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Breaking: Hart GS '74 awarded Nobel Prize in Economics

Breaking: Hart GS '74 awarded Nobel Prize in Economics

Norman Xiong

Oliver Hart GS '74 has been awarded the 2016 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for his contributions to contract theory, according to a press release by The Nobel Foundation.Hart was jointly awarded the prize with Bengt Holmstrom, economics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

NEWS | 10/10/2016

U. students react to second presidential debate

Samuel Oh

University students and community students gathered in the Whig Senate Hall Sunday evening to watch the second of three debates of the 2016 presidential race. Democratic nominee Secretary Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump debated issues such as maturity in personal behavior and judgment, the crisis in Syria, domestic taxes, and energy policy.

NEWS | 10/09/2016

N&N: Princeton ranks last among Ivies in terms of Tinder prowess

Daily Princetonian Staff

The University ranked last among all Ivy League institutions in the total number of monthly Tinder matches, according to research published by Tinder. Tinder is a social, mobile application that allows users to “swipe right” on individuals they find attractive, and "swipe left" on individuals they don't. In other categories, including “Most Swiped Right Schools,” “Monthly Social Groups,” and “Monthly Super Likes,” the University ranked sixth, seventh, and sixth, respectively. The University of Pennsylvania ranked first in terms of “most swiped-right schools,” while Columbia earned the top spot in “most monthly matches.” The University, although ranked highest on the U.S.

NEWS | 10/09/2016

News & Notes: College Republicans maintain neutrality position on Trump

Jessica Li

The Princeton College Republicans will be maintaining their earlier position of neutrality on Donald J.

NEWS | 10/09/2016

Updated: U. students receive pro-Trump emails from white supremacist group

Kirsten Traudt

An undetermined number of niversity students received a pro-Donald Trump email from a probable member of a white supremacy group named “White GeNOcide Project” the afternoon of Oct.

NEWS | 10/09/2016

USG discusses dining options, residential college system

Jason Fu

The Undergraduate Student Government met with Executive Director of Campus Dining Smitha Haneef and Dean of Rockefeller College Oliver Avens to discuss dining plan options in their meeting on Sunday.Haneef and Avens are co-chairs of the Board Plan Review Committee, which is dedicated to creating options that meet the needs of a diverse student body.

NEWS | 10/09/2016

U. endowment earns 0.8% gain for 2016 fiscal year

Sarah Warman Hirschfield

The University reported that the endowment earned a 0.8 percent investment gain for the 2016 fiscal year, with the endowment standing at $22.2 billion.

NEWS | 10/09/2016

LGBT Center launches poster campaign throughout campus

Allie Spensley

The LGBT Center launched a major poster campaign presenting portraits and quotes from students about their experiences being LGBTQIA on campus.The campaign, which began on Oct.

NEWS | 10/09/2016

Breaking: U. students receive white supremacist email campaigning for Trump

Kirsten Traudt

Members of the Princeton University Latinx Perspectives Organization, among other University students, received a pro-Donald Trump email from a probable member of a white supremacy group named “White GeNOcide Project” Saturday afternoon. The email, which had the subject line “Vote against ‘NO CHILD LEFT WHITE’- Vote Trump!” was sent from a non-University email address by an individual using the name “John Albert Willis.” The email was addressed to the University community, stating that “Princeton teaches its White students that they are immoral and contemptable if they don’t support White Genocide,” among similar remarks. The email additionally read that “Princeton professors say they're anti-racist.

NEWS | 10/08/2016

BREAKING: U. endowment earns 0.8 percent investment gain

Sarah Warman Hirschfield

The University reported that the endowment earned a 0.8 percent investment gain for the 2016 fiscal year.

NEWS | 10/07/2016

Peralta discusses immigrant experiences

Kirsten Traudt

Classics Professor Dan-el Padilla Peralta ’06 discussed his book on the lives of immigrants in the United States in a lecture Thursday.Although Peralta’s memoir, Undocumented: A Dominican Boy's Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League, ends shortly after his graduation, he said that his struggle with American immigration authorities continues today.

NEWS | 10/06/2016

U. removes dumpsters to improve campus aesthetics, walkability

Ruby Shao

Trash bags are awaiting collection outside rather than in dumpsters, starting this academic year.

NEWS | 10/06/2016

Bergen talks international, homegrown terrorism

Sarah Malik

International terrorism is a lesser threat to America than homegrown violent extremism, said Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst, at a public lecture Thursday.Bergen, a seasoned foreign policy and security expert who even interviewed Osama Bin Laden, shared with the audience a few concerns he had about the future of international terrorism.

NEWS | 10/06/2016

Murray-Dodge Café reopens in its original location

Katherine Wang

After a full year of renovations, the Murray-Dodge Café, dubbed Princeton’s hole-in-the-wall space, has resumed its cookie-baking.The Café, located in the basement of Murray-Dodge Hall adjacent from the University Art Museum, was moved to the Carl A.

NEWS | 10/06/2016

PICS launches new "Leave Your Legacy" endowment

Audrey Spensley and Alice Vinogradsky

Princeton Internships in Civic Service launched a new endowment called the Leave Your Legacy campaign, a separate initiativefrom its original endowment established within Princeton University Investment Company, which manages the University’s larger endowment.The original PICS endowment was based largely on donations from the Class of 1969 after its 25th Reunion.

NEWS | 10/06/2016

LeBlanc '99 discusses privacy, consumer protections in telecommunications

Norman Xiong

Chief of the Federal Communications Commission’s Bureau of Enforcement Travis LeBlanc ’99 discussed the necessity of privacy and consumer protections in a lecture and Q&A session on Wednesday afternoon.LeBlanc’s talk underscored the need for both preventative and enforcement measures against violations of rights for American consumers online and in telecommunications.

NEWS | 10/05/2016

Q&A: Travis LeBlanc '99, chief of the FCC Bureau of Enforcement

Ruby Shao

Travis LeBlanc '99 has advised President Obama’s administration as a Department of Justice attorney, and currently serves as Chief of the Bureau of Enforcement at the Federal Communications Commission.

NEWS | 10/05/2016

U. professor accuses Islamic preacher in exile of orchestrating Turkish coup, calls for his expulsion

Samuel Oh

Associate Professor of Near Eastern Studies Michael Reynolds GS ’03 published an article on the Foreign Policy Research Institute on Sept.26 that accused supporters of Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen of allegedly orchestrating the attempted Turkish coup in Jul.Reynolds further called for Gülen’s expulsion from the United States.Reynold’s essay outlined the existence of a struggle between pro-government forces led by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an and underground, “insidious” forces purportedly led by exiled Gülen.Gülen is an Islamic cleric currently residing in Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania.

NEWS | 10/05/2016

Feature: MacArthur Fellow Subhash Khot GS '03, computer scientist

Mashad Arora and Alexander Stangl

Subhash Khot GS ’03, an alumnus of the University’s graduate computer science program, has received the MacArthur Fellowship for his pioneering work in computational complexity.Khot is currently a professor at New York University’s Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences.

NEWS | 10/05/2016

U. committee to review campus dining options, get student input

Rose Gilbert

A new University committee is hosting a series of focus groups to generate student input on meal plans and dining options on campus in an effort to recommend more efficient and more flexible options that best suit the University’s diverse student body.The Princeton University Board Plan Review Committee was created last semester as an extension of the University’s strategic planning process and the strategic planning task force on the residential college model.

NEWS | 10/05/2016

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