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Student, Diplomat, Soldier: Asker ’13

Student, Diplomat, Soldier: Asker ’13

Of the 90 recently accepted Wilson School concentrators, one is entering the policy school with a yearlong diplomacy credit already to his name. Swedish international student David Asker ’13 is not just an avid cross-country skier and a studied martial artist, but also a trained military interrogator, soldier and former diplomat at only 22.

NEWS | 03/21/2011

Fire department receives grant to recruit new members

The Princeton Fire Department received a $361,500 grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security earlier this month, partly in light of the uncertain future of the University’s volunteer firefighter program.

NEWS | 03/21/2011

Report examines gender gap in campus leadership

The Steering Committee on Undergraduate Women’s Leadership released its final report today after a year and a half of workshops, surveys and examinations of data on academic leadership and participation of female students in University extracurriculars.

NEWS | 03/20/2011

USG works to help relief efforts in Japan

The USG announced several new initiatives at its meeting on Sunday night, including a collaboration with the Projects Board and the Japanese Student Association to aid victims in Japan. The groups are planning to sell T-shirts and possibly wristbands to show unity throughout the Princeton community.

NEWS | 03/20/2011

Councilman Goldfarb recuses self from Arts and Transit talks

As the Borough Council continues heated debate with the University over the Arts and Transit Neighborhood, 20-year Council member David Goldfarb — who announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Borough mayor earlier this month — recused himself from discussions due to a conflict of interest.

NEWS | 03/20/2011

Creative writing eliminates applications for intro courses

Beginning this fall, enrollment in creative writing workshops in poetry, translation and screenwriting will no longer require applications for courses at the 201 level and below.

NEWS | 03/20/2011

News & Notes: Americans have worse health than people in England

Americans have worse health than do the British from birth through old age, according to a new study that was conducted in part by University researchers.

NEWS | 03/20/2011

University community responds to devastation in Japan

On March 11, East Asian Studies professor David Leheny was sitting on the second floor of a Starbucks in Japan, writing a presentation for a conference that afternoon. He did not think that what started as a modest earthquake would a few moments later turn into a catastrophic natural disaster. The 9.0-magnitude earthquake, which struck off the coast of Japan, is the largest earthquake to hit the country on record and resulted in tsunamis of up to 33 feet in height and the deaths of over 8,000 people. Current estimates include around 3,000 injured residents and 13,000 missing people.

NEWS | 03/20/2011

Former visual arts professor Takaezu passes away at 88

Former visual arts professor and ceramic artist Toshiko Takaezu passed away Wednesday in Hawaii. She was a faculty member with the University’s Visual Arts Program from 1967 to 1992. She was 88 years old.

NEWS | 03/10/2011

Slaughter ’80 leads delegation to Liberia, Sierra Leone

Wilson School professor Anne-Marie Slaughter ’80 led a women’s technology delegation under the U.S. Department of State to Liberia and Sierra Leone from Feb. 27 to March 5. Formerly the department’s director of policy planning, Slaughter returned to the University in February to teach an undergraduate seminar on national security policy and a graduate seminar.

NEWS | 03/10/2011

Gill '09 forms congressional exploratory committee in California

Ricky Gill ’09 launched an exploratory committee on March 1 to examine his potential run for Congress as a Republican representative for California’s 11th district in San Joaquin County.

NEWS | 03/10/2011

Arts students, officials back U. plan

While the fate of the Arts and Transit Neighborhood hangs in the balance as University and local officials continue negotiations over zoning and the proposed relocation of the Dinky, Lewis Center for the Arts students and faculty say they are still hoping for the construction of the new facilities.

NEWS | 03/10/2011

Ammah-Tagoe ’11, Rosen ’11, Basu Trivedi ’11 picked as Young Alumni Trustee finalists

Aku Ammah-Tagoe ’11, Nikhil Basu Trivedi ’11 and Alex Rosen ’11 have been voted finalists in the Young Alumni Trustee primary election, Associate Director of Alumni Education Leslie Rowley announced in an e-mail to candidates Friday afternoon. A total of 31 seniors ran in the primary election, which was open to members of the Class of 2010.

NEWS | 03/10/2011

Cannon Club to open in February 2012

After plans to reopen in the springs of 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 were all delayed due to reasons ranging from a failure to obtain building permits to the economic recession, Cannon Dial Elm Club looks set to open its doors to undergraduates in February 2012. Officials said the club will select its members through a Bicker process that would take place next February for members of the Class of 2014. Because the club has no junior or senior membership, the graduate board plans to choose between 10 and 20 of this year’s freshmen to conduct Bicker for their own classmates.

NEWS | 03/10/2011

Borough Mayor Trotman to not run for reelection in fall

Borough Mayor Mildred Trotman will not be seeking re-election, she announced at a meeting of the executive board for the Princeton Democratic Community Organization on Saturday.

NEWS | 03/08/2011

Council announces small tax increase for Borough

At Tuesday’s meeting, the Borough Council reviewed this year’s municipal budget and discussed the difficulties it might face if the University chooses not to make a voluntary contribution this year. During its closed session, the Council also prepared for negotiations with the University regarding its Arts and Transit Neighborhood zoning proposal.

NEWS | 03/08/2011

Panel discusses issues facing Yemen in wake of Middle East strife

A panel discussion sponsored by the Wilson School titled “Yemen: Thinking Outside the [al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula] Box” was held in Dodds Auditorium on Monday. The panel featured Wilson School lecturer Barbara Bodine, a former U.S. Ambassador to Yemen; Michael Ryan, senior research associate at the Jamestown Foundation; and Wilson School professor Jacob Shapiro.

NEWS | 03/08/2011

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