Princeton

Princeton Students Don't Like Free Kindles

By Jessica Calefati - The Paper Trail - October 1, 2009

Students in a pilot program aren't sure the digital reading devices are better than plain old books. more >>

Harvard and Princeton Top the U.S. News College Rankings

By Kenneth Terrell - Education - August 19, 2009

The 2 Ivy League schools lead the national universities in the America's Best Colleges 2010 rankings. more >>

New Kindle E-Reader Enters Textbook Market

By Alison Go - The Paper Trail - May 7, 2009

Amazon strikes deal with three major textbook publishers. more >>

College Roundup: 4/20-4/24

By Alison Go - The Paper Trail - April 27, 2009

NYU makes SAT/ACT optional; Quinnipiac volleyball team sues school after being axed. more >>

32 Rhodes Scholars Announced

By Alison Go - The Paper Trail - November 24, 2008

List includes students from two newly awarded schools and three student athletes. more >>

Guess Who Has a New Blog? Princeton University Press

By Michael Barone - Michael Barone - October 31, 2008

Check out the new PUP webpage. more >>

More Pain for College Endowments

By Alison Go - The Paper Trail - October 27, 2008

Northwestern, Wisconsin, Maryland, and Seattle post substantial losses. Michigan and Princeton do OK. more >>

Princeton Band Provokes Angry Citadel Response

By Alison Go - The Paper Trail - September 24, 2008

Culture clash leads to a tense football Saturday. more >>

Anthrax Suspect May Have Had Sorority Obsession

By Alison Go - The Paper Trail - August 8, 2008

FBI documents show decades-old interest in sorority, which might explain why letters were sent from Princeton, N.J. more >>

China Revokes Visa of Olympic Gold Medalist

By Alison Go - The Paper Trail - August 6, 2008

Joey Cheek, currently a Princeton student, says he was targeted for his Darfur activism. more >>

Princeton's Admissions Policies Investigated

By Steven Yaccino - On Education - June 16, 2008

The Department of Education broadens its probe of an applicant's claim of discrimination. more >>

Most Commencement Speeches Remain Apolitical

By Alison Go - The Paper Trail - June 12, 2008

It's Campaign 2008 and commencement season, so where have all the politicians gone? more >>

Princeton to Hire Muslim and Hindu Chaplains

By Alison Go - The Paper Trail - April 1, 2008

Part-timer's success leads to permanent posts. more >>

Princeton Plans Overseas ‘Bridge Year’ Program for Freshmen

By Alison Go - The Paper Trail - February 19, 2008

Incoming freshmen can go abroad for a year. more >>

How Liberal Are Academics? Follow the Money

By Alison Go - The Paper Trail - January 23, 2008

Princeton loves Democrats. more >>

Princeton Student Fakes Attack for Publicity

By Alison Go - The Paper Trail - December 18, 2007

An Orangina bottle becomes a weapon of self-destruction. more >>

Trail Mix: The Student Government Shenanigans Edition

By Alison Go - The Paper Trail - December 5, 2007

Student Government presidents get into some trouble West Virginia University, the University of Southern California, and at Princeton more >>

Sometimes Halloween Costumes Aren't Funny; They're Racially Insensitive

By Alison Go - The Paper Trail - December 4, 2007

While black students at the University of Louisville debate the underappreciated African-American legacy, Princeton University's student government is dealing with its own racial sensitivity snafu. more >>

Shirley Tilghman | educator

By Diane Cole - Nation & World - November 12, 2007

From lab table to president's chair. more >>

Princeton Mascot's Not-So-Extreme Makeover

By Alison Go - The Paper Trail - September 11, 2007

Princeton University officials made a halfhearted effort to find a name for their historically unnamed tiger mascot earlier this year, the Daily Princetonian writes. more >>

Bomb Threats Plague Iowa

By Alison Go - The Paper Trail - August 29, 2007

The University of Iowa yesterday received its third bomb threat in a month. more >>

The Rankings Are Up. Let the Sour Graping Begin!

By Alison Go - The Paper Trail - August 17, 2007

The new U.S. News America's Best Colleges rankings are now online, and schools have begun celebrating their success (while still being humble) or downplaying their misfortune. more >>

Trail Mix

The Paper Trail - January 16, 2007

A Princeton University magazine has actually read the new Princeton University alcohol policy, and discovered that it's pretty stupid, the Daily Princetonian reports. The policy requires students to get university permission before serving alcohol to anyone--underage or not. more >>

In Last Year of Early Apps, Harvard, Princeton See Rise

The Paper Trail - December 1, 2006

The schools that aren't cutting their early admissions programs may have seen a decline in applicants--but Harvard and Princeton, which won't be accepting anyone early after this year, have seen the opposite pattern. Yale's dean of admissions told the Yale Daily News the schools might be benefiting from the publicity surrounding their announcements. more >>