Honoring King’s vision
Campus and local community members honored Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision for America as a land of equal opportunity — and imagined his response to today’s heated debates on immigration — at Princeton’s annual King Day ceremony Jan. 21 in Richardson Auditorium of Alexander Hall.
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Shifts in financial aid follow Princeton’s lead
By Cass Cliatt
A number of colleges and universities across the country have announced improvements in their financial aid programs recently, increasing affordability for low- and middle-income students. Many of them have reduced or eliminated student loans, emulating Princeton’s landmark no-loan financial aid policy initiated in 2001.
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Courtland Perkins, leader in aeronautical engineering, dies
By Steven Schultz
Courtland Perkins, a pioneer of modern aircraft stability and control, gifted teacher and international leader in the field of engineering, died Jan. 6. He was 95.
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Expo set on spring break, summer camps
University families can learn more about upcoming opportunities for their children at the Spring Break and Summer Camp Expo, which is set for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 7, in the Frist Campus Center Multipurpose Rooms A and B.
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Princeton sets applications record for fourth year in a row
By Cass Cliatt
For the fourth consecutive year, Princeton set a record for students applying for admission, receiving 21,262 applications for the class of 2012 as of Jan. 28.
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Adelman to direct new Council on International Teaching and Research
By Eric Quiñones
Jeremy Adelman, a scholar of Latin American and world history and chair of the Department of History, has been appointed the inaugural director of Princeton’s Council on International Teaching and Research, which was created as part of a series of internationalization initiatives outlined this fall. His appointment is effective immediately.
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Trustees approve fee increase, funding for key initiatives
By Ruth Stevens
University trustees Jan. 26 approved the lowest percentage increase in student fees since 2001-02 — 3.9 percent — while also approving an almost 7 percent increase in the undergraduate scholarship budget to ensure that the increase in fees will not affect any student on financial aid. For students not on financial aid, the trustees sought to keep the rate of increase consistent with the expected rate of increase in the incomes of these students’ families.
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Brochure provides highlights of Campus Plan
By Ruth Stevens
Members of the University community now can get a look at highlights of the final version of the Campus Plan. The comprehensive strategy to guide development through 2016 and beyond was produced over the last two years following thorough analysis of the 380-acre campus by a team of experts and significant involvement by stakeholders.
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Steven Holl Architects to design arts buildings
By Ruth Stevens
Steven Holl Architects, an award-winning firm with extensive experience in the arts, has been selected to design the initial academic buildings for the University’s new arts and transit neighborhood.
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