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Updated: Neuroscience concentration approved by faculty

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Updated: Neuroscience concentration approved by faculty

Daily Princetonian Contributor and Tammy Tseng

University faculty members voted unanimously on Monday afternoon in favor of creating a new concentration in neuroscience at a faculty meeting. The new concentration could start admitting undergraduates into the department as early as this spring. The University has offered a neuroscience certificate program since 2001, but faculty members proposed establishing a concentration in the field because of greater interest from current and prospective students and the existence of similar neuroscience concentration programs at peer institutions, according to a leaked department proposal dated June 24. There was no previous public announcement of faculty intent to develop a concentration.

NEWS | 12/01/2014

USG demands transparency in results of sexual assault surveys

The Daily Princetonian

USG demands transparency in results of sexual assault surveys

Jacob Donnelly

The Undergraduate Student Government senate passed a resolution Sunday night calling for the data from an upcoming sexual assault survey to be released to the University community.The survey is expected to be administered in October 2015. The University is federally mandated to conduct a sexual assault survey following a resolution agreement signed with the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights after it was found in violation of Title IX.

NEWS | 11/30/2014

Plans drafted for neuroscience concentration, leaked proposal says

The Daily Princetonian

Plans drafted for neuroscience concentration, leaked proposal says

Daily Princetonian Contributor and Tammy Tseng

The Princeton Neuroscience Institute has drafted a proposal outlining a program of study for a new neuroscience concentration, according to a document obtained by The Daily Princetonian and dated June 24. The proposal will be discussed and presumably voted upon at a faculty meeting on Monday afternoon, Deputy Dean of the College Clayton Marsh confirmed in an email on Saturday. The change comes nine years after the founding of the Princeton Neuroscience Institute, an initiative of then-University President Shirley Tilghman, and less than a year after the opening of the new psychology and neuroscience building.

NEWS | 11/30/2014
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Updated: Gansa '17 wins popular vote in USG election, runoff election to be held

The Daily Princetonian

Updated: Gansa '17 wins popular vote in USG election, runoff election to be held

Annie Yang

William Gansa ’17 and Ella Cheng ’16 will participate in a runoff election for the position of Undergraduate Student Government president, according to an email that outgoing USG president Shawon Jackson ’15 sent to the student bodyon Friday afternoon. A runoff election will be held in a similar manner as regular elections, with campaigning being subject to the same penalties and rules. Cheng is a former staff writer for The Daily Princetonian. Gansa, who has no prior USG experience, won the popular vote, with over 43.85 percent of the votes or 1,116 votes in his favor.

NEWS | 11/28/2014

'No justice, no peace' for Michael Brown, students protest

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'No justice, no peace' for Michael Brown, students protest

Jessica Li and Michael Granovetter

At its peak, over 300 students marched in protest along Prospect Avenue starting at midnight Tuesday morning chanting “Hands up, don’t shoot,“ “No justice, no peace” and “Black lives matter,” in what was probably the largest public protest at the University in recent years. The protest occurred the night before Thanksgiving break, a night known for students going out to the eating clubs — also located along Prospect Avenue — and partying before leaving campus for the rest of the week. The protest looped around both sides of the Street against the backdrop of a separate group of students that vied for entry into one of Princeton’s 11 eating clubs. The protests occurred hours after a grand jury ruled that Darren Wilson, a policeman from the suburbs of St.

NEWS | 11/24/2014

News & Notes: U. researchers discover novel bacterial infection mechanism

The Daily Princetonian

News & Notes: U. researchers discover novel bacterial infection mechanism

Do-Hyeong Myeong

A team of researchers from the University and Dartmouth has discovered that Pseudomonas aeruginosa, one of the world’s most prolific bacteria, afflicts humans through the sense of touch. According to associate professor of molecular biology Zemer Gitai and postdoctoral research fellow Albert Siryaporn, who co-authored the research with two Dartmouth researchers, Pseudomonas is the first pathogen discovered to infect people and animals merely by attaching to the surface of its host, instead of relying on chemical signals. Pseudomona is known to cause potentially fatal organ infections, as well as many hospital-acquired illnesses like sepsis.

NEWS | 11/24/2014

Regan Crotty '00 appointed Princeton's inaugural full-time Title IX Coordinator

The Daily Princetonian

Regan Crotty '00 appointed Princeton's inaugural full-time Title IX Coordinator

Zaynab Zaman

Regan Crotty ’00 has been appointed to the new full-time position of Title IX Coordinator of the University, according to an email sent by Master of Wilson College Eduardo Cadava to the Wilson College listserv on Monday afternoon. Crotty is currently director of student life at Wilson College and a lawyer by training. The Office for Civil Rights, the office within the Department of Education that deals with Title IX issues, found the University in violation of Title IX earlier this year.

NEWS | 11/24/2014

Princeton Libertarians group revived after yearlong absence

The Daily Princetonian

Princeton Libertarians group revived after yearlong absence

Linda Song

The Princeton Libertarians — a political group formerly known as the College Libertarians, which existed until 2013 — has recently been revived. Club president Andy Loo ’16 said that he revived the club to promote intellectual discussion on the political philosophy of libertarianism, explaining that libertarianism is predicated on the idea of self-ownership. “All libertarian theory is based on one premise, which is the concept of self-ownership — each person owns his body and his property and the consequence of this is that no one should initiate physical force on another person either directly or indirectly," Loo said.

NEWS | 11/24/2014

Princeton Preview scheduled to remain a one-day event for second year

The Daily Princetonian

Princeton Preview scheduled to remain a one-day event for second year

Corinne Lowe

The University has scheduled two one-day placeholder dates for Princeton Preview this spring, but it has not fully decided whether Preview will once again be a day-long event or if it will later be expanded into a multi-day form, Dean of Admission Janet Rapelye said this week. Preview is currently scheduled for Monday, April 13, and Tuesday, April 28, according to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.

NEWS | 11/24/2014

Stoneman ’16 seeks to 'be the change' in USG

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Stoneman ’16 seeks to 'be the change' in USG

Pooja Patel

Current Undergraduate Student Government vice president Molly Stoneman’16 is running for USG president because, she points out, she sees potential for change. “Being vice president and also serving on the class council during my first year really gave me a holistic and deep understanding of USG as an entire organization, and I think I would be able to leverage the relationships on both sides of the USG collective,” Stoneman said. She has made her self-declared passion for women's leadership a mainstay of her campaign and added that it was also part of what inspired her to run.

NEWS | 11/23/2014

Cheng ’16 emphasizes policymaking, execution

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Cheng ’16 emphasizes policymaking, execution

Daily Princetonian Contributor and Tammy Tseng

Undergraduate Student Government presidential candidate Ella Cheng ’16 wants to expand student outreach and communications and shift the USG’s focus from programming to policymaking. “I’m one of the few members on USG that actually has a critical and reflective eye on USG, and I’ve seen that we’ve had a lot of successes, but we’ve also had a lot of shortcomings,” Cheng said.

NEWS | 11/23/2014

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