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U. finalizes 3rd cross-national strategic partnership of year, with University of Tokyo

U. finalizes 3rd cross-national strategic partnership of year, with University of Tokyo

Continuing its effort to support collaborative, cross-national research and teaching initiatives, the University has finalized its third strategic partnership of the year with the University of Tokyo.

NEWS | 02/20/2013

Male streaker dances through Cottage Club

An approximately 20-year-old white male allegedly danced naked in the University Cottage Club dining hall on Friday evening, police said Tuesday. Police alleged that the individual danced until he was confronted by a Cottage employee.

NEWS | 02/20/2013

Students witnessed ‘end of the world’ in Guatemala

Seven students had the opportunity to witness the end of the world in Guatemala, the birthplace of the Mayan apocalypse legend itself, on Dec.

NEWS | 02/20/2013

Bassler appointed MOL chair

After 19 years as a professor in the University?s molecular biology department, professor Bonnie Bassler will begin her term as department chair on July 1. While the announcement was posted on the molecular biology webpage last week, the department has been preparing for the transition over the last several months.

NEWS | 02/19/2013

Arts & Transit Neighborhood challenged by lawsuit

A new lawsuit was filed this month against the Regional Planning Board of Princeton, challenging its 9-1 vote in favor of the University?s plans for the Arts and Transit Neighborhood on Dec.

NEWS | 02/19/2013

Two seniors win Pyne Prize

Two seniors, Caroline Hanamirian ?13 and Jake Nebel ?13, have been awarded the Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize, the highest general distinction the University confers on undergraduate students. Four graduate students, Angele Christin GS, Laura Gandolfi GS, George Young GS and Jiaying Zhao GS, were granted the Porter Ogden Jacobus Fellowship. The Pyne Prize is awarded annually to the two seniors who have most clearly demonstrated excellent scholarship, strength of character and effective leadership.

NEWS | 02/19/2013

New performance spaces to open for students in the fall of 2017

The University has already begun construction on what will be the largest building project in its history, the Arts and Transit Neighborhood.

NEWS | 02/19/2013

Keller Center, USG to host first Idea Farm host first Idea Farm

The USG and the Keller Center will host the first Princeton Idea Farm, an idea development competition sponsored by Microsoft, from Feb.

NEWS | 02/18/2013

Boyd discusses social media, online privacy and Internet ethics

Danah Boyd, a senior researcher at Microsoft Research, spoke on conceptions of online privacy, intergenerational interactions and the sometimes surprising interpretation of Internet content in a lecture on Monday night at Dodds Auditorium. The lecture was titled ?Privacy, Ethics and Social Media: Understanding What You Think You See,? and was part of the Wilson School?s 2012-13 ?Technology and Public Policy? thematic lecture series. Boyd, who holds appointments at New York University and Harvard?s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, works to understand the way young people use the Internet in social relationships, with a particular focus on social media. ?I?m an ethnographer ? I spend most of my time trying to understand everyday practices and how to map what is going on in our lives? Boyd explained. A large part of Boyd?s lecture focused on competing conceptions of technological privacy in what she characterized as ?a culture of public by default, private by effort.? She said that young people often conceive of privacy as ?the control of a social situation.? Referring to her interactions with students who had said they were shocked by their parents? and teachers? entry into their ?online social space,? Boyd explained that young people abide by different social norms on online social spaces such as Facebook.

NEWS | 02/18/2013

Postdocs unify physics theories

For decades, physicists have accepted that the universe has two sizes: small and large. So-called classical equations govern big objects like baseballs and galaxies, while quantum mechanics describes the strange world of subatomic particles.

NEWS | 02/18/2013

Rare Handel opera manuscript will be displayed at Firestone

A rare manuscript of George Frideric Handel?s 1736 opera ?Berenice,? purchased by the University for 44,450 British pounds at an auction last November, will be available for viewing at a special exhibition in Firestone Library until March 4.

NEWS | 02/18/2013

Buono emerges as candidate to challenge Christie for N.J. governor

The Princeton Community Democratic Organization voted to endorse state senator Barbara Buono as a candidate for New Jersey governor on Sunday evening in the Suzanne Patterson Center. Buono is seeking the New Jersey Democratic Party?s candidacy for the November gubernatorial election. Mayor Liz Lempert also outlined the year?s priorities for the community at the meeting, announcing that they will be finalized later this month. Buono, who was not present at the meeting, will appear at the next monthly PCDO meeting in March.

NEWS | 02/17/2013

Women's Squash: Disappointing finish for Tigers at Howe Cup

The women?s squash team, the Ivy League champions, entered this weekend?s Howe Cup as the number-one seed and with high expectations of a national championship.

NEWS | 02/17/2013

Social committee considers raising Lawnparties guess fees

The USG social committee announced on Sunday night that it is considering plans to raise guest fees for this year?s Lawnparties. Social committee chair Carla Javier ?15 asked the Senate for feedback about raising fees from $20 to $25 or $30.

NEWS | 02/17/2013

Two Latino groups unite

Latino student groups Chicano Caucus and Accion Latina y Amigos are in the process of consolidating into a single club called Princeton Latinos.

NEWS | 02/17/2013

Greene '13 and Laurenzi '13 awarded ReachOut fellowships

Abigail Greene ?13 and Christina Laurenzi ?13 have been awarded ReachOut fellowships of $30,000 to continue their demonstrated commitment to international service.

NEWS | 02/17/2013

Women's Squash: Disappointing finish for Tigers at Howe Cup

The women?s squash team, the Ivy League champions, entered this weekend?s Howe Cup as the number-one seed and with high expectations of a national championship.

NEWS | 02/17/2013

Course encourages rethinking of Unites States, U. and AMS program

Using a collection of Michael Jordan shoes, rock songs and child-rearing manuals, a new American studies course taught for the first time this spring will try to teach students U.S.

NEWS | 02/14/2013

Tiger Letters offers paper note exchange for Valentine's Day

After receiving substantial followings on Facebook of more than 1,800 friends each, the moderators of Tiger Compliments and Tiger Admirers ? two Facebook accounts that allow students to compliment each other anonymously ? decided to expand their service for Valentine?s Day and arrange an offline handwritten note exchange.

NEWS | 02/14/2013

Quad discloses sign-in numbers; requires members to commit through junior fall

After several years of maintaining a policy of nondisclosure, Princeton?s Quadrangle Club has decided to publicly release this year?s sign-in numbers. According to Quad president Branden Lewiston ?14, 68 students signed into Quad this year.

NEWS | 02/14/2013

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