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Ford family donates to athletics department

Ford family donates to athletics department

Emily Tseng

The University athletics department received a gift from the Ford family, the University announced in a press release Tuesday. William Clay Ford, Jr. ’79 and Lisa Vanderzee Ford ’82 have endowed the director of athletics position, which will now be known as the Bill and Lisa Ford Family Directorship of Athletics.

NEWS | 10/18/2011

Pulitzer Prize winner Susan Faludi discusses gender stereotypes after 9/11

Jonathan Dec

Journalist and author Susan Faludi discussed the underlying American social problems revealed and affected by the events of Sept. 11, 2001, in a lecture titled “9/11 at the 10-Year Mark: A Decade of Fear and Fantasy” held on Tuesday night in McCosh 50.

NEWS | 10/18/2011

Officer sues Borough police

Henry Rome

A 20-year veteran of the Borough police is suing the department under the state whistle-blower protection law, claiming that he was fired in an attempt to “silence him” for investigating another officer. Sgt. Kenneth Riley was placed under internal investigation and indicted by a grand jury in 2008. He was later fired.

NEWS | 10/18/2011

Economist Vitali Naishul discusses Russian modernization

Vitali Naishul, economist and president of the Institute for the Study of the Russian Economy, spoke about Russia’s history of political institutions in Burr Hall on Tuesday evening.

NEWS | 10/18/2011

News & Notes: Princeton ranked 13th out of world’s best universities

Princeton has been ranked 13th in U.S. News & World Report’s most recent ranking of the world’s best universities, moving down from its 10th place ranking in 2010 and eighth place in 2009.

NEWS | 10/18/2011

Burmese monks hold meditation session

Regina Wang

Exiled activist and Buddhist master U Pyinya Zawta and two of his companions led meditation and Q-and-A sessions on Tuesday as part of a three-part program to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the 2007 Saffron Revolution in Burma.

NEWS | 10/18/2011

RNA and Juliet: Science students try hand at playwriting

Alaka Halder

Students and community members gathered in Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall on Monday evening for the staged readings of four winning plays from this year’s Science Playwriting Contest. The plays were directed by Jeff Kuperman ’12 and performed by student actors.

NEWS | 10/17/2011

‘Pandemic of our time’: WHO leader talks AIDS threat

Anastasya Lloyd-Damnjanovic

Christopher Dye, director of health information in the World Health Organization’s Office of HIV/AIDS, spoke about global health policy to a full audience in Dodds Auditorium on Monday afternoon.

NEWS | 10/17/2011

Lawyer criticizes revisions to sexual assault regulations

Luc Cohen

In the wake of two series of changes made to its sexual misconduct policies in September, the University administration has asserted that its procedures are fully in line with the protocols enumerated in Title IX.

NEWS | 10/17/2011

News & Notes: Wilson School Dean Paxson elected to American Economic Association

Wilson School Dean and economics and public affairs professor Christina Paxson has been elected to serve as vice president of the American Economic Association for 2012.

NEWS | 10/17/2011

Analyzing the hallowed ground

Sohee Khim

Despite looming midterms, heavy workloads and late-night cram sessions, 42 bleary-eyed students and staff members woke up before the sun to meet in the lobby of Robertson Hall at 6:30 a.m. on Saturday morning.

NEWS | 10/17/2011

West GS '80 jailed after D.C. protest

Caleb Kennedy

African-American studies professor Cornel West GS ’80, along with 18 other protesters, was arrested on the steps of the Supreme Court on Sunday afternoon.

NEWS | 10/17/2011

Protestors target lab treatment of animals

Daniel Santoro

A coalition of animal rights activists protested the University’s alleged mistreatment of animals used in research at the intersection of Nassau Street and Washington Road on Saturday.

NEWS | 10/16/2011

During fatal storm rescue, bravery in the ‘fog of war’

Henry Rome

Two volunteer rescuers from the Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad — Michael Kenwood and Peter Simon — were directed to get closer to the abandoned sedan to see if it was occupied. At 5:01 a.m., the rescuers, tied together and wearing life vests, slowly shuffled into the water.In seconds, the rescue attempt took a tragic turn.

NEWS | 10/16/2011

Steve Carell to speak at 2012 Class Day

Sohee Khim

Comedian and actor Steve Carell will speak at this year’s Class Day, scheduled for June 4, 2012, Class of 2012 president Lindy Li announced in an email to seniors on Sunday afternoon. “We are thrilled that Mr. Carell will be joining us as we bring our Princeton journey to a close,” said the email, which was signed by Li and the Class of 2012 Class Day committee.

NEWS | 10/16/2011

Drunk driver puts 3 in hospital after causing 5 crashes

Henry Rome

Three people were hospitalized on Friday night after a 22-year-old local man, allegedly driving drunk, crashed into five cars on Bayard Lane near Nassau Street, police said.Moises Ortiz, of Lawrenceville, allegedly first drove his Ford Explorer into a Ford Thunderbird driven by a 77-year-old man, Borough police Lt. Robert Currier said.

NEWS | 10/16/2011

Film criticizes media portrayal of women

Cerena Chen

When filmmaker Jennifer Siebel Newsom sought entry into the world of acting, she was told to lie about her age and to take the Stanford MBA off her resume to avoid “intimidating” potential employers.

NEWS | 10/16/2011

News and Notes: University College London announces plans to combat grade inflation

Following in the footsteps of a number of American universities, University College London recently announced a plan designed to allay growing concerns about grade inflation at the school. In an effort to regularize the distribution of grades, UCL has stated that it plans to abandon the traditional class system of British academic markings and instead introduce an American-style GPA grading system.

NEWS | 10/16/2011

Local high school students attend ‘LGBT Youth Day’

Alaka Halder

Around 20 students from local high schools and the University gathered at the Frist Campus Center Rainbow Lounge on Friday evening to talk about their experiences with being openly LGBT or ally-identified in high school at an event titled “LGBT Youth Today.”

NEWS | 10/16/2011

News & Notes: Aaron Burr, Class of 1772, nominated for New Jersey Hall of Fame

University alumnus Aaron Burr, Class of 1772, has been nominated to be a member of the New Jersey Hall of Fame Class of 2012.

NEWS | 10/13/2011

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