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Annual Communiversity festival brings U. students and town residents together yet again

Annual Communiversity festival brings U. students and town residents together yet again

Kris Hristov

The 48th annual Communiversity arts festival once again gave University students and town residents a special opportunity to interact, learn about on-campus activities, and take advantage of town establishments.

NEWS | 04/29/2018

USG discusses student package lockers, Town Hall, ‘Day of Action’

USG discusses student package lockers, Banning the Box initiative.

USG discusses student package lockers, Town Hall, ‘Day of Action’

Jacob Gerrish

The Undergraduate Student Government discussed the construction of student package lockers in Frist Campus Center, the “Banning the Box” Town Hall, and a potential “Day of Action” during its weekly meeting on April 29.

NEWS | 04/29/2018

Proposed dining plans will not go forward as intended

Students eating dinner in Rockefeller College dining hall

Proposed dining plans will not go forward as intended

Benjamin Ball

The mandatory unlimited meal plan for incoming first-year students will be implemented next year, while the rest of the proposed dining plan will continue to be revised by the administration in response to student feedback.

NEWS | 04/29/2018

Parish ’21, Park ’21 win USG run-off elections

Emma Parish '21 (left), and Phoebe Park '21

Parish ’21, Park ’21 win USG run-off elections

Linh Nguyen

One week following the release of spring election results, the Undergraduate Student Government announced in an email to the student body that Emma Parish ’21 and Phoebe Park ’21 have been elected as Class of 2021 president and social chair, respectively, in run-off elections for both positions.

NEWS | 04/27/2018

Valedictorian, salutatorian share advice for underclassmen

Valedictorian, salutatorian share advice for underclassmen

Julia Ilhardt and Albert Jiang

The Commencement ceremony for the Class of 2018 will be held on Tuesday, June 5, where Lim will deliver the Latin salutary and Berlin will deliver the valedictory address.

NEWS | 04/27/2018

U. approves certificate program in Asian American Studies

Rebecca Ngu

After 40 years of campaigning by Asian-American students, alumni, faculty, and staff, the University officially approved a certificate program in Asian American Studies on April 2. The establishment of the certificate, received with delight and tentative hope by students, marks a historic achievement and important beginning for a longer journey of establishing a thriving Asian American studies field at the University.

NEWS | 04/27/2018

After more than 50 years of journalism classes, U. students, faculty celebrate new journalism certificate

Natalie Nagorski

After years of conversation, planning, advocacy, and hard work, the plan for a journalism certificate has finally materialized. The University faculty voted unanimously to approve the certificate. It will be open to students during the 2018–19 academic year on an application basis.

NEWS | 04/27/2018

Helen Zia ’73 discusses the importance of recapturing Asian–American identity

Courtesy of the Department of Education.

Helen Zia ’73 discusses the importance of recapturing Asian–American identity

Jonathan Lam

Asian-Americans must be intentional about understanding their history and experiences, said Helen Zia ’73, an Asian-American author, feminist and LGBTQ+ rights activist.

NEWS | 04/26/2018

Sprinkler system floods hallway, rooms in Forbes Annex

Sprinkler system floods hallway, rooms in Forbes Annex

Katie Tam

At about 12:05 p.m. on Apr. 24, a sprinkler system in the Forbes Annex was mistakenly activated, flooding three rooms and the surrounding hallway. “There was an inch of water on the ground,” said lead custodian Marva Perdriel.

NEWS | 04/26/2018

Fifth Honor Code referendum passes despite opposition

Fifth Honor Code referendum passes despite opposition

Isabel Ting

Undergraduate Student Government President Rachel Yee ’19 agreed that the referendum will emphasize the importance of USG elections, since the USG will help arbitrate the review of the clerk or chair in the evaluation committee. “We will be working closely with the referendum to make sure it is implementable,” Yee said. “We will keep everyone informed on what the process looks like after we figure out how it will be implemented.”

