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OIT identifies senders of joke housing email, student who claimed credit for email also pranked by senders

OIT identifies senders of joke housing email, student who claimed credit for email also pranked by senders

The Office of Information Technology has identified the individuals who sent the prank housing email on April 1 falsely claiming that room draw times would be reassigned, according to University Spokesperson Martin Mbugua.

NEWS | 04/06/2013

Classes of 1966 and 2016 bond over mayor’s luncheon and journalism discussion

Allison Kruk

Members of the Class of 2016 had the chance to bond with the Class of 1966, their “grandparent class,” this weekend as part of a larger initiative undertaken by former classes to encourage intergenerational bonding.

NEWS | 04/06/2013

Slaughter ’80 to transition to president of D.C. think tank

Wilson School professor Anne-Marie Slaughter will not be moving to Washington, D.C. following her appointment as president of the think tank New America Foundation.

NEWS | 04/04/2013

Slaughter ’80 to leave U.

Wilson School professor and former Wilson School dean Anne-Marie Slaughter ?80 will leave the University to become the next president of the New America Foundation, a nonpartisan think tank based in Washington, D.C. The appointment would remove Slaughter from consideration for the University presidency, a position for which she was widely considered a front-runner ? along with Provost Christopher Eisgruber ?83 ? since the presidential search began last fall. The University?s Presidential Search Committee is expected to make an announcement this spring.

NEWS | 04/04/2013

Chen ’14, Kriz ’14 receive Goldwater

Eric Chen ?14 and Daniel Kriz ?14, two juniors in the math department, are among the 271 winners nationwide of the 2013 Goldwater Scholarship, through which they hope to pursue Ph.D.?s in mathematics. The Goldwater Scholars are selected for their academic merit in mathematics, science and engineering.

NEWS | 04/04/2013

Remnick ’81 to speak on Class Day

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and editor of The New Yorker David Remnick ?81 will speak to the Class of 2013 at Class Day this spring, the Class Day committee announced Thursday afternoon. Remnick began his career as a reporter for The Washington Post immediately after graduation, joined The New Yorker in 1992 and has served as its editor since 1998.

NEWS | 04/04/2013

PRINCO employees earn top U. incomes

The University?s 990 form for the 2010 fiscal year, submitted to the IRS in lieu of a tax return, shows that members of the Princeton University Investment Corporation received three of the top five salaries among all those paid to University employees for at least the third year running. PRINCO President Andrew Golden topped the list with a total compensation of $1,985,391.

NEWS | 04/04/2013

NEWS: PRINCO employees earned U.’s top salaries in 2010

By JAMES EVANS Staff Writer The University’s 990 form for the 2010 fiscal year, submitted to the IRS in lieu of a tax return, shows that members of the Princeton University Investment Corporation received three of the top five salaries among all those paid to University employees for at least the third year running. PRINCO President Andrew Golden topped the list with a total compensation of $1,985,391.

NEWS | 04/04/2013

NEWS: Slaughter to leave U. but maintain residence at Princeton

By JAMES EVANS Staff Writer Wilson School professor Anne-Marie Slaughter will not be moving to Washington, D.C.

NEWS | 04/04/2013

NEWS: News & Notes: Joke e-mail warns Dartmouth students of “zombified student”

By DAILY PRINCETONIAN STAFF A joke e-mail sent April 3 to students by the Dartmouth president’s office warned students of the presence of a “zombified student” who had been exposed to an experimental pathogen in the college’s Life Sciences Center. A similar prank e-mail was sent to University students on April 1 as an April Fool’s joke informing them that room draw times had been reorganized. The Dartmouth joke e-mail, which originated from “president's.office@dartmouth.edu” and was signed by Dartmouth president Carol L.

NEWS | 04/04/2013

NEWS: Chen ’14 and Kriz ’14 awarded Goldwater Scholarships

By LOULLY SANEY Staff Writer Eric Chen ’14 and Daniel Kriz ’14, two juniors in the math department, are among the 271 winners nationwide of the 2013 Goldwater Scholarship, through which they hope to pursue Ph.D.’s in mathematics. The Goldwater Scholars are selected for their academic merit in mathematics, science and engineering.

