University faculty and alumni have written amicus curiae briefs for both sides of Whole Woman’s Health v.
A malfunctioning fume hood in the Engineering Quad resulted in an initial report of smoke made to the Department of Public Safety on Tuesday night at approximately 10:30 p.m. The DPS relayed the report to the Princeton Fire Department.
Texas senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz '92 won the primary in his state, Oklahoma and Alaska on Super Tuesday, receiving a total of 69 delegates, according to the New York Times. The Super Tuesday primaries were held in 11 states: Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont and Virginia. Businessman Donald Trump won the most delegates of any Republican presidential candidate in the day’s primary elections, while former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton won the highest number of delegates of any Democratic presidential candidate asof 9 p.m.
Three University researchers have recently been recruited by the Tor Project, a nonprofit organization that enables anonymous communication over the internet. Tor, by rerouting messages and data through multiple layers, allows users to access the internet without revealing their identity or location, according to its website. According to an article by The Register, Tor had contracted Roya Ensafi and Philipp Winter, postdoctoral research associates in computer science, and Nick Feamster, a professor of computer science. Feamster and Ensafi did not respond to requests for comment. After the Paris terrorist attacks last year, the French government proposed to increase its security measures by banning the use of Tor, according to an article in Le Monde.
Barnard Collegeannouncedlast week that former University professor and Dean of the Wilson School Anne-Marie Slaughter '80 has been selected to speak at its Commencement ceremony in May, a decision that has sparkedcontroversyand debate among Barnard students as she was not on the shortlist for speakers nominated through a student-ran survey. Slaughterserved as the dean of the Wilson School from 2002 to 2009 and went on to work as the director of Policy Planning for the U.S.
The issues leading to unionization are not as prevalent at the University as they are at its peer institutions, Graduate Student Government president Akshay Mehra GS noted in light of the recent amicus brief filed by the University against graduate student unionization.
More than 370 students participated in the "Princeton Feminists" photo campaign last week, which occurred during late meal hours from Feb.
We must focus on anticipating zoonotic infection emergence, increasing protection and prevention capabilities and committing to sustained engagement, former director of the U.S.
The University filed an amicus brief to the National Labor Relations Board on Monday against graduate student unionization along with eight other private universities.The brief was filed in a Columbia University case before the NLRB regarding unionization of graduate students at the school.The brief argues that relationship between graduate students and private universities should be defined as strictly academic, and urges the NLRB not to reverse the 2004 Brown University ruling that graduate teaching assistants should primarily be considered as students, not employees."Amici believe that reversal or modification of Brown would significantly damage private sector graduate education in this country and will represent an inappropriate intrusion into long protected areas of academic freedom and autonomy," the brief reads.The brief explains that the institutions who signed the brief do not measure teaching and research in commercial or economic terms, adding that the institutions consider teaching experience as a crucial component of preparing doctoral candidates for careers.The brief further adds that the market value of teaching services provided by doctoral candidates is not taken into consideration when determining stipends provided to graduate student who teach.
New Jersey Governor and ex officio University trustee Chris Christie endorsed Republican businessman Donald Trump’s presidential campaign last Friday, Feb.
Hyung Joon Won is a South Korean musician and activist for the reunification of North Korea and South Korea who had recently given a talk and a violin performance at aconference hosted by Princeton for North Korean Human Rights.
TigerTransit will pilot two new bus lines, one between Princeton Station and the EQuad and the other between Princeton Station and the Boathouse, from Feb.
The Undergraduate Student Government senate discussed replacing bathroom codes with proximity card access in their weekly meeting on Feb.
In a Princeton Interclub Council conversation about diversity and inclusion in eating clubs on Sunday, eating club officers and students addressed common stereotypes and discussed ways to increase club accessibility for students from a variety of backgrounds.The conversation was meant to address how the eating club system can become more welcoming towards all students hoping to join, according to a statement from the ICC.
Harvard University has replaced the traditional staff title of “house master,” faculty in charge of residential colleges, with “faculty deans” this past Wednesday, according to the Harvard Crimson. Initial conversations about the change surfaced in an email sent by Dean of Harvard College Rakesh Khurana to Harvard students dated Dec.
University professors David Spergel and N.
Scientists working on gene editing need to talk about the responsible use of such techniques, geneticist Jennifer Doudna said ina lecture on Monday. Doudna, one of the key players behind the discovery of the CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing technique, said that in early 2014 a lab in China published a paper about their use of this technique in monkey embryos.
Tyrone Porter, who had served as a chef in Quadrangle Club for over 25 years, died unexpectedly on Feb.
Businessman Donald Trump is not a credible Republican presidential candidate because he has donated to several Democrats’ campaigns in the past,Texas Senator Ted Cruz '92 argued in the Republican debate on Thursday.Both Cruz and Florida Senator Marco Rubio also noted that Trump had employed illegal immigrants on his properties, pointing out as well that he had funded the “Gang of Eight,” which offers individuals a path to citizenship.
Forbes College is experiencing flooding following a major storm Wednesday night in to Thursday morning, according to an email distributed to the Forbes listserv. According to the email, various rooms in the Forbes Annex, as well as an area around the northwest stairwell in the Addition and the indoor walkway between the Main Inn and the Addition are flooded. The Department of Public Safety has been informed of the situation and is working to bring people to contain and clean up the water. More to come...
