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Three seniors win $30k Labouisse Prize

Three seniors win $30k Labouisse Prize

A joint project in Sierra Leone by Shirley Gao ?13 and Raphael Frankfurter ?13 and a project in Brazil by Courtney Crumpler ?13 were awarded this year?s Henry Richardson Labouisse ?26 Prize, which provides graduating seniors $30,000 to pursue work in the developing world. The two judges, Wilson School professor Stanley Katz and history professor Janet Chen, selected the winning projects because they best fit the award?s mission to support hands-on efforts to help the developing world that are likely to succeed, Katz said. ?The spirit of this award is that it?s for students who want to go out and work with local organizations and local individuals to improve local living conditions,? Katz said.

NEWS | 03/26/2013

U. creates new position for emergency procedures

The University has created the position of associate director for emergency preparedness planning in order to begin a thorough review of existing emergency response plans and protocols in mid-April.

NEWS | 03/26/2013

U. researchers study effects of climate change on water trade

Lillian Dattilo

Experts studying the global food trade rarely consider how the trade of food encompasses a virtual trade of the water required to produce the food.

NEWS | 03/26/2013

Students call for firearms divestment

In response to a faculty petition urging the University to divest from assault weapon manufacturers after the Dec.

NEWS | 03/26/2013

Panel explores gender limitations women face in society

In an event held on Tuesday evening in recognition of Women?s History Month, the American Whig-Cliosophic Society hosted a panel on whether women are limited in society, especially in relation to Freud?s claim that ?anatomy is destiny.? The panelists included Wilson School professor Nannerl Keohane, Italian professor Gaetana Marrone-Puglia, Director of Student Life for Butler College Alexis Andres and Women?s Center director Amada Sandoval. Andres began the discussion by explaining the research she conducted for her dissertation on the concept of effortless perfection for women at the University of Virginia, which was based on a survey conducted by Keohane at the Women?s Initiative Steering Committee at Duke University. She shared responses from students she interviewed who said that women felt pressure to do well in school, participate in multiple extracurricular activities and maintain a nice body but never show their exhaustion or stress. Sandoval added to this by discussing the double standard women face in terms of personalities and body issues, saying that women are constantly scrutinized on the basis of their looks and behavior.

NEWS | 03/26/2013

Oates to retire after 2015

Alex Jafari

Nationally renowned author and creative writing professor Joyce Carol Oates said she will retire from her teaching position at the University in July of 2015.

NEWS | 03/26/2013

U. research explores 3D mapping in mouse brain

Greta Shum

In a recent study published in Nature, University researchers have discovered the mechanism inside a mouse’s brain that allows it to map its location in three-dimensional space.

NEWS | 03/25/2013

Wailoo named vice dean of Wilson School

Professor of history and public affairs Keith Wailoo has been named vice dean of the Wilson School, effective July 1, 2013, Wilson School dean Cecilia Rouse announced in a statement on March 14. ?I?m very excited to be working with Keith and I think he?ll make a magnificent vice dean,? Rouse said in an interview with the Daily Princetonian. As vice dean, Wailoo will oversee the Wilson School?s academic operations.

NEWS | 03/25/2013

Bridge Year adds program in Brazil

Elizabeth Paul

Earlier this month the University’s Bridge Year Program announced the addition of a site in Salvador, Brazil for the 2013-14 academic year. The Bridge Year Program, which currently offers international sites in China, India, Peru and Senegal, allows incoming freshmen enrolled in the program to defer their admission and participate in civic engagement projects for a nine-month period.

NEWS | 03/25/2013

Slaughter has packed speaking schedule

Former Wilson School dean and current University professor Anne-Marie Slaughter ?80, whose prospects of succeeding University President Shirley Tilghman have been matter of speculation, has accepted numerous speaking engagements in the past few months, including keynote speeches at commencement ceremonies at Meredith College and Lafayette College. In a poll conducted by the unofficial search website princetonpresident.com, Slaughter was chosen as the favorite candidate by a 32 percent plurality of the approximately 300 voters who participated.

NEWS | 03/25/2013

USG discusses student group policies

Members of the USG discussed making changes to the process for approving new student groups and corrected an inconsistency in the USG constitution at a meeting on Sunday evening.

NEWS | 03/24/2013

TigerLaunch prize tripled

The Princeton Entrepreneurship Club has tripled the prize money awarded to winners of this year?s TigerLaunch, the club?s annual pitch competition, to $30,000 after a donation from board of advisors member Howard Cox ?64.

NEWS | 03/24/2013

Students report laundry thefts

Emilie Burke ?15 left her clothes to dry overnight in the Feinberg laundry room on Feb. 11.

NEWS | 03/14/2013

Former mascot reminisces

Allison Kruk

The Princeton tiger has been granted literary life with a memoir published in early February by Blanche Kapustin ’95, titled Tigering: Memoir of an Ivy League Mascot.

NEWS | 03/14/2013

Professors share experiences with Coursera

Five University professors who taught online courses through the new online platform Coursera last fall discussed their experiences at the Council of the Princeton University Community meeting on Monday.

NEWS | 03/14/2013

Colleges implement living collectives for arts, humanities and civic services

Two residential colleges will implement interest-based collective living programs next fall. Mathey College will implement a collective living program for a community of students with a shared interest for the arts and humanities on the third floor in Edwards Hall, while Whitman College will enact a similar initiative for a small group of students interested in civic engagement on the third floor of Fisher Hall. Mathey?s community, which will be called the Edwards Collective, received slightly over 50 applications, though some withdrew their applications in favor of joining eating clubs.

NEWS | 03/14/2013

Police chief under investigation

The Mercer County Prosecutor?s Office is currently reviewing allegations of administrative misconduct against Princeton Police Department Chief David Dudeck.

NEWS | 03/14/2013

NASA scientist discusses Mars Rover

Greta Shum

Mars Science Lab Project Manager and professor of geology at California Institute of Technology John Grotzinger presented new evidence of ancient habitability on Mars, based on the findings from the Curiosity rover, in a lecture on Thursday evening.

NEWS | 03/14/2013

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