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Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei's planned visit to Princeton in jeopardy

Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei's planned visit to Princeton in jeopardy

Chinese political critic and sculptor Ai Weiwei, who designed the sculptures outside Robertson Hall and plans to speak at the University next month, may be unable to leave his country because Chinese authorities are still holding his passport, the artist told The New York Times on Tuesday. On Tuesday night the University said it does not plan to intervene in the case.

NEWS | 09/24/2012

From the Editor: How we covered Tilghman's retirement

Saturday's unexpected news that Shirley Tilghman will be retiring from the University presidency sent The Daily Princetonian into overdrive.

NEWS | 09/24/2012

Lempert, Woodbridge ’65 battle to be inaugural mayor of unified town

Patience Haggin

As the local area prepares to undergo perhaps the most significant transformation in its history, two mayoral candidates claim to be the right choice to lead Princeton through its transformation.

NEWS | 09/24/2012

Q&A: Adm. Mike Mullen, former Chair of Joint Chiefs of Staff

This semester, Admiral Mike Mullen is transitioning from the battlefield to the classroom. After a storied military career that culminated in a post as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest-ranking official in the American Armed Forces, Mullen is using his experience to teach 19 students in WWS 318: U.S. Military and National and International Diplomacy.

NEWS | 09/24/2012

Staking out and reporting from the campaign trail

It is not often that first lady Michelle Obama ’85 comes within a three-mile radius of the University. On Sunday she did, for a fundraiser for her husband’s reelection campaign at the home of Princeton University Investment Company President Andrew Golden in Princeton Township.The event was not open to the press, so we got creative.

NEWS | 09/23/2012

Student app tracks political donations

With Super PACs providing a good portion of funding for both presidential candidates this election cycle, four seniors have created an application to make information about campaign donations easier for voters to access.

NEWS | 09/23/2012

Tilghman leaves uneven town-gown legacy

Though University President Shirley Tilghman and the local municipalities that govern the University have had an up-and-down relationship during her tenure, her retirement has left a largely positive impression of her tenure on community organizations.

NEWS | 09/23/2012

At fundraiser, Obama ’85 promises return to alma mater

At a fundraiser in Princeton Township about three miles from the University on Sunday, first lady Michelle Obama ’85 said she plans to return to her alma mater at some point.

NEWS | 09/23/2012

Easop ’13 leads USG agenda into second semester

With one semester left in his yearlong term as USG president, Bruce Easop ’13 said he has had little time to reflect on his government’s accomplishments. After all, Easop explained, there is still much to be done, and time is of the essence.

NEWS | 09/23/2012

News & Notes: Backup power system believed responsible for Sunday night fire

A small electrical fire in the computing center behind Charter Club and Bobst Hall ignited on Sunday night, bringing officials from the Princeton Fire Department, the Department of Public Safety and other University agencies to the scene. No one was present at the Computing Center when the fire broke out, and no one was injured.

NEWS | 09/23/2012

Hargadon, Rapelye contribute to Tilghman's legacy

During her career as University president, Shirley Tilghman oversaw a change in admission policy that transformed the undergraduate student body.

NEWS | 09/22/2012

In classroom, as in Nassau Hall, president left enduring mark

Over the past 11 years, Shirley Tilghman has juggled being University president while continuing to mentor and teach students in the sciences.

NEWS | 09/22/2012

As scientist president, Tilghman elevated sciences

Tilghman’s intimate knowledge of the scientific community served her well in her tenure as president, as the University moved forward on a number of science-related initiatives.

NEWS | 09/22/2012

Tilghman offers to resign from Google position

In addition to stepping down as University president at the end of this year, President Shirley Tilghman has offered to resign from her position on Google’s Board of Directors. According to Tilghman, there is a practice at Google in which members offer to resign their posts once they leave their current position.

NEWS | 09/22/2012

After 12 years, Tilghman to step down in June

Shirley Tilghman, the University’s 19th president whose on-campus, activist pushes drew both the lavish praise and ire of the University community, announced Saturday that she will step down this June after 12 years as president. Tilghman announced her departure in an email to the student body after informing the University Board of Trustees at their meeting on Friday night. The trustees learned the news for the first time this weekend, though Tilghman told Kathryn Hall ’80, the chair of the board, about her plans to retire prior to Friday’s meeting. Hall and Tilghman both said the board had encouraged Tilghman to stay on as president. Tilghman plans to finish out the year and then take a year leave, partially in London, before returning to the faculty.

NEWS | 09/22/2012

Campus reacts to Tilghman's surprise retirement

After University President Shirley Tilghman announced her retirement, students, faculty and alumni alike immediately began to engage in a campus-wide dialogue, reflecting on Tilghman’s contributions to the University while also thinking about Princeton’s future. The Daily Princetonian reached out to several individuals in the Princeton community to hear their thoughts on Tilghman’s sudden retirement plans.

NEWS | 09/22/2012

Retirement comes after 3-year deliberation

At the beginning of last spring, Tilghman was unsure of her future, she told The Daily Princetonian on Saturday. The Aspire campaign was set to finish over the summer, and in 2009 Tilghman had said she would follow in the footsteps of her predecessor, Harold Shapiro GS ’64, and step down at the conclusion of a major fundraising push.

NEWS | 09/22/2012

Q&A: Tilghman speaks on retirement

Hours after announcing that she would step down as University president, Shirley Tilghman sat down with The Daily Princetonian to discuss her retirement and the highlights of her presidency. Tilghman told the ‘Prince’ that the residential college system wasn’t designed as exactly as she had hoped, that she chose to retire after deep thinking over the summer and more.

NEWS | 09/21/2012

During tenure, campus social life transformed

If University President Shirley Tilghman could have her way, every student on campus would be a member of both a four-year residential college and an eating club.This ideal vision reflects a series of reforms to campus residential and social life made under Tilghman’s tenure, characterized by the expansion of residential colleges, hostility towards Greek life and a relationship with eating clubs defined by underlying support but a desire for reform.

NEWS | 09/21/2012

U. names director to oversee compliance with animal treatment regulations

Nearly a year after animal rights groups began to intensely protest alleged animal abuse violations in University laboratories, the University has named a director of a new office that will oversee the University’s compliance with appropriate animal research guidelines and regulations.

NEWS | 09/20/2012

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