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On Tilghman’s Mind: Neuroscience and an Empty Frick
Monday, 08 February 2010
by Brian No
What’s on Shirley Tilghman’s mind these days? Besides dealing with a $3.7 billion drop in the University’s endowment (thanks, Great Recession!), Tilghman said at this afternoon’s CPUC (Council for the Princeton University Community) meeting that moving ahead with establishing the nation’s premier neuroscience department is her biggest priority. Tilghman also said the lack of funding
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budget cuts, CPUC, Frick Laboratory, neuroscience and psychology building, Shirley Tilghman
Funny/Awkward Things Shirley Tilghman Says
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
by Brian No
At yesterday afternoon’s CPUC meeting, USG Treasurer Trevor Martin ’11 presented to the Council the COMBO II survey results. Remember those depressing survey results? Midway through the presentation, President Shirley Tilghman suddenly exclaimed in horror. What had upset her? Martin had been explaining a bar graph that showed social sciences, the most popular category of
Happy 5th Birthday, Grade Deflation!
Thursday, 30 April 2009
by Brian No
Did you forget? April 26th was grade deflation policy’s birthday! Yes, it’s five years-old already! Parents Malkiel and Tilghman are so proud. Just look at the results!: Average GPAs: Brown: 3.61 Stanford: 3.55 Yale: 3.51 Harvard: 3.45 Penn: 3.44 Dartmouth: 3.42 Columbia: 3.42 Cornell: 3.36 Princeton: 3.28 (source: gradeinflation.com)
- Published in Goings On
21 Questions with… Shirley Tilghman
Monday, 27 April 2009
by Claire Abramowitz
Name: Shirley Tilghman Occupation on Campus: President Major: Molecular Biology Hometown: Princeton Who’s your favorite Princetonian, living or dead, real or fictional? My daughter Becca ’03 What is your greatest guilty pleasure? Ice cream. What’s the best meal you’ve eaten in Princeton? Any meal cooked by Sally Lewis Lamonica, the chef at Lowrie House In
- Published in 21 Questions
Shirley Tilghman Uses Big Words
Tuesday, 17 March 2009
by Angela Wu
Princeton University president Shirley Tilghman appeared on the Charlie Rose show last night. Shirley discussed the Bush administration’s political repression of science, bragged about Alex Barnard and his “mohawk up to here” and used the word “periodicity” when discussing how often the University rejects the idea of a Princeton Medical School (every 20 years or
- Published in Goings On, Princeton in the News
Has the Population of Green-Haired Students Plateaued?
Wednesday, 11 February 2009
by Brian No
Has the population of “green haired” high school students plateaued? Shirley Tilghman’s now-infamous desire to attract students with a penchant for hairdye may be backfiring! Princeton has suffered a second major blow to its ego in less than six months! In August, the university dropped down an entire spot to number two in the annual US
- Published in Princeton in the News
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