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Mass transit users up by 15 percent despite fall in Dinky ridership

Mass transit users up by 15 percent despite fall in Dinky ridership

Daily Princetonian Staff and Anna Windemuth

The use of mass transit provided by the University between Princeton and Princeton Junction went up by over 15 percentin September and October compared to last year, according to data provided by University Spokesperson Martin Mbugua.However, recent New Jersey Transit data revealed that Dinky train ridership between Princeton and Princeton Junction went down by 12.3 percent, according to NJ Transit Senior Public Information Officer William Smith. The total number of commutes now includes the 16,922 rides provided by theUniversity’s TigerPAWW shuttle bus system, according to Mbugua.

NEWS | 01/07/2014

Wintersession offers students classes in many subjects

Wintersession offers students classes in many subjects

Anna Mazarakis

Three hundred and fifty-six students have registered for the pilot Wintersession program as of Sunday, USG U-Councilor Laura Du ’14 told The Daily Princetonian. According to Du, 35 classes were registered when the website first launched on Dec.

NEWS | 01/07/2014

News & Notes: Due to extreme cold weather, U. switches to burning oil

Daily Princetonian Staff

The Princeton Energy Plant, which produces chilled water and electricity for most of the central campus, has switched to burning oil during the past few days, as much of the Northeast and Midwest of the U.S.

NEWS | 01/07/2014

U. affiliates discuss clemency for Snowden

Ruby Shao

Six months after the Edward Snowden affair began, public figures previously affiliated with the University have publicly expressed their opinions on Snowden’s clemency.Former Dean of the Wilson School and former Director of Policy Planning at the US Department of State Anne-Marie Slaughter ’80 generated controversy by tweeting that she supported clemency for Edward Snowden, the contractor who revealed National Security Agency secrets in a series of leaks, on Jan.

NEWS | 01/07/2014

Petition challenges Pourdavoud Chair candidate

Chitra Marti

A petition organized by Columbia professor Ehsan Yarshater surfaced challenging the University’s current candidate for the position of the Ibrahim Pourdavoud Professorship in Persian Studies.The petition, which has been taken down, argued that having the name of Pourdavoud, a pioneer in the field of pre-Islamic Iranian studies, meant that the professor who occupies the Pourdavoud Chair should continue his work in the field of pre-Islamic studies.

NEWS | 01/07/2014

Alain Kornhauser GS ’71: Like “a V8 engine on a roller skate”

Jasmine Wang

When Ben Klaber ’06 first asked professor Alain Kornhauser GS ’71 to help him sponsor University participation in an autonomous car race in 2004, the popular operations research and financial engineering professor answered with a characteristically humorous reply.“I said, ‘Ben, don’t interrupt my lecture.’ Just kidding.

NEWS | 01/07/2014

News & Notes: UCSB could receive imported vaccine for more than 20,000 students within weeks

Daily Princetonian Staff

Just a few weeks after Princeton students received their first dose of the Bexsero vaccine against meningitis strain B, the University of California, Santa Barbara is making arrangements for a much larger campaign to immunize its campus. As its application for the imported vaccine is pending, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials are preparing for a campaign that will provide the vaccine to over 20,000 students,NBC News reported. Because Bexsero is not yet licensed for use in the United States, UCSB is following Princeton’s lead in obtaining the vaccine through an Investigational New Drug application filed with the Food and Drug Administration.

NEWS | 01/06/2014

News & Notes: 4 University faculty receive presidential science awards

Daily Princetonian Staff

Four University professors were awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 2013. The award has been given to associate professor of chemistryAbigail Doyle, assistant professor ofpsychology and the Princeton Neuroscience InstituteYael Niv, assistant professor ofchemical and biological engineeringRodney Priestleyand assistant professor ofoperations research and financial engineeringRamon van Handel. The Presidential Early Career Award is the highest honor that the U.S.

NEWS | 01/05/2014

News & Notes: Romney accepts Harris-Perry's apology for black grandson jokes

Daily Princetonian Staff

Former politics and African American studies professorMelissa Harris-Perry issued an apology on Saturday to Mitt Romney for her remarks about his adopted African-American grandson.

