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Olympiad competition held on campus

Olympiad competition held on campus

Nearly 600 students from 40 regional high schools and middle schools filled Jadwin and McDonnell halls on Thursday afternoon to compete in a regional tournament of the New Jersey Science Olympiad.The tournament, which consisted of 16 events, tested students on their knowledge of various subjects, including chemistry, ecology and meteorology.

NEWS | 01/08/2009

With budget shortfall, Borough must cut jobs, raise taxes

In response to a recently announced $1.3 million 2009 budget shortfall, Princeton Borough will likely cut jobs and raise taxes and fees in the upcoming year, Borough Administrator Robert Bruschi said.?We have to come up with $1.3 million and have to live within the state budget guidelines ? We?ve cut the expenses we can cut, so all that is left is to cut jobs,? he said, noting that the Borough is under a number of constraints.

NEWS | 01/08/2009

Endowment could fall 25 percent

President Tilghman announced Thursday that the endowment has lost at least 11 percent of its value in the four months since the end of the fiscal year on June 30, 2008, in a letter sent to the campus community.This figure ? which does not include the non-marketable securities that comprise half of the endowment ? does not capture the full extent of the loss, she said, noting that the University will plan for a 25 percent decrease by the end of the current fiscal year in June.

NEWS | 01/08/2009

Wilson School dean may join State Department

Wilson School Dean Anne-Marie Slaughter ?80 is slated to become the head of policy planning at the Department of State under Hillary Clinton, President-elect Barack Obama?s nominee for Secretary of State, according to several media outlets.The Associated Press and Reuters reported Thursday that anonymous sources have confirmed that Clinton intends to pick Slaughter for the post.

NEWS | 01/08/2009

University researchers discover breast cancer gene

University researchers, led by molecular biology professor Yibin Kang, announced their discovery on Tuesday of Metadherin, a gene linked to breast cancer deaths.In an article published in the Jan.

NEWS | 01/06/2009

Appel ’81 accused of violating order

Sequoia Voting Systems and computer science professor Andrew Appel ?81 have continued to butt heads in recent weeks over Gusciora v.

NEWS | 01/06/2009

Whitman '77 rumored to seek California governorship

Correction appended

NEWS | 01/06/2009

At school for the holidays

While most students were hitting the slopes, lounging on cruise ships or sleeping unnaturally long hours at home, some students spent the holidays on campus, bonding with each other in the season for family reunions.

NEWS | 01/06/2009

Israel-Gaza conflict draws student blame, concern

An estimated 600 people, both Israeli and Palestinian, have been killed, and 3,000 have been wounded since the start of Israeli air strikes in Gaza on Dec.

NEWS | 01/06/2009

New campus transit system launched

Correction appended A new integrated campus transit system, TigerTransit, was launched Monday after a year of discussion between the Graduate Student Government (GSG), the USG and the Office of Parking and Transportation.

NEWS | 01/06/2009

Pelosi, Holt, Tilghman: Science can stimulate U.S. economy

On, Dec. 15, President Tilghman met Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.) and other leaders in the sciences in Chancellor Green for a roundtable discussion about science and technology in the United States and its ability to stimulate the national economy.A meeting between Tilghman and Pelosi earlier this year inspired the discussion.

NEWS | 01/06/2009

Yale endowment falls 25 percent since end of June

Yale?s endowment is down roughly 25 percent since the fiscal year that ended June 30, Yale president Richard Levin, announced on Dec.

NEWS | 01/06/2009

Founder of Pell Grants dies at 90

Claiborne Pell ?40, the shy student from a powerful political family who went on to help create the largest federal college-grant program to date, died of Parkinson?s disease on New Year?s Day at his home in Newport, R.I.

NEWS | 01/06/2009

Fraternity president sentenced in DeVercelly death

The final defendant in the 2007 Rider University hazing death case was sentenced to three years of probation last month.

NEWS | 01/06/2009

Web Update: Appel '81 sanctioned for violations of court order

Computer science professor Andrew Appel '81 has been ordered to apologize and pay attorney's fees after a Mercer County Superior Court judge ruled that he twice violated the conditions of a protective order regarding an expert report he prepared on the security of Sequoia Voting Systems' voting machines.

NEWS | 12/17/2008

Facebook gifts come to real life with new alum start-up

Thanks to an imaginative group of University alumni, a man in Los Angeles can now buy a drink for a woman in a New York City bar.

NEWS | 12/11/2008

Rocky, Mathey compete to conserve energy use

Rocky and Mathey College residents were encouraged to ?Do It in the Dark? this week as part of a competition to determine which residential college could reduce its energy consumption by the greatest amount before winter break.

NEWS | 12/11/2008

Sachs Scholarship awarded to Barnard '09

Sociology major Alex Barnard ?09 received the Daniel Sachs ?60 Scholarship, one of the highest awards given to Princeton undergraduates.?I?m just blown away.

NEWS | 12/11/2008

Bradley ’65: U.S., Russia must engage in joint diplomacy

The United States? and Russia?s joint failure to engage in effective diplomacy and collective action has made and continues to make the world less safe, former New Jersey senator and 2000 Democratic presidential candidate Bill Bradley ?65 said Thursday afternoon in a packed Dodds Auditorium.He cited Georgia as an example of the United States? flawed approach to relations with Russia.?Senator John McCain [R-Ariz.] proclaimed that ?we are all Georgians,? ? Bradley said, referencing the former presidential nominee?s response to Russia?s invasion of Georgia this past summer.He added, ?To that, I would respond, ?No, senator, we are all Americans.? ?Bradley said McCain?s response, in addition to the Bush administration?s subsequently providing almost $2 billion in aid to Georgia, was part of a long chain of blunders in America?s relations with Russia.?We can?t afford to be stuck on Cold War paradigms that make us automatically view Russia as an enemy,? he explained.

NEWS | 12/11/2008

Butler dorm named for Class of 1967

Class of 1967 Hall is the second of the four buildings in the new Butler College to be named, the University announced Thursday.?This new dormitory will stand as a tribute to the commitment of the Class of 1967 to Princeton and to each other,? President Tilghman said in a statement.

NEWS | 12/11/2008

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