For the runners and spectators participating in the Boston Marathon on Monday ? including
Caroline Shaw GS, who is studying composition in the University?s Department of Music, has won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Music.
Dr. Peter Kareiva, the chief scientist of The Nature Conservancy, gave a lecture on Tuesday afternoon in which he discussed the modern shift in conservation techniques and advocated for cooperation between conservationists and large businesses.
The nation has seen an unprecedented divergence between the upper and working classes during the past 50 years, sociologist and author Charles Murray explained at a Tuesday afternoon lecture in the Whig Hall Senate Chamber. Murray, who is a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, discussed his new book, ?Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010,? which was published in January 2012.
Four members of the Princeton faculty were named among the 173 Guggenheim Fellows of 2013 on April 11.
Forty-three students are running for U-Council and class government positions this spring, according to the USG's website. Eighteen students are running for the 10 U-Councilor positions.
The USG changed the schedule of its spring elections to extend the campaign period from one week to two weeks, the USG announced on its website.
Princeton High School permitted a ?significant? portion of students to graduate from the high school in spite of a high number of undocumented absences, a state investigation concluded last Monday.
Freshman orientation will be a day shorter next year as a result of the
Two years after graduation, the
As part of "Every Voice," the University's first conference for LGBT alumni this weekend, ColoradoCongressman Jared Polis '96spoke to alumni about his experience as an undergraduate at the University and his position regarding LGBT rights. The three-day symposium featured a series of speakers, panel discussions, films and mixers meant to re-engage LGBT alumni with the University community.
Aluboo Bikes, a company founded by Nick Frey ?09, Drew Haugen GS ?12 and James Wolf, has launched a campaign using the crowd-funding site Kickstarter to support their production of sustainable bicycles with bamboo tubes inside aluminum frames.
All positions for the 2014, 2015 and 2016 class councils are uncontested except for the Class of 2016 vice president, the USG released
Student organizers of the Princeton University East Asian Undergraduate Conference will host what they describe as one of the first academic conferences in the nation focused on featuring undergraduate research related to East Asian culture on April 26 and 27 in Lewis Library. The undergraduates planning the conference, abbreviated as EastCon, have chosen the theme ?Beyond Gang
University president emeritus William Bowen GS ?58 published a book this month arguing that the growing costs of higher education, caused by inefficient academic structures and competition from wealthier universities, could be addressed by cost-cutting measures like a greater reliance on online courses.
The University is preparing to renovate the former Frick Laboratory at 20 Washington Road and convert it into a center for the economics department and various international programs.
Dr. Michael Gottlieb, the first identifier of AIDS, discussed the evolution of public opinion and political response to the disease in a packed Dodds Auditorium in Robertson Hall on Thursday afternoon.
Princeton?s Sexual Harassment/Assault Advising, Resources and Education program hosted a session of focus groups on April 2 to get student feedback on a new online orientation program about sexual harassment and prevention for incoming students. SHARE director Jacqueline Deitch-Stackhouse said the focus groups were part of a partnership between the SHARE office and the Equal Opportunity Programs office, run by director Cheri Lawson. Much like the current AlcoholEdu program that all students must complete before arriving on campus freshman year, the SHARE program would educate students about sexual assault issues. The focus group was held in order to get student feedback on whether the program would be effective and which out of three potential programs were the best. ?There are two major factors to consider,? Deitch-Stackhouse said.
