Tag: Princeton University
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Princeton Small Business Resiliency Fund supports local businesses; first donors include Princeton University, Stark & Stark law firm
The law firm of Stark & Stark is supporting local businesses affected by COVID-19 through donations to the Princeton Small Business Resiliency Fund. The Princeton Small Business Resiliency Fund’s founding donor, Princeton University, made an initial $250,000 donation to establish the fund and is providing an additional $100,000 of matching funds. Stark & Stark is…
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Pennington School student scores 5/5 on 11 of 12 Advanced Placement tests
Maria “Masha” Khartchenko of Princeton Junction has been awarded by the College Board the AP International Diploma (APID), a globally recognized certificate awarded to students who display exceptional achievement across a variety of disciplines. Khartchenko, The Pennington School Class of 2020, completed 12 Advanced Placements exams: Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, German Language and Culture, French Language and…
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Undergraduate students can return to Princeton University campus for one semester
Even though most of Princeton University’s classes will remain virtual, undergraduates can choose to return to campus for one semester in the 2020-21 academic year. The administration joined fellow Ivy League schools Harvard University and Yale University in rolling out upcoming semester plans, after announcing new guidelines for incoming and returning students on July 6.…
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Princeton U. drops Wilson name from academic buildings
The Princeton University Board of Trustees has agreed to drop President Woodrow Wilson’s name from its Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and from the residential Wilson College. The trustees voted to remove Wilson’s name at its June 26 meeting, on the recommendation of Princeton University President Christopher Eisgruber. The trustees cited Wilson’s…
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Local grant program to aid Princeton businesses during COVID-19 pandemic
Even as a statewide reopening moves forward, small businesses in Princeton continue to grapple with the economic toll of the coronavirus pandemic. Through the Princeton Small Businesses Resiliency Relief Fund (PSBRF), a local grant program was established to provide these Princeton businesses with emergency relief. The program is designed to provide financial aid to those…
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Research magazine reports breakthroughs from Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory over past year
From fresh insight into the capture and control on Earth of fusion energy that drives the sun and stars, to the launch of pioneering new initiatives, groundbreaking research and discoveries have marked the past year at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL). The laboratory has advanced on all fronts and…
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Opinion: False accusations of racism inhibit the struggle for equality
While there is justification for removing Woodrow Wilson’s name from Princeton University buildings, there is a glaring hypocrisy in the university’s handling of racially motivated harassment. When Princeton professor Imani Perry falsely accused two white Princeton police officers of racial harassment, an accusation later proven false, no measures were taken. False statements such as these…
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Princeton University removes Woodrow Wilson’s name from campus
The Princeton University Board of Trustees has voted to remove Woodrow Wilson’s name from the School of Public and International Affairs. The school at the university will now be known as the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. In addition, Wilson’s name is also to be removed from Wilson College. Wilson College is now…
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Princeton University provides 12,500 meals to the homeless, those in recovery
Princeton University’s Campus Dining, Office of Community and Regional Affairs and John H. Pace, Jr. ’39 Center for Civic Engagement provided more than 12,500 meals this summer to those who are homeless and those who are in recovery treatment at The Rescue Mission of Trenton. “The university’s Summer Food and Nutrition Program will be providing…
