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News & Notes: Gov. Christie endorses Romney’s campaign

News & Notes: Gov. Christie endorses Romney’s campaign

One week after dispelling rumors about his own 2012 presidential run, New Jersey Governor and University ex officio trustee Chris Christie endorsed former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney’s bid for the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday afternoon.

NEWS | 10/12/2011

Translator Mitchell reads from ‘Iliad’ version with contemporary slang

Jonathan Dec

On Wednesday night in the James M. Stewart ’32 Theater in the Lewis Center for the Arts, author and translator Stephen Mitchell read excerpts from his new translation of Homer’s “Iliad,” released on Oct. 11.

NEWS | 10/12/2011

Mulvenon talks IT security

Sarah Chen

James Mulvenon, the vice president of Defense Group, Inc.’s Intelligence Division and a Chinese military expert, discussed cybersecurity and U.S.-China relations on Wednesday in Robertson Hall as part of the Princeton-Harvard China and the World program, co-sponsored by the Center for Information Technology Policy.

NEWS | 10/12/2011

News & Notes: Steward to participate in Chief Executive Program

James Steward, director of the University Art Museum, has been selected to participate in the National Arts Strategies’ Chief Executive Program for 2011-13.

NEWS | 10/12/2011

OIT moves accounts to new server

Sarah Chen

In an effort to give University email account users the benefits of one of the most advanced and robust email system available, the Office of Information Technology is in the process of upgrading faculty, staff and student group emails from the IMAP to the more advanced Microsoft Exchange server.

NEWS | 10/12/2011

News & Notes: Runk appointed to Lewis Center post

Steve Runk has been appointed director of communications of the Lewis Center for the Arts, according to an announcement on Sunday by acting chair of the Lewis Center Michael Cadden.

NEWS | 10/12/2011

Weber discusses causes of finance crisis in Europe

Regina Wang

Visiting economics professor and former Deutsch Bundesbank president Axel Weber discussed the root cause of and recommended solution to Europe’s economic problems in “The Euro Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities,” the first pre-inaugural event for the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance, in a crowded Dodd Auditorium on Tuesday afternoon.

NEWS | 10/12/2011

Activists accuse University of lab animal violations

Daniel Santoro

In the past month, a number of animal activist groups have criticized the University and other Ivy League schools for their laboratories’ treatments of animals used in medical research, but spokespersons at these schools have rejected the accuracy of these reports and reiterated their emphasis on avoiding incidents.

NEWS | 10/12/2011

Students win Chinese speech contest

Kyle Ofori ’13, Nathan Jones ’14 and Michael Becker ’14 placed first, second and third, respectively, in the inaugural Hong Kong Cup Chinese Speech Contest on Oct. 8.

NEWS | 10/11/2011

Charter school sues local districts to prevent interference with opening

Patience Haggin

Princeton International Academy Charter School is suing South Brunswick, Princeton Regional and West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional school districts to prevent them from interfering with the charter school’s opening. A judge in Trenton heard the dispute on Tuesday.

NEWS | 10/11/2011

Journalist speaks on terrorism reporting

Launa Greer

Receiving a fatherly pat on the cheek from “the most dangerous man in Pakistan,” watching as an intelligence officer compared waterboarding to salted peanuts and receiving a compliment on a pair of boots from a Somali general with suspected ties to Osama bin Laden are but a few of the many bizarre stories recounted by Toronto Star journalist Michelle Shephard in her new book, “Decade of Fear: Reporting from Terrorism’s Grey Zone.”

NEWS | 10/11/2011

Former ambassador Bodine discusses Yemen

Regina Wang

Wilson School lecturer and former U.S. Ambassador to Yemen Barbara Bodine discussed development in Yemen over the past three decades and the country’s future possibilities in a lecture in Robertson Hall on Tuesday night.

NEWS | 10/11/2011

Singer addresses idea of donating to those in need

Catherine Duazo

Bioethics professor Peter Singer and GiveWell.org co-founder Holden Karnofsky spoke about global poverty in a talk sponsored by the American Whig-Cliosophic Society and the Princeton chapter of Giving What We Can on Tuesday.

NEWS | 10/11/2011

New leads in anthrax case

Henry Rome

The Army microbiologist accused of mailing anthrax-laden letters from a mailbox in Princeton a decade ago did not, in fact, have the technical skill needed to manufacture the spores, a team of scientists asserted this week. This raises the possibility that one of the largest FBI investigations in history failed to identify co-conspirators or the right suspect.

NEWS | 10/11/2011

After 34 years on the bench, Stevens reflects on law, elections and Watergate

Retired Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court John Paul Stevens spoke about his past legal decisions and personal experiences while serving on the court before a packed audience in Richardson Auditorium on Monday afternoon.

NEWS | 10/10/2011

News & Notes: Princeton named most expensive college town

A recent CNBC slideshow has named Princeton the most expensive college town in the nation.

NEWS | 10/10/2011

U. codifies Title IX complaint process

The University has codified the procedures for anyone wishing to file a Title IX complaint against Princeton for discrimination on the basis of sex. Vice Provost Michele Minter, whose office is responsible for ensuring that the University complies with Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments, announced the news to students in an email sent out late Monday afternoon.

NEWS | 10/10/2011

Professors win Nobel prize

When economics professor Christopher Sims was awoken by a phone call at 6:15 a.m. from a Texas area code, he was sure it was a prank call. His wife mishandled the phone, and the call was dropped. Assuming that it wasn’t important, the couple went back to sleep. But when the callers telephoned his home again, Sims had an inkling that it might be the folks from the Nobel Foundation.

NEWS | 10/10/2011

Locals sue U. over proposed Dinky move

Patience Haggin

A group of citizens has filed a lawsuit challenging the University’s proposed move of the Dinky station. The legal complaint, filed on Oct. 3 to the Superior Court of New Jersey in Trenton, challenges the University’s right to move the station. The complaint requests that the court permanently enjoin the University from moving the station and judge that the public has the permanent right to cross the University’s land to access the station.

NEWS | 10/10/2011

GRE revised General Test replaces older exam

University students hoping to enter graduate school have begun taking the revised, longer version of the Graduate Records Examination, a standardized test required for admission to most graduate schools across the nation and around the world.

NEWS | 10/09/2011

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