Wilson College announced Regan Crotty ’00, who worked in the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students, as its new director of student life Tuesday afternoon, following the departure of Michael Olin.
In 1936, the work of Alan Turing GS ’38 laid the groundwork for the birth of the first modern computer. Today, University researchers led by physics professor Jason Petta are inching towards what could be another revolution in the field: the quantum computer.
University President Shirley Tilghman visited Harvard Tuesday to deliver a speech about science education. Tilghman, a well-known molecular biologist before she was named president in 2001, argued that the curriculum needs to be integrated with larger scientific questions.
The Coursera platform, which offers certain online classes to everyone with access to the Internet, has cost the University about $250,000 to implement, a figure that was publicized for the first time at last week’s faculty meeting.
Within eight days in September, two students created iPhone repair companies that are in direct competition.
Radio host Glenn Beck referred to the University as “the dumping ground for the Center for American Progress” — a left-leaning advocacy organization — in his show on The Blaze on Monday, speculating the Princeton presidency was an escape route for former CIA director David Petraeus GS ’87.
Stuart Leland began work as Princeton’s first director for research integrity and assurance on Aug. 15. The new office oversees the University’s research work and ensures compliance with human, animal and biological research regulations. Before coming to the University, Leland worked in animal welfare compliance for the pharmaceutical company Merck & Co. The Daily Princetonian spoke with Leland about the relationship between research and regulation, his past experience overseeing research and the University’s history of alleged animal abuse violations.
A University engineering class is working to build a new kind of sustainable house, and it's taking inspiration from the honeycomb.
University staff members voiced concerns about the potential candidacy of former CIA director David Petraeus GS ’87 for University president at the third open forum held by the University’s presidential search committee Tuesday afternoon.
Every Thursday, Paul Krugman wakes up, drinks a cup of coffee, opens up his laptop and chooses the 800 words that will appear on the opinion page of The New York Times. But if Krugman can’t send the piece to his editors by the time he sits for Thursday office hours, then he closes his laptop and brings the column with him to Robertson Hall, writing while students cycle in and out of his office.
A Veteran’s Day panel on the role of America’s armed forces held Monday afternoon turned tense when participants broached the topic of sexual assault within the military.
The numbers of students enrolled in the only two courses available this semester that satisfy the new statistics prerequisite for Wilson School undergraduate admission have increased drastically, a potential sign that the number of students concentrating in the Wilson School could increase now that the major has scrapped selective admission.Last fall, 48 students took POL 345: Quantitative Analysis and Politics. But in this year’s course, 121 students are enrolled: a 250-percent increase in enrollment.
The John Templeton Foundation, a philanthropic organization that funds research on philosophical questions such as love and creativity, has awarded University neuroscientists a $4-million grant. The grant funds research on how humans control their cognition and behavior to achieve goals.
Borough Police have charged an employee of Tandoori Bite on Witherspoon Street with simple assault after he allegedly threatened to kill a fellow employee and then allegedly attempted to stab him with a fork on Saturday. The attack occurred in the restaurant, police Captain Nick Sutter said.
David Petraeus GS ’87, the prominent former military general who has expressed interest in one day serving as University president, resigned from his position as CIA director Friday after disclosing he had carried out an extramarital affair.Though the scandal immediately casts doubts on Petraeus’ attractiveness as an Ivy League president, it also puts him back in the job market as the University’s presidential search committee builds its list of potential candidates.
Local residents expressed their overall discomfort with the University at an evening open forum hosted by the University’s presidential search committee on Monday.
University researchers have discovered a protein that controls tumors in breast cancer, a possible path toward the diagnosis and treatment of the disease. The lactation protein, known as Elf5, inhibits metastasis, the spread of the disease to other organs.
Two weeks ago, when the Princeton Borough and Princeton Township mobilized their resources to assist those affected by Hurricane Sandy, there was little separation of efforts. The two municipalities opened up a joint Emergency Operations Center. From this central location, workers responded to emergency calls from both municipalities. Borough Police Captain Nick Sutter and Township Police Sergeant Michael Cifelli handled police communications together.
USG social chair Benedict Wagstaff ’14 and Class of 2015 senator Shawon Jackson ’15 are running in this year’s election for USG president, the USG announced Sunday night at its Senate meeting. The campaign to succeed current USG president Bruce Easop ’13 will begin today.
Individuals had their first chance to share their thoughts on the next University president at a meeting of the Council of the Princeton University Community Monday afternoon. The CPUC meeting was the first of four public forums that will take place this week.
