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So you made it past the dark jungles and snowy frostbitten peaks of high school and now find yourself gazing out at the vast unknown landscape that is Princeton. There is no all-purpose map I can give you for the road you’re about to face, but what I can give you is the most basic guide to an unknown land that every traveler needs: To you, the wide-eyed, nervous freshman — who is a friend, and who is a foe?

NEWS | 08/04/2012

The Freshman Dictionary: N - S

The Freshman Dictionary: N - S

Don’t want to sound like a freshman? We present the Dictionary. Read. Reread. Commit to memory. Use at your own risk.

NEWS | 08/04/2012

Ongoing tension defines town-gown relationship

When you step off the Dinky in September, take a moment to look around. That neighborhood will not always look the way it does now.

NEWS | 08/04/2012

Still packing? Remember to bring snow, rain gear

As you prepare to come to Princeton, you have probably sat at home in front of Facebook stalking the profiles of anyone you know who has survived at least a year at Princeton, hoping for a glimpse into your future. You gaze in wonder at pictures of girls in sundresses frolicking along Prospect Avenue.

NEWS | 08/04/2012

The Freshman Dictionary: G - M

Don’t want to sound like a freshman? We present the Dictionary. Read. Reread. Commit to memory. Use at your own risk.

NEWS | 08/04/2012

The Freshman Dictionary: A - F

Don’t want to sound like a freshman? We present the Dictionary. Read. Reread. Commit to memory. Use at your own risk.

NEWS | 08/04/2012

Schooled on school: How to survive your typical lecture

At its heart, Princeton is a school. You have come to the Ivy League to learn from some of the nation’s brightest minds. But while you may arrive in the fall eager to dive deep into your courses, I guarantee you that you will have moments where persisting through your 10 a.m. lecture seems impossible. If you want to make it through a Princeton lecture, you must know how to win that battle. Consider this your 50-minute road map to victory.

NEWS | 08/04/2012

Shopping options abound in town

As you shop for your soon-to-arrive-to-college life and try to figure out how in the world you’re going to adjust to this new experience in the so-called Orange Bubble, here is a guide that will help you embrace the town that is to become your temporary home. Princeton may be no New York City, Philadelphia or Boston, but it still boasts an impressive array of stores and eateries that should keep most everyone satisfied. Most places mentioned are within short walking distances from the University’s main gate.

NEWS | 08/04/2012

The Freshman Dictionary: T - Z

Don’t want to sound like a freshman? We present the Dictionary. Read. Reread. Commit to memory. Use at your own risk.

NEWS | 08/04/2012

Now that Princeton is your home, where will you live?

If you were a first-year at Hogwarts, you would currently be eagerly awaiting your life-changing moment with the Sorting Hat, hoping to be placed into your favorite House (or perhaps just anything but Hufflepuff).

NEWS | 08/04/2012

Lock contractor accused of student dorm thefts

A contractor hired to install new keyless locks on dorm room doors was charged with the theft of jewelry and watches from multiple student rooms last week, the Department of Public Safety reported.

NEWS | 07/31/2012

New Wilson School dean silent on whether she personally supports reforms

In the days following her appointment as the new dean of the Wilson School, Cecilia Rouse is declining to say whether she personally supports the recent overhaul of the undergraduate program — the most significant in the school's history — that she will now be in charge of implementing.

NEWS | 07/31/2012

In major Tea Party victory, Cruz '92 wins Republican nomination for Senate

Tea Party candidate Ted Cruz ’92 earned the Republican nomination for U.S. Senator from Texas on Tuesday night, a come-from-behind, tough victory over a well-financed Republican backed by the party establishment.Cruz, the former state solicitor general, had trailed Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst, prominently backed by Governor Rick Perry, for almost the entire campaign.

NEWS | 07/30/2012

Rouse, former Obama adviser, to head Wilson School

Wilson School professor Cecilia Rouse, a top education policy analyst and a former economic adviser to President Obama, will lead the Wilson School as its next dean, the University announced Monday, taking the wheel of an institution as it undergoes rapid changes to its undergraduate curriculum.

NEWS | 07/29/2012

With critical donation, Amazon's Jeff Bezos '86, MacKenzie Bezos '92 back same-sex marriage

Amazon founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos ’86 and his wife MacKenzie Bezos ’92 have donated $2.5 million of their fortune to a political action committee that supports same-sex marriage in Washington, a donation announced by the PAC on Friday morning. The couple’s gift instantly doubled the fundraising haul of Washington United for Marriage, which is organizing to preserve same-sex marriage in the state.

NEWS | 07/28/2012

U. completes $1.88 billion Aspire campaign, largest fundraising push in school history

After five years of extensive fundraising, the University raked in $1.88 billion through the Aspire campaign, beating its goal by $130 million in the largest capital campaign in the University’s history.

NEWS | 07/10/2012

Housing scrambles to find beds for large freshman class, students on wait list

Next year 13 students in Wilson College will be able to sleep, eat and study without ever stepping foot outside of their dorm building — Wilcox Hall.

NEWS | 07/04/2012

Gas leak in E-Quad quelled by rescue squads

Around 100 people were evacuated from the Engineering Quadrangle at 5:40 p.m. on Friday due to a silane gas leak in a laboratory on the fourth floor of the J wing.

NEWS | 06/30/2012

Daniels '71 named president of Purdue University

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels ’71 may have declined to run for the Republican nomination for President of the United States last year, disappointing many national conservative leaders, but Daniels hasn’t abandoned the idea of a presidency altogether. On Thursday, Purdue University, Indiana's second-largest public university, announced that the home-state governor would be its next college president.

NEWS | 06/20/2012

Trustee donates $10 million to fund international fellows program

Trustee William Fung ’70 has donated $10 million to expand the University’s globalization efforts and bring six international fellows to Princeton beginning next year, the University announced Tuesday.Fung's gift will create the Fung Global Fellows Program, a postdoctoral fellowship program in the social sciences and humanities administered by the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies.

NEWS | 06/18/2012

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