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On the next phases of AI, with Microsoft president Brad Smith '81

On the next phases of AI, with Microsoft president Brad Smith '81

Nouran Ibrahim

Brad Smith ’81, the President and Chief Legal Officer of Microsoft, visited the University on Mar. 1 to speak about artificial intelligence and the role that similar companies play in steering the technology field’s ethical standards. After his lecture, the ‘Prince’ sat down with Smith to talk about the future of AI and the way his education has informed his work at Microsoft.

NEWS | 03/02/2018

Journalism professors, students discuss their migration reporting in a panel

Ivy Truong

Maiden and Nevins recounted one of their most memorable experiences reporting in Greece. While at Moria refugee camp — where they weren’t allowed inside — the pair heard a noise that sounded like a “small explosion” near the camp entrance. The sound turned out to be from a riot that was forming in the middle of the camp. “Obviously, because we were journalists, we didn’t run or get into a cab,” Nevins said.

NEWS | 03/01/2018

U. dining services make food disposal changes to address sustainability

Talitha Wisner

“Reducing food waste is one of the things people can rally behind. No one can advocate for food waste,” said Cecilia Shang ’18. “As students, we are the consumers, we produce the waste, and we need to be cognizant of it. These institutional efforts need to be matched with behavior change.”

NEWS | 03/01/2018

Microsoft president Brad Smith '81 lectured on the future of AI to a packed hall on Thursday

Microsoft president Brad Smith '81 lectured on the future of AI to a packed hall on Thursday

Benjamin Ball

“We really need to step back and recognize that we can’t afford to look at this future without critical eyes,” explained Smith. “Technology is always used in good ways and bad, and even when it’s used in good ways, it has an impact that we can’t necessarily predict. It had indirect effects that aren’t necessarily intended.”

NEWS | 03/01/2018

Record number of women elected as eating club president

Linh Nguyen

A record nine eating clubs will have female presidents in the upcoming year. Cottage Club and Cannon Dial Elm Club elected their first ever female presidents.

NEWS | 03/01/2018

‘Writer to be reckoned with’ Jerkins ’14 talks identity, writing

Allie Spensley and Neha Chauhan

“Black women are extremely complex. Oftentimes we may be messy, we may be contradictory,” said Morgan Jerkins ’14. “With this book, I hope that people will read about one black woman’s reality and not think that she speaks for all black women because I am not the arbiter of truth, I cannot monopolize black womanhood, much less blackness.”

NEWS | 03/01/2018

New Jersey Governor proposes tax measure

Nick Shashkini

As of the time of publication, the New Jersey Senate has voted 28–9 in support of the motion, but the bill has yet to be approved by the Assembly and sent to the governor’s desk.

NEWS | 03/01/2018

Matthew Desmond lectures on eviction

Matthew Desmond lectures on eviction

Audrey Spensley

At a lecture on Wednesday, sociology professor Matthew Desmond spoke about eviction in the United States. He highlighted the story of Arleen Bell, who was evicted from multiple homes in Milwaukee, Wis.

NEWS | 02/28/2018

Panel discusses impact of twentieth-century wars on the University

Panel discusses impact of twentieth-century wars on the University

Benjamin Ball

“All of the sudden in 1945, four black students show up on campus,” said University Trustee Robert Rivers. “There were a lot of questions among the Princeton University alumni, but there was a lot of joy . . . and it was a major, major thing for young black folks in the town. They were heroes.”

NEWS | 02/28/2018

Relocated Holder residents tour their temporary living accommodations

Sarah Warman Hirschfield

The Daily Princetonian checked in with Alice Wistar ’20 and Anne Marie Wright ’20, who are living in one of the Merwick Stanworth apartments with another roommate.

NEWS | 02/28/2018

NJ Gov. Murphy outlines plan to jumpstart economy

Sarah Warman Hirschfield

On Feb. 27, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed an executive order, creating a Jobs and Economic Opportunity Council tasked with providing recommendations for developing the state’s workforce. The Council will analyze economic data and identify funding, both federal and philanthropic, for infrastructure development and worker training programs.

NEWS | 02/27/2018

Kolonitsky lectures on Russian cultural memory, academic scholarship in the Revolution of 1917

Anna Vinitsky

“Sometimes rumors are more telling than the accepted reality,” said Boris Kolonitsky, professor of history at the European University at St. Petersburg, in a lecture on his personal understanding of the Russian Revolution of 1917.

NEWS | 02/27/2018

Political scientist presents research on the "refashioning" of America's evangelical right

Audrey Spensley

In the lecture, “The Rights Turn in Conservative Christian Politics: How Abortion Transformed the Culture Wars,” Lewis presented findings from his research on the “refashioning,” or shift, in defining the evangelical right in American politics.

NEWS | 02/27/2018

ICC releases ‘Welcome Letter’ to new and old eating club members

Claire Thornton

On Tuesday, the Interclub Council released a “welcome letter” reminding new and old eating club members of their responsibilities. Signed by all the eating club presidents and ICC Chair and Colonial Club president emeritus Matthew Lucas ‘18, the letter focused on issues of safety, community, and tolerance, both in and out of the clubs. According to Lucas, this is the first time in at least six years that the ICC has released such a letter.

NEWS | 02/27/2018

Eisgruber attends Princeton town hall meeting, discusses University and town collaboration

Linh Nguyen

“We thought that it was important to be able to do this meeting in conjunction with the campus plan, which I think speaks to a number of topics in our interest,” University President Christopher Eisgruber began. “It is very important that we look for ways to make a difference in the world.”

NEWS | 02/26/2018

Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State lectures on foreign policy challenges

Isabel Ting

When describing the potential vacuum, Burns referenced a metaphor that one of his previous bosses at the State Department used: “When you’re in a hole and you want a way out, the first thing you have to do is to stop digging.”

NEWS | 02/26/2018

Michelle Obama ’85 to release memoir titled Becoming

Mallory Williamson

Michelle Obama ’85, former First Lady of the United States, revealed Sunday she will be releasing her first personal memoir, Becoming. The book will be published by Random House and is expected to be released on Nov. 13 of this year.

NEWS | 02/26/2018

U. says peaceful protests won't disadvantage applicants

Ivy Truong

The University has become the latest college to reassure students that their participation in peaceful protests won’t affect their admission status.

NEWS | 02/26/2018

Award-winning journalist alumni talk civic service at Alumni Day

Neha Chauhan

“Our word ‘civility’ flowers out of the Latin ‘civis’, which means ‘citizen,’” said Daniel Mendelsohn ’94. “Civility is the behavior that marks mutual acknowledgement that we individuals share common public, and political, space.”

NEWS | 02/25/2018

Students develop real-world apps in advanced computer science course

Hannah Wang

Most technological breakthroughs come from the powerhouses that populate Silicon Valley, but the next life-altering app may be only a few lines of code and a mouse click away for students in the University’s Computer Science building.

NEWS | 02/25/2018

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