Princeton University News Releases
31st March, 2009
Princeton makes offers to 9.79 percent of applicants; expands class and aid by Cass Cliatt In keeping with the culmination of a five-year plan to expand the size of its student body, Princeton University has offered admission to 2,150, or 9.79 percent of the record 21,964 applicants for the class of 2013. The University plans to enroll its highest number of freshmen...
Princeton makes offers to 9.79 percent of applicants; expands class and aid by Cass Cliatt In keeping with the culmination of a five-year plan to expand the size of its student body, Princeton University has offered admission to 2,150, or 9.79 percent of the record 21,964 applicants for the class of 2013. The University plans to enroll its highest number of freshmen...
31st March, 2009
Video: Ballet Folklorico performs 'Raices' by Adrienne DominguezTo view the multimedia features on this page, you will need to download the latest version of Flash Player and/or enable JavaScript.Ballet Folklórico de Princeton's annual show will highlight the unique folk dancing traditions of M跩co, April 3 and 4 at Frist...
Video: Ballet Folklorico performs 'Raices' by Adrienne DominguezTo view the multimedia features on this page, you will need to download the latest version of Flash Player and/or enable JavaScript.Ballet Folklórico de Princeton's annual show will highlight the unique folk dancing traditions of M跩co, April 3 and 4 at Frist...
31st March, 2009
Potechin chosen for Churchill Scholarship by Staff Princeton senior Aaron Potechin has been selected as one of 14 students nationwide to receive a Churchill Scholarship, which funds a year of postgraduate study at the University of Cambridge. The Winston Churchill Foundation of New York City, established in 1959, offers the scholarships...
Potechin chosen for Churchill Scholarship by Staff Princeton senior Aaron Potechin has been selected as one of 14 students nationwide to receive a Churchill Scholarship, which funds a year of postgraduate study at the University of Cambridge. The Winston Churchill Foundation of New York City, established in 1959, offers the scholarships...
31st March, 2009
Princeton coaches and athletes to speak by Staff Princeton varsity coaches and student-athletes will discuss their programs at a luncheon set for noon Wednesday, April 8, in the Whig Hall Senate Chamber. The speakers will include Bill Tierney, men's lacrosse coach; Kathy Sell, women's tennis coach; Scott Bradley, baseball coach;...
Princeton coaches and athletes to speak by Staff Princeton varsity coaches and student-athletes will discuss their programs at a luncheon set for noon Wednesday, April 8, in the Whig Hall Senate Chamber. The speakers will include Bill Tierney, men's lacrosse coach; Kathy Sell, women's tennis coach; Scott Bradley, baseball coach;...
30th March, 2009
Volunteer firefighter pilot program to roll out by Eric Quiñones The University is rolling out a pilot program in which staff members will serve as volunteers with the Princeton Fire Department during their work shifts. The one-year pilot program will include employees from the departments of facilities and public safety who already are...
Volunteer firefighter pilot program to roll out by Eric Quiñones The University is rolling out a pilot program in which staff members will serve as volunteers with the Princeton Fire Department during their work shifts. The one-year pilot program will include employees from the departments of facilities and public safety who already are...
30th March, 2009
White wins Academy Award in Music by Jennifer Greenstein Altmann Barbara White, associate professor of music, has received an Academy Award in Music from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The award, given to White and three others, "honors outstanding artistic achievement and acknowledges the composer who has arrived at his...
White wins Academy Award in Music by Jennifer Greenstein Altmann Barbara White, associate professor of music, has received an Academy Award in Music from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The award, given to White and three others, "honors outstanding artistic achievement and acknowledges the composer who has arrived at his...
30th March, 2009
'Go-to man' in electric shop celebrates 50 years at University by Jennifer Greenstein Altmann From the March 30, 2009, Princeton Weekly Bulletin At 8 a.m. on Nov. 17, 2008, electrician Renato (Ronnie) Carazzai walked into a room in the basement of Frick Laboratory and looked around. He had been in that room at the same hour on the morning of Nov. 17,...
'Go-to man' in electric shop celebrates 50 years at University by Jennifer Greenstein Altmann From the March 30, 2009, Princeton Weekly Bulletin At 8 a.m. on Nov. 17, 2008, electrician Renato (Ronnie) Carazzai walked into a room in the basement of Frick Laboratory and looked around. He had been in that room at the same hour on the morning of Nov. 17,...
27th March, 2009
Tribute to folk legend Odetta planned by Staff A tribute to the late folk singer Odetta will take place Thursday, April 9, featuring a panel discussion at 4:30 p.m. in McCosh 10 and a concert at 8:30 p.m. in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall. The panel discussion, "Odetta, Folk Music and Social Activism," will feature:...
Tribute to folk legend Odetta planned by Staff A tribute to the late folk singer Odetta will take place Thursday, April 9, featuring a panel discussion at 4:30 p.m. in McCosh 10 and a concert at 8:30 p.m. in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall. The panel discussion, "Odetta, Folk Music and Social Activism," will feature:...
27th March, 2009
Appiah named president of PEN American Center by Jennifer Greenstein Altmann Kwame Anthony Appiah, the Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy and the University Center for Human Values, has been elected president of the PEN American Center, the 3,400-member association of literary writers, editors and translators. "I...
Appiah named president of PEN American Center by Jennifer Greenstein Altmann Kwame Anthony Appiah, the Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy and the University Center for Human Values, has been elected president of the PEN American Center, the 3,400-member association of literary writers, editors and translators. "I...
26th March, 2009
Eboo Patel to speak on interfaith leadership by Staff Eboo Patel, executive director of the Interfaith Youth Core and a member of President Barack Obama's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, will present a lecture, "Acts of Faith: Interfaith Leadership in a Time of Religious Crisis," at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 2, in...
Eboo Patel to speak on interfaith leadership by Staff Eboo Patel, executive director of the Interfaith Youth Core and a member of President Barack Obama's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, will present a lecture, "Acts of Faith: Interfaith Leadership in a Time of Religious Crisis," at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 2, in...