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Venter discusses genetic engineering, human longevity

Venter discusses genetic engineering, human longevity

Ariel Chen and Samvida Venkatesh

In a quote written on a chalkboard in the Caltech archives, Richard Feynman said, “What I cannot create, I do not understand.” This quote is the root of inspiration for geneticist J. Craig Venter’s research and scientific mission.

NEWS | 03/08/2017

Students flock to purchase tickets for men's and women's basketball at Ivy conference

Marcia Brown

An estimated 200 students waited in line to buy tickets at Frist Campus Center for the Ivy League Basketball Tournament to be held March 11-12 at the Palestra in Philadelphia.

NEWS | 03/08/2017

Day of Action garners unprecedented success

Marcia Brown

In an unprecedented civic engagement event, University affiliates organized to create yesterday’s Day of Action, hundreds of students converged in Frist Campus Center to participate in what organizers called a “day of Teach-ins and Action.” Sixty-four teach-ins, hour-long discussions, and teaching sessions centered around a certain topic were conducted on issues such as civil rights, democracy and knowledge, international peace and security, as well as climate and environmental challenges.

NEWS | 03/08/2017

Resources for students after revised travel ban announced

Marcia Brown

President Donald Trump’s updated travel ban executive order affects populations from 6 countries.

NEWS | 03/07/2017

Princeton Student Climate Lobby aims to engage students on climate issues

Jacob Tyles

“We’re interested in providing an outlet for students to learn about, engage with, and have a positive impact on climate change,” Jonathan Lu ’18 said, another co-founder of PSCL. The group’s inception arose from a need to address current issues surrounding just how institutions and lawmakers are handling climate change, as well as a marked lack of discussion at the time within campus itself.

NEWS | 03/07/2017

Katsas '86 named Deputy Counsel and Deputy Assistant to President Trump

Katsas '86 named Deputy Counsel and Deputy Assistant to President Trump

Abhiram Karuppur

Gregory Katsas '86 was named Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel to the President. He will serve in these posts from the White House Counsel's office. Katsas will report to White House Counsel Donald McGahn II, where he will advise President Donald Trump on all legal issues concerning the President and his administration.

NEWS | 03/07/2017

Smyth GS '10, Lukens '82, and Knapper '91 named acting ambassadors to Ireland, the UK, and South Korea

Abhiram Karuppur

Lonnie Reece Smyth GS '10 and Lewis Lukens '86 GS '03 were named chargé d'affaires ad interim at the U.S. Embassies in Ireland and the United Kingdom, respectively.

NEWS | 03/07/2017

Colson Whitehead speaks about his novel, ‘The Underground Railroad’

Catherine Benedict

“I considered myself a writer, but didn’t write anything,” Whitehead said. “Eventually I gathered my forces and wrote two five-page stories to audition for the creative writing classes, but I was turned down each time.”

NEWS | 03/06/2017

Men's hockey advances to second round of tournament

Princeton Hockey Players Celebrate after a Win

Men's hockey advances to second round of tournament

Jack Graham

The Princeton men’s ice hockey season this year can be viewed as one long comeback. Situated in the cellar of the ECAC for much of the beginning of the season, the team clawed back to earn a No. 7 seed and home ice for the first round of the conference tournament. However, this pales in comparison to the comeback pulled by the team in this weekend’s three-game playoff series against Colgate. Literally a second from elimination, Princeton fought back to win the series and advance in the tournament.

NEWS | 03/06/2017

Day of Action sparks discussion about science's role in society

Ariel Chen

Members of the University science community gathered on the Day of Action to discuss the importance of science and its historical and current role in the political climate.

NEWS | 03/06/2017

Reich ’04 charged with manipulating LIBOR for profit

Norman Xiong

Reich and Contogoulas’ manipulation of LIBOR rates entailed serving as middlemen between the Barclays U.S. dollar swaps trading desks and the U.S. dollar rate submitters in London, requesting specific rates that would make their own trading more lucrative.

NEWS | 03/06/2017

Tigers lock up second place, will face Harvard on Saturday

Chris Murphy

Coming into this weekend, the Tigers knew that they would be invited to the inaugural Ivy League tournament. What they didn’t know, however, was if they would be there defending a regular season title or just looking to turn a second or third place finish into a spot in the Big Dance this March.

NEWS | 03/06/2017

USG confirms new committee members, discusses housing guide update

Catherine Benedict

In its weekly meeting on Mar. 5, the Undergraduate Student Government confirmed new committee members, recapped a meeting on student health care and Mental Health Week, and deliberated future steps for the student room guide.

NEWS | 03/05/2017

Class of 2012 changes Reunions stormtrooper costumes after complaints of Nazi references

Audrey Spensley

The Class of 2012 decided to change their costume choice for their Star Wars-theme at Reunions in response to one classmate’s concerns about the term “storm trooper,” which has connections to Nazi Germany.

NEWS | 03/05/2017

Deer crashes through Forbes College

Jisu Jeong

“We heard banging on the window, and went to go look to see what happening, and then as we turned the corner in the annex, we saw the deer inside the building, and we saw all the broken glass, and we starting running the opposite way because we were obviously scared of the deer,” Shaw said.

NEWS | 03/05/2017

Bell’s last-second shot lifts Princeton over Harvard

David Liu

In the most important game of the season, the Princeton Tigers showed last night why they are the best team in the Ivy League.

NEWS | 03/04/2017

Weber ’89 discusses need for media objectivity, accuracy

Marcia Brown

The degree of polarization – especially among media outlets – is at a zenith, Tom Weber ’89 asserted at the Princeton Social Media Day.

NEWS | 03/04/2017

Graham Richard ’69 champions advanced, sustainable energy through business and technology

Nouran Ibrahim

“We take energy for granted,” Richard said, recalling the devastating Hurricane Sandy, which left thousands of individuals across the East Coast without electricity for days in October 2012. Richard said that he believes a realignment of energy sourcing can be the answer to problems such as those that arise after natural disasters when only traditional energy sources are available.

NEWS | 03/03/2017

Kimberlé Crenshaw, activist and professor, discusses underrepresentation of intersectional identities

Claire Thornton

Crenshaw argued that we must acknowledge painful truths in order to achieve equality. She said we must acknowledge that constitutional language centered around the idea of the individual prevents the administration of justice to people who have been systemically discriminated against because of their membership to a particular group.

NEWS | 03/02/2017

Greitens discusses increases in Chinese security spending

Sam Oh

In a public lecture on March 2, Dr. Sheena Chestnut Greitens, assistant professor of political science at the University of Missouri and First Lady of Missouri, spoke about increases in security spending in the People’s Republic of China from the late 20th century to present. Greitens is a leading scholar in comparative politics and international relations in East Asia. In a small, densely packed room of professors, graduate students, and undergraduate students, Greitens challenged listeners to look beyond Western media projections of Chinese security spending and truly analyze released statistics. She emphasized the need to depart from media preconceptions about Chinese security spending, as well as the need to carefully analyze what few numerical sources the Chinese government releases to the international community. “The lecture that I am presenting today is focused on China,” Greitens explained, “but is also focused on trying to put some numbers that we often hear from China that we often hear in the media and the press and in the policy world in the cross national perspective and see what this means for China.” Greitens began by rebutting the media-created gloom that appears to surround the rise of China’s security spending.

NEWS | 03/02/2017

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