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Chin ’75 rules on Google book case

Chin ’75 rules on Google book case

U.S. Circuit Court Judge Denny Chin ’75 rejected a proposed settlement between Google, The Authors Guild and The Association of American Publishers that would have allowed the leading Internet search engine company to proceed with its Google Books Search project on Tuesday. The decision has major implications for the University’s digitization efforts.

NEWS | 03/24/2011

Fall class total to be updated to reflect seminars, task forces

Despite what appears to be 216 fewer courses offered in the fall term compared to this spring’s offerings, the number of courses offered in the fall will be approximately the same, several departmental representatives confirmed.

NEWS | 03/24/2011

All Prospect alcohol calls to go to Borough Police

Public Safety will now notify the Princeton Borough Police Department on all calls for assistance from the eating clubs, Department of Public Safety Deputy Director Charles Davall confirmed in an email. Public Safety will still respond to calls from students or club officers to help intoxicated students, but it will now inform the police of the call and expect them to respond as well.

NEWS | 03/24/2011

Professor emeritus reflects on humanitarianism, morality

Political philosopher and professor emeritus Michael Walzer spoke about the philosophical implications of choice in a lecture called “Humanitarianism: What is it?” on Wednesday night in Lewis Library.The lecture was sponsored by the Center for the Study of Religion as the fifth annual Doll Family Lecture on Religion and Money.

NEWS | 03/23/2011

Minister discusses miracles, religion

While many students may think that miracles don’t exist, Robby Dawkins wants to change their mind.Dawkins, a pastor at the Vineyard Aurora Church in Aurora, Ill., gave a demonstration of miracles Wednesday night in McCosh 10 in a seminar sponsored by Princeton Faith in Action.

NEWS | 03/23/2011

Neumann and Moore ’79 join mayoral election

Residents Anne Waldron Neumann and Yina Moore ’79 have both announced that they will be seeking the Democratic nomination for Borough mayor.

NEWS | 03/23/2011

Steering Committee on women hosts panel

President Tilghman led a panel discussion Wednesday night with members of the Steering Committee on Undergraduate Women’s Leadership about the 114-page report the committee published on Monday after a year-and-a-half investigation into women’s campus leadership.

NEWS | 03/23/2011

Commission meets on Borough, Township consolidation

A commission currently studying the possible consolidation of the Borough and the Township met Wednesday night to discuss merging the municipalities’ debts and public services.For the past several months, the Joint Consolidation/Shared Services Study Commission has been working with the Center for Governmental Research, a nonprofit public management consulting firm, to examine the possibility of a merger.

NEWS | 03/23/2011

Lockouts now face disciplinary action

Students recently locked out of their rooms have received cards announcing an updated lock out policy. The cards feature the fees that will be charged when students are let into their rooms by Public Safety officers and promise “disciplinary action for repeat offenders.”

NEWS | 03/22/2011

PLO activist Ashrawi discusses human rights in Middle East

Hanan Ashrawi, activist and spokesperson for the Palestine Liberation Organization, delivered the annual Edward Said Memorial Lecture to a full crowd of students and community members on Tuesday night in McCosh 10. Her speech was titled “The Dislocation of Palestine.”

NEWS | 03/22/2011

Student Facebook website shuts down

The Princeton Online Facebook closed on Friday after six years of operation. According to a message on the website, “The service is no longer supported by the University’s new IT infrastructure.”

NEWS | 03/22/2011

News & Notes: Anti-abortion flyers stir up Theological Seminary

Supposed anti-abortion literature has sparked a controversy at the Princeton Theological Seminary, CBS 2 reported on Monday.

NEWS | 03/22/2011

News & Notes: University researchers develop new type of sensor

Researchers at the University have developed a new sensor, the “disk-coupled dots-on-pillar antenna-array” or D2PA, with unprecedented sensitivity and a wide range of uses, from finding concealed explosives to detecting early signs of cancer.

NEWS | 03/22/2011

Myhrvold '11, Ousterhout '11 win Hertz

Kay Ousterhout ’11 and Cameron Myhrvold ’11 have been awarded Hertz Fellowships to support graduate work for applied physical and biological science. The award is regarded as the most prestigious fellowship in the applied sciences and provides funding for up to five years of doctoral study.

NEWS | 03/22/2011

Butler speech escalates University-town tensions over zoning

In a speech on the University’s Arts and Transit Neighborhood zoning request at Tuesday’s Borough Council meeting, Councilmember Jo Butler predicted that the Borough risked losing the University’s voluntary financial support if it did not grant the University its requested zoning.

NEWS | 03/22/2011

Seale ’13 and Dai ’13 featured in book on robotics competition

Luke Seale ’13 and Angela Dai ’13 were featured in “The New Cool,” a book released earlier this month by New York Times best-selling author Neal Bascomb. The book details the story of the Dos Pueblos Engineering Academy’s FIRST robotics team on their way to the division finals of the national competition in 2009.

NEWS | 03/21/2011

U.S. News rates grad programs

The University’s graduate programs are among the best in the world, according to the 2012 rankings recently released by U.S. News & World Report. The rankings examined core areas of study as well as several specialized subcategories.

NEWS | 03/21/2011

Yaroshefsky meets with Biden in Russia

Over spring break, USG president Michael Yaroshefsky ’12, along with student body presidents from 14 other schools, traveled to the Russian Federation on a trip sponsored by the Russian Federation’s Federal Agency for Youth Affairs.

NEWS | 03/21/2011

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

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