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Reservations are required for the public only. Princeton University ID holders with building access do not need to make a reservation and can visit the exhibition every day between 12 p.m. and 6 p.m. "Piranesi on the Page" tells the story of how Giovanni Battista Piranesi, the foremost printmaker in 18th-century Europe, made the book the center of his artistic production. The exhibition is scheduled from October 8, 2021 to December 5, 2021 in the Ellen and Leonard Milberg Gallery, loc...

Calling all Student Friends of the Princeton University Library who missed our first event of the semester! Join us for a repeat showcase of highlights from the Scheide Library led by Eric White, Scheide Librarian & Assistant University Librarian for Special Collections, Rare Books & Manuscripts. The Scheide Library is one of the foremost collections of rare books in the entire world. Housed in Firestone Library on C Floor, this one-of-a-kind library belonged to William H. Scheide, a 19...

A Canadian teen who called in a bogus bomb threat to Princeton University in September of last year recently entered a guilty plea in Mercer County Family Court. The 16-year-old, whose name is being withheld because he is a minor, entered a guilty plea on May 28 to one count of third-degree false public alarm. He was sentenced to two years probation, along with conditions that he perform 30 hours of community service, pay a $2,000 fine, and surrender his driver’s license for six months. He al...

Using race-based preferences to admit students with qualifications vastly inferior to those admitted without the need for such preferences creates all sorts of problems and dislocations. One of them is the erosion of standards within various departments, especially ones that teach hard stuff. I wrote about one example -- eliminating econometrics as a required course for graduating from a major school of public policy -- here. Now comes word, via

Princeton Removes Greek, Latin for Classics Majors to Combat Racism Princeton University. Credit:popejon2, CC BY 2.0/Wikipedia Princeton University decided recently to remove Greek and Latin for Classics majors to combat – what it called- institutional racism. Faculty members approved changes to the Classics department, including eliminating the “classics” track, which required an intermediate proficiency in Greek or Latin to enter the concentration, according to Princeton Alumni Weekly. ...

Classics majors at Princeton University will no longer be required to learn Greek or Latin in a push to create a more inclusive and equitable program, an effort that was given “new urgency” by the “events around race that occurred last summer.”

Where I Find Myself: On Self-translation Having written my novel  Dove mi trovo in Italian, I was the first to doubt that it could transform into English. Naturally it could be translated; any text can, to greater or lesser degrees of success. I was not apprehensive when translators began turning the novel into other languages—into Spanish or German or Dutch, for example. Rather, the prospect gratified me. But when it came to replicating this particular book, conceived and written in Italian...

UpdatedMon, Apr 26, 2021 at 11:11 am ET Reply In September last year, Princeton University evacuated part of its campus after receiving a bomb threat. (Alex Mirchuk/Patch) PRINCETON, NJ — A 15-year-old teen from Canada has been arrested in Louisiana for making a false bomb threat to Princeton University last fall, according to a report. A May 3 hearing is scheduled to decide whether the teen should be sent to New Jersey to face charges, reported NJ.com. The teen, who hasnt been named since...

“Curiosity. I go where the story takes me.” “Didn’t they tell you eating clubs were a waste of time?” “It’s my time to waste,” I shrug. “You know the feeling of a good lead.” “But what’s the lead?” My fingers drum the laptop lid. I wonder briefly if Henry is close enough to Charlie to have anything useful. “Classified, but if you’re going to tell the editors anything, it’s strong and I’m doing it anyway.” “They’re not gonna like that.” “It’s not lik...

Community Advocates Program promotes public health expectations on campus Emily Aronson, Office of Communications Feb. 10, 2021 11:39 a.m. Mollie Marcoux Samaan (right), the Ford Family Director of Athletics, and Allie Wolf (left), manager of wholesale and retail operations at the Princeton University Art Museum, are among the 150 senior administrators, staff and faculty serving as Community Advocates during the spring semester. The advocates are a friendly, educational resource to h...