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Bulletinvolume 103, Number 1 Oct PRINCETON UNIVERSITY BULLETINVolume 103, Number 1 Oct. 10, 2013 Eisgruber installed as president of Princeton; upholds ideal and value of liberal arts education Photo by Denise Applewhite Denise by Photo Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber (center) re-enacts the taking of the oath of ofce administered by Chair of the Board of Trustees Kathryn Hall (left), while his predecessor, President Emerita Shirley M. Tilghman (right), looks on. Eisgruber took the oath at the June trustees meeting before he ofcially began as president on July 1. E MILY A RONSON his days as an undergraduate, to his best in the people of this country and trustees and officers, faculty, local rep- return as a professor and provost, to this world.” resentatives, and 19 Princeton alumni t his installation as Princeton’s his new post as president. The installation was a celebratory, and former faculty and staff who are 20th president on a breezy first “I am honored to accept the presi- public occasion to welcome Eisgruber presidents of colleges and universities. A day of fall, Christopher L. Eis- dency of this, our beloved University,” as president. Alumni, faculty, staff, “Today we entrust the leadership of gruber said the University must ensure said Eisgruber, a Class of 1983 students and higher education leaders this institution … to a president who that liberal arts education remains a graduate. “I will work with you traveled from across campus, the coun- is one of its sons … one of its faculty, vital foundation for improving individ- enthusiastically to sustain the excel- try and the world to hear Eisgruber’s one of its gifted administrators,” Chair uals’ lives and advancing society. lence of what we are doing now; to inaugural speech and watch him re- of the Board of Trustees Kathryn Eisgruber’s heartfelt address on realize more perfectly the ideals to enact the oath. Eisgruber took the oath Hall said in her opening remarks. “A Sunday, Sept. 22, to the crowd of more which we are committed; and to of office at the June meeting of the man who knows this institution well, than 1,000 on the front lawn of Nassau demonstrate by argument and deed Board of Trustees before he officially who shares our deep devotion to it, Hall underscored Princeton’s influence the extraordinary value of Princeton became president on July 1. and who we are confident will guide on him, and in turn, his devotion to University, and of all the colleges and The installation ceremony began the University. He traced his path from universities that help to bring out the with a procession of University Continued on page 8 New campus landmarks loom with new construction USHMA PATEL beginning of the Arts and Transit Project and the completion this fall he Princeton University campus of the neuroscience and psychology is undergoing transformative complex. T changes this year with numer- The projects reflect the University’s ous construction, renovation and 10-year Campus Plan. maintenance projects, including the Updates on the following projects were provided by the Facilities Organization’s units, including the Office of Design and Construction, the Office of Real Estate Development Photo by Denise Applewhite Denise by Photo and the Office of the Vice President for The exteriors of the Princeton Neuroscience Institute (right) and Peretsman-Scully Hall for Facilities. psychology are complete, with move-in scheduled for December. New structures PAID Princeton Neuroscience Institute and ECRWSS from electrical, mechanical and plumb- Spanish glass and an inner weather PRST STD Peretsman-Scully Hall: Construction of USPOSTAGE ing work to lab layouts and furniture barrier of high-performance glass. PERMIT 296 NO the 248,000-square-foot neuroscience PRINCETON, NJ installation — is ongoing, primarily in Andlinger Center for Energy and the and psychology complex is in its final the neuroscience building. Designed Environment: The tops of the concrete stages, as the two buildings are to by José Rafael Moneo Vallés Arqui- towers of the Andlinger Center for be completed this fall and move-in is tecto of Madrid, the complex offers a Energy and the Environment are scheduled to begin in December. Exte- number of shared spaces and sustain- beginning to emerge over the con- rior work was completed over the last ability features such as a two-part, struction fencing at Olden Street and year, and landscaping was completed energy-efficient outer façade of a this summer. Interior work — ranging ribbed sunscreen made of artisanal Continued on page 7 What’s University approves diversity strategy 2 Office serves as town-gown bridge 4 POSTAL CUSTOMER inside? High school students pursue hands-on research 5 PRINCETON 2 UNIVERSITY BULLETIN Oct. 10, 2013 aggressively to make its academic Eisgruber, Trustees