Princeton University News

WASHINGTON - When Haynes Johnson visited Selma, Ala. , months after a civil rights crisis there gripped the nation, he wrote in The Washington Evening Star that he'd found "no discernible change in the racial climate of the city." When it came to employment, housing or education, blacks had made no real gains.

It takes a real Hawk ... to wear rain boots to graduation. "Hey, I'm a rebel," said Katie Boyle, as she laughed and showed off her multicolored, waterproof footwear that completed her cap-and-gown ensemble Friday night.

The event, scheduled for the extended weekend of May 30-June 2, will have an estimated 24,000 alumni, family and friends reports News at Princeton .

Ebony Perry, a senior at Dr. Henry A. Wise High School in Upper Marlboro has been recognized by Princeton University for her work to improve race relations at her school.

With college costs continuing to climb beyond Americans' ability to pay, there is a real possibility that the world of higher education will join the ranks of newspapers, steel, autos, music and other industries that have experienced disruptive changes.

In 1950, Wall Street lawyer John Foster Dulles wrote in "War or Peace," his assessment of the stark realities facing the post-World War II era of atomic weapons: "An armament race is in full swing, and United Nations efforts to check that race have so far proved fruitless.

Burr and Burton Academy is poised to expand its main campus in Manchester Village by about 20 acres when the sale of two adjoining property parcels is finalized.

Princeton University is moving forward with its annual alumni reunion at the end of the month, and the New Jersey school is urging as many as 24,000 attendees to take added precautions in light of a meningitis outbreak.

An illustration from the Carnavalet Museum in Paris of the Women's March on Versailles of Oct.

When she studies a smattering of seeds in her palm, or observes a series of waves crashing on the Maine coast, Cheryle St.

This yield is a decrease from the 15 students who accepted the 23 scholarships offered in 2012, said Alex Rosenberg, director of the A.B. Duke Scholarship Program.

A postdoctoral research associate position is available in the Neuroscience of Attention & Perception Laboratory, led by Dr.

The Ocean City Board of Education recognized the Top 10 scholars of the graduating Class of 2013 during a public meeting on Wednesday .

Brian Krzanich is either having a really good month or a really bad month, depending on how career success is defined.

Riverside Elementary School principal Bill Cirullo and parent Melissa Grzymala introduces Princeton University students and parent Christopher Tully, a physicist at Princeton University at a science symposium at the school in Princeton that mixes student work with short talks and demos from professionals in the community.

Princeton University students Michael Chang and Hansen Qian give a lesson in protons, neutrons and static electricity at Riverside Elementary in Princeton on Wednesday, May 22, 2013.

The 2013 Art of Science competition hosted by Princeton University features artwork created during the pursuit of scientific discovery.

You may be surprised to learn that there are hungry school children right here in Princeton.

After years of refining the relationship between Town and Gown when it comes to campus policing, the new consolidated Princeton Police Department and Princeton University's department of public safety have put an updated agreement in place that clarifies who does what.

PRINCETON - Five years ago, Princeton University set out on an ambitious plan to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2020, a goal made more challenging by an ever-expanding campus.