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Robert George tells all (On Twitter!): Gay sex, Hugh Hefner, and more
Friday, 06 October 2017
by Ethan Sterenfeld
Princeton’s very own Robert George has a very active Twitter feed (handle @McCormickProf), which I find to be very entertaining. The genius political theorist, who argues that the constitutional separation of church and state does not apply to the 50 states, has set his cover photo as a perfectly-framed snapshot of him bro-hugging Cornel West.
- Published in Faculty, Internet, People, The INKternet
Live Blog: Angus Deaton Nobel Prize in Economics – Press Conference
Monday, 12 October 2015
by Mary Hui
Princeton professor of economics Angus Deaton is awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics “for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare.” The University Press Club will be providing live updates from this afternoon’s press conference. 6:30am – Angus Deaton receives a phone call from the Nobel Committee “If you’re my age and you’ve been working for a
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Angus Deaton, Economics, economics professors, Liveblog, Nobel Prize, Nobel Prize in economics
IN PRINT: The Bernanke Talk
Thursday, 03 April 2014
by Spencer Parts
Former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke reflected on his experience to a packed McCosh 50 yesterday. The talk was a conversation with Econ Professor Alan Blinder, and the Press Club covered it for the Trenton Times. You can check out the front-page story here.
IN PRINT: Professor Emeritus and Nobel Prize Winner Daniel Kahneman Lectures on Intuition
Tuesday, 18 February 2014
by Gabriel Fisher
A bat and a ball cost $1.10. The bat costs a dollar more than the ball. How much does the ball cost? It turns out that 50% of Princeton students get this question wrong. Last Monday, Daniel Kahneman, professor emeritus of psychology and public policy at the Woodrow Wilson School, gave the Stafford Little Lecture,
In Honor Of Tilghman’s Retirement, a Wordle Retrospective
Sunday, 23 September 2012
by Abby Greene
You’ve all probably heard the news by now: President Tilghman will be leaving us at the end of the year, ending her 12-year term as Princeton’s first female president. Her announcement yesterday caused a media frenzy and a slew of related commentary. For a visual reflection of this response and of President Tilghman’s legacy, check
- Published in Faculty, Internet, Princeton in the News
21 Questions with … Dean Cecilia Rouse
Saturday, 22 September 2012
by Alice Su
FRESHLY MINTED WOODROW WILSON SCHOOL DEAN CECILIA ROUSE WANTS MORE LUNCH OPTIONS, HAS A SUPREME MIDDLE NAME, SAYS HARVARD IS FUN Name: Cecilia Elena Rouse Hometown: Del Mar, CA What did you do this summer? I spent a good part of the summer with my family in France, Switzerland, and Prague. We took a long overdue vacation. What do
- Published in 21 Questions, Academics, Faculty
John Nash Looking At Things
Tuesday, 06 March 2012
by Vivienne Chen
Much like the late Kim Jong-il who liked to stare at things (and not unrelated to his son Kim Jon Un clapping at things), our beloved and often incomprehensible mathematician John Nash also likes to look at things. Edit: We realize this is probably not good for any of his lingering paranoia that people are watching
Why Cornel West Matters: On His Leaving Princeton
Thursday, 17 November 2011
by Vivienne Chen
Cornel West, African-American Studies/Religion professor and one of our many celebrity academics, recently announced that he will be leaving his Princeton post in 2012 to teach Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, the school where he first began his career in academia. For his time at Princeton, West will be remembered for more than
- Published in Faculty, Princeton in the News
Cornel West: Out of Jail and in CVS
Tuesday, 18 October 2011
by Vivienne Chen
Apparently, Dr. West is back in Princeton, after getting arrested on Sunday for protesting on the steps of the Supreme Court in DC as part of the Occupy movement.(Certainly, not the first time this G’s been behind bars). No charges were pressed, but I’m guessing he’s lying low in Princeton for the time being. West, who’s
- Published in Faculty
Princeton’s Christopher Sims and NYU’s Thomas Sargent Win Nobel Prize in Economic Science
Monday, 10 October 2011
by Abby Greene
After almost four decades of work exploring the causal relationships between policy decisions and the economy, Sims and Sargent received the Nobel Prize this morning in recognition of their independent, but complementary, research. While Sargent’s research focused on more long-term economic trends as inflation targets, Sims, the Harold H. Helm ’20 Professor of Economics and
- Published in Faculty, Princeton in the News
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Christopher Sims, economics professors, Nobel Prize in economics, NYU, Princeton, Thomas Sargent
Information Wants to be Free
Wednesday, 28 September 2011
by Lauren Zumbach
Princeton University joined MIT and Harvard in adopting an open access policy for all scholarly publications. At the most recent meeting of the Faculty of Princeton University, members voted unanimously to grant “The Trustees of Princeton University a nonexclusive, irrevocable, worldwide license to exercise any and all copyrights in his or her scholarly articles published
Krueger Appointed To Head Obama’s CEA
Saturday, 03 September 2011
by Nathan Serota
Another Princetonian is likely to join the Obama administration this Fall. Earlier this week, the President nominated Princeton economics professor Alan Krueger to head the White House Council of Economic Advisors (CEA). In addition to teaching labor economics, Krueger has contributed an impressive quantity of novel research to the study of labor markets. His work
- Published in Faculty