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David Madden ’03, Larissa Kelly ’02 win Jeopardy! All-Star Games

David Madden ’03, Larissa Kelly ’02 win Jeopardy! All-Star Games

Zachary Shevin

Former University Quiz Bowl teammates David Madden ’03 and Larissa Kelly ’02, two of the winningest Jeopardy! players of all time, came away with a $1 million prize, defeating Team Colby and Team Ken in the final round of the Jeopardy! All-Star Games, which aired on ABC Monday and Tuesday night.

NEWS | 03/05/2019

Q&A with Anthony Romero ’87, ACLU executive director

Marissa Michaels

Anthony Romero ’87 is Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union, where he has overseen efforts to mobilize grassroots campaigns and pursue litigation and advocacy for civil liberties. He spoke at the University event “We the People” on March 4. The Daily Princetonian spoke with Romero the next day.

NEWS | 03/05/2019

Goldstein ’96 serves as mainstay of Mueller investigation

David Veldran

Goldstein, former chief of the public corruption unit in his office, has interviewed several key figures in the Trump administration, including Donald F. McGahn II, Michael Cohen, and Roger J. Stone Jr., a former adviser who was indicted in January in connection with interference in the 2016 election.

NEWS | 03/04/2019

Two alumni and former quiz bowl teammates to appear in final round of Jeopardy! All-Star Games

Zachary Shevin

Madden is a 19-time Jeopardy! champion, with the third longest winning streak in the show’s history. Kelley is in the Top 10 in regular season winnings in show history and was the first woman to win more than five games.

NEWS | 03/03/2019

John Bonner, former chair of biology, passes away at 98

Katie Tam

Bonner was a prominent figure in the biology department whose research was on the cutting edge of evolutionary science.

NEWS | 02/27/2019

Federal appeals panel questions Trump administration's rationale on DACA

Federal appeals panel questions Trump administration's rationale on DACA

Katja Stroke-Adolphe

Federal appeals panel judges criticize the rationales provided by the Trump administration for the rescission of DACA.

NEWS | 02/27/2019

Princeton Town Council reaches settlement in lawsuit against Princeton Borough Police Department

Princeton Town Council reaches settlement in lawsuit against Princeton Borough Police Department

Rebecca Han

The Princeton Town Council approved the settlement Monday for a lawsuit alleging discrimination on the part of the Princeton Police Department.

NEWS | 02/26/2019

Filipino governor, senate candidate falsely claims to have graduated from U.

Karolen Eid

Imee Marcos, a current candidate for a Philippine Senate position and the daughter of former Filipino President Ferdinand E. Marcos, says she graduated from the University in 1979, but according to Deputy University Spokesperson Michael Hotchkiss, no record shows that she graduated.

NEWS | 02/26/2019

Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi ’00 awarded Oscar for best documentary feature

Julia Ilhardt

Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi ’00 accepted the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for her film “Free Solo,” for which she was the director.

NEWS | 02/25/2019

Global warming denier William Happer *64 appointed to climate panel

Bill Huang

University Professor Emeritus William Happer *64 is a vocal denier of climate change and carbon-based pollution. He has now been appointed to lead a panel to determine whether or not climate change poses is national security threat.

NEWS | 02/24/2019

U. releases contributions to Princeton town

U. releases contributions to Princeton town

Talha Iqbal

The Office of Communications published its annual summary detailing the University’s contributions to the surrounding town of Princeton on Feb. 12. Ranging from voluntary contributions to the municipality of Princeton and working with emergency services to educational outreach at Princeton High School and supplying transportation, the report brings attention to the town’s primary investments in the community.

NEWS | 02/21/2019

Day of Action held for Xiyue Wang

Day of Action held for Xiyue Wang

Albert Jiang and Karolen Eid

“One of the things we are trying to do is keep things alive and do more than just hold a vigil every single year to remind people of the situation,” said graduate student Mikey McGovern, president of student group Free Xiyue Wang. “We want to actually turn consciousness into action.”

NEWS | 02/20/2019

Ressa '86 arrested, charged with 'cyber-libel'

Ressa '86 arrested, charged with 'cyber-libel'

Bill Huang

Maria Ressa ’86 has been arrested by the Philippine National Bureau of Investigation. Charges against her were related to an investigation conducted in 2012 by Rappler, Ressa’s online news organization.

NEWS | 02/20/2019

Princeton Fire Department considering hiring paid firefighters for the first time since 1788

Naomi Hess

In 2017, The Daily Princetonian reported that five University students served as volunteers. Now, according to Gregory, only one University student currently volunteers for the fire department.

NEWS | 02/18/2019

U. alumna makes first public appearance since accusing Virginia lieutenant governor of sexual assault

U. alumna makes first public appearance since accusing Virginia lieutenant governor of sexual assault

Ezra Zimble

Vanessa Tyson ’98, will meet with a Massachusetts District Attorney about her allegations of sexual assault against Virginia Lieutenant Governor Justin Fairfax. On Feb. 12, Tyson made her first public appearance since coming forward with her allegations. A second woman, Maryland resident Meredith Watson, has also accused Fairfax of sexual assault. Fairfax has maintained that his encounters with both Tyson and Watson were consensual.

NEWS | 02/18/2019

Q&A with Mara Liasson, NPR correspondent and Fox contributor

Marissa Michaels

The Daily Princetonian sat down with NPR correspondent and Fox contributor Mara Liasson for a brief interview.

NEWS | 02/17/2019

Report ranks U. best LGBTQ+ friendly school

Aviva Kohn

The University has been ranked the most LGBTQ+-friendly college by College Consensus, a website that compiles data across many college ranking sites. The published list of 25 colleges included schools from 16 different states.

NEWS | 02/14/2019

U. professors partner to create MERMAIDs, study seismic activity on the ocean floor

Nouran Ibrahim

Geosciences professor Frederik Simons and Professor Emeritus Guust Nolet created Mobile Earthquake Recording in Marine Areas by Independent Drivers (MERMAIDs), which travel about a mile below the surface of the water.

NEWS | 02/14/2019

HUM Sequence co-founder Theodore K. Rabb GS '61 passes away at 81

Paige Allen and Allan Shen

Theodore K. Rabb GS ’61 was the co-founder of the Humanities sequence to introduce a group of first-year students to the literature, philosophy, and history of Western civilization.

NEWS | 02/14/2019

University students collaborate with town for sustainability efforts

Katie Tam

Since fall 2018, University students have been collaborating with the town of Princeton on a Climate Action Plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Climate Action Plan (CAP) was initiated as part of the town Council’s 2017 goals and objectives. A major aim of the CAP is to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Princeton from a 2010 baseline of approximately 433,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions.

NEWS | 02/12/2019

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