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Wilson School lectures go online

Wilson School lectures go online

In a high-tech application of the University?s motto, ?Princeton in the Nation?s Service and in the Service of all Nations,? the Wilson School has made a vast collection of public policy and international affairs lectures and event recordings available to the public through the creation of the University Channel (UChannel).Featuring content from youtube.com and podcasts, the UChannel is hosted at uc.princeton.edu and now documents more than 1,000 hours of material.

NEWS | 02/05/2008

Schlosser: Girls raise boys’ grades

Contrary to some expectations, increasing the proportion of girls in the classroom may increase the academic attentiveness of normally unfocused boys and can lead to improved learning across entire classes, research from a former post-doctorate fellow at the University shows.Analia Schlosser, who completed her fellowship in labor economics in December and is now a professor at Tel Aviv University, worked with Victor Lavy of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem to demonstrate that primary-school students in classes made up of more than 55 to 60 percent females show higher test scores and matriculation-success rates and less anxiety about safety concerns, violence and disruption compared to students in male-dominated classes.Many scholars believe that having mixed-gender classes sometimes causes the boys in the class to show off to the girls and the girls to subdue their talent so as not to scare off the boys by seeming too smart.

NEWS | 02/05/2008

Dartmouth pres. to retire in 2009

Dartmouth College President James Wright announced Monday that he will step down from his position in June 2009.Wright, 68, will retire after 11 years as Dartmouth?s 16th president.

NEWS | 02/05/2008

Final 10-year campus plan released

The University has finalized its 10-year Campus Plan and released a brochure outlining its development goals through 2016.

NEWS | 02/05/2008

MPAA admits to overstating infringement

For the past two years, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) had claimed that the pirating of copyrighted movies on college campuses accounted for a staggering 44 percent of monetary losses to the movie industry.

NEWS | 02/05/2008

Princeton campus voters choose Obama, McCain

Princeton voters bucked the trend in New Jersey Democratic primary yesterday, choosing Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) over Sen.

NEWS | 02/05/2008

McCain leads GOP, Dems. split states

Yesterday?s 24 Republican primaries and caucuses moved Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) many steps closer to his party?s nomination, while Democratic contenders Sen.

NEWS | 02/05/2008

Polls receive student voters

Over a thousand students will head to the polls in Princeton today to cast their vote in New Jersey?s presidential primary, results of an e-mail survey conducted by The Daily Princetonian show.The unscientific survey also found that Sen.

NEWS | 02/04/2008

News & Notes

Art Museum director leavesSusan Taylor will leave her position as director of the Princeton University Art Museum at the end of the academic year.

NEWS | 02/04/2008

Almore '08, Templeton win MLK Jr. Day Journey Awards

Anna Almore ?08 and John Templeton, the assistant dean for graduate admissions in the Wilson School, were presented Journey Awards by President Tilghman as part of the Jan.

NEWS | 02/04/2008

CIA releases classified files of former director

Nearly 8,000 pages of documents covering the tenure of Allen Dulles, Class of 1914, the CIA?s longest-serving director, are now available online through the University website.Having access to online material will benefit faculty as well as graduate and undergraduate students engaged in research projects, history professor Julian Zelizer, who specializes in American political history, said in an e-mail.?It is a very valuable source of material,? Zelizer said.

NEWS | 02/04/2008

New Class of 2010 retreat draws 17

For many, Intersession is a time devoted to getting off campus and forgetting about life at Princeton for a while.

NEWS | 02/04/2008

Spelman 7, 8 to join Whitman

Despite three years of construction and a $136 million price tag, Whitman College still isn?t big enough.

NEWS | 02/04/2008

Princetonians fall victim to phishing e-mails

The University briefly suspended the e-mail accounts of roughly 10 individuals as a result of a phishing scam that targeted the University during final exam period, University spokeswoman Emily Aronson said.Over 2,000 University students, faculty and staff received the e-mail in question on Jan.

NEWS | 02/03/2008

Borough charges junior with assault

Editor's note: The charges have been formally dismissed and cleared from Bendele's record.Borough Police charged Lisa Bendele '09 with aggravated assault on Jan.

NEWS | 02/03/2008

Americans finally take back reins of 'Prince'

After three years of shamelessly outsourcing their administration to India and China, terrified staff members at The Daily Princetonian have finally thrown off the tyrannical shackles of foreign rule in an attempt to revitalize the U.S.

NEWS | 02/03/2008

Trustees raise student fees by 3.9 percent

The University Board of Trustees approved a 3.9 percent increase in undergraduate fees and a $1.2 billion budget for 2008-09, the University announced on Jan.

NEWS | 02/03/2008

Nassau Inn preparing for expansion

The Nassau Inn is preparing for its first major expansion in more than 20 years as it celebrates its 70th anniversary.Initial plans detail the construction of a six-story addition along Hulfish Street, with new retail space, an expanded ballroom and four floors containing 40 new guest rooms that would adjoin the hotel?s existing wings.

NEWS | 02/03/2008

Ivies targeted in N.Y. study abroad program investigation

Officials at Harvard, Columbia and Brown remain tight-lipped after New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo expanded an investigation of study abroad programs and subpoenaed related information from the three universities last month.Cuomo believes that international programs at the 15 institutions under investigation have improper affiliation agreements with study abroad providers.

NEWS | 02/03/2008

News & Notes

Harvard?s endowment surpasses $34 billionHarvard?s endowment has risen above $34 billion, a $6 billion increase over the past year, according to The Boston Globe.

NEWS | 02/03/2008

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