Read more Princeton stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/18035/princeton.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:08:09 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/63794/colleges-encourage-gap-year-with-cash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagColleges around the country are making it easier for high school graduates to delay college and instead put in a year or more of public service, the Christian Science Monitor reports. More than 80 schools have partnered with AmeriCorps to give students tuition credits in exchange for such service. Others,...http://www.newser.com/story/63794/colleges-encourage-gap-year-with-cash.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 07 Jul 2009 18:28:33 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60710/in-princeton-address-couric-rips-palin-limbaugh.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagKatie Couric today delivered the Class Day speech to Princeton graduates, and posted the speech on the Huffington Post. Some highlights: "I’ve been called a cougar lately in the tabloid press—today I’m very happy to be an honorary tiger! Coming here was a real no brainer! After all, I...http://www.newser.com/story/60710/in-princeton-address-couric-rips-palin-limbaugh.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 01 Jun 2009 17:21:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60465/shriveled-sports-scene-irks-some-ivy-alums.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Ivy League has a reputation for excellence in all things, but the consignment of its sports programs—particularly the more visible ones like football and basketball—to college athletics’ second tier has alumni clamoring for change, the Wall Street Journal reports. Academic standards limit the pool of top student-athletes...http://www.newser.com/story/60465/shriveled-sports-scene-irks-some-ivy-alums.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 30 May 2009 10:25:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60117/colleagues-see-sotomayor-as-even-handed-brilliant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe daughter of Puerto Rican immigrants whose father died when she was 9, Sonia Sotomayor will bring more than a stellar legal resume to her Supreme Court confirmation hearings, the Washington Post reports. She worked her way out of projects in the Bronx to graduate from Princeton and Yale Law,...http://www.newser.com/story/60117/colleagues-see-sotomayor-as-even-handed-brilliant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 26 May 2009 10:13:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/57910/women-celebrate-michelle-o.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMichelle Obama: Whether you see her as a role model for working moms, an angry black woman, a sensible style icon, or an irrepressible hugger, everyone seems to have an opinion about the new first lady. The Guardian got 12 prominent women to muse on the different sides of Michelle;...http://www.newser.com/story/57910/women-celebrate-michelle-o.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 03 May 2009 12:22:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56770/bankers-leave-street-in-rear-view-head-for-academia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith the financial tornado buffeting Wall Street, some of its leading figures are ditching their careers for work in academia, Time reports. Merrill Lynch’s former president is teaching at Yale; Citigroup’s former merger boss headed to Berkeley; a onetime Goldman Sachs exec is now at Harvard. “It’s hard work for...http://www.newser.com/story/56770/bankers-leave-street-in-rear-view-head-for-academia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 21 Apr 2009 13:19:30 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/42520/princeton-team-adds-twist-to-darwins-theory.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPrinceton scientists say they have found evidence that organisms can essentially control their own evolution, a finding that could provide a fundamental shift in our understanding of Darwin's theory, reports the university's news service. The research suggests that evolution isn't entirely random, as Darwin believed. Rather, proteins within organisms constantly...http://www.newser.com/story/42520/princeton-team-adds-twist-to-darwins-theory.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 12 Nov 2008 19:25:24 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/39810/nyts-krugman-wins-nobel-economic-prize.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPaul Krugman was awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics this morning, Reuters reports, in recognition for his work on globalization and free trade. Krugman, a New York Times columnist, Princeton professor, and staunch Bush critic, has long been a favorite for the award, but says it came as a surprise...http://www.newser.com/story/39810/nyts-krugman-wins-nobel-economic-prize.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 13 Oct 2008 7:26:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35531/harvard-bumps-princeton-in-top-colleges-list.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHarvard has reclaimed sole possession of the top spot in the ever-controversial US News and World Report rankings for the first time in 12 years. Princeton slipped to second, with Yale in third and Stanford and MIT tied for fourth spot. The magazine rates the halls of learning based on...http://www.newser.com/story/35531/harvard-bumps-princeton-in-top-colleges-list.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 22 Aug 2008 9:40:35 CDT