Tag: Princeton University
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Princeton University remains committed to showing support for DACA in joint letter with Microsoft
Princeton University was joined by Microsoft in filing a comment that showed support for the federal government’s latest proposal on provisions such as deferred action in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy. The proposed rule is to help preserve and fortify the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)’s providing of deferred action to certain…
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Bonfire tradition returns to Cannon Green as Princeton University celebrates football team’s season
As a bonfire blazed on Cannon Green, Princeton University students gathered together to celebrate the Princeton football team securing a share of the Ivy League title. The team earned the title when they defeated the University of Pennsylvania, 34-14, on Nov. 20. The bonfire at Princeton University’s campus on Nov. 21 was to also celebrate…
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Veterans Day ceremony honors all who have served
Veterans Day serves as a day to honor and celebrate the country’s veterans across the nation. Through the entrance doors of Princeton University’s chapel on campus, the Spirit of Princeton and the university would do just that with a combined Veterans Day service on Nov. 11. “I think this important for the community because it…
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Princeton University’s report on diversity details university efforts, racial growth of student population
Princeton University has seen growth regarding race and ethnicity in its student population seeking a bachelor’s degree, according to a 2020-21 annual university report on diversity, equity and inclusion. The first annual report for the university was released in mid-October and details university efforts on racial equity in areas such as initiatives and projects across…
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Three Prospect Avenue Victorian houses saved from demolition
Three Victorian houses on Prospect Avenue, threatened by demolition to make way for the relocation of the former Court Club eating club building from across the street, have been saved from the wrecking ball. Three days before the Princeton Planning Board’s Oct. 21 meeting to act on a minor site plan application that would have…
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Opinion: Princeton should get serious about preserving architectural integrity
I was pleased to see the solution Princeton University worked out with the municipality, saving three historic Prospect Avenue homes that had been proposed for demolition. Ironically, while the fate of those three Victorians was being discussed, a historically and architecturally significant home just down the street, at 164 Prospect, was bulldozed within a few…
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Planning Board to continue Prospect Avenue application in October
Princeton University representatives will return to the Princeton Planning Board in October to complete a public hearing on a proposal to demolish three Victorian houses at 110-116 Prospect Ave. and to move the former Court Club building at 91 Prospect Ave. across the street to those lots. The Planning Board listened to four hours of…
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Photography scholar leaves behind legacy at Princeton University
Legendary photography scholar and curator Peter C. Bunnell served as curator of photography at the Museum of Modern Art from 1966-72, then came to Princeton University as the inaugural David Hunter McAlpin Professor of the History of Photography and Modern Art. The position, established in 1971 by Princeton alumnus and photography collector McAlpin, was the…
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Planning Board to consider two Prospect Avenue applications during Sept. 23 meeting
Princeton University will find out whether the Princeton Planning Board will grant its application for minor site plan approval, which would lead to the demolition of three Victorian houses on Prospect Avenue, when the board meets virtually at 7 p.m. Sept. 23. This will mark the third meeting in a series of public hearings to…
