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Eating clubs task force launches website

10 Nov 2009 06:34:00 PST

Written by Staff
The task force that recently was established to review relationships between Princeton University and the eating clubs has launched a website seeking observations and suggestions from students, alumni and others.

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NEWS: Daily Debriefing

08 Nov 2009 21:00:00 PST

Dartmouth was ranked ninth in Kiplinger’s 2009-2010 Best Values in Private Colleges list, which took into account the College’s academic standards and need-based financial aid program. The list — currently available online — identifies the top 100 colleges that provide a quality edu...

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NEWS: Daily Debriefing

01 Nov 2009 21:00:00 PST

Princeton University will lay off 43 employees by the end of this fiscal year as the result of a nearly 23-percent endowment loss, The Daily Princetonian reported on Friday. Almost 20 other employees will face involuntary work hour reductions. Faculty members are immune from the cuts, Pr...

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“THE CREATION AND DESTRUCTION OF VALUE”: HAROLD JAMES GLOBALIZATION BOOK

29 Oct 2009 07:02:39 PDT

Written by cambridgeforecast
Professor Harold James (Author) Review Product Details: Hardcover: 336 pagesPublisher: Harvard University Press 1 edition September 30, 2009Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0674035844ISBN-13: 978-0674035843 The Creation and Destruction of Value: Professor Harold James (Author)

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Podcast: The Return of Depression Economics

23 Oct 2009 04:00:00 PDT

Paul Krugman, professor in the Department of Economics and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, 2008 Nobel Laureate in Economics and New York Times columnist talks about his book: `The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of...

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18 to serve on task force reviewing University-eating club relationships

29 Sep 2009 08:00:00 PDT

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Eighteen members have been appointed to the task force that recently was established to review relationships between Princeton University and the eating clubs. The members include eight undergraduates, three faculty members, five staff members (four of whom are alumni), and two alu...

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Princeton University news and blogs - December 01, 2009

01 Dec 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Princeton University news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• 'Connect' encourages black alumni to become more involved with Princeton -- by Staff from Princeton University Top Stories
• Center for African American Studies launches civic internship program -- by Emily Aronson from Princeton University Top Stories
• Princeton takes significant steps toward achieving sustainability goals -- by Ruth Stevens from Princeton University Top Stories
• Legendary photographer Gowin celebrated in exhibition -- by Staff from Princeton University Top Stories
• New Directions - Kevin Guthrie -- from Google Videos - -site:youtube.com "Princeton University" "founding date" OR university OR "Old Nassau" OR "Princeton Theological Seminary" OR "University Chapel" OR "This Side of Paradise" OR "eating clubs" OR "Ralph Adams Cram" OR campus OR "Westminster Choir College" OR "Andrew Fleming West" OR "The Daily Princetonian" OR Undergraduate OR "residential colleges" OR "Paul Newman" OR "New Light" OR "Log College" OR "Shanghai Jiao Tong University" OR "Nassau Hall" OR THES OR "College of New Jersey" OR "Model United Nations" OR "Princeton Law School" OR "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" OR "A Beautiful Mind" OR "residential college" OR Cannon OR "Whitman College" OR "Gilbert Tennent" OR "February 6" OR "Firestone Library" OR "Cannon Green"
• NCI awards $15.2 million to create Princeton Physical Sciences-Oncology Center -- by Hilary Parker from Princeton University Top Stories
• Memorial service set for Peter Curtin '08 -- by Staff from Princeton University Top Stories
• Schmidt Fund to advance science through support for transformative technology -- by Staff from Princeton University Top Stories
• Podcast: Lessons from a Long War: Engagement in the Broader Middle East -- from UChannel Podcast
• Frozen Treasures -- by By BENJAMIN GENOCCHIO from NYT > Princeton University

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Podcast: Sustainability and the Obama Stimulus Agenda: Engaging and Connecting with Government - Pt 4

29 Sep 2009 03:00:00 PDT

A PRIOR conference on local sustainability actions. Pt 4 - Environmental and Employment Initiatives in the Region The second panel will focus on environmental and employment initiatives in the region. Representatives from government agencies, nonprofits, and the business commun...

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Princeton University Archives Celebrates 50th Anniversary with Open House Event

27 Sep 2009 11:48:35 PDT

caption id="attachment_212" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="1748 Charter of the College of New Jersey"][/caption] The Princeton University Archives at the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library will celebrate its 50th anniversary with an open house from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday,...

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E-reader Pilot Program at Princeton, fall 2009

23 Sep 2009 11:07:00 PDT

Princeton is using the Kindle DX electronic reader to pilot the use of an e-reader in a small number of classes during the Fall term of 2009. The project is sponsored by the Princeton University Library, the Office of Information Technology at Princeton, and the High Meadows Foundation, w...

