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Class of '43 creates award for best neuroscience thesis

Class of '43 creates award for best neuroscience thesis

In the spirit of its ongoing "Excellence in Neuroscience at Princeton" initiative, the Class of 1943 has established an award to be given to a senior demonstrating exceptional work in that field.The Class of 1943 Senior Thesis Prize in Neuroscience will go to the senior whose thesis is judged by the Department of Psychology to be the best in that area of study, according to Barry Jacobs, psychology professor and director of the interdepartmental program in neuroscience.Fifty-fifth Reunion co-chair Ted Rockwell '43 said that his class is interested in helping Princeton's neuroscience program grow, noting that the University has no separate department devoted to the subject."Ending the 'Decade of the Brain,' Princeton ought to be leading the field," Rockwell said.The award will be given at commencement ceremonies each year.

NEWS | 02/15/1998

Firestone exhibits Latin American artifacts

Pre-Columbian coins, 500-year-old letters from Christopher Columbus and 17th century maps of Latin American expansion are currently on display in the main gallery of Firestone Library.The exhibition, "The Search for Latin America: Sources at Princeton," compiles the University's resources on Latin America with a journey through a thousand years of Latin American history.

NEWS | 02/15/1998

A Cappella groups celebrate Modica's life in a joint concert

This Friday, almost a year after the death of Tigertone Rick Modica '99, Princeton's a cappella groups will convene to celebrate his life.All eight of the arch-rotation singing groups will participate in the memorial concert.

NEWS | 02/15/1998

Men's basketball team gains national media recognition

Princeton's spectacular rise this season to No. 8 on the ESPN/USA TODAY coaches' poll has made the Tigers' Cinderella story a popular topic of conversation for anyone with even passing interest in NCAA men's basketball.Newspapers, radio stations and television networks from a number of cities, including Seattle, Milwaukee, St.

NEWS | 02/15/1998

Ethnic groups appeal for funding, increased recognition from USG

Controversy continues to surround the Projects Board, as the senate haggled over grants to student groups last night.

NEWS | 02/15/1998

Nobel winner Chu discusses 'optical molasses' research

Humility was the buzz word in the Wilson School yesterday as 1997 Physics Nobel Laureate Stephen Chu delivered the fifth annual Albert Einstein Memorial Lecture entitled "Laser Cooling and Trapping of Atoms and Biomolecules.""Many Nobel Laureates' greatest strength is humility," said Jack O'Leary, Chairman of the Management Services Council.

NEWS | 02/12/1998

McCosh doles out Tylenol, advice to treat spread of Influenza A virus

Bed-rest, fluids, Tylenol and cough syrup. That is the treatment regime McCosh Health Center is prescribing to many students arriving at its door this week, said Pamela Bowen, director of Health Services at McCosh."We have seen an increase in the number of students admitted with a flu-like illness," Bowen said.

NEWS | 02/12/1998

Students voice mixed views on pilot advising programs

Surveys administered to the freshman and sophomore classes show a mixed bag of opinion on the pilot academic advising system.

NEWS | 02/12/1998

Former professor to create course aimed at retraining elderly drivers

Professor emeritus Seymour Bogdonoff will tell you, "I drive a fast car," and he continues to enjoy putting it to use.Currently a senior research scholar, Bogdonoff is an expert in high-speed aerodynamics.

NEWS | 02/12/1998

Varsity athletes sell orange T-shirts to inspire student basketball fans

Cameron Crazies, eat your heart out. Here comes the Jadwin Jungle.A new plan by the Varsity Student Athlete Advisory Committee hopes to clothe everyone in the student section at men's basketball home games in orange ? something akin to the rabid blue-clad student section at Duke University basketball games.Starting at tonight's game against Brown at Jadwin Gym, members of the VSAAC will be selling bright orange T-shirts to students.

NEWS | 02/12/1998

USG restores funds to Projects Board

Only days after the USG cut nearly $6,000 from the Projects Board spring budget, USG president David Ascher '99 announced last night that a revised budget reinstating full funding will be presented to the student government senate this Sunday.Conceding that his administration had made a "mistake" by basing the Projects Board's allocation on an incorrect figure in a draft budget from a previous year, Ascher said he remains "extremely committed to student organizations."Amid dissent from current and former USG officials, last Sunday the senate approved a $20,000 budget for the Projects Board.

NEWS | 02/12/1998

Class of 1969 fund allows for paid summer internships

Those undergraduates and graduates interested in performing community service this summer need look no further than the Class of 1969 for financial and organizational support.Available internships arranged through the Class of 1969 Community Service Fund include reporting on issues of public accountability at The Center for Public Integrity in Washington, D.C., and assisting refugees at sites around the world in conjunction with the International Rescue Committee.The internships pay $280 a week for a ten week period, according to Jim Gregoire '69, the fund's chairman.

NEWS | 02/11/1998

Room draw to include Scully Hall; dorm to feature private bathrooms

Starting next fall, upperclassmen may not have to trudge down three flights of stairs just to go to the bathroom.In room draw '98, upperclass students will have the option of living in the new $23 million dormitory Scully Hall, which boasts connecting singles and doubles with private baths ? a perk limited to only a few dorms on campus.Scheduled to open in fall 1998, Scully expects to hold 163 upperclass students in the sections constructed by that time.

NEWS | 02/11/1998

Search to commence for Sistek successor

Cheryl Sistek, director of the Women's Center, informed the University she would be resigning from her position July 1.

NEWS | 02/11/1998

Faculty, students voice concern over grade inflation report's effect

After the University released its recent report recommending plans to combat grade inflation, professors, students and advisers are debating the effects and merits of such an effort."I worry a little bit that if we all toughen up, the graduate schools will not take that into account," Economics professor Elizabeth Bogan said.

NEWS | 02/11/1998

Students use Bookline alternative to avoid higher U-Store expenses

During the first weeks of classes students can often be heard lamenting over horrific textbook bills as they make liberal use of those familiar orange credit cards.

NEWS | 02/11/1998

University gives $100,000 to Arts Council of Princeton

The University will donate $100,000 to the Arts Council of Princeton to assist its $3.5 million capital campaign.The Arts Council sponsors classes, workshops, film series, puppet shows and storytelling.The Arts Council and the University team up each spring for the Communiversity fair and on New Year's Eve for a "Curtain Calls" party.

NEWS | 02/10/1998

USG votes for $5,000 cut from Projects Board budget

A 20 percent cut in USG Projects Board funding has raised ire among USG members and ignited a debate on the disclosure of USG budgets.While the USG senate approved the spring 1998 budget on Sunday night ? including a $20,000 allotment for the Projects Board ? USG members questioned the Projects Board funding prior to the budget vote.Although USG treasurer Luis Guzman '99 said he based this semester's budget on last spring's, the spring '97 budget actually granted $25,000 to the Projects Board.Guzman said this spring an additional $9,000 will be granted to the Projects Board at the end of the semester from the four classes, making the total funding $29,000.

NEWS | 02/10/1998

University research reveals grade inflation over 24 years

A detailed report released yesterday by a faculty committee studying grade inflation shows that students across the board now receive far better grades than they did 24 years ago.

NEWS | 02/10/1998

Director to vacate post after 20 years at Career Services

After 20 years at Career Services, Director Minerva Reed will step down at the end of the academic year.Dean of the College Nancy Malkiel distributed an email to administrators, department chairs and other University officials announcing that "Minerva H.

NEWS | 02/10/1998

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