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Changes in crime statistics largely due to changes in reporting processes

Decreases in the number of sexual assaults reported on campus and increases in burglaries might be attributed to changes in the way these statistics are reported, University officials said on Wednesday in response to the University's Annual Security & Fire Report, which was released Tuesday. This year, the most significant change was made to the reporting of sex offenses.

News and Notes: LinkedIn ranks U. among top 5 in finance, software development

The University has been ranked fourth in finance, fourth in software developers at startups and fifth in software development by LinkedIn University Rankings, which ranks universities in various professional fields based on the level of career success attained by alumni of those universities. The University was topped in the finance rankings by the University of Pennsylvania, Yale University and Georgetown University, in the software developers list by Carnegie Mellon University, California Institute of Technology, Cornell University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology and in the software developers at startups list by Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Brown University.

News & Notes: Patton ’77 claims college rape is rare

Susan Patton ’77, who in 2013 wrote a letter to The Daily Princetonian encouraging women to find a male partner during their time at the University, co-wrote a letter on Friday to the Baltimore Sun criticizing the perception that rape is common on college campuses. Using the FBI statistic for the rate of “forcible rapes” in 2012, she and Jonathan David Farley, a mathematician, calculated the probability of a woman not being raped in college at 99.8 percent.

Rockefeller Brothers Fund joins divestment movement

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund announced their decision to join the divestment movement last week, pledging to sell assets tied to fossil fuel companies from their portfolios and to continue investing in cleaner energy alternatives. The Rockefeller Brothers Fund is a $860 million philanthropic organization that provides grants to promote democratic practices, peace building and sustainable development.

News & Notes: Summer trespassing resolved in arrest

A summer burglary in 20 Washington Road resulted in an arrest last week for third-degree burglary and for trespassing. Andru Brown, 21, of Lawrenceville, N.J., allegedly entered Frick Laboratory on Aug.

Zaera-Polo resigns from dean of Architecture School position

Dean of the Architecture School Alejandro Zaera-Polo has resigned from his position effective immediately, the University announced on Wednesday morning. According to an email sent by University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 to the graduate students of the Architecture School, Zaera-Polo’s resignation “will allow him to devote greater attention to his research and other professional activities.”He will remain a professor at the Architecture School. In the same announcement, Eisgruber explained that the school’s former dean and professor Stanley T.

Student arrested after allegedly holding camera over shower door

A student was charged with invasion of privacy and burglary in the third degree on Monday after allegedly holding a cell phone camera over a shower door without the knowledge or consent of a female student who was showering at the time. David Chesley, originally a member of the Class of 2016, was charged on Monday after an investigation by theDepartment of Public Safety.

Case of bedbugs reported in Forbes College

A case of bedbugs was reported in a room in Forbes College on September 26,marking the first bedbug case of the 2014-15 academic year, said University spokesperson Martin Mbugua. After the case was reported and an inspection of the room confirmed the presence of bedbugs, the two residents of the room were relocated to other campus housing to make room for heat treatment, Mbugua said.

Digital availability for senior theses resumes

Senior theses for the Classes of 2013 and 2014 are now available online, with a few changes to accessibility. Mudd Library and the Office of the Dean of the College made Class of 2013 theses available digitally via an online database called DataSpace in October of last year.

Town appoints next municipal administrator

Marc Dashield has been appointed the town’s next municipal administrator by a unanimous vote by Mayor Liz Lempert and the town council. Dashield is currently the township manager of Montclair Township where he has served since 2009.

Campus crime increases in comparison to last year

The overall number of crimes reported on campus in 2013 increased to 56, compared to 48 in 2012, an increase due largely to a spike in the number of burglaries reported, according to the University’s latest Annual Security and Fire Report. There were 30 and 27 burglaries respectively in 2011 and 2012.

Fleury ’12 dies in motorcycle accident

Otavio Fleury ’12 died Sept.

