http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/The latest news and events stories from Princeton University.en-usPrinceton Universitydaily22005-01-01T12:00+00:00 A banned adaptation of an important novel-in-verse. A lost score with 44 parts. A wait of nearly 80 years. These are the challenging elements that have come together in the hands of faculty and students from departments across the Princeton University campus to stage two versions of the classic Russian tale "Eugene Onegin" beginning this week at the Lewis Center for the Arts and Richardson Auditorium at Alexander Hall.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S32/86/37C73/index.xml?section=topstories,featuredtopstories,featuredIan Cahir2012-02-07T16:00-05:00 As Princeton University officials prepare to submit plans for the proposed Arts and Transit project to the Regional Planning Board of Princeton for site plan approval, they have selected an architect to design the new Dinky station building and Wawa and to renovate the existing station buildings for use as a restaurant and café. http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S32/82/06E47/index.xml?section=topstories,featuredtopstories,featuredUshma Patel2012-02-02T16:00-05:00 Kimberly de los Santos, who has led community outreach initiatives for the last 10 years at Arizona State University, has been named the new director of Princeton University's Pace Center for Civic Engagement. Her appointment is effective April 1.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S32/81/31G04/index.xml?section=topstories,featuredtopstories,featuredUshma Patel2012-02-02T10:00-05:00 Five Princeton faculty teams are the new recipients of support from a University fund designed to help propel promising discoveries out of the laboratory into products and technologies that can benefit society.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S32/81/23S00/index.xml?section=topstories,featuredtopstories,featuredCatherine Zandonella2012-02-01T14:17-05:00 Betty Leydon, who has served as the vice president for information technology and chief information officer at Princeton University for more than 10 years, has announced plans to retire at the end of the academic year on June 30.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S32/79/35K20/index.xml?section=topstories,featuredtopstories,featuredKarin Dienst2012-01-31T12:30-05:00 Princeton University has received 26,663 applications for admission to the Class of 2016, with many of them also applying for the University’s no-loan financial aid program.  http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S32/77/23O34/index.xml?section=topstories,featuredtopstories,featuredMartin Mbugua2012-01-30T10:00-05:00 Princeton University trustees Jan. 28 approved a 5.6 percent increase in undergraduate financial aid in adopting an operating budget for 2012-13 that includes a 4.5 percent increase in tuition, to $38,650. http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S32/77/16S12/index.xml?section=topstories,featuredtopstories,featuredMartin Mbugua2012-01-28T12:00-05:00 Bradley Dickinson, a professor of electrical engineering at Princeton University who helped shape one of the engineering school's fundamental design courses, died of cardiac arrest Jan. 22 at Capital Health Regional Medical Center in Trenton. He was 63.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S32/76/76K93/index.xml?section=topstories,featuredtopstories,featuredJohn Sullivan2012-01-27T11:00-05:00 Survey results published by Princeton University researchers in the journal PLoS ONE suggest that a family history of psychiatric conditions such as autism and depression could influence the subjects a person finds engaging. Although preliminary, the findings provide a new look at the oft-studied link between psychiatric conditions and aptitude in the arts or sciences.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S32/75/30O56/index.xml?section=topstories,featuredtopstories,featuredMorgan Kelly2012-01-26T17:00-05:00 The Princeton University Art Museum and Italian cultural authorities have completed the transfer of ownership of six works of art in the museum's collections.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S32/75/13K74/index.xml?section=topstories,featuredtopstories,featuredStaff2012-01-25T13:00-05:00 Survivors of Hurricane Katrina have struggled with poor mental health for years after the storm, according to a new study of low-income mothers in the New Orleans area. The study's lead author, Christina Paxson of Princeton University, and her collaborators were able to collect data on the participants before Katrina and nearly five years after the August 2005 storm, finding a persistence of poor mental health and gaining insights into how different types of hurricane-related stressors affect mental health.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S32/74/14C15/index.xml?section=topstories,featuredtopstories,featuredUshma Patel2012-01-24T09:47-05:00 Extensive testing has found no elevated levels of asbestos in Firestone Library, where a small amount of debris containing asbestos was found in a B level office area last week.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S32/73/58O79/index.xml?section=topstories,featuredtopstories,featuredStaff2012-01-23T18:00-05:00 A new committee will work to identify ways to enhance the diversity of Princeton University's faculty, graduate student body and senior administration, seeking to build upon advancements in diversity across many areas of campus. The Trustee Ad Hoc Committee on Diversity, which will meet for the first time Jan. 26, includes University trustees, faculty, graduate students and staff members. The 19-member committee will work to develop recommendations for strategies to attract and retain more diverse campus community members, including people of color and women, in areas where the University's efforts to advance diversity have had more limited success.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S32/73/30A81/index.xml?section=topstories,featuredtopstories,featuredEric Quiñones2012-01-23T10:00-05:00 Princeton University has unveiled plans to redevelop the Merwick and Stanworth sites north of campus as a residential community for University faculty, staff and their families. The project will feature a mix of apartments and townhomes, including affordable units available to local residents with low-to-moderate incomes. http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S32/68/98O65/index.xml?section=topstories,featuredtopstories,featuredEmily Aronson2012-01-19T10:00-05:00 In the course "Economic Patriotism? The Politics of Dealing With Chinese Takeovers," students examine the growing level of Chinese investment in the United States and the policy issues that it raises. The class is also a junior task force, a distinctive element of the Wilson School in which a small group of juniors conduct research to shed light on a policy question.