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News & Notes: Researchers find technology to identify zebras based on stripes

News & Notes: Researchers find technology to identify zebras based on stripes

Researchers at Princeton’s Equid Research and Conservation laboratory and at the Computational Population Biology laboratory at the University of Illinois have developed a new technology called StripeSpotter that allows biologists to identify and catalog zebras by reading their stripes like barcodes.

NEWS | 04/18/2011

3rd COMBO survey to be launched after final exams

Following the USG Senate’s rejection of incumbent Class of 2012 social chair Aparajita Das’ appeal for permission to run for re-election at Sunday night’s meeting, U-Councilor Steve Lindsay ’12 presented a progress report on the Committee on Background and Opportunity III Project.

NEWS | 04/18/2011

Questions raised about Calvo’s death

The University has not released further details about the recent passing of senior lecturer Antonio Calvo, a member of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures.However, former colleagues and friends of Calvo’s said that he took his own life last Tuesday in New York City.

NEWS | 04/18/2011

Lecturer Antonio Calvo passes away

Faculty member Antonio Calvo passed away in New York City last week. Calvo was a senior lecturer in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures and served as director of both the department’s Spanish language program and the Princeton in Spain summer program in Toledo, Spain.

NEWS | 04/17/2011

Referendum addresses employment discrimination

In addition to the referendum on the Honor Committee proposed by Dan May ’11, the USG spring elections ballot will include a referendum proposed on the Congressional Employment Non-Discrimination Act. A planned third referendum will be removed from the ballot, USG president Michael Yaroshefsky ’12 said.

NEWS | 04/17/2011

Democratic group debates town-gown relationship

The Princeton Community Democratic Organization held a public meeting on Sunday night, advertised as a forum on “Commun-Adversity,” to discuss the recent difficulty of negotiations between the University and the Borough and Township.

NEWS | 04/17/2011

University sued by group of town residents

Borough residents are suing the University and the Borough to force the University to pay taxes on certain properties that are currently tax-exempt.

NEWS | 04/17/2011

Take Back the Night draws roughly 100

Politics and African American studies professor Melissa Harris-Perry delivered the keynote address at the annual Take Back the Night event held on Friday on Frist Campus Center’s South Lawn. Despite the cold weather, roughly 100 people turned out for the open-air event, which featured several survivors of sexual assault who shared their stories alongside Harris-Perry’s talk.

NEWS | 04/17/2011

Das ’12 loses appeal, cannot run for senior social chair

Incumbent Class of 2012 social chair Aparajita Das will not be able to run for re-election after her appeal was rejected at the USG meeting on Sunday night. Das was eliminated from the race by election managers Laura Eckhardt ’14, Stephen Stolzenberg ’13 and John Zumpetta ’11 after she failed to turn in her candidate forms on time due to a miscommunication about a change to election rules.

NEWS | 04/17/2011

Fashion focus: Clothing for a cause

Re-verb Apparel, a clothing company cofounded by University alumni and current students, officially launched its spring line, “Re-lease,” on April 1. The company aims to raise awareness about different issues through creative clothing designs.

NEWS | 04/14/2011

News & Notes: University professors receive 2011 Guggenheim Fellowships

Two members of the University faculty, history professor Michael Gordin and music professor Simon Morrison, have received 2011 Guggenheim Fellowships, the University announced this week.

NEWS | 04/14/2011

New graduate housing may open by summer 2014

By summer 2014, the University said it hopes to open a new graduate student residential community south of campus, increasing the area’s capacity by more than 200. The plans for the site, named Hibben-Magie, were presented to the Princeton Township Regional Planning Board last week.

NEWS | 04/14/2011

Referendum looks to change Honor Committee

The spring USG elections ballot will feature a referendum proposed by Dan May ’11 which would end the current practice of automatically granting the freshman class president a seat on the Honor Committee.

NEWS | 04/14/2011

Bill features slight funding cuts

President Barack Obama is expected to sign a bill today that includes only modest cuts to scientific research funding, a major victory for scientists and activists who feared that extensive reductions would significantly affect the United States’ scientific productivity.

NEWS | 04/14/2011

Neiman Marcus president discusses advertising

Karen Katz, president and chief executive of the Neiman Marcus Group, delivered a talk Thursday night before a packed audience in Robertson 001. Her talk, which provided an introduction to Neiman Marcus in the context of the broader retail world, was a part of the Business Today seminar series.

NEWS | 04/14/2011

Former OSTP director Marburger ’62 speaks on science policy

John Marburger ’62, former director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, described the challenges of reconciling the often conflicting opinions of the scientific community and the general public at a lecture hosted by the American Whig-Cliosophic Society in Whig Hall on Thursday evening.

NEWS | 04/14/2011

News & Notes: Mexican composer Catan ’77 passes away

Daniel Catan ’77, the first Mexican composer to have an opera produced in the United States, passed away last Friday at the age of 62 from unknown causes.

NEWS | 04/14/2011

PEP hosts event on marriage equality

The Frist Campus Center Multipurpose Room, decorated with floral confetti, white drapery and event schedules decorated with silver borders, looked fit for a wedding on Thursday afternoon at the “Speak Now for Marriage Equality” panel and discussion session organized by the Princeton Equality Project.

NEWS | 04/14/2011

Commission approves debt consolidation

A commission of representatives from the Borough and Township met on Wednesday night to discuss the possibilities of merging municipal services and debts.

NEWS | 04/13/2011

Shields '87 to deliver Class Day address

Actress and model Brooke Shields ’87 will deliver this year’s Class Day address, Class Day cochairs Kristen Davila ’11, Nell Diamond ’11 and Nikhil Basu Trivedi ’11 announced in an email to the senior class on Wednesday morning. Class Day will take place on May 30.

NEWS | 04/13/2011

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