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New method could prove existence of dark matter

New method could prove existence of dark matter

One of the cosmology’s greatest unsolved mysteries is the nature of dark matter, a mysterious and invisible substance that dominates over 20 percent of the universe’s observable mass. But recent findings by the University’s Shravan Hanasoge, a post-doctoral student in the geosciences department, and New York University’s Michael Kesden about primordial black holes — theoretical remnants of the Big Bang and one of a handful of potential sources for dark matter — may give scientists a new way to unlock the secrets of the elusive substance

NEWS | 09/20/2011

Threats arise at Muslim Students Association event

A local man claiming to be part of the Knights Templar was arrested on Saturday night after allegedly interrupting a Muslim Student Association welcome back dinner and telling students that “Muslims are going to hell."

NEWS | 09/20/2011

Singer discusses importance of health care reform

Peter Singer, a professor with the University Center for Human Values, presented a talk on “Rationing Health Care” on Tuesday. The event, open to the public, was sponsored by the Student Bioethics Forum.

NEWS | 09/20/2011

Director of ‘The Wire’ Simon discusses career

On Tuesday night in McCosh 50, journalist and television producer David Simon delivered a lecture titled “The End of the American Century and What’s in it for You?” Simon was the first of this year’s three Belknap Visitors in the Humanities.

NEWS | 09/20/2011

Monks create mandala in Frist

This week, men in red and orange robes, the Tibetan Monks of the 2011 Drepung Gomang Monastery Sacred Arts Tour, will construct an interfaith sacred sand mandala — a three-dimensional drawing made of sand.

NEWS | 09/20/2011

News & Notes: Researchers: Brain need a cool down? Try a yawn

University students are likely familiar with yawning as a sign of sleepiness — or boredom — but new research by Andrew Gallup, a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, has shown that yawning may also be a method for cooling down the brain.

NEWS | 09/19/2011

12 faculty join emeritus status

Launa Greer

At the end of the 2010-11 school year, 12 faculty members from a range of departments were transferred to emeritus status by the University’s Board of Trustees.

NEWS | 09/19/2011

Senior EU official talks foreign policy, economics

Kurt Brendel

Catherine Ashton, vice president of the European Commission and high representative for foreign affairs and security policy for the European Union, discussed the foreign and economic policy issues binding the 27 EU member states in a talk at Robertson Hall on Monday.

NEWS | 09/19/2011

Intelligence sharing top focus after 9/11 attacks

Henry Rome

The U.S. Intelligence Community has made “important progress” implementing the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission, but institutional culture and potential budget reductions pose growing challenges to the government’s intelligence efforts, said Christopher Kojm GS ’79, the commission’s former deputy executive director, in a lecture Monday afternoon.

NEWS | 09/19/2011

Google Books case stalls

Regina Wang

While little progress has been made in the Google digital books case, which was adjudicated by U.S. Circuit Court Judge Denny Chin ’75, Chin proposed a schedule for the trial against Google last week, setting the case to go to court next year.

NEWS | 09/19/2011

Thomas Sweet to open 200 stores in China

Kelly Hall

University students and community members alike know Thomas Sweet as an ice cream store that serves rich, homemade ice cream in a family-friendly atmosphere.

NEWS | 09/19/2011

SFER founders take year off to expand organization

Jenna McCarthy

Catharine Bellinger ’13 and Alexis Morin ’13 are taking a year away from their studies at the University to expand Students for Education Reform, a nonprofit organization they founded whose goal is to mobilize student leaders on college campuses to close the educational achievement gap.

NEWS | 09/18/2011

News & Notes: Former Princeton professor steps down as Brown president

Former Princeton vice provost Ruth Simmons will be stepping down as president of Brown University at the end of this academic year, Brown announced on Thursday.

NEWS | 09/18/2011

Union protests University with inflatable rat

Patience Haggin

A 20-foot inflatable rat sat in front of Firestone Library earlier this week as a form of protest against the University’s contract employing nonunionized asbestos removal workers.

NEWS | 09/18/2011

PCDO hosts panel on consolidation

Patience Haggin

Borough and Township residents weighed the pros and cons of municipal consolidation at a forum hosted by the Princeton Community Democratic Organization on Sunday evening. Residents will vote on consolidation on Nov. 8.

NEWS | 09/18/2011

Palmer Square exhibit displays Lennon art

Yuliya Barsukova

Nearly 100 different drawings and song lyrics by John Lennon went on display in Palmer Square last Friday at the opening of a new exhibit “Gimme Some Truth: The Artwork of John Lennon.” The exhibit, organized by Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono and Legacy Fine Art & Productions, lasted through the weekend and attracted a large number of community members and students.

NEWS | 09/18/2011

Cannadine, Colley join UK faculty

Sohee Khim

Two members of the University’s history faculty, professors Linda Colley and her husband Sir David Cannadine, have taken equity stakes in the newly founded New College of the Humanities in London.

NEWS | 09/18/2011

Local residents call for pedestrian-friendly changes

Patience Haggin

Property owners and their neighbors on eastern Nassau Street in the Borough are looking to amend the area’s land-use ordinances in hopes of converting a formerly automobile-oriented area to a lively pedestrian-oriented neighborhood. At Tuesday’s meeting, the Borough Council heard a presentation on a proposed ordinance that would amend the zoning in this area to attract the desired development.

NEWS | 09/15/2011

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