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Task force to review relationships between the University and the eating clubs

17 Sep 2009 08:00:00 PDT

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President Shirley M. Tilghman and Undergraduate Student Government President Connor Diemand-Yauman are establishing a task force composed of students, faculty, staff and alumni to review the relationships between the University and the eating clubs. The charge to the task force als...

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Opinion: Student Writings From 1970s Show Sotomayor Assailing Princeton for ...

28 May 2009 14:58:58 PDT

Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor once accused Princeton University of attempting to "relegate" the Puerto Rican and Chicano population to "oblivion," according to a decades-old letter to the editor released by the university's newspaper. ...

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Life after WUSTL: Seniors plan for the future

03 May 2009 21:03:50 PDT

He will work for the Princeton Review and a biology lab at the University as well as the University's calling center. Francisco Robles also plans to go to graduate school. He will attend Princeton University and intends to get a Ph.D. in English ...

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Podcast: Pt 4 - Prosperity or Peril? The Next Phase of Globalization

18 Apr 2009 12:00:00 PDT

Pt 4 - Panel: Globalization and Its Accidents: Failures in a Complex System Moderator: Miguel Centeno, Professor of Sociology and International and Affairs Panelists:Amb. Robert Hutchings, Diplomat-in-Residence, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princ...

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Opinion: NEWS: Daily Debriefing

18 Feb 2009 00:00:00 PST

The University of Pennsylvania saw a decrease in the total number of applications for the Class of 2013, according to The Daily Pennsylvanian. Penn received a total of 22,845 applications, 90 fewer than last year. While the university saw a slight increase in regular decision applicatio...

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Podcast: Summit for Children`s Health in New Jersey - Pt 4

19 Jan 2009 22:00:00 PST

A PRIOR symposium examines the topics of prenatal care and infant mortality; the pediatric workforce; infrastructure; the medical home; SCHIP; and government affairs. Pt 4 - The FAMILY in NEWARK, NEW JERSEY: Insights from the Fragile Family Study. Sara McLanahan, Ph.D. William S. Todd Pro...

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“THE SUBPRIME SOLUTION”: ROBERT SHILLER BOOK

12 Jan 2009 22:37:27 PST

Written by cambridgeforecast
Princeton University Press Robert J. Shiller is the best-selling author of Irrational Exuberance and The New Financial Order (both Princeton), among other books. He is the Arthur M. Okun Professor of Economics at Yale University. Reviews:

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Opinion: J. Daryl Charles on the Revival of Natural Law

19 Dec 2008 07:07:00 PST

Written by blog@acton.org (Jordan J. Ballor)
In the latest volume of the Mars Hill Audio Journal, host Ken Myers talks with J. Daryl Charles, author of Retrieving the Natural Law: A Return to Moral First Things (Eerdmans, 2008). Charles is associate professor of Christian Studies at Union University, and spent the 2007-2008 year as W...

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Princeton Mourns “Tragic” Loss of Glorious Moneybags

10 Dec 2008 11:31:29 PST

Written by Maureen O'Connor
As mentioned above, the Robertson Foundation will be dissolved and its funds will be transferred to an endowment fund at Princeton with the same object and purpose as the Robertson Foundation, as understood and interpreted by Princeton. There can be no further disagreements between th...

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How To Make Fun Of College Kids [Field Guide]

20 Nov 2008 21:12:44 PST

Written by Hamilton Nolan
As I was journalistically perusing the internet last night, I came upon an entry in a web log ("blog") that tickled my ol' funny bone. It seems that well-off Ivy League students at Princeton University are participating in short role-playing games in order to "experience the virtual real...

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Podcast: Pt 2: Regional and National Financial Crises: Roots, Results and Responses

12 Nov 2008 10:00:00 PST

A PRIOR conference focuses on the mortgage crisis, the public finance arena, financial regulation and the responsibility of the U.S. Congress. With keynotes by former Congressman James Leach, Princeton economist Alan Blinder and Wharton School Professor Susan M. Wachter. Pt 2: ANATOMY O...

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Podcast: Please Explain: Undecided Voters (The Leonard Lopate Show: Friday, 31 October 2008)

31 Oct 2008 09:10:00 PDT

Dr. Joshua Gold is Assistant Professor at the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania; Dr. Samuel Wang is Associate Professor of Molecular Biology and Neuroscience at Princeton University, and author of Welcome to Your Brain. We're also joined by Carroll Doherty fr...

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Princeton Review ranks OU among best colleges

29 Jul 2008 21:33:33 PDT

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Princeton Review Ranks CSU as One of the Nation's Best for ...

28 Jul 2008 09:01:49 PDT

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Princeton Review: Clarkson University One of Best Colleges

20 Aug 2007 00:00:00 PDT

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Recipe: Chowing down on campus

16 Nov 2006 00:01:00 PST

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