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Nine Princeton alumni among Forbes 400 wealthiest list

Katherine Dailey

This year’s edition of the annual Forbes 400 list, which was released on Oct. 5, lists the 400 wealthiest Americans. Nine of these 400 graduated from Princeton.

NEWS | 10/14/2021

Nobel-Prize-winning economist David Card GS ’83 discusses labor markets and Princeton influences

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Nobel-Prize-winning economist David Card GS ’83 discusses labor markets and Princeton influences

Sam Kagan

A graduate alumnus and former University faculty member, David Card was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences “for his empirical contributions to labor economics.” He sat with the ‘Prince’ to discuss his prize, his career, and Princeton’s influence on his work.

NEWS | 10/14/2021

COVID-19 risk status marked ‘Low,’ change to mask guidance possible

COVID-19 risk status marked ‘Low,’ change to mask guidance possible

Marie-Rose Sheinerman

The University’s COVID-19 dashboard classified campus risk status for the virus as “Low.” In an email sent Wednesday, University health officials noted that mask guidances may change in November if students remain “vigilant.”

NEWS | 10/14/2021

Classics professor’s lawsuit against academic society dismissed by New Jersey court

Classics professor’s lawsuit against academic society dismissed by New Jersey court

Marie-Rose Sheinerman

The judge found that the suit failed to meet the requisite standards for jurisdiction in federal court in New Jersey, but did not rule on the merits of Katz’s claims. The decision leaves the door open for Katz to refile his suit against the ACLS in New York, where the society is based.

NEWS | 10/12/2021

USG creates Lawnparties Review Committee, hosts Q&A with VP Calhoun

USG creates Lawnparties Review Committee, hosts Q&A with VP Calhoun

Drew Somerville

The proposal cites USG’s decision to change their headliner act from LANY to A$AP Ferg as one of the reasons for the charge.

NEWS | 10/12/2021

Card GS ’83, Angrist GS ’89 win Nobel Prize in Economics

Card GS ’83, Angrist GS ’89 win Nobel Prize in Economics

Allan Shen, Sam Kagan, and Mahya Fazel-Zarandi

Card and Angrist join fellow Nobel laureates Professor Syukuro Manabe, Professor David MacMillan, and Maria Ressa ’86, who won this year’s Nobel Prize in Physics, Chemistry, and Peace, respectively.

NEWS | 10/11/2021

Town Cannabis Task Force pulls Princeton Shopping Center as potential dispensary zone

Town Cannabis Task Force pulls Princeton Shopping Center as potential dispensary zone

Lia Opperman

The Oct. 7 Cannabis Task Force meeting involved discussions about the dispensary locations and the distribution of medical and recreational licenses.

NEWS | 10/10/2021

USG announces 2025 Class Council results

Erin Lee and Annie Rupertus

Five new Undergraduate Student Government (USG) Class Councilors have been elected for the class of 2025: Kimberly Cross ’25, Gil Joseph ’25, Diya Kraybill ’25, Stephen Padlo ’25, and Ben Wachspress ’25. Results were announced via email on Oct. 8.

NEWS | 10/10/2021

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor wins 2021 ‘Genius Grant’

Gabriel Robare

Princeton African American Studies Professor Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor was awarded a 2021 MacArthur Fellowship. An award winning published author, she is currently working on an investigation of civil rights in the 1980s — among other projects.

NEWS | 10/10/2021

Maria Ressa ’86 awarded 2021 Nobel Peace Prize

Maria Ressa ’86 awarded 2021 Nobel Peace Prize

Marie-Rose Sheinerman

She was awarded the prize with Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov for their mutual “efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace.”

NEWS | 10/08/2021

Princeton launches Venture Forward campaign

Princeton launches Venture Forward campaign

Izzy Jacobson

“Venture Forward captures our intention to move into a new day for Princeton,” Deputy University Spokesperson Michael Hotchkiss continued. “And, as a University community, to pursue truth, serve humanity, pioneer solutions, explore the unknown and advance knowledge to help create a better world that champions inclusion, the humanities, science, art, public policy, and technology.”

NEWS | 10/07/2021

Mercer County among NJ counties being sued for party-line ballots

Mercer County among NJ counties being sued for party-line ballots

Charlie Roth

Candidates and New Jersey Working Families Alliance are suing Mercer County in an effort to change the practice of party-lines on election ballots.

Candidates and the New Jersey Working Families Alliance are suing Mercer County in an effort to change the practice of party-lines on election ballots.

NEWS | 10/07/2021

Princeton releases campus security and fire safety statistics for 2020

Princeton releases campus security and fire safety statistics for 2020

Marie-Rose Sheinerman

The University Department of Public Safety (DPS) has released its annual report detailing crime and fire safety statistics for 2020.

NEWS | 10/07/2021

Princeton professor David MacMillan awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Princeton professor David MacMillan awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Allan Shen and Mahya Fazel-Zarandi

David W. C. MacMillan, the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry, was awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work in asymmetric organocatalysis.

NEWS | 10/06/2021

Princeton meteorologist Syukuro Manabe awarded Nobel Prize in Physics

Mahya Fazel-Zarandi

Syukuro Manabe was one of three recipients of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics, awarded for his work in physical modeling of global climate with Klaus Hasselmann.

NEWS | 10/05/2021

Two Princeton professors, two alumni appointed to serve on White House science committee

Sullivan Meyer and Melvi Agolli

The White House describes PCAST as “the sole body of external advisors charged with making science, technology, and innovation policy recommendations to the President and the White House.”

NEWS | 10/05/2021

Students bruised, bloodied, and trampled by crowd at Lawnparties

Evelyn Doskoch

One female student, a member of the Class of 2025, reported that she became partially trapped between metal pieces of the barrier, causing a “really deep cut” to her arm. “It was bleeding everywhere,” she said in an interview with the ‘Prince.’ “I had to use my face mask to try to stop the bleeding.”

NEWS | 10/05/2021

As flu season nears, UHS offers vaccinations at 2021 FluFest

Amy Ciceu

This year’s FluFest will be held from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 5, Wednesday, Oct. 6, Tuesday, Oct. 12, and Wednesday, Oct. 13 in the Frist Campus Center Multipurpose Rooms on the B Level. Those attending the FluFest must present their University ID cards and wear face coverings. Appointments will not be required.

NEWS | 10/04/2021