Cornell University has restored its official recognition of its Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity chapter after an interim suspension was imposed on Feb.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed that a Yale student was diagnosed with a probable case of meningitis B, the Yale Daily News reported on Friday. The student has already been discharged from the hospital after reporting there on Thursday with headaches and vomiting. No other cases have been reported at Yale so far. Medical services at Yale will begin to offer a vaccine for meningitis B at no cost to those with the college's health insurance.
There are 10 bridges in the Princeton area that are“structurally deficient” or “functionally obsolete,” New Jersey Department of Transportation commissioner Jamie Fox said last month. There are 500 bridges around the state of New Jersey that fall under this category. The 10 bridges in the Princeton area include bridges that serve important commuter routes, including Princeton Pike and Alexander Street, according to a Feb.
The Undergraduate Student Government discussed their semester goals as a whole and for specific committees at their weekly meeting on Sunday. USG president Ella Cheng ’16 said that the USG recently sent an email to the student body that included a list of the senate's priorities for the spring 2015 semester.The list was compiled based on the recent What Matters campaign, which gave students the opportunity to rank projects they would like to see the USG work on in the future. “For the first time ever, USG can advertise our whole list of priorities,” Cheng said. One priority the senate is working on is increasing the availability of 24-hour study spaces on campus, Cheng said.
A former member of the Class of 2016 alleged to have recorded a video of a female student while she was showering was admitted into a pretrial intervention program last week, according to a press release from the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office on Friday.David Chesleyvoluntarily surrendered to and was charged by the Department of Public Safety on Sept.
Laura Cooper ’15, Samuel Kim ’15 and Cameron Langford ’15were among the 40 winners of the Gates Cambridge Scholarships that were awarded to students in the United States.Another 55 international recipients will be announced in the spring.The Gates Cambridge Scholarships are awarded based on the criteria of intellectual merit, leadership and service.
About 40 Harvard students staged a sit-indemanding divestment from fossil fuel companies in Massachusetts Hall, which houses the office of Harvard President Drew Faust, onThursday,The Harvard Crimson reported. Undergraduate, graduate and law students from the activist group Divest Harvard participated by occupying a first-floor hallway beginning at around 10 a.m. The eventtook place on the eve of Global Divestment Day, which calls for climate change through divestment from fossil fuels. “We’re trying to put as much pressure on them as possible,” protester Canyon Woodward said.
The University is currently in the planning process for a new Campus Framework Plan that will cover the 10-year period from 2016 to 2026. Campus plans need to be renewed every 10 years for a campus plan to remain valid and vital, University architect Ron McCoy said. The University hired Toronto-based consulting firm Urban Strategies in August 2014 to assist in developing the plan. Currently, Urban Strategies is in the initial planning stages for future campus plans, Urban Strategies partner Warren Price said.
The University announced on Thursday that it will appeal a Morris County tax court judge’s denial of the University’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit against its property tax exemption for the 2014tax year.The University is asking the Appellate Division of New Jersey’s Superior Court to review the denial of the motion to dismiss.The lawsuit in question is separate from a 2011 suit challenging the University’s property tax exemption for 19 buildings alleged to have non-educational or primary uses, University spokesperson Martin Mbugua said.In the lawsuit whose motion to dismiss was adjudicated on Thursday, four town residents are challenging the University’s receipt of a property tax exemption from the town in 2014.The lawsuit’s premises are flawed, University Vice President and Secretary Robert Durkee ’69 said.“The standard in New Jersey for being eligible for property tax exemption is that your dominant purpose should be an educational institution, and Princeton’s dominant motive is to be an education institution," Durkee said.
Crunchbutton, a start-up that offers delivery service from restaurants that typically do not deliver, will launch its operations on campus on Feb.
The Student Health Advisory Board last week launched Peer Connection, a one-on-one peer advising service for students who might be dealing with stress or who seek academic, life, relationship or other advice from peers.So far, 92 students have signed up as mentors, and 19 have signed up as mentees, project organizer Mizzi Gomes ’16 said.Gomes is a senior opinion columnist for The Daily Princetonian.“Now that the meningitis campaign is over, SHAB has really been looking for our next big project, and mental health is such a timely issue and has concerns that we want to address,” Gwen Lee ’16, chair of SHAB, said.Although Peer Connection officially launched last week, it has been in development since last spring.
Yessica Martinez ’15 and Jake Robertson’15 were named as the recipients of the Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize on Wednesday afternoon. The Pyne Prize is the University’s highest general distinction, awarded to an undergraduate who displays excellent scholarship, strength of character and effective leadership. Martinez and Robertsonwill speak at Alumni Day exercises onFeb.
The town of Princeton is considering charging customers a fee of between 10 and 25 cents for disposable plastic or paper bags, The Times of Trenton reported. A local environmental group suggested the fee, and the town is investigating whether it can impose the charge,Mayor Liz Lempert told the Times.
The University is in the process of creating more gender neutral, single stall bathrooms around campus, according toMichele Minter, vice provost for institutional equity and diversity.“There’s just been a lot of interest from students over the past couple years to have more gender neutral bathrooms, as well as interest from our Office of Disability Services,”Minter said.The buildings of interest are academic, athletic and other non-residential buildings, Assistant Vice President for the Office of Design and Construction Anne St.
Africa’s national borders are often the products of colonization, Mahiri Mwita, lecturer in the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, said during a lectureon Wednesday. Before 1884, he said, Africa consisted of simple communities with no clear borders.
Town council discussions have established three strategic priorities for 2015, including providing financial stability, creating an inclusive and well-run community and improving service delivery, according toMayor Liz Lempert. While the council has not yet passed a list of specific priorities for 2015, working sessions have outlined a number of initiatives in line with the strategic priorities, she said. Unlike last year, which saw several large administrative reorganizations, the town council will primarily focus on several projects slated for developmentthis year. In particular, the town will focus on harmonizing existing town and borough parking ordinances, seeking bids for the potential installation of a solar array at the local landfill and creating a plan for the inclusion of bike lanes on Hamilton Avenue are important upcoming projects, Lempert said. “This is an exciting time for the municipal government because we are still in transition and we have a lot of opportunities to do more self-assessment and adopt policies that will put us in a good position moving forward,” she said. Councilwoman Jo Butler said that maintaining financial stability is at the top of the council’s concerns for the coming year. “Costs are always increasing, concerns exist about taxes rising and we need to focus on maintaining low costs while improving infrastructure,” Butler explained.
José Manuel Barroso, the former president of the European Commission, joined the Wilson School faculty on Feb.
Cornell University sophomore Charles Tan was arrested Monday on charges of second-degree murder after allegedly shooting his father, Ling "Jim" Tan, the Cornell Daily Sun reported. Police responded to a domestic incident at Tan's home in Pittsford, N.Y., and found Charles Tan and his mother standing in the driveway with his father dead in the house with gunshots in his upper body. Investigators conducted a search warrant of the house early Tuesday morning and found a shotgun.
The town of Princeton will be purchasing a property at 3133 Lytle St. in order to expand the neighboring Mary Moss Park, the Times of Trenton reported. The town will spend about $600,000 to purchase and destroy the property, which will then be incorporated into the park.
The University Art Museum is one of 14 museums in the newly created American Art Collaborative, the Smithsonian American Art Museum announced on Feb.
