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Former OSTP director Marburger ’62 speaks on science policy

Former OSTP director Marburger ’62 speaks on science policy

John Marburger ’62, former director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, described the challenges of reconciling the often conflicting opinions of the scientific community and the general public at a lecture hosted by the American Whig-Cliosophic Society in Whig Hall on Thursday evening.

NEWS | 04/14/2011

News & Notes: Mexican composer Catan ’77 passes away

Daniel Catan ’77, the first Mexican composer to have an opera produced in the United States, passed away last Friday at the age of 62 from unknown causes.

NEWS | 04/14/2011

PEP hosts event on marriage equality

The Frist Campus Center Multipurpose Room, decorated with floral confetti, white drapery and event schedules decorated with silver borders, looked fit for a wedding on Thursday afternoon at the “Speak Now for Marriage Equality” panel and discussion session organized by the Princeton Equality Project.

NEWS | 04/14/2011

Commission approves debt consolidation

A commission of representatives from the Borough and Township met on Wednesday night to discuss the possibilities of merging municipal services and debts.

NEWS | 04/13/2011

Shields '87 to deliver Class Day address

Actress and model Brooke Shields ’87 will deliver this year’s Class Day address, Class Day cochairs Kristen Davila ’11, Nell Diamond ’11 and Nikhil Basu Trivedi ’11 announced in an email to the senior class on Wednesday morning. Class Day will take place on May 30.

NEWS | 04/13/2011

Gollakota ’13, Wagstaff ’14 vie for social chair

While two newcomers in the race for USG social chair and challengers for positions in the Class of 2012 and Class of 2014 promise some new faces, the majority of candidates in this year’s spring USG elections are running unopposed.

NEWS | 04/13/2011

University affected by new state district map

The University will no longer be represented by the 15th District legislative delegation that has represented the University in Trenton for the last 10 years, according to the new district map approved and released by the independent redistricting commission on April 3.

NEWS | 04/13/2011

Woman allegedly attempts fraud at Chase bank

For the second time in just over a year, the Chase bank on Nassau Street was targeted by an out-of-state suspect allegedly aiming to cash a fake check.

NEWS | 04/13/2011

NOM official reverses gay marriage stance, leaves group

National Organization for Marriage social media strategist Louis Marinelli has resigned from his role, announcing in a post on his personal blog that he now supports civil marriage equality.

NEWS | 04/12/2011

Harvard professor Benkler looks at issues of freedom in lecture

Harvard Law School professor Yochai Benkler spoke on freedom and constraint in modern society at the seventh annual Donald S. Bernstein ’75 lecture in McCormick Hall on Tuesday.

NEWS | 04/12/2011

New Graduate Student Government officers announced; pledge to look at housing, UHS

The Graduate Student Government recently announced its newest group of officers, recently elected GSG communications manager and art and archaeology student Kjell Wangensteen GS said in an email to The Daily Princetonian on Monday.

NEWS | 04/12/2011

News & Notes: West says Obama abandoned Democratic positions

In an interview with Russian television network RT earlier this month, African American studies professor Cornel West GS ’80 said that President Barack Obama, whom West publicly supported during his 2008 campaign, is abandoning his political positions.

NEWS | 04/12/2011

News & Notes: Schlissel ’79 tapped as Brown’s provost

Mark Schlissel ’79 has been named Brown University’s newest provost.

NEWS | 04/12/2011

News & Notes: Professors sign statement in support of Manning

Several University affiliates have signed a petition on behalf of Bradley Manning, the American soldier charged with leaking classified information to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

NEWS | 04/12/2011

Borough Council examines housing plan

Borough Administrator Robert Bruschi introduced a list of proposed amendments to the 2011 budget at Tuesday’s Borough Council meeting.

NEWS | 04/12/2011

USG releases 1st annual report

The USG released its first annual report, which reviews initiatives from the 2010 calendar year as well as upcoming projects, early on Tuesday morning.

NEWS | 04/12/2011

Gift creates center for policy, finance

Mitch Julis ’77 has made a donation to create the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance as part of the Wilson School. Julis’ gift will support research, course enrichment, undergraduate internships, graduate fellowships and public outreach to ensure the University’s strong presence in the field of public policy, according to a University statement.

NEWS | 04/11/2011

Sachs lecture on poverty, charity streamed from Columbia

A group of about 40 people gathered in Whig Hall on Monday night to watch a video of a lecture by Columbia professor Jeffrey Sachs and a live lecture by Rutgers professor Larry Temkin GS ’83. The event marked the launch of the Princeton chapter of the international philanthropic organization Giving What We Can.

NEWS | 04/11/2011

Wilson School review may soon be made public

The Wilson School review committee will publish the findings of its formal investigation sometime after April 16, according to committee co-chair, spokesman and Wilson School associate dean Nolan McCarty. A confidential draft of the committee’s findings recently circulated among University administrators and the Wilson School’s elected undergraduate student advisory council, which met with the committee during the process.

NEWS | 04/11/2011

Incumbent 2012 social chair appeals expulsion from race

Incumbent Class of 2012 social chair candidate Aparajita Das has been disqualified from the race due to a lack of communication about changes to USG election rules, sparking backlash from several current officers.

NEWS | 04/11/2011

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