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S32/68/14S88/index.xml?section=topstories,featuredtopstories,featuredUshma Patel2012-01-17T10:36-05:00 Princeton University professor Miguel Angel Centeno and senior Sandra Mukasa were honored Jan. 16 with MLK Day Journey Awards, which recognize efforts to continue the effort to achieve Martin Luther King Jr.'s vision.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S32/67/29K07/index.xml?section=topstories,featuredtopstories,featuredIan Cahir2012-01-16T15:30-05:00 A rare and exotic mineral, so unusual that it was thought impossible to exist, came to Earth on a meteorite, according to an international team of researchers led by Princeton University scientists. The discovery provides evidence for the extraterrestrial origins of the world's only known sample of a naturally occurring quasicrystal.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S32/64/02A32/index.xml?section=topstories,featuredtopstories,featuredCatherine Zandonella2012-01-12T18:00-05:00 Princeton University engineers Alexei Tyryshkin and Stephen Lyon have choreographed the dance of 100 billion electrons across a silicon crystal — an impressive achievement on its own — and also a stride toward developing the technology for powerful machines known as quantum computers. http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S32/62/18I37/index.xml?section=topstories,featuredtopstories,featuredJohn Sullivan2012-01-11T15:00-05:00 This update to previous announcements about Princeton's campus safety following Hurricane Irene contains new information related the University closing on Monday, Aug. 29. Because of power outages and road closures in the wake of Hurricane Irene, Princeton University will be closed except for critical and essential staff on Monday, Aug. 29.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S31/45/74E87/index.xml?section=topstories,featuredtopstories,featuredStaff2011-08-28T19:59-05:00 As a dedicated wordsmith, Princeton University professor David Bellos mines examples of the interplay of languages from all kinds of sources, even Oscar-winning films.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S32/82/81Q36/index.xml?section=topstories,featuredtopstories,featuredPaul Karr2012-02-09T12:00-05:00 At Princeton, a paintbrush can be found in a student's hand in a range of settings far from the traditional art class. It can be seen being used to paint a mural as part of a community service initiative, or removing dust from an ancient relic, or recreating a form of lettering.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S31/13/44E37/index.xml?section=topstories,featuredtopstories,featuredMaggie Westergaard2012-02-06T12:00-05:00 Several years ago, during research for a book on the Renaissance, Princeton professor Leonard Barkan examined a handful of drawings by Michelangelo. His study inspired him to write "Michelangelo: A Life on Paper," the first book to explore the interplay of words and images on more than 200 of the artist's drawings.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S32/79/48G65/index.xml?section=topstories,featuredtopstories,featuredJennifer Greenstein Altmann2012-02-02T12:00-05:00 Sophomore year is a time of transition for many Princeton students, who face several important choices from selecting their majors to evaluating dining options to deciding whether to study abroad. This video documents the Halftime retreat, a three-day program offered during fall break and intercession to allow sophomores to travel off campus with their peers and spend time reflecting upon their Princeton experiences. http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S32/76/77M91/index.xml?section=topstories,featuredtopstories,featuredDianne Spatafore2012-01-30T12:00-05:00 "Intelligent design" is the theme of the fifth "Art of Science" exhibition — featuring images made by Princeton University community members during the course of scientific research — now on view in the Friend Center and in an online gallery.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S32/27/55A91/index.xml?section=topstories,featuredtopstories,featuredTeresa Riordan2012-01-26T12:00-05:00 By spanning the social sciences and the Americas in his research, Professor Edward Telles has helped increase understanding of how race and inequality interact. Telles, a professor of sociology at Princeton University since 2008, studies immigration, race relations and social demography, focusing on race and inequality across Latin America and on Mexican Americans' assimilation in the United States.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S32/69/91O42/index.xml?section=topstories,featuredtopstories,featuredUshma Patel2012-01-23T12:00-05:00 Anyone passing by the area of University Place and Nassau Street on a weekday morning may notice a tantalizing aroma but not realize where it's coming from. The bouquet of butter, sugar and spice emanates from the University bake shop, which has been located in the lower level of Madison Hall since 1979.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S32/69/19O57/index.xml?section=topstories,featuredtopstories,featuredNick Barberio2012-01-19T12:00-05:00 Harold Shapiro, Princeton University's president emeritus and a professor of economics and public affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, has been awarded the National Academy of Sciences' Public Welfare Medal for his efforts to promote public understanding of controversial and complex scientific issues. The medal, to be presented at a ceremony April 30 in Washington, D.C., is awarded annually to honor extraordinary use of science for the public good and is considered the academy's most prestigious award.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S32/68/37M89/index.xml?section=topstories,featuredtopstories,featuredStaff2012-01-17T17:03-05:00 After decades of fighting for equality, civil rights leader and educator Bob Moses exhorted young people attending Princeton University's annual King Day celebration on Jan. 16 to remove segregation from a critical facet of public life where it still exists: education.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S32/67/52S38/index.xml?section=topstories,featuredtopstories,featuredEmily Aronson2012-01-16T19:00-05:00 In the course "Disease Ecology, Economics and Policy," Princeton University students focus on global health, combining insights from epidemiology, biology and economics to see how these influence policy. The course is led by Bryan Grenfell, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and public affairs, and Ramanan Laxminarayan, a research scholar in the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI), and a lecturer in economics and PEI.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S32/62/12G19/index.xml?section=topstories,featuredtopstories,featuredCarol Peters2012-01-12T12:00-05:00 Robert Cava, the Russell Wellman Moore Professor of Chemistry at Princeton, received a Humboldt Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S32/62/06I48/index.xml?section=topstories,featuredtopstories,featuredStaff2012-01-10T12:00-05:00