October 21, 2009

Oct 21, 2009

Nice digs!

Features

Not your parent’s dorm room

From A/C to sub-free, amenities and options abound. Is “gender-neutral” next?

Finding a Place: Emmet Gowin

A portrait of the artist

President’s Page

President’s Page

President's Page

On the Campus

A moment with ... Steve Mills '81

Web tool widens free access to court records

Keeping faith with the classes

Final Scene

In Brief

Grade deflation milestone: A's dip below 40 percent

Fresh look at the clubs; waxing philosophical

A place to celebrate differences

Fields Center hopes its new home will encourage a broader campus role

Tilghman defends investment policies

As the endowment drops 23.7 percent, University’s budget-cutting will continue

Slide show: Celebrating Emmet Gowin

An exhibition at the University Art Museum Oct. 24 through Jan. 17 celebrates the career of Emmet Gowin with works by Gowin, his mentors, and his students. Here are some of the images on display.

Students, staff pedal from Queens to N.J.

Footnotes celebrate 50 years

Princeton defends its virtual turf

Video: Janitor-turned-philosopher

'Sustain budgetary discipline'

The text of President Tilghman's Sept. 29, 2009, letter to the University community.

Alumni News

Ironists and zealots

From two professors: a modest proposal

The Bonfire: The Siege and Burning of Atlanta

Undocumented in the U.S.

Helen Thorpe ’87 traces the lives of four Mexican girls in America

Newsmakers

A jellyfish engineer

Stinging creatures inspire John Dabiri ’01 to design new technologies

Airs of Men Long Dead

Archie and the Pirates

Feeding Baby Green: The Earth-Friendly Program for Healthy, Safe Nutrition During Pregnancy, Childhood, and Beyond

Zoli ’88 wins MacArthur grant

Rally 'Round the Cannon

From John Maclean 1816’s letters, a portrait of an overlooked president

Alumni Profile: Michael deCamp '49, diving for decades to the ocean floor

Podcast: Rally 'Round the Cannon

From John Maclean 1816’s letters, a portrait of an overlooked president

Sports

Air Jordan

Longtime crew coach takes flight in retirement

Sports Shorts

Women's cross country sets high goal

Two losses for football

Columbia beats Princeton; Culbreath out for the year

Princeton vs. Cornell football preview

Sports Shorts: Ivy contenders

Princeton vs. Harvard football preview

Featured Authors

Featured Authors

Nierenberg '69 on 'leading by listening'

History

From the Archives

Tiger of the Week

Tiger of the Week

Tiger of the Week: Peter Orszag '91

Tiger of the Week

Tiger of the Week: Jonathan Safran Foer '99

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