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Lecture: Nicholas Schmidle discusses digging for the facts

Lecture: Nicholas Schmidle discusses digging for the facts

Samuel Garfinkle

The evaluation of factual information is not only a qualitative exercise, but also, crucially, a qualitative judgement of both the information and its source, according to New Yorker staff writer Nicholas Schmidle.

NEWS | 02/14/2017

U. prof Felten discusses role as deputy CTO at White House

Norman Xiong

Technology will play an increasingly important role in essential public policy areas such as defense, transportation, and economy, according to former Deputy United States Chief Technology Officer and University Computer Science Professor Ed Felten.

NEWS | 02/14/2017

Trump Supreme Court pick collaborated on book with U. professor

Audrey Spensley

Neil Gorsuch, President Trump’s selection for the Supreme Court, collaborated on a book titled The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia with University Professor and McCormick Chair in Jurisprudence Robert George.

NEWS | 02/13/2017

Student activists praise U. amicus brief, hope for more

Marcia Brown

In a press release yesterday, the University announced that it would be joining the court challenge in an amicus curiae brief to President Donald Trump’s administration’s federal immigration executive order.

NEWS | 02/13/2017

Women’s basketball recap: Tigers win 5th straight, continue to climb in standings

Chris Murphy

The Tigers knew that if they were going to have a shot to win the regular season title, they would have to steal some wins on the road. The women’s basketball team took to the road this Friday and Saturday and won both games — marking the first time this season they've won two consecutive road games.

NEWS | 02/13/2017

Men’s hockey victorious in critical weekend

David Liu

Continuing a late-season surge, the men’s hockey team defeated conference foes St. Lawrence and Clarkson.

NEWS | 02/13/2017

Princeton Mayor Lempert looks to the U. as she begins her second term

Emily Spalding

In reflecting upon her first term and goals for her second, Princeton Mayor Liz Lempert emphasized the importance of maintaining the strong relationship between the municipality of Princeton and the University in order to create a more environmentally concerned, historically aware, and civically engaged community.

NEWS | 02/12/2017

537 members of the Class of 2019 admitted to selective eating clubs

Emily Spalding

Constituting 77 percent of the Class of 2019, 1,018 sophomores participated in the Spring 2017 eating club admissions process, according to a press release from the Interclub Council of the Eating Clubs of Princeton University (ICC). This turnout is three percent less than last year’s sophomore participation of 80 percent.

NEWS | 02/12/2017

Men and women's fencing teams achieve Ivy League championship titles

Claire Coughlin

For the second year in succession, both the Princeton Men and Women’s Fencing Teams came home with the Ivy League Championship Title. This year’s Ivy League Round-Robins were hosted by the Penn Quakers at the Tse Ping-Cheng Cheung Ling Sports Center in Philadelphia.

NEWS | 02/12/2017

Lecture: Human Locomotion Uses Energy-Optimality Model Under Many Conditions

Samvida Venkatesh

In a lecture given on Friday, Feb. 10 titled “Human Locomotion: How Humans Move Efficiently and Stably”, Dr. Manoj Srinivasan, Associate Professor at Ohio State University, covered both experiments on how humans optimize their locomotion behavior under different conditions and an explanation of the computational methods used to design robotic prostheses and walking exoskeletons.

NEWS | 02/12/2017

Men’s Volleyball splits week with tight matches against St. Francis and Penn State

David Xin

The men’s volleyball team opened EIVA conference play with a pair of strong performances.

NEWS | 02/12/2017

Women's Water Polo dominates weekend play

Miranda Hasty

With victories over Claremont Mudd Scripps, St.

NEWS | 02/12/2017

Princeton Public Schools file lawsuit against Princeton Charter School

Sarah Warman Hirschfield

The Princeton Public Schools (PPS) filed a lawsuit against the Princeton Charter School (PCS) last month, claiming PCS violated the Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA) when its trustees voted to amend its charter to increase enrollment of the school. OPMA is a law that requires all meetings of government bodies to hold their meetings open to the public.

NEWS | 02/09/2017

Ecology lecture focuses on global environmental challenges

Jacob Tyles

It’s an exciting time to be an ecologist, said visiting lecturer Jonathan Levine from STEM university ETH Zurich who stood in front of an eager crowd of students, postdocs, and faculty gathered to hear him speak.

NEWS | 02/09/2017

Q & A with Deborah Prentice, Incoming U. Provost

Catherine Benedict

On Jan. 30, University President Christopher L. Eisgruber ’83 announced that current Dean of the Faculty Deborah Prentice will become University Provost on July 1. Prentice - who was formerly the Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of Psychology - will replace current Provost David Lee GS '99, who plans to return to full-time teaching and research.

NEWS | 02/08/2017

News and Notes: Melania Trump drops libel lawsuit against Tarpley '66

Daily Princetonian Staff

Trump’s attorney, Matthew Blackett, said in a statement that Tarpley had agreed to retract the blog post and apologize to the Trump family. Blackett added that Tarpley had also agreed to pay Mrs. Trump a “substantial sum."

NEWS | 02/08/2017

Hometown Stories: Beijing, China

Yang Shao

Coming from Beijing, I grew up in what Chinese people would call a “dayuan.” Translated directly, it means “big courtyard”. It specifically refers to a kind of self-sufficient residential community for retirees from state-owned companies or the military.

NEWS | 02/08/2017

Appeals Judge Clifton ’72 will rule on immigration case argued by Flentje ’92

Claire Thornton

August Flentje ’92 argued Feb. 7 on behalf of the Justice Department in favor of the executive order banning immigration from seven countries in front of a panel of three judges, which included Senior Judge Richard Clifton ’72 of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

NEWS | 02/07/2017

10 U. students chosen as SINSI Scholars

Zaynab Zaman

Four seniors, five juniors and one sophomore have been chosen as members of the Wilson School’s Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative (SINSI). This program is designed to help students gain opportunities in public service and later work in the federal government.

NEWS | 02/07/2017

Pink House will create new vegetarian co-op

Mashad Arora

The Pink House plans to establish a vegetarian co-op out of its kitchen starting in the fall of 2017.

NEWS | 02/07/2017

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