The Princeton University shield has a widespread presence throughout the campus. With a keen eye, one can catch a glimpse of this icon in campus architecture — from interiors to facades — and it also adorns sport venues, commercial items, publications and more. Whether small or large, sculptural, carved, or printed in ink, the University shield serves as an emblem of Princeton’s rich traditions.

The Regional Planning Board of Princeton approved Princeton University’s proposed Arts and Transit neighborhood plan at a meeting Tuesday, Dec. 18, by a vote of 9-1. The approval clears the way for the University to break ground in early 2013.

The 2012 edition of the annual report DISCOVERY is available, containing novel research findings, feature articles, books and awards from Princeton University researchers.

From improving financial aid to cultivating leaders who value different people and viewpoints, the Princeton University conference Diversity on Campus: Practices, Policies and Culture examined a spectrum of ways to promote diversity within higher education.

In a lighthearted, plainspoken talk in Richardson Auditorium on December 10, Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia discussed his judicial philosophy of reading the U.S. Constitution on its textual basis and original meaning.

The Princeton University Program in Theater, in partnership with Community House and the Community-Based Learning Initiative, is offering the course “Devising Theater With Youth” this semester. The service-learning course promotes experiential learning for both Princeton University students and a small group of children from Community House, an on-campus after-school program.

Stephanie Tam and Kaitlin Stouffer, two seniors with track records of achievement in academics and research, have been named recipients of the Daniel M. Sachs Class of 1960 Graduating Scholarship, one of the highest awards given to Princeton undergraduates.

This video features three students who are exploring their passions in distinctive ways: Jacinth Greywoode, a pianist who switched his focus from neuroscience to music; Katrina Hacker, a figure skater who competed internationally and hopes to attend medical school; and Carmina Mancenon, an international student who is committed to service in different parts of the globe.

At the Celebrate Princeton Invention reception Nov. 29, the University honored its faculty, staff and student inventors for their role in technology transfer — which includes patenting and licensing of inventions — to bring research innovations to the marketplace.

Members of the University community will have the opportunity to share the holiday spirit through a series of community service initiatives and special events planned for December and January.

Meet Joseph DeLucia, a desktop computing support analyst for Nassau Hall for the Office of Information Technology and an avid hot air balloonist.

The Office of the Dean of the Faculty asks all members of the community to submit letters of nomination for the 2013 President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching.  All current full, associate, and assistant professors, senior lecturers, and lecturers who have served at least half time for three or more years are eligible for nomination.

Please send signed letters of nomination by February 11, 2013 to:
Office of the Dean of the Faculty
9 Nassau Hall or
PADT@princeton.edu

Princeton University senior Jake Nebel is among the 34 American college students who have been named 2013 Marshall Scholars. The Marshall Scholarship covers the cost of graduate study and living at a British university for two to three years. Nebel, a philosophy major from Winter Park, Fla., plans to pursue a master’s degree in philosophy at the University of Oxford.

Princeton University’s Office of Career Services is marking its 100th anniversary this year. While a lot has changed since the office was founded as the “Self-Help Bureau” in 1912, one thing remains the same: Career Services’ commitment to assisting Princeton students and alumni as they develop and pursue their career goals.

Read more about the Office of Career Services.

Princeton University has established a humanitarian relief program that will allow University employees to assist ongoing relief efforts following Hurricane Sandy, which devastated parts of the Northeast in October. The program, effective Nov. 19 through June 30, 2013, may grant regular and term employees a paid leave of up to five days while they participate in recognized relief efforts.

Princeton students, faculty, staff and alumni celebrated the University’s achievement in football this fall with a traditional bonfire on Cannon Green on Saturday, Nov. 17. The bonfire, a campus custom dating to the late 1800s, is now observed when Princeton sweeps Harvard and Yale in football.

For the first time in program history, the Princeton field hockey team won the NCAA Division I National Championship in a comeback 3-2 victory over No. 1-ranked North Carolina on Sunday in Norfolk, Va. In a battle between the top two teams in the nation, it took another resilient Princeton effort to best the six-time national champion Tar Heels.

Senior Flannery Cunningham has been named a George J. Mitchell Scholar to spend a year studying music composition at University College Cork in Ireland. The Mitchell Scholarships were awarded to 12 students nationwide by the Washington D.C.-based U.S.-Ireland Alliance.

Princeton University will present its top honors for alumni to Mitchell E. Daniels Jr., governor of Indiana and president-elect of Purdue University, and Arminio Fraga, a financier and former president of the central bank of Brazil who also focuses on addressing social issues. They will be presented with the awards on Saturday, Feb. 23.

Some 2,000 middle and high-school students were electrified by plasma and energy demonstrations given by PPPL staff and volunteers during a two-day Plasma Science Expo at the Rhode Island Convention Center. The event was part of the American Physical Society’s Division of Plasma Physics Conference.