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U. ready to show off new website

U. ready to show off new website

Student life takes center stage on the University?s new website, which will launch this month after an extensive redesign that began last summer.Some of the changes include student contributions, such as videos portraying student life, a layout emphasizing accessibility and a more user-friendly search function.?We can convey important messages to the world about Princeton through visual means as well as text, and this design better enables us to do that,? Communications Director Lauren Robinson-Brown ?85 said in an interview.The website?s last update occurred in 2005.

NEWS | 02/13/2008

Racial prejudices inspire attorney to fight for rights

Two unarmed black teens were about to enter a fight with a white man when the man pulled out a shotgun.

NEWS | 02/13/2008

Scharf '08 charged by Borough

Correction appended

NEWS | 02/13/2008

Elsevier donates money to research

The University is one of 13 institutions that will receive a grant from the Elsevier Foundation, which provides support for leading institutions in scientific and medical research.

NEWS | 02/13/2008

U. ready to show off new website

Student life takes center stage on the University?s new website, which will launch this month after an extensive redesign that began last summer.Some of the changes include student contributions, such as videos portraying student life, a layout emphasizing accessibility and a more user-friendly search function.?We can convey important messages to the world about Princeton through visual means as well as text, and this design better enables us to do that,? Communications Director Lauren Robinson-Brown ?85 said in an interview.The website?s last update occurred in 2005.

NEWS | 02/13/2008

Racial prejudices inspire attorney to fight for rights

Two unarmed black teens were about to enter a fight with a white man when the man pulled out a shotgun.

NEWS | 02/13/2008

Scharf '08 charged by Borough

Correction appended

NEWS | 02/13/2008

New typeface commissioned for use in updated logo

The University updated its new graphic identity yesterday with the launch of a new, custom-designed typeface called Princeton Monticello.

NEWS | 02/13/2008

U. students weigh in on Labyrinth

White-and-red Labyrinth Books tote bags are popping up all over campus, serving as a visible reminder that the newcomer to Nassau Street is staking its claim in the University community.

NEWS | 02/12/2008

Reporter lectures on U.N. changes

Though in recent years most Americans perceived the United Nations as a stagnant organization, in the past year it was hit by a flurry of changes, a veteran reporter who has covered the organization since 2003 said yesterday.

NEWS | 02/12/2008

Suzuki: Now is the time to work toward sustainability

Foresight is what gives humans the ability to plan ahead to avoid widespread ecological catastrophe, Canadian environmentalist David Suzuki said in a lecture last night in McCosh 50 before a large crowd comprising mainly community members.

NEWS | 02/12/2008

Facebook frustrates students' efforts to quit

Think you can quit Facebook? Think again. Jane Dobkin ?10 decided to leave the popular networking site and deactivated her facebook.com account, but she still continued to receive friend requests and e-mails sent through the website, she said.

NEWS | 02/12/2008

Borough to fight moth problem

The Borough Council vowed to combat the gypsy moth at its meeting last night. Declaring the moth a ?public nuisance,? the Council voted to authorize ?all measures deemed necessary? to ?suppress this forest and shade-tree pest.?During the meeting the Council also approved the December police report, authorized new pay scales for Borough officials and heard a report from the Arts Council.Princeton?s crusade against the hungry moth will be coordinated with the New Jersey Department of Agriculture?s Gypsy Moth Suppression Program.

NEWS | 02/12/2008

Prize created to honor Adam ’07

Shortly before he died from a rare form of bone cancer, Alexander Adam ?07 joked that a prize should be created in his memory for ?the most creative freshman with the worst GPA,? his mother, Eleanor Adam, said.

NEWS | 02/11/2008

Conference to bring graphic design to U.

Students who find the University desperately lacking in graphic design opportunities should have their interest sated by UDesign, an upcoming conference that will highlight graphic design?s impact on our lives and will give students the opportunity to learn firsthand from field leaders.UDesign, which connotes both ?you design? and ?universities of design,? will focus on the influence of individuals and society on design and graphic design?s ability to transcend multiple disciplines.The conference, which will be held on March 1, is the first of its kind to take place on campus.

NEWS | 02/11/2008

Clicking for credit in the classroom

On the game show ?Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,? contestants stumped by their multiple-choice question can poll the audience to see how many people support each answer.

NEWS | 02/11/2008

CPUC looks at drinking, arts center

President Tilghman led the charge against binge drinking by discussing the formation of the Alcohol Coalition Committee (ACC) at yesterday?s monthly meeting of the Council of the Princeton University Community.

NEWS | 02/11/2008

Muslims protest online images

Wikipedia.org, the popular online encyclopedia run by the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation, has sparked heated reactions from Muslims who object to the site?s inclusion of images of the prophet Muhammad in an article bearing his name.?There have been complaints from Muslims saying ?it offends me personally? or ?it offends my religion,? ? Wikipedia spokesman Dan Rosenthal said.An online petition, which surfaced in early December 2007 and has since gathered more than 134,000 signatures, is requesting that Wikipedia remove images of the Prophet, citing the teaching in Islam that forbids images of the Prophet and all living creatures.

NEWS | 02/11/2008

News & Notes

Iranian government honors NES professorNear Eastern studies professor Michael Cook received a Farabi International Award last month from the Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology for his contributions to the study of Islam.Cook received the award for his book ?Commanding Right and Forbidding Wrong in Islamic Thought,? in which he discusses Islamic ethics relevant to today?s Sunni and Shi?ite populations.

NEWS | 02/11/2008

Panel says religious vote has shifted left

Though evangelical Christians

NEWS | 02/10/2008

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