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Yale names president, clearing presidential search field

Yale names president, clearing presidential search field

Yale, one of two other Ivy League schools that had been searching for a new university president at the same time as Princeton, named its next president on Thursday following a short three-month selection process. Yale’s announcement potentially simplifies Princeton’s search as the New Haven school will no longer compete with Princeton for presidential candidates. Dartmouth is also searching for a new president.

NEWS | 11/08/2012

USG delays publication of COMBO survey results to complete full analysis

The USG previewed the results of the Committee on Background and Opportunity’s third survey at its Sept. 30 meeting, promising the results of the survey in the next two weeks. Yet, six weeks later, the results have still not been released.USG president Bruce Easop ’13 said the results of the comprehensive survey — which was designed to find links between a student’s ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation and his or her comfort on campus — has been delayed to ensure accuracy and thorough analysis.

NEWS | 11/08/2012

News & Notes: Wang’s blog accurately predicts results of presidential election

In an election cycle marked by pundits and campaigns questioning the validity of polling data, the predictions compiled by University molecular biology and neuroscience professor Sam Wang marked a victory for the data analysts.

NEWS | 11/08/2012

Research expedited with new IRB review protocol

Research projects posing minimum risk to human subjects may be eligible for expedited review by the Institutional Review Board beginning this semester, a development that could make research easier for students working with human subjects.Up until this academic year, any student planning to conduct research involving human subjects has had to submit forms to the IRB and wait for the board to approve them at a monthly meeting before beginning research. Now projects posing minimum risk to participants may go through expedited review, which can simplify and quicken the approval process on a case-by-case basis.

NEWS | 11/08/2012

Bicker overhaul process began years ago

Though the Interclub Council announced plans to implement a new multi-club Bicker system on Wednesday night, the ICC had known the general framework of the new system since last spring. Bicker reform was one product of three years of deliberations that at times included both the University and the Street.The new system allows sophomores to bicker two eating clubs at a time or bicker one club while attending Charter events during spring Bicker week. Cannon Dial Elm Club, Cap & Gown Club, Charter Club, Cottage Club and Tiger Inn will participate in dual-club Bicker.

NEWS | 11/08/2012

Ahead of Sandy, campus labs took precautions to save experiments

When Tropical Storm Sandy swept through the Princeton area last week, leading to thousands of power outages, the University’s science laboratories took special precautions to ensure that ongoing experiments were not disrupted.Because power from the public electricity grid was lost in the wake of the storm, the University relied principally on its cogeneration plant for electricity. As a result, the University had to limit its power usage to guarantee continued supply for the facilities that needed it most, including the residential and dining buildings.

NEWS | 11/07/2012

News & Notes: USG to sponsor Hoodie Allen concert

Hoodei Allen, the indie hip-hop artist, will perform at a USG-sponsored concert next Friday night, the USG has announced. Doors for the 9 p.m. concert in Richardson Auditorium will open at 8:30 p.m.

NEWS | 11/07/2012

Professors conduct postmortem on Obama's election

Six experts on modern politics reflected on the implications of Tuesday’s presidential election in a panel discussion Wednesday afternoon, sharing the view that the race defied many pundits’ expectations and held important implications for the future of both national political parties. The speakers discussed the role and impact of race, gender, campaign finance and other issues in the election.

NEWS | 11/07/2012

Predicting a hurricane's landfall and location

In February, Wilson School and geosciences professor Michael Oppenheimer predicted that environmental change would increase the risk of a massive storm along the New York and New Jersey coastline — but he couldn’t have imagined how quickly that storm would arrive.“It was kind of an eerie, accidental similarity,” Oppenheimer said on Tuesday. “Of the worst-case storms [in the current climate] which we looked at, one of them impacted New Jersey [almost] smack where Sandy hit.”

NEWS | 11/07/2012

News & Notes: Ricky Gill ’09 falls to incumbent Democrat in California Congressional race

Ricky Gill' 09, the 25-year-old Republican who raised more than $2 million in his race for Congress in California, narrowly lost to the incumbent Democrat Tuesday. The race was too close to call as of early Wednesday morning.

NEWS | 11/07/2012

U. administration reportedly tried to close down unofficial search committee website

The University administration is reportedly trying to shut down a website, created by students as part of an American studies class, that intends to facilitate a conversation about choosing the next University president, according to sources within the course. But the University strongly denies this claim, asserting that it has no problem with other sources of feedback so long as unofficial sites are noted as such.

