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Justices Sotomayor ’76, Kagan ’81 examine impartiality, gender disparities at ‘She Roars’

Rose Gilbert and Benjamin Ball

Supreme Court Justices Sonia Sotomayor ’76 and Elena Kagan ’81 spoke to thousands of mostly female audience members on Friday about the court’s impartiality, challenges faced by women in their careers, and memories from their time at Princeton as part of the 2018 “She Roars” conference.

NEWS | 10/05/2018

Rally opposing Kavanaugh attacks his judgment, conduct

Liz Lempert speaks at #ResistKavanaugh rally

Rally opposing Kavanaugh attacks his judgment, conduct

Zachary Shevin

Dozens of protestors filled the park, and some spectators even had to stand beyond the park’s confines. A number of protesters came with signs, including some reading “Unfit to Judge #CancelKavanaugh,” “Keep His SCROTUS Off Our SCOTUS,” and “When Truth Dies, Democracy Dies.”

NEWS | 10/05/2018

Alum Association Pres. connects 'She Roars' to national issues

Alum Association Pres. connects 'She Roars' to national issues

Yael Marans

On Thursday, Oct. 4, alumni gathered in Richardson Auditorium to mark the start of this weekend’s “She Roars: Celebrating Women at Princeton,” the second conference of its kind meant to celebrate University alumnae.

NEWS | 10/05/2018

Anthropology and politics professors discuss free speech at 'She Roars'

Ivy Truong

On Thursday, Oct. 4, Department of Anthropology chair Carolyn Rouse and politics professor Keith Whittington discussed free speech by focusing on power dynamics on college campuses. The event, which was called “How Do We Balance Free Speech with Civility?” furthered discourse around this year’s University pre-read, Whittington’s “Speak Freely,” in tandem with this year's “She Roars” conference.

NEWS | 10/05/2018

Participants praise annual flu clinic's accessibility

Students receive vaccines at annual vaccine clinic

Participants praise annual flu clinic's accessibility

Linh Nguyen

On Wednesday, Oct. 3, University Health Services commenced its annual FluFest in the Frist Campus Center basement. The clinic offers flu vaccinations free of charge to undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, and staff members. This year, participants praised the clinic for its accessibility and friendly staff.

NEWS | 10/04/2018

Whitman basement is the write option, students say

Writing center zee groups call themselves the "Whitman Dungeonites."

Whitman basement is the write option, students say

Katie Tam

The first-years living in the former Writing Center may call themselves the Whitman Dungeonites, but they don’t have it nearly as bad as the name might imply.

NEWS | 10/04/2018

Nobel Prize winner Frances Arnold '79 on her career, women in STEM

Emily Spalding

Frances Arnold ’79 made history this week when she became the first female Princeton graduate to win a Nobel Prize. As a winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Arnold is also the first graduate of Princeton to win a Nobel Prize in the natural sciences.

NEWS | 10/04/2018

Brangwynne, Sly win MacArthur “Genius Grants”

Hannah Wang

Chemical and biological engineering professor Clifford Brangwynne and mathematics professor Allan Sly have been named recipients of the 2018 MacArthur Fellowship.

NEWS | 10/04/2018

Memorial celebrates Vilma Codner’s life, work toward fair financial aid

Memorial celebrates Vilma Codner’s life, work toward fair financial aid

Albert Jiang

“We at the financial aid office like to think that we’re interchangeable as far as administrators go,” she said. “However, there are students who do not agree with that and they would only speak with Vilma. Vilma was their financial aid counselor.”

NEWS | 10/04/2018

Second ‘She Roars’ conference to celebrate female students and alumnae

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Second ‘She Roars’ conference to celebrate female students and alumnae

Albert Jiang

On Thursday, over 3,000 alumni and guests are expected to gather on campus for She Roars, a three-day conference to connect, celebrate, and empower University women.

