In the seminar “Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Wisdom of Crowds,” 15 freshmen are delving into stories — from witchcraft and horror to alien abductions and urban legends — to explore how myths through history both identify and deflect the concerns and fears of society.
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From community service projects and discussion groups to potluck dinners and bowling nights, Princeton University’s Employee Resource Groups provide opportunities for employees with shared backgrounds and interests to build communities across campus.
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Graduate students and early-career researchers took the podium at the Princeton Research Symposium held at the Friend Center to present their findings on a range of topics, and to give talks and presentations geared toward a general audience.
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On Tuesday, Oct. 29, President Eisgruber met with President Junichi Hamada and other officials from the University of Tokyo. Earlier this year, the schools announced a strategic partnership under which they will work together to give students and researchers opportunities to collaborate.
Learn more about President Eisgruber’s meetings with education leaders and alumni
After three and a half years, construction is nearly complete on the two linked buildings for the Princeton Neuroscience Institute and Peretsman-Scully Hall, the new home of the psychology department, with move-in to be completed in January.
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In the course “Mesoamerican Material Culture,” instructors were able to provide students with exposure to ancient Maya artifacts from the Princeton University Art Museum’s collections to to give students a deeper understanding of ancient cultures and people and to challenge them to reproduce Mesoamerican pottery techniques.
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President Christopher L. Eisgruber departs this weekend for Asia and a series of visits to alumni and education leaders in Japan, South Korea and China.
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About 950 graduate alumni and guests attended presentations by alumni, faculty, staff and students and enjoyed networking opportunities, campus tours and social gatherings for the “Many Minds, Many Stripes” conference Oct. 17-19. It was the first University-sponsored gathering of its kind for all graduate alumni, timed to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Graduate College.
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Princeton endowment earned an 11.7 percent investment gain in the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2013, with the 10-year annualized return increasing to 10.2 percent. The endowment value stood at $18.2 billion, an increase of about $1.2 billion from the previous year.
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Princeton has been recognized for its success in broadening diversity and inclusion on campus with a 2013 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award.
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Princeton University is holding a campus conference for all graduate alumni this week, with nearly 1,000 alumni expected to attend and connect with fellow alumni and reconnect with the University. The “Many Minds, Many Stripes” conference begins today and runs through Saturday.
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Waly M. Ndiaye, a fifth-grader from Woodbridge, N.J., won “Best in Show” at the Trash Artstravaganza during Community and Staff Day on Oct. 12. Participants created art works from recycled materials. Waly won for his sculpture “Hooray, the Recycling Robot.” As a prize, a $1,000 donation will be made to the non-profit organization of his choice.
Princeton research into the mating migration of Christmas Island red crabs could help scientists understand the consequences of climate change for the millions of migratory animals in Earth’s tropical zones.
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The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections has made a 9.5 mm film projector from the 1920s known as the Pathé-Baby and hundreds of silent films — brought back from a trip to France by Professor Rubén Gallo in 2008 — available as classroom materials.
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President Christopher L. Eisgruber has charged a new faculty committee with reviewing the University’s policies for how student work is evaluated. The Ad Hoc Committee to Review Policies Regarding Assessment and Grading will explore whether the University’s assessment guidelines remain effective and appropriate.
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Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2010 while teaching at Princeton, has returned to teach a new course about his works and share his insights with the campus community.
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Serguei Oushakine, an associate professor of anthropology and Slavic languages and literatures, connects the fragmented dots of the Soviet Union — its culture, its politics, its influence — through reading, art, photography and film.
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A substantial bequest from industrialist and philanthropist William S. Dietrich II, a member of the Class of 1960, will endow the University’s Economic Theory Center and support undergraduate and graduate student financial aid.
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In the global seminar “Documentary Filmmaking in Kenya: The Art of Science Storytelling,” held at Mpala Research Centre in Laikipia, Kenya, 15 undergraduates and five Kenyan students were trained in digital video production, screenwriting and editing to produce short documentaries.
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In an address in Richardson Auditorium on Sept. 26, Mohamed Moncef Marzouki, president of the Republic of Tunisia, laid out the challenges that face an Arab nation as it struggles with a nascent democracy.
Learn more about Mohamed Moncef Marzouki’s lecture