NEWS | 11/07/2012

In Bicker overhaul, 5 clubs choose new dual-club system

This winter, students will have the option of bickering more than one eating club at a time for the first time since the 1980s as part of a new dual-club bicker process.Cannon Dial Elm Club, Cap & Gown Club, Charter Club, Cottage Club and Tiger Inn will participate in the new system, according to an announcement by the Interclub Council late Wednesday night. Ivy Club and Tower Club, the other two bicker clubs, will not participate.

NEWS | 11/07/2012

An academic tug-of-war: The absence of pre-professionalism at Princeton

At last June’s commencement, as members of the Class of 2012 prepared to enter their first jobs in a variety of careers, University President Shirley Tilghman defended the value of the liberal arts degree amid national demands for “more goal-oriented education” in an uncertain economy.Tilghman’s affirmation of the role of the liberal arts sits against the backdrop of an increasing number of undergraduate colleges today experimenting with curricula mixing pre-professional, vocational and liberal arts education. But Princeton has eschewed pre-professional programs and though it offers programs in finance, journalism and teacher preparation, the University’s approach differs from broader trends in academia.

NEWS | 11/07/2012

Q&A: COS professor Andrew Appel on email voting in New Jersey

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy’s destruction, New Jersey Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno announced this weekend that state residents will be able to vote via email. Computer science professor Andrew Appel, who does research on computer security and election technology, spoke with The Daily Princetonian about the problems he perceives with this system.

NEWS | 11/06/2012

Q&A: Neuroscience professor Wang discusses results of his election predictions

After Ohio was called for President Obama, The Daily Princetonian chatted with Princeton neuroscience professor and on-the-side polling analyst Sam Wang to discuss the 2012 election results and the accuracy of his own political forecasts. He runs the Princeton Election Consortium blog, which provides analyses of U.S. national elections by Princeton faculty in a variety of disciplines.

NEWS | 11/06/2012

Lempert, Democrats win in local landslide

In the first time Township and Borough residents jointly chose a leader for their soon-to-be joint municipality, voters elected Democrat Liz Lempert as the first mayor of the consolidated Princeton.Lempert beat Republican candidate Dick Woodbridge ’65 by a three-to-two margin, part of a local Democratic Party sweep on Election Day. Every Democratic candidate who appeared on the local Princeton ballot won his or her race by a large margin.

NEWS | 11/06/2012

Altschuler '93, Hayworth '81 fall in congressional elections

While Republican congressional candidate Randy Altschuler ’93 and congresswoman Nan Hayworth ’81 both headed to lose tight battles in their elections Tuesday, Republican Senate candidate and Tea Party star Ted Cruz ’92 earned his way to Washington with a strong victory.Five other alumni — four of whom are Democrats — also won their congressional races. The race of Republican Ricky Gill ’09, who is running for Congress in California, was still close to call as of 2 a.m. Wednesday.

NEWS | 11/06/2012

Evolutionary processes occur in patterns, according to Princeton research team

Contrary to the belief that evolution results from a series of random changes, a study by Princeton researchers suggests that evolution contains patterns that might allow for the prediction of evolutionary processes.The team studied 29 different species of insects, 14 of which had developed a resistance to cardenolides, a class of toxins. The researchers found that these insects used similar methods of resisting the toxin, even though the different species were spread out over 300 million years of evolution.

NEWS | 11/06/2012

Polling station on Princeton campus requested two additional shipments of provisional ballots

Mercer County had to send two additional shipments of provisional ballots to the voting district on the University’s main campus on Tuesday, an indirect result of Hurricane Sandy's devastation to the state last week.The county had initially supplied the poll for Princeton’s 7th District, which is located in the lobby of Icahn Laboratory, with 50 provisional ballots. At 5:30 p.m., the county shipped an additional 100 provisional ballots to the polling station after learning that it had run out.

NEWS | 11/05/2012

Election 2012 Live Blog: Four more years for Barack Obama as president, Michelle Obama '85 as first lady

12:17 a.m. — Four more years for Obama ’85 as first lady Barack Obama won reelection as President of the United States shortly after 11 p.m., television networks projected, granting him and first lady Michelle Obama ’85 another four years in the White House. Some confusion remained shortly after midnight over whether Obama had actually won Ohio, while Florida and Virginia remained tight. But The New York Times, Politico and CNN all maintained their projections that Obama would come out victorious.

NEWS | 11/05/2012

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