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Updated: National Humanities Medals awarded to creative writing professor, renowned philosopher

Updated: National Humanities Medals awarded to creative writing professor, renowned philosopher

Jessica Li

Creative writing professor and Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri, as well as novelist and philosopher Rebecca Newberger Goldstein GS ’77, have been named recipients of the 2014 National Humanities Medal. President Barack Obama, joined by first lady Michelle Obama '85, presented medals to the recipients on Thursday, Sept.

NEWS | 09/03/2015

U. alumnus removed from director position at American Psychological Association following US government torture scandal

Jessica Li

A University alumnus was removed from his position as ethics director of the American Psychological Association last month after an independent review alleged that he collaborated with the Department of Defense to enable torture. Stephen Behnke '82 was removed from the position in which he had served since 2000.

NEWS | 08/09/2015

2 U. students relocated from Cairo after security concerns

Christina Vosbikian

A terrorist attack spurred the University to relocate Tyler Lawrence ’16 and Tori Rinker ’16 from their internships in Cairo, Egypt, in mid-July. "Out of an abundance of caution in the wake of an incident in Cairo, the students were relocated to Casablanca, Morocco, to continue their internship with the same organization.

NEWS | 07/29/2015

U. Annual Giving campaign raises record $61M

Jessica Li

The Princeton Annual Giving campaign set a new record this year with $61,490,178 raised from nearly 45,000 gifts, William Hardt '63, Assistant Vice President of Development for Annual Giving, said. The undergraduate alumni participation rate was 60.3 percent. The Annual Giving fundraising total was significantly higher than last year's previously record-breaking amount of$58,748,900, although the undergraduate alumni participation rate was down from 61.4 percent last year. According to University President Christopher Eisgruber '83, continued positive results from Annual Giving and year-round gifts made to the University could make expanding the undergraduate student body a foreseeable possibility.He added that the 60.3 percent undergraduate alumni participation rate achieved in this year’s campaign surpasses that of Princeton’s peer institutions by a significant margin. “Our participation rate shows the deep appreciation Princetonians feel for the experience they have here," Eisgruber said.

NEWS | 07/17/2015

U. prohibits smoking within 25 feet of public areas

Jacob Donnelly

The University has updated the "Smoking" section of "Rights, Rules, Responsibilities" in the past week to prohibit smoking within 25 feet of all workplaces and buildings of public access. Section 1.5.3 had previously only prohibited smoking within workplaces and buildings of public access.

NEWS | 07/08/2015

Terrace bans smoking indoors

Jessica Li

Terrace Club enacted a complete prohibition against smoking and the use of vapor-emitting substances indoors at the behest of the Princeton Health Department, Terrace graduate board chair Sandy Harrison ’74 said.According to Harrison, a week after The Daily Princetonian published an article on November 24 identifying Terrace as a non-smoke-free building, the Princeton Health Department approached club leadership saying that its smoking policy was not in compliance with New Jersey state law.Jeffrey Grosser, town health officer, explained that although the investigator did not observe any violations or receive any complaints from the University, the “policy of the club didn’t reflect the [New Jersey] Smoke-Free [Air] Act.”Although gray areas exist in the law's implications, the act prohibits smoking in indoor work places and facilities open to public activities.“There have been miscommunications in the past, and some eating clubs believed they were exempt [from the law],” Grosser said, “but we made it clear that even if [Terrace] is private, it still has to comply.”The club's graduate board subsequently consulted the law and in March installed a new ventilation system in a single room dedicated to smoking, according to a March 23 article in the 'Prince.'However, the new policy did not satisfy the Health Department.

NEWS | 07/01/2015

Christie announces presidential candidacy

Jacob Donnelly

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie announced his presidential candidacyTuesdaymorning at Livingston High School in Livingston, N.J. Christie, who has been struggling in New Jersey polls recently, is also an ex officio trustee of the University. He is the 14th Republican to have declared a presidential run. NJTV News reported there were around 1,000 protesters outside the high school protesting, among other issues, Christie's actions on pension reform. With supporters in the background holding "Christie 2016: Telling It Like It Is" signs, Sheila Goldklang, a friend and colleague on the Livingston Board of Education of Chris Christie's late mother, Sandy Christie, first introduced Christie.

NEWS | 06/30/2015

U. revokes hire offer after allegations of publishing falsified data

Katherine Oh

The University has revoked its offer to hire Michael LaCour, who allegedly altered data sets in an academic study, as an assistant professor in the Wilson School after a review of the allegations, University spokesperson Martin Mbugua said. LaCour coauthored a December 2014studyas a doctoral student at the University of California, Los Angeles, which received nationalmedia attentionfor purportedly showing that opponents of same-sex marriage could be reliably persuaded to change their minds after just one conversation with a gay person. The prominent journal Science issued aretractionof the study onMay 28.

