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Martinez ’12, Doenyas ’12 win $30,000 each for work with foster care, autistic children

Martinez ’12, Doenyas ’12 win $30,000 each for work with foster care, autistic children

Cristina Martinez ’12 and Ceymi Doenyas ’12 were awarded Princeton ReachOut Fellowships for public service projects, the sponsoring foundation announced on Jan. 27.Martinez received the foundation’s annual domestic fellowship for her plans to work with young adults transitioning out of foster care, and Doenyas received the international fellowship for her proposal to use technology to assist autistic students in her home country of Turkey.

NEWS | 02/14/2012

Borough Council discusses UMCP zoning amendment

With the impending departure of the University Medical Center at Princeton to its new Plainsboro campus on Route 1, the Borough is faced with redeveloping the former hospital property, which consists of 9.8 acres in the heart of the town. The Borough Council met last night to discuss a zoning amendment to the site on Witherspoon Street, which would increase the number of proposed residential units from 280 homes to 324.

NEWS | 02/14/2012

News & Notes: City of Providence ‘in peril,’ asks Brown to double payments

The City of Providence, R.I., is calling on Brown University to double its payments to the city, the majority of which are voluntary contributions, a debate that mirrors controversies with other private universities around the country and the cash-strapped towns in which they are located.

NEWS | 02/14/2012

News & Notes: Professor Appiah given humanities medal

President Obama awarded philosophy professor and African American studies scholar Kwame Anthemy Appiah the National Humanities Medal on Monday in a ceremony at the White House. The medal, given by the National Endowment for the Humanities, honors individuals or groups whose work has deepened the nation’s commitment to the humanities.

NEWS | 02/13/2012

Bicker numbers rise by 30 percent

The reintroduction of Cannon Dial Elm Club onto Prospect Avenue this year did not have a particularly significant impact on the numbers of students bickering the other five selective clubs.

NEWS | 02/13/2012

Tilghman discusses Arts center at town hall meeting

President Shirley Tilghman unveiled additional details about plans for the recently approved and long-contested Arts and Transit Neighborhood at a meeting of the Council of the Princeton University Community on Monday afternoon.

NEWS | 02/13/2012

Held wins climate change award for work in models

Isaac Held GS ’76, a professor in the departments of geosciences and atmospheric and oceanic sciences, won the $510,000 annual BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Climate Change Category for his recent work on the structure of atmospheric circulation systems.

NEWS | 02/13/2012

Terrace takes 160, highest of sign-ins

Terrace Club took 160 new members over two rounds of sign-ins, making it the eating club with the greatest number of new members for the second year in a row. Seventy-nine of those students signed in to Terrace in the first round.The total number of new members is a significant increase from the 120 students who signed in to the club in 2010. In 2009, Terrace accepted 115 over the two rounds and reported filling to capacity.

NEWS | 02/13/2012

5 awarded Gates Cambridge

Five students were named winners of the 2012 Gates Cambridge Scholarship by the Gates Cambridge Trust in the United Kingdom on Monday. This year’s winners were Daniel Barson ’12, Victoria A. Tobolsky ’12, Daniel Strassfeld ’12, Rachel Bolten ’10 and Jane Abbottsmith ’12.

NEWS | 02/13/2012

10 transported for alcohol intoxication

Ten students required medical transport to McCosh Health Center and the University Medical Center at Princeton due to alcohol intoxication this weekend. According to the Department of Public Safety, six students were taken to McCosh while four were transported to UMCP.

NEWS | 02/12/2012

15 Tower members pledge not to participate in pickups

Fifteen members of Tower Club decided not to participate in this past weekend’s pickups as part of a “No Pickups Pledge.” The pledge argues that pickups are insensitive toward hosed classmates and creates a mess that the maintenance staff is forced to clean up.

NEWS | 02/12/2012

Ivy, Tower take half at Bicker

Ivy Club and Tower Club ranked as the most competitive bicker clubs on the Street this year, with both clubs accepting about half of those who sought membership.This year, Ivy’s acceptance rate dipped significantly from last year, taking roughly 65 of 130 bickerees, according to sources within the club. Outgoing Ivy president Caroline Shifke ’12 did not respond to repeated requests for comment.

NEWS | 02/12/2012

Cost of ambulance transports to increase

The cost of ambulance transports from campus to the University Medical Center at Princeton will increase by roughly 7 percent when the hospital moves into its new facility in May. Since 2005, UMCP has been in the process of relocating from its current location on Witherspoon Street, roughly 0.5 miles from campus, to a new facility 2.5 miles away in Plainsboro.

NEWS | 02/12/2012

News & Notes: Hartman ’36 dies at 95 after decades with AP

Carl Hartman ’36, a longtime foreign correspondent with the Associated Press who covered Europe during the middle of the 20th century, died Sunday in Washington. He was 95.

NEWS | 02/12/2012

Guests to pay fee at spring Lawnparties

Presided over by USG president Bruce Easop ’13 for the first time, the USG voted Sunday to charge guests a fee at spring Lawnparties to fund the opening act. The size of the fee will depend on funding from the Alcohol Initiative.

NEWS | 02/12/2012

U. establishes new humanities certificate

The Humanities Council recently introduced a new certificate program titled Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities to the undergraduate curriculum.

NEWS | 02/09/2012

Easop ’13 outlines agenda

During this year’s USG presidential campaign, candidate Bruce Easop ’13 placed posters depicting him giving a piggyback ride to a fellow classmate. “I support Bruce because he supports me,” the slogan under the picture read.

NEWS | 02/09/2012

New committee to examine diversity in faculty, administration, grad students

A new University committee will thoroughly document and analyze the racial and gender diversity of the faculty, senior administration and graduate student body, the University announced last month. The committee will suggest strategies to increase the diversity of the University to President Shirley Tilghman in spring 2013.

NEWS | 02/09/2012

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