By ELIZABETH PAUL Contributor Physics professor Alexander Polyakov was awarded the 2013 Fundamental Physics Prize for his contributions to string theory and quantum field theory on March 20.
By JEAN-CARLOS ARENAS Contributor The Undergraduate Student Government was asked by the University’s Priorities Committee on March 22 to nominate several students for the committee.
By KRISTEN MCNIERNEY Staff Writer Members of the Asian-American Students Association and Asian-American Studies Committee have submitted a formal proposal to the University outlining their specific requests for the creation of an Asian American Studies certificate program by fall 2015.
By LOULLY SANEY Staff Writer The University has not had a fire marshal for more than a year, ever since former marshal Robert Gregory left his post to work for emergency services in Princeton Borough, which has since been consolidated into the single Princeton municipality.
BY GRETA SHUM Contributor Princeton researchers working with the European Space Agency have received groundbreaking data from the Planck satellite launched by the ESA in May 2009.
One of the most influential individuals involved in choosing the next University president, Katie Hall ’80, the chair of the board of trustees and the chair of the presidential search committee, is the chief executive officer of an asset management company that is worth more than the University’s endowment. Her company, San Francisco-based Hall Capital Partners, has assets under management of around $22 billion.
One of the most influential individuals involved in choosing the next University president, Katie Hall ?80, the chair of the board of trustees and the chair of the presidential search committee, is the chief executive officer of an asset management company that is worth more than the University?s endowment. Her company, San Francisco-based Hall Capital Partners, has assets under management of around $22 billion.
Susan Patton ?77 made international headlines over the weekend in response to the letter she wrote to the editor of The Daily Princetonian, published on Friday. The letter encouraged female Princeton students to find a husband at the University before graduation, stating that they would never again be surrounded by such a concentration of intellectually stimulating men. The letter received immediate attention from students, alumni and the blogosphere, receiving an estimated 2,000 views on The Daily Princetonian?s website before the site became unavailable Friday afternoon.
The Office of Information Technology has launched an investigation into the origins of what Housing and Real Estate Services has referred to as a ?fraudulent email? that was sent to the student body on the morning of April 1 posing as an official communication from Housing and Real Estate Services. The email falsely stated that all residential college and upperclassman housing room draw assignments would be reassigned because several room draw groups had received incorrect point values.
The Interclub Council released a survey via email on March 25 designed to collect feedback from sophomores who registered to participate in the eating club admissions process this year based on their experiences joining a club or using the updated ICC website.?We?re always looking to explore ways to improve the club admissions process, and an important part of that effort is getting the feedback of people who participated,? ICC president Connor Clegg ?14 explained.
Thanksgiving break will begin on the day before Thanksgiving starting this fall, after a unanimous vote by the faculty at a University faculty meeting on Monday.
On Saturday night, 264 students filled McCosh 10 for the screening of ?La Source,? a documentary that follows Whitman College janitor Josue Lajeunesse?s return to his native Haiti after 2010?s devastating earthquake to provide clean water to the 5,000 people in his home village, La Source.
By ANNA MAZARAKIS and RONAN O'BRIEN Staff Writer and Contributor Susan Patton ’77 made international headlines over the weekend in response to the letter she wrote to the editor of The Daily Princetonian, published on Friday. The letter encouraged female Princeton students to find a husband at the University before graduation, stating that they would never again be surrounded by such a concentration of intellectually stimulating men. The letter received immediate attention from students, alumni and the blogosphere, receiving an estimated 2,000 views on The Daily Princetonian’s website before the site became unavailable Friday afternoon.
By ELLA CHENG Staff Writer The Office of Information Technology has launched an investigation into the origins of what Housing and Real Estate Services has referred to as a “fraudulent email” that was sent to the student body on the morning of April 1 posing as an official communication from Housing and Real Estate Services. The email falsely stated that all residential college and upperclassman housing room draw assignments would be reassigned because several room draw groups had received incorrect point values.
By SETH MERKIN MOROKOFF Contributor The Interclub Council released a survey via email on March 25 designed to collect feedback from sophomores who registered to participate in the eating club admissions process this year based on their experiences joining a club or using the updated ICC website.“We’re always looking to explore ways to improve the club admissions process, and an important part of that effort is getting the feedback of people who participated,” ICC president Connor Clegg ’14 explained.
By HANNAH SCHOEN Contributor Thanksgiving break will begin on the day before Thanksgiving starting this fall, after a unanimous vote by the faculty at a University faculty meeting on Monday.
BY LYDIA LIM Staff Writer On Saturday night, 264 students filled McCosh 10 for the screening of “La Source,” a documentary that follows Whitman College janitor Josue Lajeunesse’s return to his native Haiti after 2010’s devastating earthquake to provide clean water to the 5,000 people in his home village, La Source.
USG officers voted to make constitutional changes that would alter the existing officer attendance policies for meetings of the Student Groups Recognition Committee and heard a presentation about new initiatives to educate students about sexual assault on campus at Sunday evening?s meeting. The debate over SGRC meeting attendance policy continued from last week?s meeting.
Former Executive Director of the Center for Jewish Life Rabbi James S. Diamond, who died on Thursday, was admired by friends, colleagues and relatives for his ability to bring together Jewish individuals of all backgrounds. Diamond died in a triple-car accident about one mile from campus.
An anti-procrastination application and a robot that can be controlled by an Xbox Kinect won first-place prizes in the software and hardware categories of HackPrinceton?s Spring 2013 Hackathon on Sunday evening. ?We combined two of our favorite things in the world ? Tamagotchi and trying to make ourselves a little more productive on the web,? Tamagetitdone team member Michael Toth said, referring to the Japanese handheld digital pet. The application is a Google Chrome extension in which a Tamagotchi sits on the bottom-right hand corner of the web browser and sends alerts when the user spends too much time on one of the websites on its ?unproductive list.? The Tamagotchi then goes around the screen and begins eating the links, pictures and video files on the website.
