Tuesday, April 17, to discuss the stigma surrounding people who fall on the autistic spectrum and to celebrate differences in people with disabilities.

NEWS | 04/17/2018

NJ Division of Investment sells all holdings of automatic, semi-automatic weapons manufacturers for civilian use

Linh Nguyen

The New Jersey Department of Treasury’s Division of Investment announced on Thursday, March 29, that it had voted to sell all of its remaining holdings with Vista Outdoor, which produces semi-automatic rifles for civilian use.

NEWS | 04/17/2018

Prominent South Baptist reverend argues politics has altered US evangelicalism

Aviva Kohn

On Tuesday, April 17, the prominent Southern Baptist Rev. Russell Moore lectured on the realities and perversions of evangelicalism in the modern United States.

NEWS | 04/17/2018

Princeton budget surplus precludes predicted tax hike

Nick Shashkini

Princeton residents won’t be seeing any tax increases this year, as a sufficient surplus in the $65-million town budget will allow town officials to fully finance a projected tax hike. Without any changes, municipal-purpose taxes were supposed to increase by $41.86 on average. The spending plan including this measure was passed at a public hearing on April 9.

NEWS | 04/17/2018

Cost of attendance, financial aid increase for 2018–19 school year

Benjamin Ball

The cost of attendance for the 2018–19 school year has risen 3.9 percent from the previous year, alongside a rise in financial aid of 7.7 percent according to a budget announcement on Monday from the Office of Communications.

NEWS | 04/17/2018

Harvard professors Levitsky, Ziblatt discuss the death of democracies

Panel attendants discuss the future of American democracy.

Harvard professors Levitsky, Ziblatt discuss the death of democracies

Katja Stroke-Adolphe

Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, professors of government at Harvard University and co-authors of the book “How Democracies Die,” spoke to the University community on Monday about the threats currently facing U.S. democracy, in the context of demises of democracies in the past.

NEWS | 04/16/2018

SPEAR conference brings “shadows of the prison” to light

SPEAR conference speakers discuss incarceration

SPEAR conference brings “shadows of the prison” to light

Isabel Ting

“Help those brothers and sisters who have been incarcerated and let them know that they are important to us,” Rev. Teresa Smallwood said, “because unlike what it looks like now, we are all in this together, so the day we say that we are family, we have nothing to lose but our chains.”

NEWS | 04/16/2018

Campus visitor struck by falling branch near chapel

Campus visitor struck by falling branch near chapel

Katie Tam

“I heard the snap of the tree, which was quite a loud sound. I saw it tumbling,” said visiting journalism professor Jim Dwyer. “At first I thought it didn’t get anybody.”

NEWS | 04/16/2018

USG members expect implementation of fifth honor code referendum if passed

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USG members expect implementation of fifth honor code referendum if passed

Ivy Truong

The fifth referendum on the Honor Code this year proposes allowing members of the Honor Committee to petition to replace the clerk or chair. It comes after three of four referenda on the Honor Code were stayed by the administration in December.

NEWS | 04/15/2018

USG discusses Admissions Opportunity Campaign, student access, gap year stigma

Isabel Ting

In its weekly meeting on April 15, the Undergraduate Student Government discussed the the inclusion of questions surrounding criminal history on the undergraduate application, increasing student access to USG, and policies to decrease the negative stigma surrounding gap years and mental health.

NEWS | 04/15/2018

Kip Thorne lectures on the Big Bang, black holes, colliding stars

Kip Thorne lectures on the Big Bang, black holes, colliding stars

Hector Afonso Cruz

Over a thousand people packed into Jadwin Hall on Thursday, April 12, filling five auditoriums, to attend the 43rd Donald R. Hamilton Lecture delivered by Kip Thorne, Professor Emeritus at the California Institute of Technology.

NEWS | 04/15/2018

Princeton students’ BlockX team win TigerLaunch competition

University student team wins TigerLaunch entrepreneurship competition

Princeton students’ BlockX team win TigerLaunch competition

Benjamin Ball

“In early stage investing, in my perspective, it’s 95 percent the founder, 5 percent the product,” said Trip Jones, a general partner with August Capital and a judge at this year's TigerLaunch competition. “If you have the right founder, I don’t even care what the product is; you can fund the company before the company exists.”

NEWS | 04/15/2018

Palestinian ambassador discusses Middle Eastern peace

Natalie Nagorski

Palestinian ambassador to the U.S. Husam Zomlot was born as a refugee in a tent in the Gaza Strip. Today, Zomlot spoke at the Wilson School about a multilateral solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. After 17 Palestinians were killed and over a thousand injured by Israeli military gunfire and tear gas on the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel two weeks ago, Zomlot offered a hopeful tone in his proposal for a peaceful solution

NEWS | 04/12/2018

Holder Hall repair work finishes up, students move back in

Joe Kawalec

After about a month of hearing hammering and seeing trucks line up outside Holder Hall entryway four, residents will be able to move back into their rooms.

NEWS | 04/12/2018

U. community comes together to observe Holocaust Remembrance Day

U. community comes together to observe Holocaust Remembrance Day

Sarah Warman Hirschfield

Beginning on the night of April 11 until the following night, University community members came together to observe Yom Hashoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, through a student-led program supported by the Center for Jewish Life.

NEWS | 04/12/2018

NJ Senator Cory Booker selected as 2018 Class Day speaker

NJ Senator Cory Booker selected as 2018 Class Day speaker

Benjamin Ball

New Jersey Senator Cory Booker has been selected as the keynote speaker for the University’s Class Day ceremony on Monday, June 4, according to the Office of Communications. The ceremony is organized by members of the graduating class.

NEWS | 04/12/2018

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