Slaughter to lead policy planning staff at State Dept.
Steps down as Wilson School dean, will remain on faculty
Anne-Marie Slaughter has resigned as dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs to become director of the policy planning staff at the U.S. State Department. Slaughter, who also is the Bert G. Kerstetter ’66 University Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton, will remain a faculty member and take a public service leave from the University.
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A dream realized, with more work ahead
Members of the campus and local communities celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day at Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall on Jan. 19, a day before Barack Obama’s inauguration as the first African American U.S. president.
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Trustees approve lowest fee package increase since 1966
by Ruth Stevens
Princeton trustees Jan. 24 approved the lowest percentage increase in undergraduate tuition and fees since 1966 — 2.9 percent — while also endorsing a 13 percent increase in the undergraduate scholarship budget to ensure that the rise in the fee package will not affect students on financial aid.
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DOE awards PPPL contract to University
by Cass Cliatt
The U.S. Department of Energy announced Jan. 15 that the University has been awarded a five-year management and operating contract to continue managing the DOE’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. The contract runs from April 1, 2009, to March 31, 2014, with a 60-day transition period that began in January, and with a provision that permits the University to earn up to five additional years of management of the lab.
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Steward named director of Princeton University Art Museum
by Ruth Stevens
James Steward, a skilled arts administrator and a specialist in 18th- and 19th-century European art and culture, has been selected as director of the Princeton University Art Museum. Steward, director of the Museum of Art and a faculty member at the University of Michigan since 1998, will begin his work at Princeton in late April.
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Princeton sets applications record for fifth consecutive year
by Cass Cliatt
Princeton for the fifth consecutive year has set a record for students applying for admission, receiving 21,869 applications for the class of 2013. Over the past six years, the University has experienced a 60 percent increase in applications.
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Participants in new Bridge Year Program to serve in Peru, Ghana, Serbia and India
by Ruth Stevens
Administrators of Princeton's new Bridge Year Program have selected three program partners and four locations around the world where students who have accepted an offer of admission to the University will spend a tuition-free enrichment period focused on public service.
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Shih wins Marshall Scholarship to study at Cambridge, Oxford
by Jennifer Greenstein Altmann
Senior Michael Shih — a major in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs who is a nationally ranked debater — is one of 40 American college students awarded 2009 Marshall Scholarships.
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Activist Barnard receives Sachs Scholarship
by Jennifer Greenstein Altmann
A senior with a keen interest in social justice has been named the recipient of the 2009 Daniel M. Sachs Class of 1960 Graduating Scholarship, one of the highest awards given to Princeton undergraduates.
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Members of class of 1967 give dorm to Butler College
Members of Princeton’s class of 1967 are honoring the spirit and loyalty of their class by giving the University a new dormitory: the Class of 1967 Hall in Butler College. “This new dormitory will stand as a tribute to the commitment of the class of 1967 to Princeton and to each other,” said President Tilghman. “It will also create an outstanding residential experience for future generations of Princetonians, for which I am very grateful.”
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Trustees approve appointments of seven faculty members
The appointments of seven new faculty members have been approved by the Board of Trustees.
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