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Q-and-A: Kurtzer on Middle East

Q-and-A: Kurtzer on Middle East

After spending 29 years in the U.S. Foreign Service and serving as ambassador to Israel and Egypt, Wilson School professor Daniel Kurtzer joined the University faculty in 2005. On Tuesday, he will deliver a lecture on the latest bout of violence and turmoil in the Middle East. Before the lecture, The Daily Princetonian asked Kurtzer about his views on recent Middle East affairs.

NEWS | 12/10/2012

Scalia defends gay rights position

On the heels of the announcement that the Supreme Court will hear two cases regarding gay marriage, Associate Justice Antonin Scalia defended some of his more controversial decisions concerning gay rights in a lecture Monday afternoon.

NEWS | 12/10/2012

News & Notes: USG committee to pursue election reform

A USG hoc committee is examining ways to improve its election process and plans to make recommendations of revisions to the election handbook for USG Senate approval in January. The formation of the committee follows discussions within the student government about “invisible primaries” that lead to unopposed races.

NEWS | 12/10/2012

Career Services presents changes

As Career Services celebrates its 100th year, the agency, which faced questions regarding its focus on financial industry jobs, discussed changes to its strategy at a meeting of the Council of the Princeton University Community Monday afternoon.

NEWS | 12/10/2012

U. uses reaccreditation to choose priorities

The University is in the early stages of applying for reaccreditation by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, a process that — though unlikely to result in de-accreditation — offers the University a chance to reassess its institutional mission and priorities. The University will receive the results of the evaluation in June 2014.

NEWS | 12/10/2012

Senior, Whig-Clio launch online debate platform

A new website to be launched Monday exclusively for University students aims to serve as a platform for debate and as a hub for students to anonymously pose questions and answers.

NEWS | 12/09/2012

@Princeton Twitter changes hands

In recent months, the University’s Twitter feed has included fewer conversations and interactions with followers and more links to websites with information. This could reflect a shift from a focus on communicating with current community members to shaping the University’s external image, according to a consultant of social media for higher education institutions.

NEWS | 12/09/2012

USG proposes amendments

The USG took the first of two votes on adopting a package of 30 amendments to its constitution at the USG Senate meeting Sunday night. If the Senate passes them a second time at its next meeting, they will be adopted into the constitution.

NEWS | 12/09/2012

Looming fiscal cliff threatens U. research

The University could face severe cuts in research funding and a shrinking endowment in the near future if Congress fails to reach a deal on the so-called fiscal cliff, which will trigger an array of automatic tax increases and budget cuts on Jan. 1.

NEWS | 12/09/2012

New group alleges free speech violations by U.

In order to encourage campus-wide conversation and protect student speech, Elan Kugelmass ’14 and Vivienne Chen ’14 are launching a new group on campus called Princetonians for Individual Rights in Education, which was approved by the Student Groups Recognition Committee on Thursday.

NEWS | 12/09/2012

News & Notes: Consolidated Princeton unveils new town logo

The consolidation of Princeton Borough and Princeton Township in three weeks won’t just usher a new governing structure — it will also inaugurate a new logo for the consolidated community. On Wednesday, the new government and the Arts Council of Princeton unveiled the new logo, which was decided on after a competition solicited 75 entries.

NEWS | 12/09/2012

News & Notes: Mullen latest of top U.S. officials to be hacked

The FBI is currently investigating an attempted hack by foreigners of the computer of Wilson School visiting professor and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

NEWS | 12/06/2012

Researchers try to map Africa farms

One square kilometer at a time, a group of University researchers is working to map farmland across sub-Saharan Africa.

NEWS | 12/06/2012

In final years, Tilghman thought, and re-thought, exit

Sometime this past summer, Shirley Tilghman found herself in conversation with Harold Shapiro GS ’64, her predecessor as University president. The two presidents, who have a mentor-mentee relationship, were speaking openly about the state of the University and of Tilghman’s career. Tilghman told Shapiro, who traded One Nassau Hall for a smaller office in Wallace Hall 11 years earlier, that she had personal ambitions besides leading the University, just like Shapiro had.

NEWS | 12/06/2012

Chemistry student Bongiovanni GS dies

Second-year chemistry graduate student Jessica Bongiovanni GS died Sunday, Dec. 2, from osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer. She was 25.

NEWS | 12/06/2012

Program in Urban Studies responds to student concerns

The Program in Urban Studies’ faculty advisory board will meet on Monday to discuss changes to the program that are part of a large restructuring following low student ratings in its courses last year. With a newly approved budget, the program is redesigning its website, adding workshops and organizing thesis colloquiums.

NEWS | 12/06/2012

Timberlake film scouts Princeton

Location scouts for Justin Timberlake and Ben Affleck’s newest movie, “Runner, Runner,” are scouting Princeton for locations to film a scene, according to sources familiar with the production. Produced by Leonardo DiCaprio’s film production company Appian Way Productions, acquired by New Regency Pictures and directed by Brad Furman — who most recently directed “Lincoln Lawyer” — “Runner, Runner” is slated to be released in the United States on Sept. 27, 2013.

NEWS | 12/06/2012

Gift guide: Mom

It’s tough to keep your gift selections fresh when you’ve been shopping for Mom for, well, as long as you’ve been holiday shopping.

NEWS | 12/05/2012

In choosing lecturers, Wilson School relies on faculty, strategizes

If it’s 4:30 p.m. and you’re in Robertson Hall, chances are you’ll witness a steady stream of students and community members rolling in to hear one of the Wilson School’s guest lecturers.

NEWS | 12/05/2012

Eating club assets rise despite recession

The assets of the 11 eating clubs jumped by nearly $15 million over the course of the recession, according to the most recent tax returns filed by the clubs. This substantial increase in combined club assets may reflect the recent slew of capital campaigns undertaken by some of the clubs on the Street.

NEWS | 12/05/2012

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