NEWS | 04/26/2018

Research relationships between U. scientists, industry lead to promising results

Academia - industry relationships lead to drug development

Research relationships between U. scientists, industry lead to promising results

Samvida Venkatesh

In February 2004, the anti-cancer drug Alimta, developed by late chemistry Professor Emeritus Edward Taylor in collaboration with pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly, was approved by the FDA for the treatment of several forms of deadly lung cancer. “Collaboration between academia and industry is really a win-win situation for both sides,” Dean for Research Pablo Debenedetti said, recounting the story of Alimta.

NEWS | 04/26/2018

CDC advisory for E. coli outbreak from romaine lettuce will not affect U.

Dining halls will continue to serve romaine lettuce.

CDC advisory for E. coli outbreak from romaine lettuce will not affect U.

Roberto Hasbun

“In response to the CDC warning, Campus Dining reviewed the sourcing of its romaine lettuce and determined it is not from the affected region,” said acting University spokesperson Michael Hotchkiss.

NEWS | 04/25/2018

AP photojournalist discusses Turkey, photography, and his award-winning assassination photo

Katja Stroke-Adolphe

Associated Press photojournalist Burhan Ozbilici, winner of the World Press Photo of the Year in 2017 for his photograph of the assassination of Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov by off-duty Turkish police officer Mevlüt Mert Altintas, spoke at the University on Tuesday about journalistic honesty and integrity, and the experience of photographing the assassination.

NEWS | 04/25/2018

Third judge rules in favor of U. in DACA lawsuit

Third judge rules in favor of U. in DACA lawsuit

Sarah Warman Hirschfield and Benjamin Ball

On Tuesday, a third federal judge rejected the Trump administration’s justification for ending the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program, which protects undocumented immigrants who came to the country illegally as children, known as “dreamers.”

NEWS | 04/24/2018

Inclusion Campaign hosts panel on segregation, white flight

Inclusion Campaign hosts panel on segregation, white flight

Rose Gilbert

“When I think of segregation, I think of my own young life,” Diane Campbell said. “When I was six months old,” she continued, “my mother took me up in her lap and got on a bus and moved from South Carolina to Trenton, New Jersey. We had to ride at the back of the bus. When we got to the Mason-Dixon line my mother made a point of standing up and moving and, for the first time in her life, she rode in the front of the bus.”

NEWS | 04/24/2018

Calendar reform passed at faculty meeting, to take effect in 2020

Benjamin Ball

The new calendar will move fall exams to December and include a “Wintersession,” a flexible two-week space in January for students to engage in internships or independent work. A majority of the faculty raised their hands and said “aye” to the motion, and the reform’s passage was met with vigorous applause.

NEWS | 04/24/2018

Former Polish president Lech Wałęsa shares advice for next generation

Lech Walesa photographed following his talk.

Former Polish president Lech Wałęsa shares advice for next generation

Katja Stroke-Adolphe and Kris Hristov

Former president of Poland and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lech Wałęsa spoke at the University on Monday on the subject of solidarity in the 21st century. He discussed his personal experiences as president and as leader of his labor union, Solidarity, and the United States’s place in global leadership.

NEWS | 04/23/2018

Newman’s Day, U. drinking tradition discouraged by Paul Newman, may still exist on campus

Newman's Day was widely celebrated on campus in the 2000s.

Newman’s Day, U. drinking tradition discouraged by Paul Newman, may still exist on campus

Sarah Warman Hirschfield and Linh Nguyen

On April 24, some University students will partake in a decades-old tradition, “Newman’s Day,” in which participants drink 24 beers in 24 hours. The tradition comes from an apocryphal quote attributed to actor Paul Newman: “24 beers in a case, 24 hours in a day. Coincidence? I think not.”

NEWS | 04/23/2018

Berlin ’18, Lim ’18 named valedictorian, salutatorian

Allie Spensley

Kyle Berlin and Katherine Lim have been selected as the valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively, for the Class of 2018.

NEWS | 04/23/2018

Faculty vote to move final exams to before winter break

Faculty vote to move final exams to before winter break

Allie Spensley

The University faculty has voted to approve calendar reform, changing the timing of first-semester final exams to before the December holiday break instead of after.

NEWS | 04/23/2018

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