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Elena Kagan ’81 is the Freshest Potential SCOTUS Nominee
Sunday, 11 April 2010
by Ellen Shakespear
Ivy League diplomas and hotshot reputations define President Obama’s three potential nominees to replace Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, who announced on Friday that he would be retiring after 35 years on the bench. The three leading candidates to replace him — Obama is considering about ten names in all, the White House says
- Published in Alumni, Politics, Princeton in the News
IN PRINT: Haitian Ambassador stresses need for “New Haiti”
Thursday, 08 April 2010
by Will Saborio
While earthquakes have been rattling cities across the Western hemisphere in the past few months, the most devastating to date remains the Haitian quake of January 5. Haitian Ambassador Raymond Joseph came to speak to students and faculty in Dodds Auditorium this past Tuesday, and there he emphasized plans for a “new Haiti.” His outline
- Published in In Print
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Remnick ’81 writes “another f***ing Obama book,” media elite fawn over him
Tuesday, 06 April 2010
by Will Saborio
We told you a few weeks ago how David Remnick ’81 (a Press Club alum who has hit the proverbial “big time” as editor-in-chief of the New Yorker) was writing a “pimped out” new biography about President Obama. It hit bookshelves today, and critics are absolutely raving about it. And about Remnick! Yesterday the Times
- Published in Alumni, Princeton in the News
Child molestation riles up professor
Monday, 05 April 2010
by David Walter
Religion professor Elaine Pagels’ groundbreaking work on the Gnostic gospels helped win her a MacArthur “Genius Grant” in 1981. Since then, her continued investigations of early Christianity have earned her considerable renown and consistently full lecture halls. But it turns out she’s also got a thing or two to say about current developments in the world’s
- Published in Princeton in the News
Harvard rejects applicants (with a smile!)
Monday, 05 April 2010
by David Walter
As seen on the Crimson website: The caption: Admissions officers load rejection letters onto the USPS truck. They exchange congratulations on the successful completion of another year of decisions, and lament the fact that they must reject so many qualified applicants. Whose idea was it to have everyone look so happy? Harvard: crushing dreams with
- Published in Princeton in the News
Cheap Solar Panels? Princeton Professor Yueh-Lin Loo Thinks It’s Not Too Good to Be True
Sunday, 04 April 2010
by Abby Greene
As all of you enjoyed this sunny Easter weekend, I know exactly what you were thinking about: the weather, bunnies, dyed eggs, and…solar panels? If you found yourself squinting up at the sun and saying, “Wow, if only we could find a cheaper way to harness all that energy,” you weren’t alone. Enter a brand
- Published in Faculty, Princeton in the News
Traveling to New York just got a little more expensive
Saturday, 03 April 2010
by Miriam Geronimus
Starting May 1, Princeton students may be using a little more cash when they head into the city for the weekend or take the train home on breaks. Having campaigned on a promise of tax cuts, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has announced funding cuts to New Jersey Transit in order to balance the state
- Published in Princeton in the News
IN PRINT: Charged debate around Princetonian op-ed burns out
Friday, 02 April 2010
by Will Saborio
You may remember a few weeks back that a controversial op-ed in the Prince got quite a stir started both on campus and around the country, especially on the Internet. Some students are wondering what happened to that debate and whatever became of the conversation: As quickly as things got heated in Princeton, they cooled
- Published in In Print
Admissions 2010: Just the Facts
Thursday, 01 April 2010
by David Walter
Here it is: – 2,148 out of 26,247 admitted for an 8.18% acceptance rate — falling from 9.94% in 2009 and 9.25 in 2008. (Harvard admitted 6.9%, Yale 7.5%) – 50% men, 50% women. – 9.4 percent admitted identify as African American; 21.5 percent as Asian American; 10 percent as Hispanic or Latino; less than
- Published in Princeton in the News
IN PRINT: Barry Pavel Highlights Key Role of Interagency Work and Personality in Policy-Making
Wednesday, 31 March 2010
by Abby Greene
The military and international policy work currently so relevant to the United States on several fronts must be dominated by personality and interagency collaboration, National Security Council Director for Defense Policy Barry Pavel told the audience of students, faculty, and community members gathered in Princeton’s Dodds Auditorium on Monday, Mar. 21. “Boundaries matter, but personalities
- Published in In Print
Health Care Examined, Woody Woo-Style
Tuesday, 30 March 2010
by Julia Bumke
One week after the health care jump, and the Tea Partiers are all busy rallying their troops (to the extent that Obama publicly acknowledged the movement in an interview on the Today Show this morning). As the rumors fly and rallying cries are shouted, it’s a relief to find a writer who outlines what the
- Published in Faculty, Princeton in the News
Two Former Princeton Architecture Professors Win Pritzker Prize
Monday, 29 March 2010
by Spencer Gaffney
Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa will be the next recipients of the prestigious Pritzker Prize (pretty much the Nobel Prize of architecture). The pair currently work for the Japanese firm SANAA but used to lecture at Princeton, so we’re still counting this as a victory for Old Nassau. Full story here. (image courtesy of SANAA)
- Published in Faculty, Princeton in the News