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MacArthur fellow Dabiri ’01 on jellyfish, energy and Princeton

MacArthur fellow Dabiri ’01 on jellyfish, energy and Princeton

Biophysicist John Dabiri ’01 was named a MacArthur Fellow on Tuesday, an honor that comes with a no-strings-attached “genius grant” of $500,000 over five years. Dabiri was reached in California just hours after the announcement and talked with The Daily Princetonian about swimming with the jellyfish, making new discoveries and finding inspiration at Princeton.

NEWS | 09/29/2010

FDA approves new 5-day emergency contraceptive

Based on research conducted in collaboration with a University professor, the Food and Drug Administration approved a new emergency contraceptive pill this summer that can prevent pregnancy for up to five days after unprotected sex, two days longer than is possible with the current leading alternative.

NEWS | 09/28/2010

Bogan, Chow sign letter supporting Bush tax cuts

University economics professors Elizabeth Bogan and Gregory Chow, along with more than 300 other economists, signed an open letter to Congress in support of an extension to the tax cuts implemented in 2001 and 2003 under President George W. Bush’s administration.

NEWS | 09/28/2010

Forbes and Whitman will both serve Saturday meals

The University has reinstated Saturday meals at both Forbes and Whitman colleges, a year after it implemented a cost-saving initiative that left only one of the two dining halls open on Saturdays.“A number of the cost-reduction initiatives exceeded our projections,” Director of Dining Services Stu Orefice said in an e-mail, citing “the tray-free dining program and modifications to our purchasing program.”

NEWS | 09/28/2010

New printing system causes delays

At the start of the academic year, the Office of Information Technology introduced a single cluster printing queue and deactivated location-specific printing queues in an effort to streamline campus printing. Less than a month later, though, students have reported technical problems ranging from lengthy printing delays to the new queue’s incompatibility with their laptop operating systems.

NEWS | 09/28/2010

West GS ’80 critiques current state of ‘critique’

Cornel West GS ’80 believes that Princeton is “committed to paideia education.”West described paideia as “this cultivation of critique, this bearing witness to love and justice and ... questing for hope, though knowing that we will need help,” in a speech Tuesday before roughly 250 students in McCosh 10. The African American studies professor’s talk, “Cultivating Critique in the Age of Obama,” inaugurated the Signature Lecture Series organized by Wilson College.

NEWS | 09/28/2010

USG initiative aims to encourage healthy eating

A new USG nutrition initiative aims to raise awareness of healthy eating options by expanding the number of healthy selections and offering student discounts at the Food Gallery in Frist Campus Center beginning in November.

NEWS | 09/27/2010

New rules for Cornell’s Greek system toughen hazing penalties

As the working group on campus social and residential life prepares to examine the role of fraternities and sororities on campus, the Cornell University administration has mandated a major overhaul of the school’s Greek system.Under Cornell’s new rules, announced in August, Greek organizations must eliminate all activities involving alcohol from their recruitment and pledging activities, according to The Cornell Daily Sun. The new provisions also toughen penalties for hazing and state that all parties with alcohol should be closed to freshmen.

NEWS | 09/27/2010

Corzine calls for more even wealth distribution for economic stability

Former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, a visiting Wilson School professor, warned that Congress had not addressed fundamental economic problems in the financial reform bill it passed in July, a move that threatens to push the country back into recession.

NEWS | 09/27/2010

Jones: Energy, jobs are linked

America requires a new approach to energy policy that also diversifies the country’s workforce, Jones argued in his first public address as a visiting fellow on Monday afternoon.In his speech, titled “Beyond Green Jobs: The Next American Economy and The Politics of Hope,” Jones said that the United States should strike a balance between government regulation and business innovation in its energy plans, focusing on renewable energy such as wind and solar power.

NEWS | 09/27/2010

Study: Physical posture may influence political beliefs

The way you sit may influence the way you vote, according to a new study by psychology professor Daniel Oppenheimer and Thomas Trail GS ’10.The researchers discovered that people who lean to the left are more likely to support liberal beliefs — a physical manifestation of the familiar left-right political division that originated in the 1791 French Legislative Assembly, where liberals sat on the left and conservatives on the right.

NEWS | 09/27/2010

Town residents debate Dinky replacement

Brandishing a number of large crowbars, Chip Crider GS ’79 criticized a recent proposal by Princeton Borough and Princeton Township to replace the Dinky with a bus rapid transit system. “A BRT won’t work in Princeton because we don’t have the space for it and we don’t have the demand for it,” he said, using the crowbars to represent large transit systems like the BRT.

NEWS | 09/26/2010

Out of the lab, off to Africa

Caroline Park ’11 knows that health care can’t be learned from a textbook.This summer, Park’s senior thesis in ecology and evolutionary biology brought her to Senegal, where she studied the impact of dam construction on demographic, health and economic conditions in the surrounding villages.“You can read a lot about health care, but once you actually get out into the villages and see how people are living every day, it gives you new perspective about how development is actually progressing there,” Park said.

NEWS | 09/26/2010

Bernanke defends field of economics

Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve and former chair of the University’s economics department, defended his home discipline in a high-profile speech on Friday in which he argued that the field of economic research remains valid despite the widespread criticism it has faced since the global financial crisis began in 2008.

NEWS | 09/26/2010

Charter Club's new sign-in system attracts widespread support

Charter Club’s new weighted sign-in policy has garnered generally positive reactions from the campus community in the week since it was announced in The Daily Princetonian. But questions remain about how the logistical details of the system, which have yet to be finalized, will align with Charter’s goals.

NEWS | 09/26/2010

Sinn Fein president: Dialogue is key

Thirty years ago, arguments for a nonviolent end to the conflict in Northern Ireland might have been labeled naive. But now, when Gerry Adams, one of the key architects of the Northern Ireland peace process, says that “no conflict is intractable,” his words carry weight.

NEWS | 09/26/2010

Cause of wireless outage still unknown

The Office of Information Technology has not yet determined what caused Wednesday's unprecedented wireless network outage, which knocked out wireless Internet service Wednesday afternoon and evening, according to Steven Sather, associate chief information officer and director of support service for OIT.

NEWS | 09/23/2010

Bendheim Center will celebrate 10th anniversary

A decade ago, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke helped start the Bendheim Center for Finance on campus. He will return to Princeton on Friday to commemorate the center’s 10th anniversary.

NEWS | 09/23/2010

Kornfeld Simpson ’14 wins $25K award

As the calendar turns to October, seniors in the Engineering School will be finalizing plans for independent research projects. Meanwhile, Anna Kornfeld Simpson ’14 will be cashing a $25,000 check from the Davidson Institute for prize-winning research she completed before she had even applied to Princeton.

NEWS | 09/23/2010

University begins search for new dean

As the 24-year tenure of Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel comes to an end, the search has begun for her successor. University Provost Christopher Eisgruber ’83 is heading a search committee that will offer recommendations on candidates to President Shirley Tilghman. Tilghman will then select a candidate to present to the University’s Board of Trustees.

NEWS | 09/23/2010

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