An estimated one million people are still looking for loved ones in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
For the 24 Tulane students currently enrolled at the University, the transition from a hopping New Orleans jazz scene to the Street "took a while to get used to," as Tulane junior Annabelle Rosborough put it.
Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) department chair Michael Celia GS '78 '79 '83 has won the American Geophysical Union's annual Hydrology Section Award, the group announced last week."It's an honor to be chosen by a committee of peers and colleagues in the scientific community," Celia said, referring to the awards committee composed of scholars who belong to the American Geophysical Union (AGU).Celia was recognized for his contributions to computational methods in hydrological research on water resources, according to a statement issued by the award committee."I'm very happy to receive this award that speaks so highly of the CEE department," Celia said.
Politics professor Larry Bartels recently argued that Tom Frank's New York Times bestseller "What's the Matter with Kansas" tells a misleading story about why the Republican Party is becoming more popular across the mid-western heartland.Bartels presented this argument in a paper ? titled "What's the Matter with 'What's the Matter with Kansas'" ? at an annual meeting of the American Political Science Association.Frank's book asserts that "conservatives won the heart of America" by swaying large numbers of working-class voters to vote against their economic interests on the basis of conservative cultural and social issues.Bartels tested this hypothesis by analyzing patterns of issue preferences, partisanship and voting in National Election Study (NES) survey data.According to Bartels' results, the white working class has not become more conservative.
When Jean-Godefroy Bidima boarded a plane in Paris on August 30, the words of a flight attendant turned his world upside down.After glancing at his travel itinerary, the flight attendant sympathetically told Bidima ? a professor in Tulane University's French department who had been attending a conference in Paris ? that he would not be able to reach his final destination, New Orleans, because that city's airport was closed.Astonished and confused, Bidima hurried off the plane and retrieved his luggage, then dashed outside the airport to find a newspaper kiosk.
Politics professor Larry Bartels recently argued that Tom Frank's New York Times bestseller "What's the Matter with Kansas" tells a misleading story about why the Republican Party is becoming more popular across the mid-western heartland.Bartels presented this argument in a paper ? titled "What's the Matter with 'What's the Matter with Kansas'" ? at an annual meeting of the American Political Science Association.Frank's book asserts that "conservatives won the heart of America" by swaying large numbers of working-class voters to vote against their economic interests on the basis of conservative cultural and social issues.Bartels tested this hypothesis by analyzing patterns of issue preferences, partisanship and voting in National Election Study (NES) survey data.According to Bartels' results, the white working class has not become more conservative.
As the newest member of the Board of Directors at Google, Inc., President Tilghman has added not only another leadership post to her resume, but also a significant amount of stock to her investment portfolio.The compensation package given to Tilghman includes 6,000 shares of stock to be awarded over the next five years.
The advent of personal blogs, online facebooks and other public forums has cultivated a fertile space for self expression on the web.
Molecular biology professor Bonnie Bassler kicked off the 2005-06 President's Lecture Series with a lecture yesterday on her groundbreaking research about the ways bacterial cells communicate with each other.Introduced by President Tilghman as the "quintessential scientist-educator," Bassler won the prestigious MacArthur 'Genius Grant' in 2002, and was named a Howard Hughes Investigator this year.The purpose of her lecture, Bassler said, was to convince the audience that "[b]acteria can talk to each other, that language is chemical and that they are multilingual."Speaking to a full audience in the Friend Center, Bassler explained how cells use molecules, called autoinducers, to communicate and participate in "collective gene regulation." Bassler discovered a chemical process, known as quorum sensing, which was the first indication that bacteria could act like a multicellular organism.
As the newest member of the Board of Directors at Google, Inc., President Tilghman has added not only another leadership post to her resume, but also a significant amount of stock to her investment portfolio.The compensation package given to Tilghman includes 6,000 shares of stock to be awarded over the next five years.
Twenty-seven years ago, in a resort town high in Utah's Wasatch Mountains, David Botstein had a simple idea that would change the course of genetics.Botstein, then a professor at MIT, was in town for an informal meeting of University of Utah researchers.
The advent of personal blogs, online facebooks and other public forums has cultivated a fertile space for self expression on the web.
A 26-year-old man from Princeton Junction was assaulted at an event at Terrace Club around 2 a.m.
Molecular biology professor Bonnie Bassler kicked off the 2005-06 President's Lecture Series with a lecture yesterday on her groundbreaking research about the ways bacterial cells communicate with each other.Introduced by President Tilghman as the "quintessential scientist-educator," Bassler won the prestigious MacArthur 'Genius Grant' in 2002, and was named a Howard Hughes Investigator this year.The purpose of her lecture, Bassler said, was to convince the audience that "[b]acteria can talk to each other, that language is chemical and that they are multilingual."Speaking to a full audience in the Friend Center, Bassler explained how cells use molecules, called autoinducers, to communicate and participate in "collective gene regulation." Bassler discovered a chemical process, known as quorum sensing, which was the first indication that bacteria could act like a multicellular organism.
Twenty-seven years ago, in a resort town high in Utah's Wasatch Mountains, David Botstein had a simple idea that would change the course of genetics.Botstein, then a professor at MIT, was in town for an informal meeting of University of Utah researchers.
A 26-year-old man from Princeton Junction was assaulted at an event at Terrace Club around 2 a.m.
Ahh, October. Talk of baseball hangs in the air like fats and sweets over the Food Pyramid. So, weatherwise, will this week be a Curt Schilling or a Danny Almonte?This week's weather is looking sharp, with mostly sunny skies in order.
In an open letter to the University community, a group of students, faculty and alumni has expressed concern about a perceived "trend" of inviting guest lecturers who hold a pro-Bush administration bias.The letter, printed as an advertisement in Friday's and today's issues of The Daily Princetonian, is signed by 101 students and alumni and 27 professors, including religion professor Cornel West GS '80, English professor Michael Wood and history professor Gyan Prakash.The group criticizes the choices of guest speakers on campus, especially secretaries of state Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice, the latter of whom was a keynote speaker at the opening of the Wilson School's 75th anniversary celebrations earlier this month.Referencing Wilson School Dean Anne-Marie Slaughter '80's laudatory remarks about Rice, the group wrote, "We cannot accept that a high profile University Administrator, acting in an official capacity, would state that Rice's career 'exemplifies' our university's values."The group added that "alternative views are consistently absent from the University's guest lists."In a written response to the petitioners, Slaughter said the Wilson School unsuccessfully made efforts to secure other speakers with opposing views for the Wilson School's anniversary celebration.Sen.
The Daily Princetonian sat down for an interview with Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates before his speech Friday morning.
True to its name, "The Best Auction Ever" offered students plenty of prizes and free food on the night of Oct.
