Andrew Zwicker, head of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory Science Education Department, is running for New Jersey state assembly.The election takes place on Nov.
Public schools in the Princeton area announced they will be implementing homework-free periods during a school board meeting last week, The Times of Trenton reported. The decision comes at a time when many other New Jersey schools are re-adjusting their homework requirements for students, through measures like homework-free weekends. Specifically, the Princeton plan includes a homework-free weekend once a semester, while also preventing teachers from assigning projects or tests right after a break. Princeton Superintendent Steve Cochrane ’81 explained that the homework-free periods would “provide our students with periods of time throughout the year when they can mentally step away from focusing on homework and projects and studying for tests.” In West Windsor-Plainsboro, no-homework nights received positive feedback from families and elementary and middle school teachers after the 2014-15 academic year, according to the Times. Cochrane also noted that the decision would hopefully “facilitate a district-wide discussion” about student homework load.
Tomas Lindahl, who worked on his postdoctoral research at the University, received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for mapping how cells repair DNA. Lindahl is currently a researcher at the Francis Crick Institute and Clare Hall Laboratory in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.He won the award alongside Duke University School of Medicine professor Paul Modrich and University of Carolina at Chapel Hill professor Aziz Sancar. While at the University in the mid-1960s, Lindahl discovered that RNA, a macromolecule closely related to DNA, is vulnerable to heat damage.
Wilson School professor Admiral Michael Mullen spoke on the values that the United States should have when interacting with other countries, whether for war or diplomacy, in a Thursday lecture.Mullen, a retired U.S.
More than 300 students have signed a petitionsince it was launched last week to open a new food co-op on campus, according toVidushi Sharma ’17, co-organizer of the petition. Sharma said that she and a few others launched the petition after seeing a shortage of accommodations for an overwhelming demand.
New Jersey Transit has increased bus and rail fares across the state an average of 9 percent since Oct.
The performance of Harvard’s endowment in fiscal year 2015 is troubling, Harvard president Drew Gilpin Faust told the Harvard Crimson on Tuesday. Although the fund remains the largest in the world and increased by 5.8 percent to reach $37.6 billion, Harvard's percentage gain was lower than all other Ivies who reported results except for Brown. Cornell and Columbia have not yet released figures. “We obviously did not do as well as MIT and Yale and others, and that of course is a concern, and it's very much a concern for Stephen Blyth, who has been making significant changes,” Faust said. Blyth has been president of the Harvard Management Company since January, according to the International Business Times. Harvard's endowment returns were the worst among the Ivy League from fiscal years 2009 to 2013, under then-Harvard Management Company CEO Jane L.
Today’s conception of sexuality is flawed in having non-reproductive aims, philosopher and public commentator Roger Scruton said at a lecture on Wednesday.“[Modern understanding of sexuality] cuts the future generation out of the deal,” he argued, criticizing the liberalization of intimate relations.Scruton noted that sex must be more than a physical act.“If sexual desire was merely a desire for sensation in the private parts … then rape would be as bad as being spat on.
The new building for the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment on the corner of Olden Street and Prospect Avenue will open to students, faculty and researchers in February 2016.Construction began in winter 2012 following a $100 million donation from Gerhard Andlinger ’52, a business executive with a passion for environmental engineering.
The University of Virginia and the University will be digitizing the papers of President Woodrow Wilson, Class of 1879, director of the Princeton University Press Peter Dougherty said.The digitization process began Oct.
Arthur McDonald, former physics professor at the University, received the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for his work in subatomic physics along with University of Tokyo physicist Takaaki Kajita for the discovery of neutrino oscillation, which revealed that neutrinos have mass. Neutrinos are basic subatomic particles, like quarks. McDonald, who lectured at the University from 1982 to 1989, is currently a professor emeritus of physics at Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada.
The work of a human rights activist consists of raising awareness, forming a coalition and setting a narrative for debate, director of Health and Human Rights at Human Rights Watch Joseph Amon said at a lecture Tuesday.Amon explained that his work consists of convincing governments they should be or should stop doing something.
Arthur B. McDonald, a former physics professor at the University, was one of the two recipients of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics, the University announced on Tuesday.He was awarded the prize for an experiment he began developing during his professorship at the University from 1982 to 1989.McDonald led the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory that revealed that neutrinos oscillate, or change types known as "flavors," as they travel through space.
Sixteen freshmen are running for the five Class of 2019 officer positions.The candidates for class council include Carly Bonnet, Karen Delgado,Josh Faires,Suren Jamiyanaa,Adam Libresco,Susan Liu,Jack Marcus,Reed Melchionda, Chelsea Ng,Ling Ritter,Daniel Schwarzhoff,Ishan Sinha,Eric Sklanka,Katherine Trout, Christopher Umanzor andNicholas Wu.Liu and Umanzor are also contributors for The Daily Princetonian.According to the USG Elections Handbook, the freshman class council is comprised of five class officers who work together to accomplish the tasks of class government.The term “class officer” only exists in the fall of freshman year.
Joseph Amon, director of the Health and Human Rights Division at Human Rights Watch, gave a lecture Tuesday about his work in non-communicable diseases and how human rights arguments can support greater efforts in global health.
The University will be implementing changes in response to the Report of the Special Task Force on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion that was released in May 2015, Vice Provost for Institutional Diversity and Equality Michele Minter said.Tthe changesinclude updates to the Policy on Discrimination and Harassment, changes to the ‘Reflections on Diversity’ orientation session and enhancements to Fields Center programs, Minter saidsaid.The task force'sreport highlighted recommendations that have been or will be implemented soon, Vice President for Campus Life W.
Andrea Campbell ’04, a first-time candidate running for Boston City Council, is leading in the preliminary polls against incumbent Charles C.
Harvard's campus saw its number of reported rapes nearly double from 2013 to 2014, the Harvard Crimson reported. Reported rapes increased from 17 in 2013 to 33 in 2014.
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker ’49 donated his public service papers to the University on Sept.
The University's endowment returned 12.7 percent in the fiscal year that ended on June 30, according to Princeton University Investment Companypresident Andrew Golden.
