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CVS to acquire Aetna, Student Health Plan unlikely to change

CVS to acquire Aetna, Student Health Plan unlikely to change

Scott Newman

This past Sunday, CVS Health announced that it would be acquiring Aetna Inc., the care provider through which University students who opt for the Student Health Plan receive their insurance. The acquisition, however, is unlikely to affect those on the SHP.

NEWS | 12/05/2017

Ozminkowski ‘19 buys out fellow USG presidential candidate domains

Linh Nguyen

A mere week before voting began, USG presidential candidates Matt Miller ’19 and Rachel Yee ’19 discovered an alarming solicitation tactic used against their campaigns. On Monday, Dec. 4, Miller was informed that the website, www.mattmillerforpresident.com, existed, although it was not a part of his campaign. Upon searching this link, the user is redirected to www.ozforpresident.com, a currently blank page that belongs to Ryan Ozminkowski ’19, another USG presidential candidate.

NEWS | 12/05/2017

U. releases 2026 planning framework with plans for new residential college

Mallory Williamson

The plan, which expands on a strategic planning framework proposed by the University in January 2016, identifies potential locations for new residential colleges, engineering and environmental studies facilities, and accommodations for new programs featuring partnerships with outside entities, according to a press release from the Office of Communications.

NEWS | 12/05/2017

University scientists share $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics

Kristin Qian

On Sunday, at the NASA Ames Research Center in Palo Alto, Calif., 13 past and present University researchers were awarded the $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for their “detailed maps of the early universe that greatly improved our knowledge of the evolution of the cosmos and the fluctuations that seeded galaxies,” according to a University press release.

NEWS | 12/04/2017

Princeton Citizen Scientists returns to Washington, D.C. for political advocacy

Victor Hua

“Science is not done in a vacuum, and what we do in the lab has a much larger effect on the community than we may perceive,” Jani said. “It’s important for us to be able to communicate and engage with that community.”

NEWS | 12/04/2017

USG discusses Honor Committee, BDSM

Ivy Truong

In three hours of public meetings and two executive sessions, the Undergraduate Student Government debated hot topics such as Honor Committee referenda, the upcoming USG elections, and a new BDSM student group in their Dec. 3 meeting.

NEWS | 12/04/2017

Supreme Court allows Trump's travel ban to go into effect

Benjamin Ball

The US Supreme Court has ruled that President Trump’s travel ban on six mainly Muslim countries can now be fully enforced. Seven of the nine justices have granted the Trump administration’s request to lift the injunctions previously imposed by lower courts that blocked the policy. Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotomayor ‘76 were the two dissenters.

NEWS | 12/04/2017

Four U. students and alumni named Schwarzman Scholars

Hannah Wang

In August of 2018, Tobin, Shin, Singer, and Jain will join 138 other men and women from around the world at Schwarzman College on the Tsinghua University campus in Beijing, China. The scholars will spend a year pursuing a master’s degree in their chosen course of study and developing a better understanding of Chinese history, culture, economy, and motivations through a cultural immersion experience.

NEWS | 12/04/2017

Rajasekar ’18 awarded 2018 Marshall Scholarship

Isabel Ting

Shruthi Rajasekar ’18 of is one of 43 students who was awarded the 2018 Marshall Scholarship. The scholarship allows intellectually distinguished young Americans to pursue a graduate degree in the U.K. and funds up to three years of study at any British institution. Rajasekar plans to use the scholarship money to study at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, an independent music and dramatic arts school that was founded in 1880 in London, England and the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London.

NEWS | 12/04/2017

Princeton Energy Plant responded smoothly to Sandy

Neha Chauhan

The National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center has predicted a mild winter, contrary to the storms in past years. Last March, a severe storm dubbed Stella led the University to put in extra precautions among its staff and other University community members. The year before, another storm dubbed Jonas hit campus during intersession — hard. In addition to staff preparations, the University has other measures to mitigate the impact of a huge storm.

NEWS | 12/04/2017

Graduate students, seniors hope U. sustains tuition waivers after tax bill

Allie Spensley

The U.S. Senate passed a $1.5 trillion tax bill that would be among the largest changes to the tax code in recent memory. Under the House bill, graduate students’ yearly tax burden would go from about $3,000 a year to over $11,000, more than a third of their actual, take-home pay. This worries many graduate students, who rely on these tuition waivers to finance their education.

NEWS | 12/03/2017

Anders Sandberg envisions future of body modification at U. futurist conference

Norman Xiong

The University’s futurist club, Envision, hosted the annual Envision Conference from Dec. 1 to 3. The conference centered around the development of future technologies, such as artificial intelligence and synthetic biology, and the implications of such endeavors.

NEWS | 12/03/2017

Archie Shepp captivates as featured performer at jazz concert

Emily Spalding

Through the pitch black of the cavernous Richardson Auditorium came piercing words: “In the face of injustice and adversity, certainly some gave their lives looking to change the world.” The voice of legendary jazz saxophonist, musician, singer, and composer Archie Shepp continued, saying “Unfortunately, not much has changed. Sometimes, things seem to be even worse. Perhaps we are all prisoners.”

NEWS | 12/03/2017

House education bill affects Title IX efforts

Ivy Truong

The House Republican education bill released on Friday would allow colleges to delay or suspend internal investigations related to sexual misconduct upon the request of law enforcement or prosecutors.

NEWS | 12/03/2017

Lepore discusses US history and future in Trump era

Anna Vinitsky

Writing about American history in its present state of political division is a daunting yet immensely important task, said Jill Lepore, a professor of American history at Harvard. “I don’t think we really have a good account of American history that spans the whole length of American history, but then also reaches across the political divide that is the chasm of our daily lives,” Lepore said to a full house.

NEWS | 11/30/2017

University Art Museum honors World AIDS Day in annual celebration

Linh Nguyen, Aishwarya Kalyanaraman, and Mallory Williamson

“In our efforts to remember World AIDS Day, we’ve generally focused on that first decade,” said Harris. “That first decade of diagnosis, and the first decade of the health crisis, especially on the human rights and civil rights issues that arose in this country around the AIDS crisis. You know, as all of us remember, it was much more than a health crisis for all those years.”

NEWS | 11/30/2017

High time to legalize recreational marijuana in NJ

Sarah Warman Hirschfield

Dominick “Nick” Bucci carried out over 1,000 arrests and convictions over 22 years working as an undercover detective in narcotics. Looking back, the retired New Jersey State Trooper feels that he “was doing it all wrong,” calling the War on Drugs, the U.S. campaign to end illegal drug trade, an “abject failure.”

NEWS | 11/30/2017

Minor earthquake tremors felt in U. buildings

Allie Spensley and Benjamin Ball

The University found itself taking after the typical James Bond martini order - shaken, not stirred – on Thursday at 4:47, when minor tremors were felt on campus.

NEWS | 11/30/2017

Fitzpatrick talks human nature, violence in the Russian Revolution

Isabel Ting

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, historian Sheila Fitzpatrick spoke to a group of University students and community members on changing scholarly approaches to the revolution, Soviet history in the last fifty years, and her accompanying work on these topics.

NEWS | 11/29/2017

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