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New clues into mass dinosaur extinction

New clues into mass dinosaur extinction

Luc Cohen

To test an alternative theory explaining the 65-million-year-old mass extinction that led to the demise of the dinosaurs, Princeton University researchers developed a model that more accurately accounts for the Earth’s heterogeneities and offers different interpretations from previous models.

NEWS | 10/23/2011

News & Notes: Harman adds voice to plagiarism accusations against ex-Harvard professor

University philosophy professor Gilbert Harman has posted a revised essay criticizing recently resigned Harvard psychology professor Marc Hauser for allegedly plagiarizing ideas from a doctoral thesis.

NEWS | 10/23/2011

News & Notes: Bassler nominated to National Science Board

Molecular biology professor Bonnie Bassler will be nominated to serve as a National Science Board member by President Barack Obama, according to an Oct. 20 announcement. Her appointment awaits U.S. Senate confirmation.

NEWS | 10/23/2011

Super Mash Bros. will headline school-wide ball

Luc Cohen

Super Mash Bros. will perform at the Orange and Black Ball, the class governments announced in emails to their classes on Sunday afternoon. The event, a revival of the all-campus Prince-Tiger Dance that used to take place annually during alumni weekend at the University throughout the mid-20th century, will be held on Friday, Nov. 11, at 11 p.m.

NEWS | 10/23/2011

In Forbes, an ‘advocate of fruits and vegetables’

Anjali Menon

Forbes dining employee Steve Nathan’s work on food doesn’t stop at the brick building on Alexander Street: He’s also bringing food to our cell phones and the Internet. Nathan has started a nonprofit organization named Nutrienz, focused on increasing awareness about nutrition and diet using mobile and social network technology.

NEWS | 10/23/2011

Humanists find a home without a ‘religious aspect’

Sohee Khim

When Corinne Stephenson ’12 came to campus as a freshman, one of the first events she attended was the activities fair. As dozens of clubs shoved fliers in her face and pushed her to put her name on email lists, she noticed that one thing was missing: a club dedicated to humanism.

NEWS | 10/23/2011

Students seek to combat sex trafficking

Sohee Khim

Over cupcakes from Bent Spoon and bags of popcorn, students gathered at the Rocky-Mathey Theatre on last Thursday night to watch “Very Young Girls,” a documentary on domestic sex trafficking. The screening was Princeton Against Sex Trafficking’s first event of the year.

NEWS | 10/23/2011

Ma ’15 wins 2015 class presidency in runoff

Luc Cohen

After runoff elections concluded for all five positions of the freshman class government, USG president Michael Yaroshefsky ’12 announced the winners to the Class of 2015 via email on Friday.

NEWS | 10/23/2011

Economist Mankiw '80 discusses financial problems facing nation

Greg Mankiw ’80, an economics professor at Harvard and economic advisor to presidential candidate Mitt Romney, discussed the challenges facing monetary and fiscal policy in Dodds Auditorium on Thursday afternoon.

NEWS | 10/20/2011

Women in science: The gender divide remains

University President Shirley Tilghman still remembers her freshman physics lab. “We were working with a vacuum tube, and, like a foolish person, I touched it and got an electric shock,” Tilghman recalled. “The professor happened to be walking by and said, ‘That’s why there are no girls in physics.’ ”

NEWS | 10/20/2011

Parody heightens campaign tensions

The Borough mayoral candidates are facing off over a disco challenge. At a meeting of the Princeton Community Democratic Organization on Oct. 16, Democratic candidate Yina Moore ’79 sang a parody of the 1978 Gloria Gaynor song “I Will Survive” with some of the lyrics altered to refer to Princeton Borough and to her Republican competitor Jill Jachera.

NEWS | 10/20/2011

Man exposing self reported near campus

A man reportedly exposed himself to two female students Thursday night while they were running in the West Windsor fields, the Department of Public Safety announced in a campus-wide email.

NEWS | 10/20/2011

Web Update: West GS ’80 arrested again

African American studies professor Cornel West GS ’80 was arrested on Friday afternoon, the second arrest this week, several outlets reported on Friday evening.

NEWS | 10/20/2011

Public Safety launches liaison program with eating clubs

At clubs up and down Prospect Avenue, there may be a new guest at lunch — Public Safety. To develop stronger relationships with the clubs and their leadership, Public Safety officers have now been paired for the first time with each eating club to act as official liaisons.

NEWS | 10/20/2011

Students occupy Wall Street

As the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations continue in New York City, a number of University students have decided to witness the movement firsthand. Throughout last week, these students traveled to the city to take part in an experience that Amina Yamusah ’13 described as “motivating” and “emotional.”

NEWS | 10/20/2011

News & Notes: SAEN names U. third worst of ‘Worst Primate Labs’ in U.S.

Stop Animal Exploitation Now!, an animal-rights activist group, has named the University as the third worst of the “Worst Primate Labs” in the United States, according to a press release from its founder, Michael Budkie.

NEWS | 10/20/2011

On weekend nights, Frist pizza transforms

Teddy Schleifer

Last Thursday night, hundreds of students returned from a night at the eating clubs and trekked to the Food Gallery of Frist Campus Center to celebrate a peculiar part of the University’s weekend and drinking culture: late-night pizza.

NEWS | 10/19/2011

ISS offers reformers experiences, support

Catherine Ku

Those interested in social, economic and political issues will be pleased to find a rapidly expanding pool of research and support beyond the stacks of Firestone Library. Created in 2006, Innovations for Successful Societies is a research program for public servants, policy makers and scholars alike — and not necessarily just University students.

NEWS | 10/19/2011

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