News

French ambassador Gérard Araud talks French politics

While waiting to meet with President Eisgruber, Ambassador Gerard Araud chats with Professor Eric Gregory, chair of the Humanities Council, and Professor Elaine Sciolino, former Paris bureau chief of the New York Times.

French ambassador Gérard Araud talks French politics

Jane Sul

According to Araud, many French citizens want to “toss the table” at “nearly any price” because they are dissatisfied with the performance of traditional political parties and feel as if they have been neglected by the political elite.

NEWS | 04/12/2017

Women's Golf grabs the bronze

David Xin

The women’s golf team opened this week with a third-place finish at the Hoya Invitational.

NEWS | 04/12/2017

No. 13 Tigers Lacrosse faces tough loss against Lehigh Mountain Hawks

Claire Coughlin

The No. 13 Princeton Men’s Lacrosse Team (7-4) travelled to the Ulrich Sports Complex in Bethlehem, Pa. to match up against the Lehigh University Mountain Hawks (6-5) on Tuesday.

NEWS | 04/12/2017

Clouds of color accompany student celebration of Holi

Mashad Arora

Clouds of colored powder flew through the air at the University’s celebration of Holi, the Hindu festival of colors. About 100 students gathered at the Frist Campus Center on Wednesday to observe the holiday, a celebration that extols the victory of good over evil.

NEWS | 04/12/2017

2017-2018 LAPA Fellows include alumnus, health law specialist

2017-2018 LAPA Fellows include alumnus, health law specialist

Hunter Campbell

The University’s Program in Law and Public Affairs has announced a total of six fellows for the 2017-2018 academic year. The fellows will each give a public seminar while working on their own research.

NEWS | 04/12/2017

PAJ hosts event to raise awareness, welcome refugees

Alexander Stangl

Among the many events Princeton Advocates for Justice — and the Princeton Clay Project — host to bring awareness to activist and other progressive causes was the table in Frist Campus Center on Apr. 6 in an effort to harness student sentiment welcoming refugees.

NEWS | 04/12/2017

46 people from 28 countries naturalized at Princeton University

Sarah Sakha

46 people from 28 countries countries became naturalized U.S. citizens at the University today, in a special naturalization ceremony administered by U.S.

NEWS | 04/12/2017

Anderson defends traditional marriage

Nouran Ibrahim

“Let me start, as any a good conservative should start, by turning back the clock 50 years,” Dr. Ryan Anderson ’04 said. 50 years ago, according to Anderson, births to single mothers were in the single digits across the general American population. They have now reached about 40 percent.

NEWS | 04/11/2017

News & Notes: 3 alumni named in top 10 most intelligent people in the world

Abhiram Karuppur

Three alumni have been named to Gazette Review's “Top 10 Most Intelligent People in the World” list, which was published on April 8. The list includes Terence Tao GS '96, who was named the world's most intelligent person, along with Christopher Hirata GS '05 and Akshay Venkatesh GS '02.

NEWS | 04/11/2017

Barrica addresses safe space for sex and pleasure

Samvida Venkatesh

There is no safe online space for people to ask questions about sex and pleasure without attracting vicious internet trolls, Andrea Barrica, Founder and CEO of O.school, said in a workshop on Tuesday titled ‘Sex, Power and Pleasure: The Sex Ed you Deserve.’ O.school is a shame-free online platform for pleasure education that is intersectional, trauma-informed, and entirely LGBTQ+ inclusive, Barrica explained.

NEWS | 04/11/2017

Guggenheim Q&A: Prof. Mark Beissinger

Emily Spalding

Mark Beissinger, the Henry W. Putnam Professor of Politics, is one of the recipients of the 2017 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship.

NEWS | 04/11/2017

Former U.S. envoy on climate change speaks to future of Paris Agreement

Samantha Goerger

Due to the ambiguity and debate surrounding the Paris Agreement, Steve Pacala wanted clarity for his students in the new Environmental Nexus (ENV 200) class.

NEWS | 04/10/2017

USG discusses Women's Center, women's leadership task force at weekly meeting

Jason Fu

The Undergraduate Student Government discussed resolutions created by the Women's Student Leadership Task Force in their weekly meeting on April 9.

NEWS | 04/10/2017

Former Ambassador Max Baucus discusses U.S.-China Relations and his career in public service

Jane Sul

When describing relations between the United States and China, former U.S. Ambassador to China Max Baucus said that “it’s kind of like a marriage,” in that each country needs the other in order to pursue their goals in the world.

NEWS | 04/10/2017

Guggenheim Fellow Q&A: Professor Linda Colley, British historian

Emily Spalding

Linda Colley, the Shelby M.C. Davis 1958 Professor of History, is one of the recipients of the 2017 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship. Colley received the award in the field of Constitutional Study, and she is also a Fellow of the British Academy and the Royal Society of Literature. The Daily Princetonian sat down with Colley to discuss her current research on British history and its applications to society. This Q&A is part of a series featuring the four University affiliates who are recipients of this year's Guggenheim Fellowship.

NEWS | 04/10/2017

Tigers Track and Field compete in Sam Howell Invitational

Viraj Deokar

In windy weather on April 7 and 8, the Princeton Track and Field program competed at the Sam Howell Invitational in their first home meet of the season. There was no team scoring at the meet, but on the women’s side, the Tigers won nine events, and on the men’s side, the Tigers won eight events.

NEWS | 04/10/2017

Tennis matches up against Cornell and Columbia

Miranda Hasty

Both the men and women’s tennis teams faced off against Cornell and Columbia this past Friday and Sunday. While the men lost both of their matches in their first round of Ivy League competition, the women were able to pull out a win against the Lions after a loss to the Big Red to stand 2-1 in the Ivy League.

NEWS | 04/10/2017

In Palmer Square, a guitarist protests U.S. missile strike on Syrian airbase

Rose Gilbert

At noon in Palmer Square, a lone guitarist stood next to an anti-war sign to protest the U.S. missile attack on Syria.

NEWS | 04/10/2017

Impact Journalism Day: Medical student's NGO supports STEM education in Nigeria

Emily Liu

A Duke medical student's NGO aims to expand career development options in science, technology engineering and math for youth in Nigeria. Teminioluwa Ajayi, a third-year medical student at Duke, co-founded Grow with Nigeria three years ago after moving to the United States when he was 15 years old.

NEWS | 04/10/2017

Impact Journalism Day: Princeton Citizen Scientists aim to renew civic engagement

Katie Petersen

“In order to talk about science, we can’t just talk about it in a vacuum...We need to connect it to the other social issues that are dividing us as a nation and as an international community.”

NEWS | 04/10/2017

Most Popular