Alumna publishes Chinese-language book on U. alumni

Danqi Shen ’11 has published a collection of stories highlighting the lives of different alumni in her first book, "Zi You De Lao Hu," translated as “Free Tigers.” The book was released in China in April and is only available in Mandarin.

Recognition of human rights is key to peace in Middle East, AlAttiyah says

Qatar is a nation committed to facilitating international peace and self-determination for all peoples in our uncertain world, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar His Excellency Dr. Khalid Bin Mohammed AlAttiyah argued in a lecture Monday. “We are once again living in a time of profound instability and change, but also a time of great opportunity,” AlAttiyah said. AlAttiyah, who was appointed minister of foreign affairs in 2013, holds a bachelor’s in aviation science from King Faisal Air Academy, a law degree from Beirut Arab University and a master’s and a Ph.D.

CPUC votes in favor of proposed sexual misconduct policy changes

The Council of the Princeton University Community voted in favor of adopting changes to the University’s sex and gender discrimination and sexualmisconduct policy two weeks after facultyapprovedchanges to the waydisciplinary procedures are adjudicated. These changes will be incorporated into section 1.9 of the University's "Rights, Rules Responsibilities" and through changes to the University's anti-discrimination and harassment policy. The approved policies create one comprehensive document for all sections related to sexual misconduct, clarify the rights and responsibilities of parties involved in sexual assault cases and incorporate definitions and penalties related to sexual misconduct that were approved by CPUC in a previous meeting. A new website outlining the changes will go liveon Tuesday, and members of the community will receive an email informing them of the changes and providing resources for additional information. “We want to make sure that the campus community understands the changes as quickly as possible,” University Vice Provost for Institutional Equity and Diversity Michele Minter said during her introductory presentation. University Provost David Lee explained that disciplinary and policy changes were discussed extensively this summer after the U.S.

Whig-Clio trip to expose students to education reform

Eight students will be going to Washington, D.C., to study education reform through a Breakout trip sponsored by the American Whig-Cliosophic Society this fall break, Whig-Clio president Adam Tcharni ’15 said. “When I came in as president, one of my goals was to establish community service for Whig-Clio,” Tcharni said.

Conservative columnist and professor discuss intellectual culture in higher education

The current culture in higher education is afflicted by a situation analogous to regulatory capture in industry, nationally syndicated political columnist George Will GS ’68 said in a two-person discussion with politics professor Robert George on Monday. Just as companies learn to produce changes in regulatory bodies that are favorable to themselves, it is possible that the tenure system produces professors who are largely replicas of the tenure committee, Will explained.

Number of fall bickerees down from last year

USG Senate addresses grading policy, sexual assault policy

The Undergraduate Student Government Senate passed several resolutions regarding its position on the Report from the Ad Hoc Committee to Review Policy Regarding Assessment and Grading, and welcomed Sexual Harassment/Assault Advising, Resources & Education to discuss its policies and future goals at its weekly Senate meeting Sunday. Among the resolutions made were resolutions stating that numeric quantities should be removed from the grading policy, that departments should be in charge of their own grading standards, that A-pluses should translate to a 4.3 GPA and that there should be no changes made to freshman year academics.

News & Notes: Yale leads in Ivy League endowment returns

Over the last two weeks, four of the eight Ivy League schools posted their endowment investment gains in the past year, with Yale leading the pack at 20.2 percent, according to Bloomberg News. Yale’s endowment grew from $20.8 billion to $23.9 billion, the Yale Daily News reported. Dartmouth reported a 19.2 percent gain in its endowment, the University of Pennsylvania reported a 17.5 percent gain, and Harvard trailed with a 15.4 percent gain. Although Harvard beat its internal benchmark with an endowment of $36.4 billion, illiquid investments in its private-equity portfolio negatively impacted returns, Chief Executive Officer of Harvard Management Co. Jane Mendillo said in a report. In the last two years, Harvard has had the worst-performing endowment in the Ivy League, Bloomberg reported. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology reported a 19.2 percent growth in its endowment, while Duke University reported a return of 20.1 percent.