approve comprehensive community more diverse and inclu- sive,” Eisgruber said. Goheen led the University from 1957-72. strategy to increase diversity Princeton’s efforts span from the introduction of undergraduate coedu- cation in 1969 and recruitment of E MILY A RONSON environment in which all can flourish,” to faculty hiring and graduate student African American, Hispanic, Asian said Prentice, who also is chair of the recruitment. American and Native American stu- he Board of Trustees and Pres- Department of Psychology. “We hope “Our academic departments have dents starting in the 1960s and 1970s, ident Christopher L. Eisgruber that the University community will the expertise to make the judgments to bold expansions of the University’s T have unanimously endorsed a embrace the values articulated in the about quality on which Princeton’s financial aid program that have greatly report by a special trustee committee report, and that each office and depart- excellence depends,” he said. “The increased the number of low- and that recommends a comprehensive ment on campus will draw on our committee’s diversity strategy both moderate-income and international strategy to increase the diversity and recommendations to create a diversity respects and leverages this critical ele- students. inclusivity of the Princeton Univer- plan consistent with their own goals ment of Princeton’s academic culture.” Over the years, the University also sity community, with a particular and opportunities.” Eisgruber said that he intends to has established the Center for African focus on graduate students, post- “The trustees recognize that diver- launch the implementation of the pro- American Studies and the Program in doctoral fellows, faculty and senior sity is critically important to the core posed strategy at an upcoming meeting Latino Studies; created the Lesbian, administrators. The proposed strat- mission of this university, and that with the chairs of all the academic Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Cen- egy builds on Princeton’s significant achieving a more diverse and inclusive departments. The report commends a ter; and added an associate dean for advances over more than five decades campus will require creative thinking, successful graduate recruiting program academic affairs and diversity in the while focusing on areas where more persistent effort, and a range of initia- in the Department of Molecular Biol- Graduate School. could be accomplished. tives and programs,” Henry said. “But ogy that rapidly increased the diversity While the undergraduate student The report was issued by the it also will require sustained interest of its doctoral program, and Eisgruber body is vastly more diverse than 19-member Ad Hoc Committee on and commitment by the board, and we has asked Provost David Lee and Dean ever before, diversifying the gradu- Diversity that included trustees, fully intend to pay continuing atten- of the Faculty David Dobkin to solicit ate student body, faculty and senior faculty, graduate students and staff. It tion to the goals we have set forth in proposals from departments to conduct administration has proceeded more was co-chaired by trustee vice chair our report.” other pilot projects. Dobkin is creat- slowly. Brent Henry, a member of the Class The report contains numerous rec- ing a special advisory committee to “At its current pace, the diversifi- of 1969, and Deborah Prentice, the ommendations for heads of academic help select, support and monitor these cation of the University’s graduate, Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of and administrative departments to projects. postdoctoral, faculty and senior admin- Psychology and Public Affairs. consider. Underlying the recommenda- The Graduate School is creating a istrative populations will continue to “Princetonians have powerful rea- tions are three critical themes: Diversity Committee composed of stu- fall behind the demographic shifts that sons to care deeply about the diversity • Departmental responsibility: Academic dents, faculty and staff and will work are reshaping the United States,” said of the University community,” Eisgru- and administrative departments should closely with departments on graduate the committee’s report. “Princeton ber said in a statement on the report. have the freedom and responsibility to student recruitment, retention and must not let this happen. It needs to “Only by drawing the best talent determine how to focus their efforts to climate issues, and faculty collabora- make substantive changes to its culture from every sector of society can we achieve maximum impact; tion with minority-serving institutions. and structure if it hopes to remain a achieve the scholarly and educational • Central support: The University The Office of Human
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