NEWS | 04/04/2013

NEWS: Updated: Remnick '81 to address seniors at Class Day

BY LOULLY SANEY Staff Writer Pulitzer Prize-winning author and editor of The New Yorker David Remnick ’81 will speak to the Class of 2013 at Class Day this spring, the Class Day committee announced Thursday afternoon. Remnick began his career as a reporter for The Washington Post immediately after graduation, joined The New Yorker in 1992 and has served as its editor since 1998.

NEWS | 04/04/2013

NEWS: Chiang wins Waterman award for study of networks

BY LILY DATILLO Contributor Electrical engineering professor Mung Chiang has been awarded the Alan T.

NEWS | 04/04/2013

Financial Times editor speaks about anthropology

Gillian Tett, assistant editor and columnist at the Financial Times, spoke about the inspirational career of French anthropologist Pierre Bourdieu and about a modern-day lack of respect for anthropology as a field in a talk titled ?Joining Up the Dots: Why An Anthropologist Helps to Make Sense of the World? on Wednesday afternoon. Tett framed anthropology?s capacity to help us understand our own societies through the story of Bourdieu, a 20th-century anthropologist whose military experience in Algeria led him to scientifically examine his own community and larger French society. Drafted in 1955 to fight against the Algerian movement for independence, which sought to break away from the French colonial empire, Bourdieu often got into trouble with his superiors for reading pacifist literature and spreading other subversive ideas, Tett explained. While stationed in Algiers, Bourdieu had an epiphany that led him to study Algerian society.

NEWS | 04/03/2013

U. CBE study finds new methods to increase antibiotic effectiveness

A study published in Nature Biotechnology this January led by chemical and biological engineering professor Mark Brynildsen has developed new methods to increase the effectiveness of antibiotics in killing harmful bacteria.

NEWS | 04/03/2013

Warmer winters affect heating costs

Princeton has experienced warmer winters than usual over the past two years, affecting the University?s heating costs and the sales of local businesses. According to Executive Director of Facilities Engineering Thomas Nyquist, the weather between November 2012 and February 2013 was warmer than that of previous years during the same period, but March 2013 was colder than in previous years.

NEWS | 04/03/2013

Whig-Clio hosts debate on hooking up

In a vote of 26-16, the audience members at a debate held by The American Whig-Cliosophic Society on Tuesday evening found that the so-called hookup culture at Princeton does not promote misogyny. Whig-Clio began the debate with the proposition that the hookup culture is misogynistic.

NEWS | 04/03/2013

NEWS: Warmer winters affect U. heating costs and local business sales

By ELLA CHENG Staff Writer Princeton has experienced warmer winters than usual over the past two years, affecting the University’s heating costs and the sales of local businesses. According to Executive Director of Facilities Engineering Thomas Nyquist, the weather between November 2012 and February 2013 was warmer than that of previous years during the same period, but March 2013 was colder than in previous years.

NEWS | 04/03/2013

NEWS: Financial Times editor Tett speaks on future of anthropology

BY DANNY JOHNSON Staff Writer Gillian Tett, assistant editor and columnist at the Financial Times, spoke about the inspirational career of French anthropologist Pierre Bourdieu and about a modern-day lack of respect for anthropology as a field in a talk titled “Joining Up the Dots: Why An Anthropologist Helps to Make Sense of the World” on Wednesday afternoon. Tett framed anthropology’s capacity to help us understand our own societies through the story of Bourdieu, a 20th-century anthropologist whose military experience in Algeria led him to scientifically examine his own community and larger French society. Drafted in 1955 to fight against the Algerian movement for independence, which sought to break away from the French colonial empire, Bourdieu often got into trouble with his superiors for reading pacifist literature and spreading other subversive ideas, Tett explained. While stationed in Algiers, Bourdieu had an epiphany that led him to study Algerian society.

NEWS | 04/03/2013

NEWS: U. study finds new methods to increase antibiotic effectiveness

BY ANGELA WANG Staff Writer A study published in Nature Biotechnology this January led by chemical and biological engineering professor Mark Brynildsen has developed new methods to increase the effectiveness of antibiotics in killing harmful bacteria.

NEWS | 04/03/2013

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