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N.J. education commissioner announces tenure reform

N.J. education commissioner announces tenure reform

In a press conference Wednesday afternoon in Lewis Library, New Jersey’s acting education commissioner, Christopher Cerf, announced New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s agenda for education reform, which centers on performance-based teacher evaluations and a merit-based reincarnation of the tenure system.

NEWS | 02/16/2011

Township and Borough consider consolidation

Local officials presented a report on baseline data for the possible consolidation of the Borough and the Township at a joint meeting on Tuesday night.

NEWS | 02/15/2011

Hatem addresses emergence of Islamic feminist movement

Mervat Hatem, a political science professor at Howard University, described the emerging “phenomenon” of Islamic feminism on Tuesday in Robertson Hall. She is the first speaker in a series of spring lectures hosted by the Workshop on Arab Political Development and sponsored by the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies.

NEWS | 02/15/2011

News & Notes: University researchers develop stretch-sensitive organic laser

Sigurd Wagner, professor of electrical engineering, and Patrick Goerrn, a postdoctoral research fellow at the University, have developed a stretchable laser sensor.

NEWS | 02/15/2011

Ford ’79 speaks on environmentalism

Technology has begun to empower the automobile industry to develop environmentally friendly technology that would have been unimaginable as recently as 20 years ago, Ford Motor Company Executive Chairman William Clay Ford, Jr. ’79 told a roughly 150-member audience in the main auditorium of the Friend Center on Tuesday evening.

NEWS | 02/15/2011

Professors reevaluate President Lincoln’s legacy and reputation

On Tuesday night in Betts Auditorium, history professor emeritus James McPherson and visiting politics professor Allen Guelzo spoke with a crowd of about 40 students and community members on the statesmanship of Abraham Lincoln. The two historians shared their views on the evolution of Lincoln’s legacy through an evaluation of his achievements and failures.

NEWS | 02/15/2011

Li ’11 exposes gap in online security

“Congrats on using Gmail for your Princeton email,” Dan Li ’11 wrote in the hundreds of e-mails he sent out over the last few days to students who forward e-mails from their Princeton accounts to their Gmail e-mail addresses. “If you’re creeped out because I know your Gmail address, read on.”

NEWS | 02/15/2011

Census: Population of Borough plunged over previous decade

The Princeton Borough saw a sharp decline in population over the last 10 years, according to figures from the 2010 Census released on Feb. 3.

NEWS | 02/14/2011

Anscombe Society members hold Q-and-A session in Murray-Dodge

The Anscombe Society hosted an informal question and answer session with its members on Monday evening in Murray-Dodge Hall. Titled “Ask an Anscomber Anything,” the event invited students to direct questions to the club’s members in a more informal and open setting than typical club events.

NEWS | 02/14/2011

Tilghman discusses relocation of Arts Neighborhood

University President Shirley Tilghman spoke about the ongoing discussions over the Arts and Transit Neighborhood and the progress of the University’s $1.75 billion Aspire capital campaign at a meeting of the Council of the Princeton University Community on Monday.

NEWS | 02/14/2011

Co-ops waitlist many as interest in membership rises

The three campus co-ops — the International Food Co-op, 2 Dickinson St. and Brown — have seen significant increases in membership interest for next year, with many students already on waitlists for the fall.

NEWS | 02/14/2011

Penn mulls grade inflation after leaks

After the document leak at Columbia University that indicated that one out of 12 students at Columbia received at least a 4.0 grade point average last semester, fellow Ivy League school the University of Pennsylvania has begun to evaluate its grading policy.

NEWS | 02/14/2011

News & Notes: West endorses candidate in Chicago mayoral contest

African American Studies professor Cornel West GS ’80 has openly endorsed Carol Moseley Braun as a candidate in the Chicago mayoral election.

NEWS | 02/14/2011

Displaced students to study at Hebrew University

On Sunday, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem announced that its Rothberg International School would accept a dozen American students whose studies abroad had been interrupted by turmoil in Egypt.

NEWS | 02/13/2011

News & Notes: Aksay develops stable and durable fuel cell

Research conducted by professor Ilhan Aksay at the University’s Ceramic Materials Laboratory, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Washington State University has revealed a way of combining nanoparticles and graphene to develop a material that is more stable and durable for use in fuel cells.

NEWS | 02/13/2011

Searchinger Washington Post op-ed stirs up controversy

Timothy Searchinger, an associate research scholar in the Princeton Environmental Institute, the Wilson School and the Program in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy, has received negative feedback for arguing that biofuels have contributed to the world food shortage.

NEWS | 02/13/2011

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