Tag: Princeton University

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) on June 4 told graduating seniors at Princeton University to give of themselves and not measure success by academic achievement, in a speech that wove in anecdotes of people who have influenced him. “Life’s not about the degrees you get, it’s about the service you give,” he said as the…

In the spring of 1973, Nancy Teaff helped to make history when she was part of the first graduating class at Princeton University to include women. Forty-five years later, she is about to have another “first” by becoming the first woman president of her class. In a phone interview, Teaff, 66, called it the “right…

Princeton University reiterated it has no short-term plan to develop the Springdale Golf Club, even though Nassau Hall said it anticipates eventually using the 101-acre property to support the school’s academic mission. University architect Ronald McCoy, speaking at a Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce event at the golf course clubhouse, addressed area business leaders on…

The line began to form toward the back of McCosh 50, a lecture hall at Princeton University, where people waited April 23 to meet and get their picture taken with the man in the dark suit and white mustache standing at the front of the auditorium. Lech Walesa, the union leader turned Nobel-prize winner and…