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News & Notes: Salt shipment arrives in town in time for new snowstorm

News & Notes: Salt shipment arrives in town in time for new snowstorm

Daily Princetonian Staff

The town of Princeton received salt shipments this week which will be used to keep roads from icing and facilitate snow plowing, the Princeton Packet reported last week. Mayor Liz Lempert announced that critical salt shipments had arrived after a 100-ton order was delayed for weeks due to transportation issues.

NEWS | 03/02/2014

Tips on marriage and aggressive husband hunting in "Marry Smart" by Patton '77

Anna Mazarakis

Women should work hard to find a husband, especially since they have a limited window in which they can have children, Susan Patton ’77 argues in her new book, “Marry Smart: Advice for Finding the One.” The book, set to be released next week, mostly rehashes the ideas expressed in a letterto the editor published by The Daily Princetonian last March.

NEWS | 03/02/2014

News & Notes: U. students finish seventh in trading competition

Angela Wang

A team of four University students finished in seventh place out of 52 teams at the Rotman International Trading Competition, the largest trading competition in the world. Teams from top universities in Italy, South Africa, Canada, Thailand, Egypt and the United States competed to maximize their profits in several rounds of simulated trading environments. The competition took place at the University of Toronto from Feb.

NEWS | 03/02/2014

Chiang appointed director of Keller Center

Sarah Kim

Mung Chiang, a professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, was appointed director of the Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education last Wednesday, the University announced. Chiang began his time at the University as an Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering in 2003, and has received many awards both for his teaching and for his research.

NEWS | 03/02/2014

Latke triumphs in annual Latke-Hamentaschen Debate

Ruby Shao

History professor Julian Zelizer said the political atmosphere between Latke Lovers and Hamentaschen Hubrists has become "more toxic, more poisonous and more rancorous"at the packed annual Latke-Hamentaschen Debate on Sunday afternoon. The debate involved the merits of two traditional Jewish foods: the latke and the hamentaschen.

NEWS | 03/02/2014

USG Senate approves Jackson '15's revised Ivy Policy Conference funding proposal

Durva Trivedi

A revised $4,000 funding request for the Ivy Policy Conference to be held on campus March 28-30 was approved at Sunday's USG Senate meeting with 19 votes in favor and three opposed to the proposal. The annual conference brings together representatives from all Ivy League universities to examine existing administrative policies and discuss improvements.

NEWS | 03/02/2014

Liveblog: men's basketball vs. Yale

Eddie Owens

Live from Jadwin Gymnasium

NEWS | 02/28/2014

Updated: Krugman to retire from Princeton in 2015

Corinne Lowe

Paul Krugman, the economics professor known for his regular columns in The New York Times, will retire from his position at the University in June 2015. Krugman is currently an economics and Wilson School professor.

NEWS | 02/28/2014

Students participate in volunteer firefighting program

Do-Hyeong Myeong

When the old Dinky station collapsed last September, Charles Jacobson ’16 was on his way to an interview with the Student Volunteer Council. Upon learning that the Dinky station had collapsed, he instantly ran to Dillon Gymnasium, where the fire squad car was parked, and went to the station to gear up and get into the truck.

NEWS | 02/27/2014

News & Notes: 65 students contract gastroenteritis

Ruby Shao

Sixty five students have come down with gastroenteritis this month, University Spokesperson Martin Mbugua said.

NEWS | 02/27/2014

News and Notes: Brief power outage in Witherspoon Hall

Durva Trivedi

There was a brief power outage in Witherspoon Hall on Thursday at around 3:45 p.m.` An ice melt system that keeps snow from collecting on the steps experienced a short circuit, University Spokesperson Martin Mbugua explained in a statement.As a result, the building’s main circuit breaker tripped, which it’s designed to do, Mbugua said. It took the University staff about 45 minutes to isolate the circuit that was having an issue and then to reset the breaker. The power was completely restored to Witherspoon Hall at around 4:30 p.m.

NEWS | 02/27/2014

Following Greening Princeton study, U. to streamline recycling process

Daily Princetonian Staff and Anna Windemuth

Students at residential colleges will no longer have to sort their recyclable trash. The rest of campus is expected to follow suit by the end of 2014. Unlike the University’s current recycling system, which requires waste to be separated into paper, cans and bottles and “remaining trash,” single-stream recycling only distinguishes between contaminated and non-contaminated materials, Greening Princeton co-president Misha Semenov ’15 said.

NEWS | 02/27/2014

Miller ’93: Finding solace for the dying

Jacob Donnelly

Dr. Bruce J. “BJ” Miller ’93 makes a living taking care of the dying. Miller, a palliative care specialist, was recently selected to receive one of the Project on Death in America’s annual Leadership Awards at the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine’s 2014 Annual Assembly in San Diego, according to his co-worker Dr. Shelley Adler. In 2011, Miller became executive director of the Zen Hospice Project in San Francisco.

NEWS | 02/27/2014

Former professor and Fed chairman Bernanke joins Brookings Institution

James Evans

Former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke has joined the Brookings Institution, a bipartisan economic think tank, as a distinguished fellow in residence. Bernanke, who served two four-year terms at the Fed, was an economics professor at the University from 1985 until 2005.

NEWS | 02/27/2014

News & Notes: Local claim against AvalonBay dismissed

Daily Princetonian Staff

Superior Court Judge Mary Jacobson dismissed a claim against real estate developer AvalonBay on Tuesday, the Trenton Times reported. A citizens’ group called Association for Planning at Hospital Site had gone before Judge Jacobson with the claim that AvalonBay, which hopes to convert the former Princeton hospital on Witherspoon Street into housing, had not properly addressed issues of dust levels, asbestos and medical waste disposal. The Association for Planning at Hospital Site argued against AvalonBay on the grounds that new development in the area needs to be more responsible.

NEWS | 02/26/2014

Town council sets goals for 2014

Jacob Donnelly

The Princeton town council recently established a list of priorities to accomplish in 2014. A number of mandatory commitments confront the council over the next year.

NEWS | 02/26/2014

News & Notes: Talk with Google executives canceled due to weather

Paul Phillips

An event featuring Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt ’76 and Google Ideas founder Jared Cohen was canceled Wednesday due to bad weather, a spokesman associated with the event announced.

NEWS | 02/26/2014

McGraw Center launches Saturday study halls

Konadu Amoakuh

The McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning began holding study halls on Saturdays for the first time last week.

NEWS | 02/26/2014

Former SEC chairman discusses importance of transparency, accountability in markets

Former SEC chairman discusses importance of transparency, accountability in markets

Chitra Marti

Transparency and accountability in financial markets are keys to investor confidence, former U.S.

NEWS | 02/26/2014

Meck ’00 donates $150,000 to fund philanthropy seminar

Do-Hyeong Myeong

Terrence Meck ’00, co-founder and president of The Palette Fund, donated $150,000 to FRS 157: Philanthropy to sustain the course for three more years.

NEWS | 02/26/2014

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