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Scholars develop algorithm to investigate cancer genetics

Scholars develop algorithm to investigate cancer genetics

Researchers from Princeton's Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics and Computer Science Department have developed a new tool to systematically identify the chromosomal alterations that cause cancer.Olga Troyanskaya, assistant professor of computer science at the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Chad Myers GS and fellow researchers created a computer algorithm that works to measure gene expression and pinpoint where chromosomal amplifications and deletions that cause cancer occur."Most types of cancer involve cells growing too fast according to some capacity and not dying when they are supposed to," Myers said.

NEWS | 11/04/2004

Alum rises fast to found investment company

Throughout his career, Gerald Parsky '64 has consistently risen to the top in a variety of interests.

NEWS | 11/04/2004

'Sarge' charms Wilson students with grill skills

An imposing figure stands poised behind the grill as students flood into Wilcox Dining Hall. He is 6'3" and 47-years-old and wears checkered pants and a long white apron spattered with grease.

NEWS | 11/03/2004

Baehr '05 campaign impresses council victors

Democratic victors in the Borough Council race said Wednesday that they were impressed by the campaign of the Republican candidate Evan Baehr '05.Koontz won the race with 2,613 votes, followed by Martindell with 2,512 and Baehr trailed behind with 1,514 votes."I didn't know what to expect," Koontz said.

NEWS | 11/03/2004

Primus lectures on future of U.S. economy

Just a few hours after the outcome of the presidential election became clear, congressional economist Wendell Primus, a Democrat, faced a tough task as he spoke Wednesday on the likely legislative changes that will occur in the United States over the next few years.Primus currently serves as the minority staff director of the Joint Economic Committee for Congress.

NEWS | 11/03/2004

Sophomores Ebersole, Huang remembered

Several sophomores took a break from their studies on Wednesday to honor the memories of Melissa Huang '07 and Alan Ebersole '07.The officers of the Class of 2007 handed out small orange and black lapel ribbons, much like the well-known cancer awareness ribbons, in Frist Campus Center from 1 to 4 p.m."We wanted people to look up from their studies and realize that there is more going on in the world," Class of 2007 President James Williamson said.The tragic deaths of Huang in early September and Ebersole over Fall Break left many students shocked.

NEWS | 11/03/2004

Police put on high alert for possible gang activity

Borough Police are on heightened alert after receiving a tip regarding the possibility of gang-related violence in the area.Princeton High School was put on lockdown Nov.

NEWS | 11/03/2004

Looking ahead: Frist '74 likely to run in 2008

When he assumed the Senate's top job after only eight years in public office, the political ascent of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist '74 ranked among the most impressive in decades.

NEWS | 11/03/2004

Bush wins as campus stays sharply divided

As news of Sen. John Kerry's concession of the election to President Bush spread across campus Wednesday, students contemplated the idea of a second term with disbelief, despair or uninhibited elation.Declaring the end of a bitter election that remained unresolved well after the polls closed, Bush said on Wednesday, "America has spoken, and I'm humbled by the trust and the confidence of my fellow citizens."Early Wednesday morning, results in a handful of states ? including pivotal Ohio ? remained unclear, meaning neither candidate held an electoral college majority.

NEWS | 11/03/2004

Baehr '05 defeated in Borough Council race

Republican student candidate Evan Baehr '05 lost his bid for Borough Council on Tuesday, claiming 24 percent of the total vote.

NEWS | 11/02/2004

Holt successfully defends House seat

New Jersey's 12th District Congressman Rush Holt won his fourth consecutive election to the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday, defeating his Republican opponent Bill Spadea by a margin of over 50,000 votes out of about 275,000 cast.

NEWS | 11/02/2004

In pursuit of a ballot, five freshmen take 19-hour road trip to Fla.

Five teenagers. One car. Plenty of snacks. People squabbling over radio stations. Miles of highway.All these elements came together starting Monday night as a group of University students embarked on a road trip to Florida.But this was no ordinary road trip.

NEWS | 11/02/2004

Community gathers in anticipation

Students, faculty and other members of the University community gathered Tuesday at election parties across campus.The Wilson School, Center for Jewish Life (CJL) and Frist Campus Center had huge turnouts of people expressing similar sentiments ? support for Senator John Kerry over President Bush ? as the election unfolded.Daniel Tarullo, a visiting professor of law at Georgetown University, watched the election at the Shultz Dining Room in Robertson Hall.Tarullo served as President Clinton's personal representative to the G8 group of industrial nations from 1995 to 1998."I think what you're seeing is that people understand that this is arguably the most important election," said Tarullo.

NEWS | 11/02/2004

Washington jobs for professors, alumni depend on election

With last night's early returns producing no clear winner in the presidential election, several University professors and alumni might still have a chance to serve in the White House ? a Kerry one ? during the next four years.Current faculty members speculated Tuesday that a President Kerry would tap several economics and Wilson School professors along with many alumni who served in the Clinton administration: For Kerry's foreign policy team, speculation focused on Richard Holbrooke GS '70, a former ambassador to the United Nations, and Wilson School Dean Anne-Marie Slaughter '80, an expert on international law. In economics, some professors predicted that Alan Blinder, vice chairman of the Federal Reserve Board during the Clinton Administration, and Alan Krueger and Uwe Reinhardt would be likely appointees. In the Judicial Branch, Elena Kagan '81, dean of Harvard Law School, could be tapped as a Supreme Court justice, according to reports in The New York Times and The Washington Post.Professors and alumni involved could not be reached or declined to comment. The foreign policy teamHolbrooke is perhaps the highest-profile alumnus mentioned for a post in a Kerry administration.

NEWS | 11/02/2004

USG, political groups mobilize student voters

Voter participation was expected to be high Tuesday as various University groups tried to encourage students to get out and vote regardless of their political leanings.The USG, College Republicans and College Democrats spent the day trying to make the process of voting as easy as possible for any student looking to exercise their civic duty.Sign waving, button wearing, direction giving and phone calling were all employed to get students to the polls.The success of the USG's efforts could be measured by the number of students who showed up for free hoagies and directions to the polling locations."We had tons of people here earlier" said Amy Unterman '08, one of the USG volunteers outside of the U-Store."We had around 900 of these little sandwiches and now we're nearly out.

NEWS | 11/02/2004

Borough voting site faces isolated problems

Tensions ran high mid-afternoon Tuesday at the Trinity Church Parish Home, voting site for Princeton Borough's District 1.According to Joshua Leinsdorf, an election official at the site, the district was in danger of running out of voting authorities ? documents which record voters as they arrive to vote.The district must have one voting authority for each voter before the voter is allowed to cast a ballot.Leinsdorf said the district has 1,250 active voters out of a roll of about 1,800 registered voters.He expected a turnout of well over 1,000 voters.

NEWS | 11/02/2004

Consistent flow of voters keeps polls busy throughout day

When the polls opened at 6 a.m. Tuesday at Jadwin Hall, several people were already waiting in line to vote.

NEWS | 11/02/2004

University alumni Bond '60 and Daniels '71 win races

In this year's national elections, Ralph Nader '55 is not the only Princeton alumnus running for a public office.On Tuesday night, Mitchell Daniels '71 ran successfully for the governorship of Indiana and Christopher "Kit" Bond '60 successfuly defended his senatorial seat in Missouri.Daniels, a Republican, defeated Democrat incumbent Joe Kernan by about nine points, 54 percent to 45 percent.

NEWS | 11/02/2004

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