The University accepted 7.86 percent of applicants for the Class of 2016, offering admission to 2,095 of the 26,664 applications, according to a post on the University website at noon on Thursday.
Cecile Richards began as a patient of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America and since 2006 has served as its president. Following her lecture Wednesday afternoon, she discussed her career and her organization with The Daily Princetonian.
With public safety officers stationed at the two doorways on either side of the stage, Cecile Richards, the president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, discussed the politicization of women’s health care in a lecture on Wednesday.
Representatives from the Township and the Borough convened Wednesday evening for a meeting of the Transition Task Force to discuss options for hiring and letting go municipality personnel following the creation of the consolidated municipality.
A new report from the National Association of Colleges and Employers predicts a 10.2 percent increase in the hiring of new college graduates compared to the hiring of the Class of 2011. Last year, the Job Outlook Spring 2011 Update projected a hiring increase of 19.3 percent, the first increase since 2007.
A group of 25 architecture graduate students voiced their disagreement with the selection of Alejandro Zaera-Polo as the new dean of the School of Architecture to University President Shirley Tilghman Wednesday morning.
After more than 40 years of excluding the Army Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps from its campus, Harvard announced last week that it will formally recognize the group.
Ehud Olmert, the 12th prime minister of Israel, discussed his willingness to compromise with Palestine, the threat of a nuclear Iran and the Arab Spring on Wednesday evening.
William “Mandela” Sheaffer ’13 was arrested by police in Bowling Green, Ohio, on Saturday morning, sparking a growing social media campaign claiming that his arrest was an “injustice” that resulted from racial profiling. The police have refuted this claim.The incident, which occurred one month after a black teenager in Florida was killed by a neighborhood watch captain in what some activists have called a hate crime, has prompted renewed concerns on campus about racial tensions nationwide.
The Borough Council met on Tuesday evening to discuss the logistics of relocating the University Medical Center of Princeton to Plainsboro off Route 1 and the recent string of car burglaries that occurred north of Nassau Street earlier this month.
Last Thursday, approximately 1,000 to 2,000 malicious emails were sent out to the University community in an attempt to access and collect personal information from both students and faculty members, according to Princeton’s Office of Information Technology.
Former University professor and current Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke will make a brief return to academia this month, teaching a series of four lectures at George Washington University School of Business.
The University is looking into creating an online platform that will allow for interactive learning, Deputy Dean of the College Clayton Marsh said at the Council of the Princeton University Community meeting on Monday.
World-renowned architect Alejandro Zaera-Polo will be the next dean of the School of Architecture, the University announced on Tuesday.Despite the support of his predecessor and others within the department, Zaera-Polo's appointment has been met with opposition from graduate students and doctoral candidates in the program, who say the School has been less than receptive to their opinions throughout the search process.
With five days left until the filing deadline for the primary election, the Princeton Republican Committee has yet to announce a candidate for mayor of the newly consolidated Princeton municipality.
A pair of New Jersey women were arrested on Sunday after one allegedly tried to fill a fake prescription for oxycodone at the CVS pharmacy on Nassau Street, the Borough police reported.
Last week’s sudden departure of Glenn Cummings, director of Health Professions Advising, is only the latest in the revolving door of staffing changes at Forbes College and HPA.
Over 60 students staged a demonstration on campus that ended at Nassau Hall on Monday afternoon, the one-month anniversary of the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Florida.Demonstrations across the country spurred students to wear hooded sweatshirts and carry Skittles and Arizona Iced Tea, the same snacks that Martin purchased the night of the shooting, and gather in front of Nassau Hall.
Nearly a year after the members of the USG’s Academic Life Total Assessment committee were announced, the group presented its findings and recommendations to the Council of the Princeton University Community on Monday.
Amy Campbell, who during her 17 years at the University has led many prominent social initiatives on campus, will become the new executive director of campus services and planning for University Services.
