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Gonick, Munroe discuss ‘Life, the Universe and Nothing’

Gonick, Munroe discuss ‘Life, the Universe and Nothing’

A capacity crowd of students gathered for a talk titled “High Concept, Low Art: Cartoonists Larry Gonick and Randall Munroe in Conversation about Life, the Universe and Nothing” on Monday night in Taylor Auditorium in Frick Chemistry Laboratory. Due to the large crowd, two overflow rooms were set up in Jadwin Hall that streamed a simulcast of the lecture.

NEWS | 04/11/2011

Rees ’12, Wilkerson-Melnick ’12 win inaugural Dalai Lama fellowships

Amanda Rees ’12 and Gabrielle Wilkerson-Melnick ’12 are among the first Dalai Lama Fellows ever selected. Currently in its inaugural year, the Dalai Lama Fellowship will award the pair $10,000. Rees and Wilkerson-Melnick said they plan to spend the money on a social entrepreneurship and sustainable energy project in Tanzania.

NEWS | 04/10/2011

Clubs stand up to LGBT discrimination

A group of LGBT peer educators met recently with the 10 eating club presidents to discuss issues related to discrimination against LGBT students.

NEWS | 04/10/2011

News & Notes: Mercer County Clerk says 2012 presidential or vice-presidential debate should be in Princeton

Mercer county Clerk Paula Sollami Covello has urged Gov. Chris Christie to submit a proposal to make Princeton home to a 2012 presidential or vice-presidential debate in the time leading up to the November election.

NEWS | 04/10/2011

Candidates for USG elections announced

The USG announced candidates for the upcoming spring elections at its Senate meeting on Sunday night. Candidates for the majority of class government positions are running unopposed.

NEWS | 04/10/2011

New Frick dedicated in Saturday ceremony

A public dedication was held on Saturday for Frick Chemistry Laboratory, the new campus chemistry facility whose construction began in the fall of 2007 and ended last summer.

NEWS | 04/10/2011

Autism awareness week culminates in Friday night Service in Style fashion show

On Friday night, Service in Style held its seventh annual Fashion Speaks benefit fashion show, from which all proceeds will be split between Autism Speaks and the Eden Institute.

NEWS | 04/10/2011

News & Notes: Yale considers implementing new grading option

Yale may consider implementing a policy that would allow students to designate a class “Credit/D/Fail” after finishing it, according to a recent report in the Yale Daily News.

NEWS | 04/10/2011

Research in Jeopardy: Lobbying Washington

Two weeks after the federal government announced that America was officially in a recession, then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi joined University President Shirley Tilghman on campus to discuss a potential solution: investment in science.

NEWS | 04/07/2011

Palmer ’11 wins Carnegie fellowship

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has named Oliver Palmer ’11 one of its 2011 Junior Fellows in its Asia program. He is also a member of The Daily Princetonian Editorial Board.

NEWS | 04/07/2011

De Silva ’11 awarded 1st Building Bridges grant

Nushelle de Silva ’11 has been awarded the first-ever ReachOut 56-81-06 Building Bridges Grant.

NEWS | 04/07/2011

University couple may see progress

It has been a week of hope, disappointment and hope again for Joshua Vandiver GS as he awaits his Venezuelan husband Henry Velandia’s deportation hearing on May 6.

NEWS | 04/07/2011

Q&A: Nigel Sheinwald, British ambassador to U.S.

British Ambassador to the United States Nigel Sheinwald sat down with staff writer Caleb Kennedy on Thursday during a visit to the University to discuss trans-Atlantic cooperation and the state of the Middle East.

NEWS | 04/07/2011

NAS president Cicerone talks on climate

Ralph Cicerone, president of the National Academy of Sciences and the chair of the National Research Council, spoke about climate change in the Princeton Environmental Institute’s Taplin Environmental Lecture on Thursday in Guyot 10.

NEWS | 04/07/2011

Clubs collaborate on charity project

Over the next two weeks, the eating clubs will undertake a Street-wide joint service project to benefit a local nonprofit organization in Trenton.

NEWS | 04/07/2011

NASA scientist discusses new technologies

NASA Langley Chief Scientist Dennis Bushnell gave a talk titled “Frontiers of Electric Aircraft Propulsion” to an audience of roughly 30 students in the Engineering Quadrangle on Wednesday night.

NEWS | 04/06/2011

Four juniors win Goldwater prize

Four juniors have received Goldwater Scholarships, a prestigious award for exceptional undergraduates interested in careers in engineering, mathematics and the natural sciences.

NEWS | 04/06/2011

Alleged campus lurer admitted to Trenton crisis center

Tony Kadyhrob, the man who was accused of luring young women on local campuses, was spotted in Princeton Borough around 10:21 a.m. on Wednesday, according to a Campus Safety alert sent out at 11:33 a.m.

NEWS | 04/06/2011

First ALTA meeting focuses on setting goals, exploring issues

Members of Project Academic Life Total Assessment met for the first time on Friday to set goals and discuss steps to accomplishing these goals, USG president Michael Yaroshefsky ’12 said.

NEWS | 04/06/2011

Research in Jeopardy: Plasma lab may face cuts, layoffs

Proposed congressional cuts to research funding could result in layoffs of a third of the staff and researchers at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, threatening the country’s leadership in the development of fusion energy, the lab’s top officials said in interviews.

NEWS | 04/06/2011

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