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Wilson School announces 5 SINSI scholarships

Wilson School announces 5 SINSI scholarships

Five juniors have been selected for Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative scholarships, the Wilson School announced last week. Marlise Jean-Pierre ’12, Lauren Rhode ’12, Kelly Roache ’12, Miriam Rosenbaum ’12 and Omar Muhsin Usman ’12 were selected for the fellowship program, which is designed to recognize, support and prepare students committed to careers in the U.S. government.

NEWS | 02/06/2011

New website will let students compare textbook prices

Lang Wang ’11 and Peck Yang ’11 launched a new website last month, PrincetonText.com, that allows students to compare prices for course books among a number of online retailers. The website aims to help students find course books at lower prices than at Labyrinth Books, the University’s official course book supplier on Nassau Street.

NEWS | 02/06/2011

204 bicker Cap & Gown

Cap & Gown Club broke Tower Club’s three-year streak as the most popular club on the Street with a total of 204 sophomore and junior bickerees, compared to Tower’s 169. Cap accepted 95 new members, according to sources within the club, or 47 percent of its bickerees, replacing Tower as the most selective club.

NEWS | 02/06/2011

Sign-in clubs see large increase in overall numbers

One year after both Colonial and Quadrangle Clubs experienced particularly low levels of sign-ins and the sign-in clubs faced questions about their long-term sustainability, the clubs saw at least 500 students join last week.

NEWS | 02/06/2011

News & Notes: Architecture professor emeritus Clark passes away

Robert J. Clark, a University professor emeritus of art and archaeology, passed away in his home in California on Jan. 4 after a lengthy illness at the age of 73.

NEWS | 02/06/2011

News & Notes: University curator given numismatic honor

University Curator of Numismatics Alan Stahl received the Medal of the Royal Numismatic Society for 2010 in London on Jan. 18.

NEWS | 02/03/2011

Conference organizers face funding challenges

Alex Shih ’11 burned through much of his bank account and all of his summer internship money to pay for last weekend’s Intercollegiate Taiwanese American Students Association conference, which did not qualify for University funding.

NEWS | 02/03/2011

News & Notes: Breuer '11 wins Adler Prize

Lindsey Breuer ’11 received the 2011 Elmer Adler Undergraduate Book Collecting Prize for her essay “If Only I Could Apparate, My Harry Potter Collection Would Truly Appreciate” at a dinner on Jan. 29, 2011.

NEWS | 02/03/2011

Famed composer and professor Babbitt passes away

Former music professor Milton Babbitt GS ’92, one of the most influential and controversial composers of the second half of the 20th century, died of natural causes on Jan.29 at the age of 94.

NEWS | 02/03/2011

University plans solar panel field

The University will install one of the largest solar collector fields at any U.S. college as early as summer 2012, according to a University statement released Wednesday.

NEWS | 02/03/2011

University Press publishes anthology of journalism professors

In January, the Princeton University Press published “The Princeton Reader: Contemporary Essays by Writers and Journalists at Princeton University,” an anthology of nonfiction essays by 75 contributors who have written for publications from The Washington Post to Vogue.

NEWS | 02/03/2011

Endowments increase across nation

According to a report from the NACUBO-Commonfund Study of Endowments, university endowments are rising again as the economy recovers from a severe recession.

NEWS | 02/03/2011

Professor Harris-Perry to leave post for Tulane University

Politics and African American studies professor Melissa Harris-Perry left her position at the University following the fall semester. She will relocate to Tulane University in New Orleans where she will teach political science and head a new program at the Newcomb College Institute to examine the influences between politics and race and gender in the South beginning in July.

NEWS | 02/02/2011

Colonial credits social schedule for increased numbers

While a restoration of high membership numbers may have returned one club to normalcy in first-round sign-ins, for two others, this year’s sign-ins were an experiment in breaking tradition.

NEWS | 02/02/2011

News & Notes: University engineers create air laser

A group of engineers at the University has created new laser sensing technology that has future applications in bomb detection and in airborne pollutant measurement. Instead of previous remote laser sensing methods, in which the returning beam of light is a reflection of the outgoing beam, the new system generates an entirely new laser beam from oxygen atoms whose elections have been excited to high energy levels.

NEWS | 02/02/2011

Yates ’11 wins Churchill

Chemistry major Emma Yates ’11 was awarded the Churchill Scholarship, the University announced Tuesday, which will provide her with the opportunity to conduct original research next year at Cambridge University. Yates plans to investigate how toxic proteins implicated in Alzheimer’s disease might be converted into nontoxic forms.

NEWS | 02/02/2011

Recently published book evaluates advantages of public access to university materials

What if nearly all the aspects of an Ivy League-quality class were posted free of charge for anyone with access to the Internet? In her new book, “Unlocking the Gates,” research analyst Taylor Walsh discusses how these opportunities are being presented by many elite universities and how they are impacting society and education.

NEWS | 02/02/2011

News & Notes: Just '01 takes over at The New Republic

Richard Just ’01 will become editor-in-chief of The New Republic after owner Martin Peretz officially steps down.

NEWS | 02/02/2011

Borough ordered to reinstate sergeant

A veteran Princeton Borough police sergeant returned to the force last month after a judge found him not guilty in a misconduct case that spanned three years and will cost taxpayers roughly $400,000.

NEWS | 02/02/2011

University-town relations strained after meeting

After five years of planning and acrimonious debate, the Arts and Transit Neighborhood — the University’s ambitious plan to create new arts facilities and streamline traffic flow near Forbes College — was abandoned when University president Shirley Tilghman decided discussions over the location of the Dinky had reached an impasse after a joint Borough Council and Township Committee meeting Monday night.

NEWS | 02/01/2011

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