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Three awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarship

Three awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarship

Two students and an alumnus have been awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship. Dave Kurz ?12, Erica Cao ?13 and Kaitlin Stouffer ?13 will be enrolling in the University of Cambridge for postgraduate study in the fall of 2013. The scholarship program, founded in 2000 by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, grants non-British students a full scholarship to enroll in graduate programs at the University of Cambridge.

NEWS | 02/12/2013

News & Notes: Yale faculty reviews grading policy

Sixty-two percent of grades awarded by Yale College last spring were in the A range, according to a preliminary report released last week by the Yale College ad hoc committee on grading policy.

NEWS | 02/11/2013

IP Accelerator Fund supports commercial development of U. technologies

Nine technologies developed by the University received research grants from the Princeton Intellectual Property Accelerator Fund in 2013.

NEWS | 02/11/2013

Female Afghan presidential candidate speaks on war and women's rights

Fawzia Koofi, a current member of the Afghan parliament and the sole female presidential candidate in the country?s 2014 election, spoke on the importance of continued intervention by foreign countries and the necessity of attaining a democratic government for Afghanistan to an audience in Robertson Hall on Tuesday night.

NEWS | 02/11/2013

Nanoimprint lithography can triple the efficiency of solar panels

A new method for creating solar panels using nanotechnology can double or triple their efficiency in capturing and converting light to electricity.

NEWS | 02/11/2013

Courage to Connect helps "connect" towns looking to consolidate

In the wake of the Jan. 1 consolidation of Princeton Borough and Princeton Township, which represented the first merger of a New Jersey municipality in 15 years, Princeton is now serving as a model for other municipalities considering consolidation.

NEWS | 02/11/2013

A Nouri bar for a student, a meal for a hungry child

With every Nouri nutrition bar bought, one hungry child will receive a meal in school. Behind the mission and the product are alumni and couple Veneka Chagwedera ?09 and Jared Crooks ?11, who created the organic, gluten-free fruit-and-nut bar in July 2012 and launched the product in August 2012.

NEWS | 02/11/2013

Easop's term highlighted by mental health awareness, USG-student transparency

After his one-year term in office, outgoing USG president Bruce Easop ’13 said that he is most proud of his efforts to start conversations about mental health around campus. The Mental Health Initiative, launched last March, was the first major project in a term that also included the launch of TigerDeals, the first ever Princeton Restaurant Week, the release of the COMBO III survey and the expansion of gender-neutral housing.

NEWS | 02/10/2013

House of Cupcakes to open franchises in East Brunswick, Bronx, Manhattan

House of Cupcakes on Witherspoon Street plans to open several franchises in the coming months. Though the exact number of new locations has not been settled, there are plans in the works to have franchises in the Bronx, Manhattan and East Brunswick.

NEWS | 02/10/2013

106 sign in to Colonial, Charter down 28 percent from last year

While Terrace Club is asking its new members to consider joining other clubs, Cloister Inn, Colonial Club and Quadrangle Club are still accepting new members after the end of the sign-in period.In total, 438 students joined sign-in eating clubs, excluding those who joined Quad. Quad has a policy of not discussing specific membership numbers with The Daily Princetonian.

NEWS | 02/09/2013

Over initiations weekend, six students require medical transport

Six students were transported to McCosh Health Center and the University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro due to alcohol consumption this weekend.

NEWS | 02/09/2013

'Big Sibs' pairs Princeton and elementary students in mentorship

As freshmen entered McCosh 50 on Thursday afternoon, they were greeted by seven young children representing the City Invincible Charter School in Camden, N.J. The children, smiling and chatting with the freshmen in attendance, wore orange shirts that said “Once a tiger, always a tiger” in bold font, with a cartoon tiger over the heart — a reference to the school’s mascot, also a tiger. More than 175 freshmen gathered for an information session on Big Sibs, the Class of 2016’s service project.

NEWS | 02/09/2013

News & Notes: University left unscathed by Nemo storm

About four to six inches of snow fell on the University campus, University Spokesperson Martin Mbugua said. He added that the University community did not experience any outages, injuries or disruptions in service related to the storm.

NEWS | 02/09/2013

USG holds first meeting under Jackson ’15

In its first meeting under the new leadership of president Shawon Jackson ’15 and vice president Carmina Mancenon ’14, the USG Senate voted to approve its new spring budget, the new Project Board chairs and a proposal for funding a USG Mental Health Week.

NEWS | 02/09/2013

199 bicker Cap, Tower receives 26 percent fewer bickerees

Cap & Gown Club was both the most bickered and the most selective club on the Street this year, accepting 95 new members out of 199 bickerees.Acceptance rates for bicker clubs ranged between 47.7 percent, for Cap, and 79.5 percent, for Tiger Inn. Tower, the most bickered club last year, received 26 percent fewer bickerees than last year.

NEWS | 02/09/2013

News & Notes: U. ranked highly in terms of value

The Princeton Review has ranked Princeton the fourth best value private college behind Swarthmore, Harvard and Williams in its 2013 list of 150 Best Value Colleges.

NEWS | 02/06/2013

In memoir, Sotomayor ’76 discusses experiences at U.

The years spent by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor ’76 at the University were marked by academic insecurity, but ultimately served to broaden the horizons of the future judge, she wrote in her recently published memoir, “My Beloved World.”

NEWS | 02/06/2013

Mathematical physicist Arthur Wightman GS ’49 dies of Alzheimer’s

Referred to as a “founding father of modern mathematical physics” by those who knew his work, the University’s Thomas D. Jones Professor Emeritus Arthur Wightman GS ’49 died of Alzheimer’s disease on Jan. 13 at the age of 90.

NEWS | 02/06/2013

Task force to examine possible ordinance banning underage drinking on private property

Patience Haggin

The local Princeton Alcohol and Drug Alliance announced at a meeting Thursday that it will form a task force to review a proposed ordinance that would prohibit underage drinking on private property. If passed, the ordinance would give police officers the ability to issue a summons punishable by a fine to minors under the age of 21 who consume alcohol on private property.

NEWS | 02/06/2013

Updated: Princeton Pounce, now a TigerApp, alerts students of openings in courses

When Zach Koerbel ’16 and Jeremy Cohen ’16 signed up for COS 217: Introduction to Programming Systems this December, they had little hope of enrolling in their preferred preceptor’s section. According to Cohen, it is nearly impossible for freshmen to enroll in the two precepts taught by lead preceptor Robert Dondero because they usually fill to capacity during junior course registration. Determined, nonetheless, to defy the odds, the two prospective engineers wrote a script allowing them to monitor the course’s enrollment activity indefinitely and eventually snag two seats in the class.

NEWS | 02/06/2013

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