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U. researchers find correlation between Savanna rainfall, trees

U. researchers find correlation between Savanna rainfall, trees

Maya Wesby

More rainfall on the African savanna could lead to fewer trees, according to a recent study conducted by University researchers published in the Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences. Authors for the study were David Medvigy, an assistant professor of geosciences, and Xiangtao Xu GS, one of his doctoral candidates.

NEWS | 10/27/2015

News & Notes: Harvard's Fox Club accepts women

Daily Princetonian Staff

The Fox Club, one of Harvard's eight original all-male final clubs, became the second final club to accept women into its membership on Monday, the Harvard Crimson reported.An email sent to prospective members of the club said that a group of women had become members of the club, and that the club intended to transition to being fully co-ed over the next year.The move comes six weeks after the Spee Club, another formerly all-male final club, voted to invite women to participate in its punch process.

NEWS | 10/27/2015

Attendees of memorial service for Nash GS ’50 appreciated the tribute

Ruby Shao

The University mathematics department hosted a celebration of the life and work of John Nash GS ’50 Saturday because Nash amazed both mathematicians and non-mathematicians, according to organizing committee member and mathematics professor emeritus Joe Kohn GS ’56. "Nash was really extraordinary.

NEWS | 10/27/2015

Icahn ’57 threatens Congress with super PAC

Christopher Umanzor

Carl Icahn ’57 threatenedCongress on Oct.

NEWS | 10/27/2015

News & Notes: Gov. Christie leaves quiet car after passenger complaints

Daily Princetonian Staff

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie exited an Amtrak quiet car after passengers complained to the train conductor that Christie had been screaming at his security detail and into his phone, CNN reported.Christie is an ex officio trustee of the University.Alexander Mann, a passenger, said that Christie was on a work call for five to 10 minutes despite signs that instructed riders to refrain from loud conversations or phone use.While one passenger indicated that the governor was asked to leave the area, another recalled that Christie exited of his own accord upon learning that he was in the quiet car.According to Christie’s spokesperson Sam Smith, Christie had not meant to board the quiet area.

NEWS | 10/25/2015

USG senate discusses option for students to 'un-P/D/F' courses

Do-Hyeong Myeong

The Undergraduate Student Government senate discussed possible changes to the pass/D/fail policy at its weeklymeeting onSunday. USG academics committee chair Ramie Fathy ’16 said his committee met with the Committee on Examinations and Standing to discuss the P/D/F policy revision proposal.

NEWS | 10/25/2015

Biographer lectures on story of Nash's rise, sudden fall, recovery

Paul Phillips

While literature features many stories about the meteoric rise and sudden fall of a remarkable individual, the life of University professor and Nobel Prize-winning economist and mathematician John Nash GS ’50 is extraordinary because it also had a third act of recovery, biographer Sylvia Nasar said in a lecture Saturday.Nasar’s lecture occurred on the same day as a memorial service for Nash, who battled paranoid schizophrenia and whose work in game theory won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1994.

NEWS | 10/25/2015

Former Triangle Club accountant sentenced to 3 years in prison for embezzlement

Jessica Li

Former Princeton Triangle Club accountantThomas John Muza was sentenced to three years in prison last Friday for embezzling nearly a quarter of a million dollars from the theater company bySuperior Court Judge Timothy P.

NEWS | 10/25/2015

Demand exceeds supply at USG coat giveaway

Gladys Teng

At least 100 people went to thecoat giveaway hosted by the Undergraduate Student Government onThursday, scheduled to begin at 8:30 p.m., but only 50 to 60 coats were available, University Student Life Committee chair Kathy Chow '17 said.“People showed up ... an hour before the event was supposed to start, so it was very difficult to keep track of what people were doing,” Chow said.

NEWS | 10/25/2015

U. hosts memorial service for Nash GS '50 and wife

Myrial Holbrook

The University mathematics department hosted a memorial serviceSaturdayfor John Nash GS '50, a long-time professor at the University and winner of the 1994 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, and his wife, Alicia Nash.

