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U. leaders write to DeVos in support of trans rights

U. leaders write to DeVos in support of trans rights

Zachary Shevin

On Nov. 1, President Eisgruber, Rutgers President Robert L. Barchi, and University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank sent a letter to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos in support of legal protections for transgender individuals.

NEWS | 11/01/2018

Venkatesh ’19 wins 2019 Rhodes Scholarship

Venkatesh ’19 wins 2019 Rhodes Scholarship

Hannah Wang

Samvida Sudheesh Venkatesh ’19 was one of five recipients from India awarded a 2019 Rhodes Scholarship to pursue graduate studies at the University of Oxford, according to a University statement.

NEWS | 10/26/2018

Environmental activist explains power of art

Oliver Effron

Art has become one of the most important ways to combat climate change, according to world-renowned environmental activist Bill McKibben. He discussed the role of art within the anti-climate change movement as a part of the series that promotes the “Nature’s Nation: American Art and Environment” exhibit at the University Art Museum.

NEWS | 10/26/2018

After 50 years, Teacher Preparation certificate earners reflect on program

After 50 years, Teacher Preparation certificate earners reflect on program

Naomi Hess

Over the past 50 years, 1,042 students have graduated from the University’s Program in Teacher Preparation, which earns them a Princeton certificate and leads to New Jersey teaching certification.

NEWS | 10/26/2018

Chinese STEM students increasingly face visa threats from federal government

Chinese STEM students increasingly face visa threats from federal government

Rose Gilbert

Over the past year, the Trump administration has placed increasing scrutiny on Chinese nationals studying at U.S. universities, particularly those in scientific and technological fields.

NEWS | 10/25/2018

Remembering Wen Fong, pioneer in Chinese art

Remembering Wen Fong, pioneer in Chinese art

Oliver Effron

Professor of Art History Emeritus Wen Fong, one of the world’s most renowned scholars in Chinese art history, left an indelible legacy both within the University and beyond. He died of leukemia on Oct. 3, at the age of 88.

NEWS | 10/25/2018

Anthropologist highlights art’s power during apartheid

Talha Iqbal

Tuning political struggles toward urban art gave serious political powers to black South African performers, according to Witwatersrand University anthropology professor David B. Coplan.

NEWS | 10/24/2018

Dean Rouse defends holistic admissions process in editorial, amicus brief

Karolen Eid

In an interview with The Daily Princetonian, Rouse explained that test scores and grades are flawed and aren’t capable of predicting someone’s future success. She believes in the importance of other personal factors that emerge through Harvard’s consideration, like persistence, aspiration, and grit.

NEWS | 10/23/2018

Unknown feces culprit continues to plague Rockefeller College

Unknown feces culprit continues to plague Rockefeller College

Hannah Baynesan and Ellen Li

On Wednesday, Oct. 17, Rockefeller Head of College Clancy Rowley sent an email to Holder Hall residents about “human feces found in the trash can in the men’s bathroom.”

NEWS | 10/23/2018

New technology in renovated learning spaces discussed, honor committee members confirmed at USG meeting

Claire Silberman

Improvements to learning spaces and honor code confirmations were on the discussion table in the Undergraduate Student Government Senate meeting meeting on Oct. 21.

NEWS | 10/22/2018

Secular group Workshop No. 1 brings reflection, community to U. community

Yael Marans

“I started Workshop No. 1 because there wasn’t a venue on campus where people could reflect on how to build more fulfilling lives,” Gewirtz said.

NEWS | 10/22/2018

SPEAR 7x9 Protest Brings Awareness to Solitary Confinement

SPEAR 7x9 Protest Brings Awareness to Solitary Confinement

Marissa Michaels

In the annual protest against solitary confinement, students stood in an outlined box smaller than their dorm rooms, persisting day and night to demonstrate a reality that, for many, does not end when the sun comes up.

NEWS | 10/22/2018

ROTC Tiger Battalion sees increased interest, recent growth

Josephine de La Bruyere

“In the past, we noticed a lot of instances of people choosing to go to service academies rather than coming to Princeton,” said Cadet First Lieutenant Caleb Visser ’20. Recently, that has changed drastically.

NEWS | 10/21/2018

Photographers talk humanitarian projects

Audrey Spensley

Three photographers trekked to the midst of the Sandinista conflict in Nicaragua, to the most violent years of the Iraq War, and to the home of a fatally ill man and his wife in China for their work.

NEWS | 10/18/2018

On campus, drinking and Juuling go hand in hand

On campus, drinking and Juuling go hand in hand

Sarah Warman Hirschfield, Hannah Baynesan, Claire Silberman, Talha Iqbal, and HanYing Jiang

Around 9 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 12, a student in a Cottage Club sweatshirt handed a Wawa cashier his ID. “We only accept American IDs,” said the cashier. The student, irate, stormed out. He was trying to buy a Juul pod.

NEWS | 10/18/2018

Law professor Leti Volpp ’86 on fact-checking Trump’s Muslim ban

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Law professor Leti Volpp ’86 on fact-checking Trump’s Muslim ban

Oliver Effron

During the latest iteration of the weekly Asian American Studies lecture series, Berkeley School of Law professor Leti Volpp ’86 examined the Trump administration’s travel ban on Muslim-majority countries and discussed inherent Islamophobia concealed in the rhetoric surrounding “honor killings.”

NEWS | 10/18/2018

New group J-Lats celebrates students with both Jewish, Latinx heritage

A pale yellow building with a large, windowed door is in the center of the photograph. The words “Center for Jewish Life” are above the door.

New group J-Lats celebrates students with both Jewish, Latinx heritage

Naomi Hess

On Friday, Oct. 12, at 7:30 p.m., Latin American flags adorned the walls of the Center for Jewish Life. Information sheets detailing the different countries and their Jewish communities adorned the dining hall tables, and about 300 people filled the CJL to attend the first Latinx Shabbat.

NEWS | 10/18/2018

Building Services repeatedly discovers urine-filled bottles in Forbes

David Veldran

Members of Forbes Building Services have repeatedly found water bottles filled with human urine in trash cans near the residential college. On Friday, Oct. 12, Weiner wrote an email to Forbes students describing the issue as a “major health and safety concern.”

NEWS | 10/17/2018

Café accepting personal data as payment could open in Princeton

Café accepting personal data as payment could open in Princeton

Zachary Shevin

This winter, a Japan-based café chain called Shiru Café has plans to bring free refreshments, coupled with some controversy, to students at the University. Shiru serves coffee and pastries, but, unlike other cafés, asks students to pay with personal information instead of cash.

NEWS | 10/17/2018

Computer science experts criticize New Jersey's election security

Ezra Zimble

With midterm elections approaching, New Jersey is still using technology which leaves voting results vulnerable to hacks. At a panel Wednesday evening about election security, computer science professor Andrew Appel highlighted the fact that New Jersey and four other states exclusively use computer-based ballots, a method which makes detecting hacks and recounting votes impossible.

NEWS | 10/17/2018

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