Theologian and retired Princeton Theological Seminary Professor Donald Capps died Wednesday night as a result of injuries he sustained in a car crash on Library Place earlier in the day, police confirmed this afternoon. Capps, a beloved professor at the seminary for many years who was known for his kind, calm and gentle spirit, taught…
A Princeton University online course called “Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies” will be offered via online education platform Coursera beginning in September. The Princeton Bitcoin course will last six weeks, with the last lecture on Nov. 1. “To really understand what is special about Bitcoin, we need to understand how it works at a technical level,”…
Princeton resident Clayton Marsh, who has served as deputy dean of the college at Princeton University since 2011, will leave the Ivy League school to become the founding head of a new independent school in Bentonville, Arkansas in January. The new school is funded by the Walton Family Foundation,which is led by the children and…
A Mercer County Superior Court judge today issued a preliminary injunction prohibiting the Institute for Advanced Study from beginning work on new housing for faculty until the court has ruled on a lawsuit regarding the project. Superior Court Judge Mary Jacobson moved up the hearing on the case to September 3, about four weeks earlier…
The Princeton Council will hold a closed session at 4 p.m. today, July 6, to discuss the lawsuit challenging Princeton University’s tax exempt status. The meeting will be held in Room A of the municipal building at 400 Witherspoon Street. The council will allot time for public comment before moving to go into closed session….
A New Jersey Tax Court judge has ruled that a nonprofit hospital in Morristown must pay property taxes on almost all of its 40-acre property. The decision could change the landscape for nonprofit hospitals and other nonprofits in New Jersey like Princeton University. Tax Court Judge Vito Bianco ruled Friday that the Morristown Medical Center…
The Institute for Advanced Study was expected to announce the beginning of construction for its new 15-unit housing development on seven acres of land adjacent to the Princeton Battlefield State Park at a press conference this afternoon, but the meeting was abruptly cancelled just after 1 p.m. A spokesperson for the Institute told journalists the…
The 10 wealthiest colleges and universities hold nearly a third of all the cash and investments of 503 public and private schools in the United States, and Princeton University is among the top dogs. Princeton University ranks fourth among private universities, and sixth overall, according to new report by Moody’s Investor Service that is based…
David Tank, the co-director of the Princeton University Neuroscience Institute, has been named one of four winners of the Brain Prize, an honor that recognizes scientists who have made outstanding contributions to brain research. Tank will be presented the prize by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark on May 7 in Copenhagen. He…
Princeton University and the United States Navy will bring the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps program back to Princeton this year for the first time in more than three decades. Under a new agreement between Princeton, the Navy and Rutgers University, Princeton students may participate in the NROTC college-option program beginning in the fall of…
Princeton University has offered early admission to 714 students for the undergraduate class of 2018. The school selected the students from a pool of 3,854 candidates who applied through single-choice early action. The school notified early application students whether they were accepted today. Regular decision candidates must apply by Jan. 1 and will learn whether…
The Henry Luce Foundation has awarded Princeton Theological Seminary a grant of $1.5 million to expand the seminary’s Theological Commons, a project to develop a digitally connected global library of theological resources. Princeton Seminary created the Theological Commons in 2012. The Commons is a free public digital library of more than 75,000 books on theology…
The Rev. John E. White has been appointed to serve as the new dean of students and vice president for student relations at Princeton Theological Seminary, school officials announced today. White comes to Princeton from his current position as dean of students and vice president of student services at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia….
