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Plankton research adds to controversy over cause, chronology of dinosaur extinction

Plankton research adds to controversy over cause, chronology of dinosaur extinction

Shreya Nathan

A recent study led by geosciences professor Gerta Keller challenges the most commonly-held belief for the mass-extinction of dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period 65 million years ago.

NEWS | 11/20/2011

University of Pennsylvania senior dies after Philadelphia Half Marathon

Nursing and Wharton senior Jeffrey Lee died Sunday morning after running the Philadelphia Half Marathon, according to University of Pennsylvania spokesperson Phyllis Holtzman.

NEWS | 11/20/2011

Blumenfeld ’13 wins spot on hometown school board

Regina Wang

Andrew Blumenfeld ’13 has won the second and final seat on the La Canada Unified School District governing board, according to updated election results posted Friday afternoon.

NEWS | 11/20/2011

For 2 USG senate spots, 15 freshmen in the race

Jonathan Dec

Fifteen freshmen are running for the two Class of 2015 senator spots this year, with voting to open on Monday and the winners to be announced on Friday. Their names are: Phway Aye, Elise Backman, Caleb Bradford, Gavin Cook, Chris Costantini, Deana Davoudiasl, Kyle Douglas, Mary Funk, Shawon Jackson, Dalia Katan, Nabeer Khan, Madhu Ramankutty, Paul Riley, Shu Saha and Yifan Zhu.

NEWS | 11/20/2011

National correspondent presents lecture on problems facing modern journalism

James Chang

National correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly James Fallows spoke Thursday afternoon in Dodds Auditorium about the problems facing the modern journalism industry in the era of new media. His lecture, titled “Learning to Love the (Shallow, Divisive, Unreliable) New Media,” was based on his April 2011 article in the Atlantic of the same name.

NEWS | 11/17/2011

News & Notes: Columbia Spectator finds professors’ salaries are lower than those at peer schools

The salaries of Columbia professors were, on average, 6 percent lower than those of their peers at other Ivy League institutions in 2010, according to an article in the Columbia Spectator.

NEWS | 11/17/2011

Researchers: Weather has become increasingly erratic

Catherine Lei

University students used to battling the rain one day and wearing flip flops the next will be unsurprised to learn that daily weather has become more erratic over the past couple of decades, according to University researchers.

NEWS | 11/17/2011

‘(Un)heard’ examines transgender experiences

Alaka Halder

Some of the photographs seem to be of ordinary young men. Vann, 38, from Baltimore could be your smiling neighbor, sitting on the freshly painted red steps of a house.

NEWS | 11/17/2011

PIIRS introduces new research fellowship

Sohee Khim

The Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies has started “PIIRS Undergraduate Fellowships” funded by the Institute to fund summer research for selected fellows, PIIRS director and politics professor Marc Beissinger said in an email.

NEWS | 11/17/2011

32 take part in USG elections

Jonathan Dec

Thirty-two candidates are seeking election to the USG this year, with the polls opening on Monday after a week of campaigning. The winners will be announced on Friday.

NEWS | 11/17/2011

Few attend forum on Greek ban implementation

Luc Cohen

Around 20 students attended a forum held on Wednesday night that was intended to solicit student feedback on implementing the recent ban on freshman rush.

NEWS | 11/16/2011

Professor leads strategic shift in alien search

Anjali Menon

When Princeton astrophysics professor Edwin Turner and Harvard astronomy professor Abraham Loeb traveled to a conference in Abu Dhabi last year, they attended a guided tour of Dubai. Neither expected that this trip would mark the birth of a new idea that may revolutionize modern astrobiology and the search for extraterrestrial intelligent life.

NEWS | 11/16/2011

400 attend USG’s ‘Taste of Prospect’

Sohee Khim

All 10 eating clubs hosted members of the Class of 2015 for a series of meals this week as a part of “Taste of Prospect,” an event designed to increase freshmen’s familiarity with Prospect Street. The initiative was coordinated by the USG and the Interclub Council.

NEWS | 11/16/2011

Kaufman explains rise of China

According to Center for Naval Analyses research analyst Alison Kaufman, in the last century, the Chinese conception of its international standing has exhibited “one very important area of stasis” in terms of its national aspirations and “one very important shift” in its understanding of what constituted an impediment to its progress.

NEWS | 11/16/2011

Keeping Faith: Harold James

Robert George

The following is the second installment of “Keeping Faith,” a six-part series of conversations between politics professor Robert George and University professors of various faiths. Harold James is a history professor and practicing Catholic.

NEWS | 11/16/2011

West GS ’80 to leave University

Emily Tseng

African American studies professor and liberal activist Cornel West GS ’80 is leaving Princeton for the Union Theological Seminary in New York City at the end of this academic year, the seminary announced Wednesday night.

NEWS | 11/16/2011

Finance recruitment stays strong despite Occupy movement

James Chang

Late October begins the traditional season of well-tailored suits, resumes and PowerPoint presentations as prestigious finance institutions like J.P.

NEWS | 11/16/2011

News & Notes: Dijkgraaf named director of IAS

Robert Dijkgraaf, a mathematical physicist born in the Netherlands, has been appointed director of the Institute for Advanced Study.

NEWS | 11/16/2011

Attendees show support for Vandiver GS

Joshua Vandiver GS and his spouse Henry Velandia discussed same-sex marriage and their fight for Velandia’s U.S. residency during a discussion titled “Tangled Knots: LGBT Bi-National Couples and Marriage Rights” in the Whitman Rectangular Dining Room on Wednesday evening.

NEWS | 11/16/2011

Animal rights group releases commercial about University

Daniel Santoro

In a press release sent out early Tuesday morning, the animal rights activist group Stop Animal Exploitation Now! expressed its intent to air a commercial that would shed negative light on the University’s experimentation practices regarding nonhuman primates.

NEWS | 11/15/2011

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