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When Veda Sunassee ’10 took EGR 495: Entrepreneurial Leadership with former visiting professor Gordon Bloom in the fall of 2009, he was inspired to take what he had learned in the classroom and try to change the world.Sunassee, along with classmates Faaez ul Haq ’12 and Amira Polack ’12, joined Danny Growald ’11 to found the Princeton Social Entrepreneurship Initiative. Polack, the current co-president, described PSEI as a student organization spin-off of the course that they took three years ago.

NEWS | 02/16/2012

McCosh to divert patients to hospital

McCosh to divert patients to hospital

In the midst of a campus-wide gastroenteritis outbreak, McCosh Health Center is diverting patients to the University Medical Center at Princeton due to a lack of available beds at McCosh, the Department of Public Safety confirmed late Thursday night.“All the beds are full” at McCosh, said Public Safety Sgt. Rob Adams, adding that students requiring transport are being taken to UMCP until further notice.

NEWS | 02/16/2012

Shafir brings behavioral input to D.C.

Every year, psychology and Wilson School professor Eldar Shafir is amused by the semester-end evaluations of his popular course WWS 312: The Psychology of Decision Making and Judgment.“When some students say that lectures are not well organized, I just crack up. When they are in my class and buying shoes online, how would they know?” he said. “Either they are buying the wrong shoes or having no idea what I am saying, but to think that they can successfully do both is completely wrong.”

NEWS | 02/16/2012

Website facilitates new student friendships

For Princeton students who have ever felt trapped by their circles of friends, help may have finally arrived. A new website, Princetonlunch.net, promises to help users “Meet Princeton students you might never encounter otherwise,” according to its slogan.

NEWS | 02/16/2012

1 year later, reflections on Arab Spring

On Friday, they heard shots. The University asked them to leave. They wanted to stay. And their parents — oceans away — were, for the most part, in the dark.Welcome to Cairo.

NEWS | 02/16/2012

Biographer Isaacson discusses Jobs, Einstein

Biographer Walter Isaacson, the author of the best-selling authorized biography of Steve Jobs, spoke about the commonalities of the notable people about which he has written in a conversation with journalism professor Evan Thomas on Wednesday.

NEWS | 02/15/2012

U. neutral on Dept. of Education’s college affordability ranking tool

The Obama administration recently released a new initiative designed to assist college-bound students and their families in making decisions on attending college based on affordability and value.The tool, called College Scorecard, provides data on the costs of attending different colleges and universities, average graduation rates, student loan repayment rate, average amount of debt after graduation and employment status of recent alumni.

NEWS | 02/15/2012

Museum returns artifacts to Italy after legal conflict

The University Art Museum returned six works of art to the country of Italy in December, ending a major decade-long international legal battle with the country over the ownership of the works. The transfer completed an agreement signed with Italy on June 2, 2011.In a January statement, the University claimed that they returned the artworks after an internal investigation into the ownership of certain items in the University’s collection.

NEWS | 02/15/2012

News & Notes: Planning Board to hear Institute housing plans

The Regional Planning Board of Princeton will hear final arguments about the Institute for Advanced Study’s controversial planned housing construction at 7:30 tonight.

NEWS | 02/15/2012

Outbreak largest in 10 years

At least 190 students have come down with the highly-contagious gastroenteritis over the past two weeks, with 80 of the sick contracting the virus since Friday, University Spokesperson Martin Mbugua said.The spread of gastroenteritis caused by norovirus is “particularly higher” when compared with previous years, Mbugua said.

NEWS | 02/15/2012

Bridge Year adjusts capacity, locations

The University Bridge Year Program will nix its locations in Ghana and Serbia and offer new programs in Senegal and China instead beginning with the 2012-13 school year.The Bridge Year Program, which will continue to offer spaces in India and Peru, will also increase the total number of students the program can accommodate annually.

NEWS | 02/15/2012

From baking yeast to baker’s dozen: LaMontagne ’00 celebrates Georgetown Cupcake‘s fourth year

Georgetown Cupcake, the famous Washington, D.C.-based dessert seller featured on TLC’s DC Cupcakes and founded by Sophie Kallinis LaMontagne ’00, is coming to New York.Founded four years ago this month, LaMontagne’s cupcake store opened a third location in SoHo on Saturday, part of a new expansion that will bring the store to Boston by this spring. The popular television program, in its second season, features LaMontagne and her sister’s ventures in the dessert world.

NEWS | 02/14/2012

Mackey wins Grammy

When University professors step into the limelight, it's usually not alongside Chris Brown and Taylor Swift.Composer Steven Mackey, the chair of the music department, took home a Grammy Award Sunday night in the category of Best Small Ensemble Performance for his recording “Lonely Motel: Music from Slide.” Mackey was also nominated for Best Contemporary Classical Composition.

NEWS | 02/14/2012

U. saves sites on porn domain

In an effort to protect its name online, the University has reserved several sites on the new ostensibly pornography-focused domain .xxx.

NEWS | 02/14/2012

Martinez ’12, Doenyas ’12 win $30,000 each for work with foster care, autistic children

Cristina Martinez ’12 and Ceymi Doenyas ’12 were awarded Princeton ReachOut Fellowships for public service projects, the sponsoring foundation announced on Jan. 27.Martinez received the foundation’s annual domestic fellowship for her plans to work with young adults transitioning out of foster care, and Doenyas received the international fellowship for her proposal to use technology to assist autistic students in her home country of Turkey.

NEWS | 02/14/2012

Borough Council discusses UMCP zoning amendment

With the impending departure of the University Medical Center at Princeton to its new Plainsboro campus on Route 1, the Borough is faced with redeveloping the former hospital property, which consists of 9.8 acres in the heart of the town. The Borough Council met last night to discuss a zoning amendment to the site on Witherspoon Street, which would increase the number of proposed residential units from 280 homes to 324.

NEWS | 02/14/2012

News & Notes: City of Providence ‘in peril,’ asks Brown to double payments

The City of Providence, R.I., is calling on Brown University to double its payments to the city, the majority of which are voluntary contributions, a debate that mirrors controversies with other private universities around the country and the cash-strapped towns in which they are located.

NEWS | 02/14/2012

News & Notes: Professor Appiah given humanities medal

President Obama awarded philosophy professor and African American studies scholar Kwame Anthemy Appiah the National Humanities Medal on Monday in a ceremony at the White House. The medal, given by the National Endowment for the Humanities, honors individuals or groups whose work has deepened the nation’s commitment to the humanities.

NEWS | 02/13/2012

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