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SPEAR panel argues University should divest from private prisons

SPEAR panel argues University should divest from private prisons

Audrey Spensley

The University should divest itself from private prisons, argued three speakers at a panel hosted by SPEAR (Students for Prison Education and Reform) and Princeton Private Prison Divest. The panelists discussed the history of prison privatization, the results of privatization in terms of efficiency and human rights, and the ethical implications of incentivizing incarceration.

NEWS | 02/07/2017

Arens discusses personal comfort systems

Hamna Khurram

“What’s interesting about these results is that under cool conditions it’s one set of body parts that dominates, and in warm conditions it’s another set that dominates,” said Arens.

NEWS | 02/06/2017

Announcing the 141st Managing Board of the 'Prince'

Sharon Xiang

Here is the 141st Managing Board of the ‘Prince’:

NEWS | 02/01/2017

Dean of Faculty advises against international travel

Mashad Arora

Dean of the Faculty Deborah Prentice sent an email to University faculty members Saturday morning advising against travel outside the United States in the coming days.

NEWS | 01/29/2017

History of slavery at U. is focus of series of plays at McCarter

This inventory from the estate of John MacLean Sr., the first chemistry professor in the country and at the University, lists valuable items meant for his son John MacLean Jr., Class of 1816 and tenth president. The last two entries are slaves.:: Courtesy of Princeton University Archives

History of slavery at U. is focus of series of plays at McCarter

Ruby Shao

Seven nationally recognized playwrights will write plays about the history of slavery at the University, to premiere with the launch of the Princeton and Slavery Project on Nov. 18.

ARCHIVES | 01/28/2017

U. Students create response organization against Trump immigration orders

Allie Spensley

“I think a long-term goal just for the year is to transform the anger that we have, that right now is pretty much limited to Facebook posts and arguments on those threads, into actual action, rather than just sitting at home being angry."

NEWS | 01/28/2017

At town hall, Princeton Passes Resolution Urging NJ Commissioner of Education to Deny Princeton Charter School’s application to expand

Marcia Brown

In a packed town hall meeting for the municipality of Princeton, a resolution urging that the acting New Jersey Commissioner of Education deny Princeton Charter School’s application to expand passed with only one vote against. Princeton Charter School educates local children from kindergarten to 8th grade.

NEWS | 01/24/2017

Panel discusses how external forces distort democracy

Ruby Shao

Democracy around the world is being distorted by external forces and corroded from within by officials who fail to conform to its processes and values, according to politics professor and University Center for Human Values director Melissa Lane, who presented the argument at a panel on Friday, Jan. 20.

NEWS | 01/22/2017

Inauguration for Trump sees smaller audience, more protests

A protestor holds a cigar and a sign after the Inauguration.

Inauguration for Trump sees smaller audience, more protests

Katie Petersen

No official estimate of attendance has been released, but pictures and estimations suggest significantly lower attendance than that of President Barack Obama’s first inauguration in 2009.

NEWS | 01/22/2017

U. students participate in Women's Marches across the nation

Marcia Brown, Sarah Warman Hirschfield, Jeff Zymeri, and Sharon Xiang

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a strong response to yesterday’s inauguration, hundreds of thousands of marchers descended on the capital. Due to the crowd’s size, the march could not proceed as planned. Attendees instead gathered to hear artists, speakers, meet with each other, and march through city streets in a less organized fashion.

NEWS | 01/22/2017

Trump Inaugural concert touches on unity theme, campaign priorities

Katie Petersen

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President-elect Donald Trump welcomed supporters to inaugural festivities at the Make America Great Again welcome concert Thursday afternoon. The festivities centered around themes of unity that speakers emphasized and reflections on the campaign.

NEWS | 01/20/2017

Former Ivy Club employee deported following criminal offenses

Kevin Agostinelli

Arnoldo Agreda-Rodriguez, a former kitchen employee of Ivy Club, was deported by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in early August 2016 following his fourth criminal arrest and a series of criminal offenses dating back to 2005.

NEWS | 01/19/2017

News & Notes : Art Museum purchases solar-powered vehicles

The Princeton University Art Museum recently purchased two solar-powered low-speed vehicles (LSVs) for staff use, according to an Office of Sustainability press release. The vehicles will be used by staff to go between the Art Museum, Alexander Street offices, and other locations locally.

NEWS | 01/19/2017

Sewer odor mistaken for gas leak at Frist Campus Center

Kirsten Traudt

A suspected gas leak in Frist Campus Center on Wednesday, Jan. 18, was found to be an odor coming from a sewer drain, according to a statement by the University.

NEWS | 01/18/2017

Cordish '96 to join Trump Administration as assistant to the President

Ruby Shao

Reed Cordish ’96 will join the Trump administration as assistant to the President for intragovernmental and technology initiatives, the presidential transition team announced Tuesday. Cordish will oversee presidential initiatives that demand multi-agency collaboration and high-impact task forces, concentrating on technological innovation and modernization.

NEWS | 01/18/2017

News & Notes: U.S. Court of Appeals rules student-athletes not employees

Hunter Campbell

The 7th U.S circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled against several former student athletes, claiming that they deserved to be financially compensated for their participation in their college’s athletic program. The court ruled in favor of a February 2016 case where the student athletes’ claims were dismissed.

NEWS | 01/18/2017

PPPL sponsors 33rd annual lecture series

Samuel Garfinkle

To illustrate the importance of this issue, Kolemen played a clip from back to the future showing the “Mr. Fusion” device used to power a time-traveling car. Kolemen explained that process control should allow fusion to take place in a space of 5 or 6 meters in diameter, though he doubts that it would ever be possible in something as small as the Mr. Fusion. He outlined several methods for creating fusion energy, starting with the obvious example of the sun. This type of fusion energy is not attainable, though, for an obvious reason.

NEWS | 01/15/2017

Q and A with Prof. Charles Fefferman GS '69

Norman Xiong

The Daily Princetonian sat down with University mathematics professor Charles Fefferman GS ‘69 to discuss his work and career. Fefferman was recently jointly awarded the 2017 Wolf Prize in Mathematics with Stanford mathematics professor Richard Schoen for his work in numerous fields such as complex variables, partial differential equations, and subelliptic problems, as well as his contributions to the Navier Stokes equation and Euler Equation, according to the Wolf Foundation’s press release. Fefferman was also awarded the Fields Medal in 1978 for his work on convergence and divergence.

NEWS | 01/15/2017

Innovative course seeks to spark University-wide conversation

Kirsten Traudt

Pacala, an environmental science professor at Princeton for 25 years, first began to develop the course in 2015, a task he felt was an “important responsibility” given the influence of environmental issues on both contemporary and projected global affairs.

NEWS | 01/15/2017

News and Notes: U. Signs Research Agreement with Facebook's Building 8

Hamna Khurram

In early November the University, along with 17 other peer institutions, signed the Sponsored Academic Research Agreement (SARA) with Facebook’s Building 8 project.

NEWS | 01/15/2017

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