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Forbes '70 argues for stable dollar

Forbes '70 argues for stable dollar

Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Magazine and CEO of Forbes, Inc. Steve Forbes ?70 argued for a stable dollar and simplification of the tax code as keys to recovering from the 2008 economic crisis and ensuring a prosperous American economy in the future in a lecture on Sunday afternoon.

NEWS | 03/10/2013

Congressman Holt discusses federal budget

New Jersey Rep. Rush Holt, a Democrat who represents New Jersey?s 12th congressional district, held a question-and-answer discussion before approximately 50 members of the University community on Friday evening at Terrace Club.

NEWS | 03/10/2013

Student Health Advisory Board raises tobacco concerns

Daily Princetonian Staff

Following the efforts of other universities to address smoking-related concerns, Princeton students, in collaboration with the Pace Center, have formed the Princeton Tobacco Control Policy Group to raise awareness about secondhand smoking. “The overall goal is to have a healthier campus for students and faculty … and to raise awareness about the dangers of tobacco,” president and founder of PTCPG Judy Hou ’16 said. Hou, who was involved in tobacco prevention activities in high school, said she formed the group because she felt that Ivy League schools have not done enough to address the health effects of secondhand smoking. “This is a topic that hasn’t been approached as much at Ivy League schools … People don’t think it’s really something that affects them directly, but I think a lot of state schools have seen that it’s a bigger issue,” Hou added.

NEWS | 03/10/2013

Murray-Dodge to open afternoons

Murray-Dodge Cafe has expanded its hours to open Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

NEWS | 03/10/2013

U. researchers publish model that predicts parasite survival

Elizabeth Paul

A new study published in Ecology Letters by postdoctoral researcher Peter Molnar and ecology and evolutionary biology professor Andrew Dobson outlines a model predicting the survival of parasites in certain regions of the globe as climate change progresses. While scientists 20 years ago predicted climate change would cause parasitic disease to increase overall, Molnar said his model quantifies the idea that this picture is too simplistic. “To sum these complications up, it basically depends on what parasite you’re looking at, its life history parameters and where in the world you’re looking,” Molnar explained. Instead of a universal expansion of parasite populations, Molnar’s model predicts that under the influence of climate change, the future survival of parasites will depend on their thermal niche, or the range of temperatures in which a parasite can survive.

NEWS | 03/10/2013

New restaurant Agricola to open Sunday, replacing Lahiere’s on Witherspoon St.

Agricola, the newest addition to the Princeton restaurant scene, will open for dinner this Sunday in the space formerly occupied by Lahiere?s on Witherspoon Street.

NEWS | 03/07/2013

Macey talks ethical investment for U.

Jonathan Macey, chair of Yale?s Advisory Committee on Investor Responsibility and law professor, discussed the approaches that universities can take to approach divestment and the best way to uphold a university?s values through ethical investment with a group of student panelists on Thursday evening.

NEWS | 03/07/2013

Students criticize co-op fees

Alex Jafari

Members of the 2 Dickinson Street Co-op have continued to protest the $50 per member fee instituted this semester in addition to dues on all co-ops officially recognized by the University.

NEWS | 03/07/2013

Townspeople oppose changes to Route 1

A ?concept? plan by the New Jersey Department of Transportation proposing changes to U.S.

NEWS | 03/07/2013

CBE lab assigns pairs for students

One of the chemical and biological engineering department?s recent changes to CBE 346: Chemical Engineering Laboratory, known popularly as Core Lab, has elicited student concerns about the criteria instructors use to assign lab partners.

NEWS | 03/07/2013

Town awaits consolidation reimbursement from state

The newly-consolidated Princeton is seeking $460,000 from the state of New Jersey to cover transition costs incurred over the past year.

NEWS | 03/06/2013

U. researchers develop technique to probe ‘missing heritability’

Greta Shum

A new University study recently published in Nature has shown that extensive genetic mapping can be used to trace the genetic origins of even the smallest trait variations, providing support for 20th-century scientific arguments that privilege nature over nurture. The study was conducted by Joshua Bloom, a graduate student in the molecular biology department who developed the project for his Ph.D., and ecology and evolutionary biology professor Leonid Kruglyak ’87. Bloom was unavailable to comment for this article. Thuy-Lan Vo Lite ’12, who worked on the project for her senior thesis, said she enjoyed participating in the investigation of the “missing heritability,” a mystery that has existed in genetics since the 1920s. “In humans there’s this problem where even in traits that we know are heritable, we can’t really find all the genetic components to fully explain that heritability,” Lite said.

NEWS | 03/06/2013

U. to receive symbolic tiles from Hiroshima bombing

Hordes of survivors of the world?s first atomic bombing in Hiroshima were rushing toward Motoyasu River on Aug.

NEWS | 03/06/2013

DeZarn to run for NJ state senate

Senior Operations Manager for Butler/Wilson Dining Services Donald DeZarn has announced that he will run as the Libertarian candidate in November?s election for state senator of the 14th Legislative District of New Jersey.

NEWS | 03/06/2013

Appointed judges more effective, U. research finds

Justices appointed to state supreme courts are more effective than their elected counterparts, a new study by Princeton researchers has found.In their article ?To elect or to appoint?

NEWS | 03/05/2013

Bodine discusses Middle East policy

Barbara Bodine, former U.S. ambassador to Yemen and lecturer in the Wilson School, discussed the Obama administration?s Middle East policy with a group of College Democrats on Monday evening.According to Bodine, modern American foreign policy must strike a balance between the relatively passive practice of leading by example and the relatively active practice of supporting American policies through interventionist means.

NEWS | 03/05/2013

Princeton Talks plans public panel

Princeton Talks, a student group founded by four sophomores, will seek to provide a public forum for campus dialogue on a diverse range of issues beginning late this spring.Inspired by the TED Talks series and Harvard University?s Harvard Speaks club, Phway Aye ?15, Billy Beacom ?15, Faridah Folawiyo ?15 and Susannah Sharpless ?15 created the group to remedy what Aye called ?a lack of conversation on campus.?Sharpless is a columnist for The Daily Princetonian.

NEWS | 03/05/2013

Volunteer coordination app wins Idea Farm

Justin Ziegler ?16 and Victoria Lin ?16 won Princeton?s first Idea Farm with ?Sum of Good,? their volunteer coordination platform for nonprofit organizations.

NEWS | 03/05/2013

U. astrophysicists to join Euclid telescope project

Elizabeth Paul

Although dark matter and dark energy comprise about 95 percent of the universe, their nature remains unknown.

NEWS | 03/04/2013

Sandel talks morality of life insurance

Michael Sandel, professor of government at Harvard University, examined the blurry lines that separate financial investment, gambling and life insurance in his lecture on Monday.?We think of gambling and insurance as two different responses to risk, but the line between the two has always been unstable,? Sandel said.

NEWS | 03/04/2013

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