NEWS | 01/05/2014

U. researchers develop Bitcoin prediction market

James Evans

The value of the digital currency Bitcoin has soared in recent months, but can the technology also help make predictions?

NEWS | 01/05/2014

As CDC moves to provide Bexsero to UCSB, no meningitis precautions planned for Class of 2018, Preview students

Charles Kyungchan Min

In the wake of the vaccination campaign against meningitis B that began on campus last month, the U.S.

NEWS | 01/05/2014

With Common Application technical difficulties, U. extends regular decision deadline to Jan. 2

Corinne Lowe

Due to technical difficulties with the Common Application website on Jan. 1, the regular decision application deadline, the University decided to accept undergraduate applications processed on Jan.

NEWS | 01/05/2014

Blizzard 'Hercules' closes campus Friday morning and afternoon

Ruby Shao

The first winter storm of 2014, dubbed “Hercules” by national media, caused the University to close campus to non-essential employees on Friday morning and afternoon.

NEWS | 01/03/2014

CDC to provide meningitis vaccine to UC Santa Barbara

Charles Kyungchan Min

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working to provide Bexsero, the meningococcal B vaccine, to students at the University of California, Santa Barbara, according to a CDC update on Dec.

NEWS | 01/02/2014

Updated: Save the Dinky challenge to Dinky move dismissed by state court

Updated: Save the Dinky challenge to Dinky move dismissed by state court

Patience Haggin

Following a ruling issued by the Superior Court of New Jersey on Dec. 23 dismissing a case challenging the University's right to move the Dinky train station, plaintiffs said they are considering whether to appeal the ruling.They have untilFeb.

NEWS | 12/31/2013

News & Notes: Sotomayor '76 to lead traditional 60-second count to New Year's in Times Square

Daily Princetonian Staff

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor '76 will lead the traditional 60-second countdown tomidnight on Tuesdayin Times Square. Sotomayor is the first Supreme Court justice to lead the countdown. Tim Hopkins, president of the Times Square Alliance and one of the co-organizers of the New Year's celebration, said Sotomayor, a New York native born and raised in the Bronx, was an inspiration to all. The New Year's celebration in Times Square is being co-organized by the Times Square Alliance and Countdown Entertainment. In November,Sotomayor receivedthe University's Woodrow Wilson Award, the highest annual honor bestowed upon an undergraduate alumnus or alumna.

NEWS | 12/31/2013

Second dose of meningitis vaccine to be administered Feb. 17-20

Daily Princetonian Staff

The second dose of the meningitis vaccine will be available fromFeb. 17 through Feb. 20, the University announcedMondayin an email to the University community. More than 5,200 individuals, or approximately 91 percent of the individuals eligible for the vaccine — including 93 percent of all undergraduate students — chose to receive the first dose.

NEWS | 12/23/2013

News & Notes: Bunch '09 dies, is suspected in Ga. murder-suicide

Daily Princetonian Staff

Bryan Bunch’09 was found dead Dec. 18 in Cobb County, Ga., in an apparent murder-suicide,The Marietta Daily Journalreported.

NEWS | 12/22/2013

DeZarn's trial for marijuana possession postponed to Jan. 23

Corinne Lowe

The trial of Donald DeZarn,senior operations manager for Butler/Wilson Dining Services, has been postponed, according to a press release posted by a Philadelphia marijuana reform organization.

NEWS | 12/18/2013

News & Notes: Harvard bomb threat allegedly sent by student hoping to avoid final exam

Daily Princetonian Staff

Bomb threats that prompted the evacuation of four Harvard buildingsonMondaywereallegedlysent by a student hoping to avoid a final exam, federal prosecutors saidTuesday according to the Harvard Crimson. Eldo Kim, a Harvard sophomore, allegedly sent emails to the Harvard Police Department, two Harvard officials and the president of the Harvard Crimson around 8:30 a.m.

NEWS | 12/17/2013

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