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Professor leads strategic shift in alien search

Professor leads strategic shift in alien search

Anjali Menon

When Princeton astrophysics professor Edwin Turner and Harvard astronomy professor Abraham Loeb traveled to a conference in Abu Dhabi last year, they attended a guided tour of Dubai. Neither expected that this trip would mark the birth of a new idea that may revolutionize modern astrobiology and the search for extraterrestrial intelligent life.

NEWS | 11/16/2011

400 attend USG’s ‘Taste of Prospect’

Sohee Khim

All 10 eating clubs hosted members of the Class of 2015 for a series of meals this week as a part of “Taste of Prospect,” an event designed to increase freshmen’s familiarity with Prospect Street. The initiative was coordinated by the USG and the Interclub Council.

NEWS | 11/16/2011

Kaufman explains rise of China

According to Center for Naval Analyses research analyst Alison Kaufman, in the last century, the Chinese conception of its international standing has exhibited “one very important area of stasis” in terms of its national aspirations and “one very important shift” in its understanding of what constituted an impediment to its progress.

NEWS | 11/16/2011

Keeping Faith: Harold James

Robert George

The following is the second installment of “Keeping Faith,” a six-part series of conversations between politics professor Robert George and University professors of various faiths. Harold James is a history professor and practicing Catholic.

NEWS | 11/16/2011

West GS ’80 to leave University

Emily Tseng

African American studies professor and liberal activist Cornel West GS ’80 is leaving Princeton for the Union Theological Seminary in New York City at the end of this academic year, the seminary announced Wednesday night.

NEWS | 11/16/2011

Finance recruitment stays strong despite Occupy movement

James Chang

Late October begins the traditional season of well-tailored suits, resumes and PowerPoint presentations as prestigious finance institutions like J.P.

NEWS | 11/16/2011

News & Notes: Dijkgraaf named director of IAS

Robert Dijkgraaf, a mathematical physicist born in the Netherlands, has been appointed director of the Institute for Advanced Study.

NEWS | 11/16/2011

Attendees show support for Vandiver GS

Joshua Vandiver GS and his spouse Henry Velandia discussed same-sex marriage and their fight for Velandia’s U.S. residency during a discussion titled “Tangled Knots: LGBT Bi-National Couples and Marriage Rights” in the Whitman Rectangular Dining Room on Wednesday evening.

NEWS | 11/16/2011

Animal rights group releases commercial about University

Daniel Santoro

In a press release sent out early Tuesday morning, the animal rights activist group Stop Animal Exploitation Now! expressed its intent to air a commercial that would shed negative light on the University’s experimentation practices regarding nonhuman primates.

NEWS | 11/15/2011

Group works to establish Asian-American certificate

Regina Wang

With the support of various Asian-American student organizations, faculty and alumni, a group of students is working to establish an Asian-American studies certificate program at the University. Charles Du ’13 and Tara Ohrtman ’13 are currently spearheading an effort to raise awareness about Asian-American studies to show the administration that students are interested in related issues.

NEWS | 11/15/2011

Learning cooperative provides alternatives

Regina Wang

For students who struggle in the traditional school setting, the Princeton Learning Cooperative, in its first full year, offers an alternative method of education based on individual student needs.

NEWS | 11/15/2011

Community members gain valuable knowledge through auditing

Jenna McCarthy

At many University lectures, one can often find attendees who don’t seem to fit the stereotype of the Princeton student. They usually sit at the back, and they don’t need to attend precepts. They also don’t write papers or take exams.

NEWS | 11/15/2011

Startup sees initial successes

Luc Cohen

Roundtable, a startup company co-founded by Princeton student Josh Miller, has been named one of Business Insider’s 20 most innovative tech startups of 2011, the online business journal announced on Nov. 8.

NEWS | 11/15/2011

News & Notes: Consolidation receives national media attention

The Borough and Township’s recent decision to consolidate has received national media attention, including an editorial in The Philadelphia Inquirer published on Tuesday.

NEWS | 11/15/2011

Township passes arts zoning ordinance

Patience Haggin

The Township Committee voted unanimously to grant the University’s requested zoning to create an Arts and Transit Neighborhood on Monday evening.

NEWS | 11/14/2011

Blinder discusses solutions to worldwide economic ‘mess’

Caleb Kennedy

Economics professor Alan Blinder ’67 presented a public lecture on the economic downturn and potential recovery on Monday night titled “Storm Clouds Rising: Are There Ways Out.” “I was thinking I would just call this lecture: ‘The Mess,’ ” Blinder joked, underscoring the somewhat pessimistic tone of the lecture, which was part of the Wilson School’s Economic Recovery Series.

NEWS | 11/14/2011

Jenkins discusses danger of toxic chemicals in household products, cosmetics

Prihatha Narasimmaraj

McKay Jenkins GS ’96 discussed his bestselling new book on the growing presence of synthetic chemicals in our bodies and the environment, “What’s Gotten into Us? Staying Healthy in a Toxic World,” in Guyot Hall on Monday afternoon.

NEWS | 11/14/2011

Einstein’s Alley brings together academia, business

Daniel Santoro

An event held by Einstein’s Alley, an organization which seeks to foster technology-based entrepreneurship in New Jersey, drew around 80 participants from a variety of fields to the Frick Chemistry Laboratory’s Taylor Commons on Monday night.

NEWS | 11/14/2011

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