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USG discusses COMBO and summer storage

USG discusses COMBO and summer storage

The USG discussed the upcoming report of the Committee on Background and Opportunity and the summer storage initiative at its meeting Sunday night.Members of the USG discussed the questions that will be asked in the forthcoming COMBO IV survey and the fact that students will be hired to complete the data analysis.

NEWS | 04/07/2013

Cyclab reopens under Rocky Private Dining Room

Rockefeller College has sponsored the reopening of the Cyclab, a student-run bicycle cooperative designed to provide cyclists of any level with the skills and tools necessary to repair their bikes.

NEWS | 04/07/2013

Big Sibs mentors visit charter school in Camden

Twenty-nine members of the Class of 2016 traveled to Camden, N.J.

NEWS | 04/07/2013

Town council discusses uniform policy for recusal, Route 1 plans

Members of Princeton Council discussed the possibility of establishing a uniform policy regulating when council members recuse themselves due to personal affiliations with local institutions whose concerns come before the Council on Monday night.

NEWS | 04/07/2013

TigerLaunch spotlights student entrepreneurs, awards over $60,000 in prizes

The Entrepreneurship Club hosted the final round of this year?s TigerLaunch, a competition for aspiring entrepreneurs to present their start-up ideas, and awarded the winners $60,500 in prizes on Friday.

NEWS | 04/06/2013

Terra Momo to operate eateries in Arts and Transit Neighborhood

Terra Momo, a local restaurant group owned and operated by brothers Carlo and Raoul Momo, will operate a restaurant and cafe in the Arts and Transit Neighborhood, in the space currently occupied by the Dinky station. The restaurant and cafe are slated to open in summer 2015. The University chose Terra Momo to operate the new restaurant and cafe because of the group?s long-standing ties to the community, said Kristin Appelget, University director of community and regional affairs and former president and CEO of the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce.

NEWS | 04/06/2013

U. CBE thesis proposes model for dynamics of immune system

Greta Shum

In a collaboration across three different departments, a 2010 chemical engineering senior thesis has become a comprehensive model for the dynamics of an immune system reaction, as described in a recent article published in PLOS ONE and which was based on a 2006 study in which six subjects were hospitalized.

NEWS | 04/06/2013

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

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