NEWS | 10/24/2015

Lewdness incident reported on towpath

Paul Phillips

A University student reported a lewdness incident at about11:45 a.m.Fridayon the towpath between Washington Road and South Harrison Street, an email announcement by the Department of Public Safety said. According to the email, a female University student saw a man expose himself to her while she was on the towpath.

NEWS | 10/24/2015

News & Notes: Penn employees allowed to take two free classes

Daily Princetonian Staff

The University of Pennsylvania allows Penn employees to take up to two free classes at Penn, The Daily Pennsylvanian reported on Wednesday.These classes can be in either liberal and professional studies or in other fields, and enable these employees to learn more advanced career skills or work toward a degree.Charlotte Merrick, a communications officer in the Penn School of Engineering and Applied Science, explained that young professionals are most likely to take advantage of these free classes.

NEWS | 10/22/2015

Ellis discusses acceptance in LGBT community

Sarah Kim

Sarah Kate Ellis, president and CEO of Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, discussed the difference between equality and acceptance in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in a lecture on Thursday.“Regardless of our generational differences or our life experiences, there are things that bind us together.

NEWS | 10/22/2015

Q&A: Charles Swift ’88, Hearst Magazines vice president of strategy and marketing operations

Maya Wesby

Charles Swift ’88, vice president of strategy and marketing operations for Hearst Magazines, home to Harper’s Bazaar and Cosmopolitan, sat down with The Daily Princetonian to talk about his career in the media industry and the evolution of media in the age of the Internet.Daily Princetonian: How would you describe your time at Princeton?Charles Swift: Spectacular.

NEWS | 10/22/2015

Trick-or-Feed to raise money for charity on Princetoween

Andrew Brazer Drew

The Interclub Council and Community Service Interclub Council will host Trick-or-Feed on Oct.

NEWS | 10/22/2015

DICAB to disband, roles taken up by ISAP

Samvida Venkatesh

The Davis International Center Advisory Board will dissolve and its roles will be taken by the International Student Association of Princeton and International Center leaders, previously known as International Orientation leaders, DICAB president Audrey Chebet ’18 said.Chebet said that DICAB would continue to play its role on campus until February 2016.Valeria Ibarcena ’17, an intern at the Davis Center, explained that the roles DICAB currently plays are being transferred to IC leaders and ISAP.

NEWS | 10/22/2015

Keith Devlin, visiting professor, ‘Math Guy’ on NPR

Abhiram Karuppur

Visiting professor of distinguished teaching in the math department Keith Devlin said that, during his childhood, he did not intend to go into mathematics as a career.“In elementary school, I was particularly bad at math.

NEWS | 10/22/2015

News & Notes: Dartmouth develops new image display methods in collaboration with Disney

Daily Princetonian Staff

Dartmouth College andDisney Research scientists have developed a new method of displaying full-color images, EurekAlert!

NEWS | 10/21/2015

Panelists discuss the relationship between empathy, altruism, happiness

Gladys Teng

If you just stay in empathy without the bigger dimension of compassion and warm-heartedness, you may experience burnout, Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard said at a lecture onWednesday. Ricard was joined at the event bybioethics professor Peter Singer andeffective altruist Julia Wise. Ricard defined burnout as feeling intense helplessness and sorrow over the suffering of others. He currently does humanitarian work in Nepal and has authored the books “Happiness: A Guide to Developing Life’s Most Important Skill” and “Altruism: The Power of Compassion to Change Yourself and the World.” “If you bring the altruistic dimension, it becomes the antidote to burnout,” Ricard explained. He said that he participated in a study in which he went into an fMRI scanner, and the researcher asked him to meditate while concentrating on just empathy.

NEWS | 10/21/2015

Q&A: Nancy Duff Campbell, founder of National Women’s Law Center

Tea Wimer

Nancy Duff Campbell, co-president and founder of the National Women’s Law Center, spoke about women’s economic issues in a lecture on Wednesday.

NEWS | 10/21/2015

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