NEWS | 10/04/2018

Washington Post’s Ignatius talks dangers of international reporting

Allan Shen

Washington Post columnist and author David Ignatius discussed growing aggression at the boundary of foreign policy and journalism on Wednesday. When he was sent to the Middle East, he felt protected by an “invisible white flag” that allowed journalists to safely travel and tell stories that needed to be told. He said this is no longer true.

NEWS | 10/03/2018

Four years after grade deflation ends, GPAs still on the rise

Four years after grade deflation ends, GPAs still on the rise

Benjamin Ball

“Grading and assessment are among the most complex but important actions the faculty undertake,” Dolan wrote in an email to the The Daily Princetonian. “Students deserve to be given a clear sense of their work in a class and over the course of their educational careers at Princeton. Being clear and transparent about standards for assessment works in the best interests of both faculty and students.”

NEWS | 10/03/2018

Frances Arnold ’79 becomes first female U. graduate to win Nobel Prize

Emily Spalding

University alumna and California Institute of Technology professor Frances Arnold ’79 made history on Wednesday, Oct. 3, when she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, making her the first female Princeton graduate to win a Nobel Prize.

NEWS | 10/03/2018

Award-winning historians discuss suburbs, elections, voting

Hannah Baynesan

“Revolt of the Suburbs in the 1968 & 2018 Elections,” an Oct. 2 panel of three award-winning historians, deconstructed the shift of the U.S. suburban population over time and their current influence. Kevin Kruse, a Princeton history professor, moderated the panel between Lily Geismer, professor at Claremont McKenna College, and Matthew Lassiter, assistant professor at the University of Michigan.

NEWS | 10/03/2018

Panel discusses freedom of speech, Rosen course

Oliver Effron

A five-person panel at the Carl A. Fields Center turned fiery on Tuesday night, as a discussion on campus free speech transformed into an appraisal of Lawrence Rosen’s cancelled course on cultural freedoms.

NEWS | 10/02/2018

U. students write, sign letter on Kavanaugh hearing

Bipartisan letter on Kavanaugh hearings circulates around University.

U. students write, sign letter on Kavanaugh hearing

Zachary Shevin

On Oct. 1, a letter involving the confirmation process of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh began circulating among University students. It was directed at the U.S. Senate and President Donald Trump.

NEWS | 10/02/2018

Famed architect Shimada talks environment, utility

Marie-Rose Sheinerman and Dante Sudilovsky

In a lecture hosted by the School of Architecture on Monday, renowned architect Yo Shimada stressed the importance of considering a project’s natural environment. He also advocated for building to match society’s needs. Many of Shimada’s own designs have been shaped by the strictness of Japan’s earthquake damage protection laws. And because he pays close attention to the particular natural surroundings where he builds, Shimada said the houses he designs have very little in common with each other. One house built in a city will look very different from one built in the mountains.

NEWS | 10/02/2018

SINSI co-director discusses communal approaches to global peace

SINSI co-director discusses communal approaches to global peace

Rebecca Han

Former U.S. diplomat and current Wilson School lecturer Rick Barton discussed his book “Peace Works: America’s Unifying Role in a Turbulent World,” as well as the United States’ role creating sustainable peace in a book talk on Monday. Barton, the co-director of Princeton’s Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative, stressed the need for more community-focused diplomacy.

NEWS | 10/02/2018

Princeton Gerrymandering Project paper wins national prize

Isabel Ting

Neuroscience professor Samuel S. Wang uses his mathematical skills and legal passions to help ensure voters choose their politicians, not the other way around. His team’s paper, “An Antidote for Gobbledygook: Organizing the Judge’s Partisan Gerrymandering Toolkit into a Two-Part Framework,” won a top prize at a gerrymandering competition last week.

NEWS | 10/02/2018

Prof. Sean Wilentz speaks about new book on slavery and the Constitution

Audrey Spensley

“There is no other more central or urgent topic in our history than slavery,” University history professor Sean Wilentz stated at a Sept. 28 panel discussion on his most recent book, “No Property in Man: Slavery and Anti-Slavery at the Nation’s Founding.”

NEWS | 09/30/2018

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