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Students reflect on time spent in Cambodia

Students reflect on time spent in Cambodia

Sohee Khim

Over a dinner of Thai food on Thursday night, students presented their experiences as part of a delegation to Cambodia sponsored by the Office of Religious Life from Aug. 26 through Sept. 9, 2011. The students were chosen to participate in the trip via an application process in February 2011.

NEWS | 10/13/2011

News & Notes: Five new members of Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts announced for 2011-12

Hannah Freed-Thall, Douglas Jones Jr., Joel Lande, Ellen Lockhart and Tey Meadow have joined the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts for the 2011-12 academic year.

NEWS | 10/13/2011

News & Notes: West criticizes presidential candidate Cain for comments about racism in modern-day US

African-American studies professor Cornel West GS ’80 criticized Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain for smoking a “symbolic crack pipe” after Cain’s suggestion that racism no longer matters in the United States.

NEWS | 10/13/2011

Ehrmann GS ’10 launches nonprofit

Luc Cohen

While he was a senior at Northwestern University in 2000, Nick Ehrmann GS ’10 decided to apply for Teach for America out of what he called “a pretty abstract desire of wanting to do some good in the world.”

NEWS | 10/13/2011

Berry delivers lecture on public service

James Chang

Director of the United States Office of Personnel Management John Berry spoke yesterday in Robertson Hall on the value of “Public Service in the 21st Century” and the large-scale impact individuals can have by working with the federal government.

NEWS | 10/13/2011

University grad programs achieve high rankings for 2011-12

Catherine Ku

When the U.S. News & World Report released its list of America’s best national universities for 2011-12 earlier this year, the spotlight was on the University’s return to number one. Tying with Harvard and forging ahead of Yale, the University made the top of the list for the first time since 2009.

NEWS | 10/13/2011

University neutral on consolidation

Patience Haggin

Unbeknownst to many University students, the campus lies across two municipalities: Princeton Borough and Princeton Township.

NEWS | 10/13/2011

News & Notes: Gov. Christie endorses Romney’s campaign

One week after dispelling rumors about his own 2012 presidential run, New Jersey Governor and University ex officio trustee Chris Christie endorsed former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney’s bid for the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday afternoon.

NEWS | 10/12/2011

Translator Mitchell reads from ‘Iliad’ version with contemporary slang

Jonathan Dec

On Wednesday night in the James M. Stewart ’32 Theater in the Lewis Center for the Arts, author and translator Stephen Mitchell read excerpts from his new translation of Homer’s “Iliad,” released on Oct. 11.

NEWS | 10/12/2011

Mulvenon talks IT security

Sarah Chen

James Mulvenon, the vice president of Defense Group, Inc.’s Intelligence Division and a Chinese military expert, discussed cybersecurity and U.S.-China relations on Wednesday in Robertson Hall as part of the Princeton-Harvard China and the World program, co-sponsored by the Center for Information Technology Policy.

NEWS | 10/12/2011

News & Notes: Steward to participate in Chief Executive Program

James Steward, director of the University Art Museum, has been selected to participate in the National Arts Strategies’ Chief Executive Program for 2011-13.

NEWS | 10/12/2011

OIT moves accounts to new server

Sarah Chen

In an effort to give University email account users the benefits of one of the most advanced and robust email system available, the Office of Information Technology is in the process of upgrading faculty, staff and student group emails from the IMAP to the more advanced Microsoft Exchange server.

NEWS | 10/12/2011

News & Notes: Runk appointed to Lewis Center post

Steve Runk has been appointed director of communications of the Lewis Center for the Arts, according to an announcement on Sunday by acting chair of the Lewis Center Michael Cadden.

NEWS | 10/12/2011

Weber discusses causes of finance crisis in Europe

Regina Wang

Visiting economics professor and former Deutsch Bundesbank president Axel Weber discussed the root cause of and recommended solution to Europe’s economic problems in “The Euro Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities,” the first pre-inaugural event for the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance, in a crowded Dodd Auditorium on Tuesday afternoon.

NEWS | 10/12/2011

Activists accuse University of lab animal violations

Daniel Santoro

In the past month, a number of animal activist groups have criticized the University and other Ivy League schools for their laboratories’ treatments of animals used in medical research, but spokespersons at these schools have rejected the accuracy of these reports and reiterated their emphasis on avoiding incidents.

NEWS | 10/12/2011

Students win Chinese speech contest

Kyle Ofori ’13, Nathan Jones ’14 and Michael Becker ’14 placed first, second and third, respectively, in the inaugural Hong Kong Cup Chinese Speech Contest on Oct. 8.

NEWS | 10/11/2011

Charter school sues local districts to prevent interference with opening

Patience Haggin

Princeton International Academy Charter School is suing South Brunswick, Princeton Regional and West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional school districts to prevent them from interfering with the charter school’s opening. A judge in Trenton heard the dispute on Tuesday.

NEWS | 10/11/2011

Journalist speaks on terrorism reporting

Launa Greer

Receiving a fatherly pat on the cheek from “the most dangerous man in Pakistan,” watching as an intelligence officer compared waterboarding to salted peanuts and receiving a compliment on a pair of boots from a Somali general with suspected ties to Osama bin Laden are but a few of the many bizarre stories recounted by Toronto Star journalist Michelle Shephard in her new book, “Decade of Fear: Reporting from Terrorism’s Grey Zone.”

NEWS | 10/11/2011

Former ambassador Bodine discusses Yemen

Regina Wang

Wilson School lecturer and former U.S. Ambassador to Yemen Barbara Bodine discussed development in Yemen over the past three decades and the country’s future possibilities in a lecture in Robertson Hall on Tuesday night.

NEWS | 10/11/2011

Singer addresses idea of donating to those in need

Catherine Duazo

Bioethics professor Peter Singer and GiveWell.org co-founder Holden Karnofsky spoke about global poverty in a talk sponsored by the American Whig-Cliosophic Society and the Princeton chapter of Giving What We Can on Tuesday.

NEWS | 10/11/2011

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