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Ambassador Bodine discusses patterns and implications of Arab Spring

Ambassador Barbara Bodine, former U.S. ambassador to Yemen and lecturer in the Wilson School, discussed patterns of the Arab Spring in Whig Hall on Sunday. Bodine is also the director of the Wilson School’s Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative.

5 graduate students named Siebel Scholars for work in computer science

Computer science Ph.D. candidates Anirudh Badam, Robert Dockins, Wyatt Lloyd and Chong Wang and master’s degree candidate Nicholas Jones are the first University graduate students to receive the Siebel Scholars award, an award for leading scholars in top computer science and business programs.

Installation to begin on solar energy collection field

Construction of the University’s new West Windsor solar panel field is set to begin next week after months of planning and permit-seeking from local, county and state authorities. The project’s completion has been scheduled for summer 2012. The 5.3-megawatt solar field collector will occupy 27 acres of University-owned land in West Windsor Township.

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News and Notes: Professor, a scholar of DaVinci, dies of cancer

Almon Richard “Dick” Turner GS ’59, author of “Inventing Leonardo” and former University professor of art and archaeology, died on Sept. 9 in Cape May Court House, N.J. The cause of death was lymphoma, according to his son Louis.

Panel discusses Constitution and labor

Politics professor Paul Frymer discussed labor rights in the United States on Thursday afternoon in his talk “Labor and the Constitution: What Rights Do Americans Have in the Workplace?” The lecture was presented by the Program in American Studies; the Program in Law and Public Affairs; the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions; and the Office of the Provost as the annual University Constitution Day Lecture. The respondents were economics professor Henry Farber GS ’77 and James Pope GS ’04, a Sidney Reitman Scholar and professor of law at Rutgers School of Law.

Orange Key to pay guides

Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye confirmed on Thursday that all Orange Key guides will be paid starting this semester. “Our perspective is that we view the tours to be of importance to the mission of the University, and we are now paying the guides for their work,” Rapelye said.

Students explore security with CISS

The Center for International Security Studies has hosted a variety of programs and conferences, including “India and the World,” a program directed by professor Shivaji Sondhi to highlight the country’s increasingly large role in Asia and in the global economy.

Friedberg, Ikenberry discuss China’s global role at lecture

Wilson School professors Aaron Friedberg and John Ikenberry debated the rise of China and its implications for the United States’ hegemony and foreign policy in the Whig Hall Senate Chamber on Thursday night.

Alumni find success with start-up Yext

Like most operations research and financial engineering concentrators, Daphne Earp ’10 and Collin McCarthy ’09 had always pictured themselves working in the investment-banking sector following graduation. The fall of her senior year, Earp had even taken a job at a Wall Street firm, which she secured through senior recruiting.

OA, CA may see changes

With more and more incoming freshmen participating in Outdoor Action and Community Action, the University is considering ways to expand its pre-orientation programming and possibly encourage all students to attend a session.

News & Notes : Whitman to head HP

Whitman to head HP former ebay president and chief executive Meg Whitman ’77 has been named Hewlett-Packard’s new president and CEO. She is replacing Leo Apotheker, who held the position for less than a year. Whitman has served on HP’s board of directors since January.

University second in lab violations

The University tied with Yale for the second-worst Research Misconduct Score in the Ivy League in a report released yesterday by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. 

4 residential colleges welcome new DSLs

This school year began with a changing of the guard among residential college directors of student life, with new faces in Whitman, Butler, Rockefeller and Forbes colleges.

‘The Guy You Want in the Foxhole’

The military had never been in the long-term goals of Brig. Gen. Mark Milley ’80. But 31 years later, Milley is the University’s highest ranked alumnus in the armed forces.

News & Notes: Hessler ’92 selected as a MacArthur Fellow

Peter Hessler ’92 was named one of 22 new MacArthur Fellows for 2011 by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation on Tuesday. He will receive $500,000 in “no strings attached” support over the next five years, which will be paid out in equal quarterly installments.

Robert George, alumni hold panel on conservative community on campus

Politics professor Robert George and four recent alumni shared stories and advice with 30 students during a panel session Wednesday night in Frist Campus Center, discussing life on a campus that the panelists deemed relatively diverse but nevertheless a difficult environment for conservative students.

Students discuss Middle East landscape

Students gathered on the south lawn of Frist Campus Center on Wednesday to discuss the changing landscape of the Middle East and issues related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as part of “Talk Israel: Join the Conversation.”

Mayoral candidates discuss consolidation

Candidates for Princeton Borough mayor spoke out on issues of municipal consolidation, the upcoming Valley Road School decision, and ways to reform the Borough’s budget management in a community forum on Tuesday evening. In an overwhelmingly Democratic Borough, this November’s election is the first competitive race for mayor in decades.

News & Notes: Penn neglects to inform students of professor’s passing

Undergraduates waiting for the first seminar of  Political Science 291: Citizenship and Democratic Development at the University of Pennsylvania last week received some unexpected news as they waited for class to begin: Their professor, Henry Teune, had passed away five months previously, and the University had forgotten to cancel the class, according to the email students recieved in the middle of the uncancelled class.