NEWS | 06/29/2015

U. history professor cited in SCOTUS same-sex marriage majority decision

U. history professor cited in SCOTUS same-sex marriage majority decision

Jessica Li

Washington, D.C. —History professor Hendrik Hartog found himself entwined in history on Friday when his book, “Man and Wife in America: A History,” was cited in Associate Justice of the U.S.

NEWS | 06/27/2015

Record number of graduates in Class of 2014 have achieved post-graduation goals, reports Career Services

Melissa Curtis

A record number of graduates from the Class of 2014 — 90.3 percent — achieved their post-graduation goals within six months of graduating, according to an annual report published this week by the University’s Office of Career Services.

NEWS | 06/12/2015

U. names nine to Board of Trustees

Daily Princetonian Staff

The University named nine members to the Board of Trustees earlier this week.They are Lori Dickerson Fouché ’91; Arminio Fraga GS ’85; Paul Maeder ’75; Anne Sherrerd GS ’87; Doris Sohmen-Pao ’93; returning trustees Laure Forese ’83, Louise Sams ’79 and C.

NEWS | 06/12/2015

Three new certificate programs approved

Christina Vosbikian

New undergraduatecertificates in Cognitive Science,Ethnographic Studies, and History and the Practice of Diplomacy will be available beginningJuly 1, 2015, according to University spokesperson Martin Mbugua. Faculty voted in favor of proposals for the programs at the last faculty meeting in May. According to Deputy Dean of the College Clayton Marsh, the Committee on the Course of Study received proposals for Cognitive Science from philosophy professor Sarah-Jane Leslie, forEthnographic Studies from anthropology professor Carol Greenhouse, and for History and the Practice of Diplomacy fromhistory professor William Jordan and Wilson School deanCecilia Rouse. Marsh explained that proposals for newcertificates undergo a lengthy process of screening and approval before appearing on the agenda for a faculty meeting.

NEWS | 06/05/2015

U. establishes African American studies department, concentration

Jessica Li

The University Board of Trustees voted to create a new department for African American studies, the University announced on Tuesday. The department will be created on July 1. The decision came shortly after heated controversy on campus surrounding misappropriation of cultures and racial tensions on campus.

NEWS | 06/02/2015

Class of 2015 honored at 268th U. Commencement

Zaynab Zaman

It is important to pursue ideals that are not necessarily the most pragmatic, University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 said at the University’s 268th Commencement on Tuesday.

NEWS | 06/02/2015

Dolan named Dean of the College

Jessica Li

Jill Dolan will be the next Dean of the College, the University announcedon Tuesday. The appointment follows a semester-long search. Dolan is an English professor and the director of the Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies.

NEWS | 06/02/2015

Nolan discusses importance of reality in Class Day address

Nahrie Chung

Dreams are virtual realities distracting us from confronting the true power of changing our reality, film director Christopher Nolan said in his Class Day keynote address to graduating seniors. Describing the widely disputed final scene in his 2010 film“Inception,” Nolan said that viewers kept asking if it had been real or if it had been a dream.

NEWS | 06/01/2015

Jackson GS '86 discusses importance of diversity to Princeton experience in Baccalaureate address

Christina Vosbikian

Undergraduates’ exposure to turbulent and difficult times are important as preparation for their promising futures as agents of change in the world, former EPA administrator Lisa Jackson GS '86 said in her Baccalaureate addresson Sunday.

NEWS | 05/31/2015

Alumnus creates Tinder-like app for Reunions

Christina Vosbikian

Arjun Landes ’11 GS created the app “HeyTiger” to allow alumni and students to connect with other alumni on campus. Landes said he plans to keep the new app running for at least a few days after Reunions, but beyond that isn’t sure about how the app will run in the future. The app icon is a plain black background with an orange heart.

NEWS | 05/30/2015

Alumni attend Reunions singles mixer

Christina Vosbikian

While University students today use Tinder and similar alternatives in their half-serious attempts to meet a future partner, Reunions features a decidedly low-tech version of this dating scene for alumni.

NEWS | 05/30/2015

Q&A: Steve Forbes '70, chairman of Forbes Media

Zaynab Zaman

After an alumni panel on Saturday discussing whether dysfunction in the federal government is endemic, The Daily Princetonian spoke with panelist Steve Forbes ’70, current chairman and editor-in-chief of Forbes Media. The Daily Princetonian: You founded a highly successful student magazine while at Princeton.

NEWS | 05/30/2015

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