http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/The latest News Releases from Princeton University.en-usPrinceton Universitydaily22005-01-01T12:00+00:00 Princeton senior Henry Barmeier has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship for graduate study at the University of Oxford. http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S25/88/96E38/index.xml?section=newsreleasesnewsreleasesJennifer Greenstein Altmann2009-11-22T08:35-05:00 A new alumni-led enterprise will involve black graduates more deeply in the life of Princeton University as leaders, volunteers and donors. http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S25/87/33C02/index.xml?section=newsreleasesnewsreleasesStaff2009-11-20T11:23-05:00 Paul Ominsky, director of public safety at Mount Holyoke College, Smith College and Hampshire College, has been named director of public safety at Princeton University. http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S25/85/07M39/index.xml?section=newsreleasesnewsreleasesCass Cliatt2009-11-18T11:00-05:00 The Center for African American Studies at Princeton University will launch a summer internship program to further research in race and public policy, allowing Princeton students to work with national organizations to confront issues of disparity in urban education.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S25/84/14O05/index.xml?section=newsreleasesnewsreleasesEmily Aronson2009-11-16T18:35-05:00 In its first report since adopting a Sustainability Plan in February 2008, Princeton University states that on-campus greenhouse gas emissions have decreased for the first time since the University's energy-efficient cogeneration plant was installed in 1996. While the decrease in carbon dioxide from July 2008 to July 2009 has been modest at nearly 1 percent, "it is a significant step in the right direction," according to the report, considering that the University added nearly 164,000 square feet to its physical plant during the same time period.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S25/78/85A72/index.xml?section=newsreleasesnewsreleasesRuth Stevens2009-11-11T10:00-05:00 Princeton University physical scientists will partner with researchers at four other institutions to explore the driving forces behind the evolution of cancer under a five-year, $15.2 million award from the National Cancer Institute.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S25/64/22S75/index.xml?section=newsreleasesnewsreleasesHilary Parker2009-10-26T08:00-05:00 Princeton University researchers have come up with a new twist on the mysterious visual phenomenon experienced by humans known as the "uncanny valley." The scientists have found that monkeys sense it too. http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S25/53/99A37/index.xml?section=newsreleasesnewsreleasesKitta MacPherson2009-10-13T11:00-05:00 Princeton University scientists have shown that, in ancient times, the Earth's magnetic field was structured like the two-pole model of today, suggesting that the methods geoscientists use to reconstruct the geography of early land masses on the globe are accurate. The findings may lead to a better understanding of historical continental movement, which relates to changes in climate. http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S25/44/95K79/index.xml?section=newsreleasesnewsreleasesKitta MacPherson2009-10-02T11:03-05:00 While the University's fiscal outlook has benefited from better than expected returns on its endowment and the implementation of cost-savings measures, Princeton will need to continue with its two-year plan of budget reductions to protect its core programs, according to President Shirley M. Tilghman. http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S25/41/95I57/index.xml?section=newsreleasesnewsreleasesRuth Stevens2009-09-29T10:00-05:00 Readings on civil society, diplomacy in the Middle East and ancient Rome have made their way from traditional paper pages to the digital screen for an estimated 50 students who have enrolled in classes selected for Princeton University's pilot of the Amazon KindleDX electronic reader. http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S25/37/09I09/index.xml?section=newsreleasesnewsreleasesCass Cliatt2009-09-23T12:00-05:00 Daniel Sigman, a Princeton University biogeochemist who has conducted pioneering work exploring the large-scale systems that have supported life on the planet throughout the millennia, has been selected as a 2009 MacArthur Fellow. Also chosen was Theodore Zoli, a 1988 alumnus and a visiting lecturer in Princeton's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering since 2003. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced that they are among 24 trailblazing artists, writers, scientists and others who each will receive a $500,000 no-strings-attached grant over a five-year period. http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S25/35/75G78/index.xml?section=newsreleasesnewsreleasesKitta MacPherson and Chris Emery2009-09-22T00:00-05:00 Sixty-eight linear feet of business files, correspondence, preliminary sketches, drawing books, photographs and other materials from the late artist George Segal have been donated to the Princeton University Library.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S25/35/43A85/index.xml?section=newsreleasesnewsreleasesRuth Stevens2009-09-21T18:07-05:00 When establishing their new home at 58 Prospect Ave., Princeton University's Fields Center and Community House staff decided to make it a beacon for multicultural education and social opportunities within the University campus and local community.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S25/32/26S67/index.xml?section=newsreleasesnewsreleasesEmily Aronson2009-09-17T18:27-05:00 James Gunn, the Eugene Higgins Professor of Astronomy at Princeton University, has been chosen to receive a National Medal of Science, the nation's highest scientific honor, for his sweeping contributions to modern stargazing, from theory to observation to gadget-building. http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S25/32/17Q70/index.xml?section=newsreleasesnewsreleasesKitta MacPherson2009-09-17T15:57-05:00 An analysis of public opinion polls and terrorist activity in 143 pairs of countries has shown for the first time that when people in one country hold negative views toward the leadership and policies of another, terrorist acts are more likely to be carried out. http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S25/31/34M59/index.xml?section=newsreleasesnewsreleasesKitta MacPherson2009-09-17T14:00-05:00 After more than a decade of inquiry, a Princeton-led team of scientists has turned the tables on a long-standing controversy to re-establish an old truth about nitrogen mixing in the oceans.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S25/19/05M98/index.xml?section=newsreleasesnewsreleasesKitta MacPherson2009-09-02T13:00-05:00 By studying the intricate mechanisms at work in protein production, a Princeton-led team has discovered why certain kinds of antibiotics are so effective. In doing so, they also have discovered how one protein protects against cell death, shedding light on a natural cancer-fighting process. http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S25/07/35E66/index.xml?section=newsreleasesnewsreleasesKitta MacPherson2009-08-20T11:00-05:00 A list of facts about the Butler College project.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S25/01/11O12/index.xml?section=newsreleasesnewsreleasesStaff2009-08-13T09:00-05:00 When 283 Princeton undergraduates move into Butler College this September, they will be entering a 113,000-square-foot complex integrating sustainability features from top to bottom, including the green roofs on more than half of its buildings and a stormwater cistern that will collect and recycle rainwater to irrigate courtyard landscaping. http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S25/01/12M89/index.xml?section=newsreleasesnewsreleasesKitta MacPherson2009-08-13T09:00-05:00 Finding the best way to pack the greatest quantity of a specifically shaped object into a confined space may sound simple, yet it consistently has led to deep mathematical concepts and practical applications, such as improved computer security codes. Two Princeton University researchers have made a major advance in addressing a twist in the packing problem, jamming more tetrahedra -- solid figures with four triangular faces -- and other polyhedral solid objects than ever before into a space.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S25/00/22A50/index.xml?section=newsreleasesnewsreleasesKitta MacPherson2009-08-12T13:00-05:00