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News & Notes: Three win Alex Adam ’07 Award for the arts

News & Notes: Three win Alex Adam ’07 Award for the arts

Three juniors were selected by the Lewis Center for the Arts to receive the 2009 Alex Adam ’07 Award on Tuesday. The award, established in Adam’s memory by his family, provides up to $7,000 to students planning to pursue a summer project that will lead to the creation of a work of art.

NEWS | 03/24/2009

Some graduate schools, employers still unfamiliar with grade deflation policy

Nearly five years after faculty approved a plan to curb grade inflation at Princeton, news of the University’s policy has yet to reach some employers and graduate school admission offices. “I honestly have to say I was totally unaware of that policy,” said Jeffrey Rabek GS ’76, assistant dean for student affairs and admissions at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB).

NEWS | 03/24/2009

Forbesians forgo trays in experimental dinner

Students eating at the Forbes dining hall last night experimented with trayless dining, a system that the environmental group Greening Princeton says could save both energy and water. In conjunction with Dining Services, the college decided to forego the use of trays at dinner, marking the first trial run of an initiative aimed at reducing food and water waste.

NEWS | 03/24/2009

New nanofluidics technology could revolutionize genetic analysis

In just a few years, people may be able to get their complete genetic codes as well as medical treatments tailored specifically to their needs for only $100 — or so promises an up-and-coming technology developed by Princeton faculty and researchers.

NEWS | 03/24/2009

News & Notes: University creates digital Islamic manuscript archive

The University has made 200 Islamic manuscripts available online as part of a new digital archive.

NEWS | 03/24/2009

Starving for perfection

By the end of freshman year, Maria ’11 was living off nothing but vegetables and no-calorie hot beverages from the Rocky-Mathey dining hall.

NEWS | 03/24/2009

Singapore court holds Kirkpatrick ’73 in contempt

Melanie Kirkpatrick ’73, a deputy editor of The Wall Street Journal’s editorial page, was found in contempt of court by Singapore High Court Justice Tay Yong Kwang on March 19.

NEWS | 03/24/2009

Nash GS ’50 calls for improved mental health care in New Jersey

John Forbes Nash GS ’50, a Nobel laureate and subject of the 2001 film “A Beautiful Mind,” is looking to shake things up in another field: mental health care. The prominent mathematician and his wife Alicia are trying to use his famous story to advocate for better mental health care in New Jersey and the protection of existing programs whose funding is threatened by the economic downturn.

NEWS | 03/23/2009

Judging Madoff

Denny Chin '75, a judge for the Southern District of New York, is currently adjudicating the trial of Bernard Madoff, who plead guilty on March 12 to charges stemming from his operation of a $65 billion decades-long Ponzi scheme.

NEWS | 03/23/2009

On call, on campus

On top of managing their academic workloads, a number of University students also volunteer as EMTs, taking on tremendous responsibility while benefiting from an invaluable experience, students said.

NEWS | 03/23/2009

Banks rescind job offers for international students

While many seniors struggle to find employment in these troubled economic times, international students interested in finance may be forced to alter their career plans entirely, as new regulations prohibit some financial institutions from hiring foreign workers.

NEWS | 03/23/2009

Plan to move poll location on campus delayed

Students registered in Princeton Borough who were hoping to be able to vote on campus will have to wait at least another year to cast their ballots on University grounds. A student initiative launched last fall proposed moving the polling place for Borough District 1 to the Frist Campus Center from its current location in Trinity Church. But Frist cannot meet the Borough Council’s parking requirements for a polling place, students and administrators involved said.

NEWS | 03/23/2009

Director of Public Safety to resign in June

Steven Healy, the University’s director of Public Safety since 2003 and a nationally respected expert on campus safety issues, will leave his position in June.

NEWS | 03/22/2009

Senior finds imperfection in supercollider detector

Xiaohang Quan ’09 was working on her senior thesis when she found a miscalculation in a detector attached to the world’s largest particle accelerator.

NEWS | 03/22/2009

News & Notes: Kagan ’81 confirmed as solicitor general

Last week, the U.S. Senate confirmed Harvard Law School dean Elena Kagan ’81 as the 46th solicitor general of the United States. She is the first woman to hold the position since it was created in 1870.

NEWS | 03/22/2009

News & Notes: Kelly '75 to become Citigroup CFO

Edward “Ned” Kelly ’75 is slated to replace Chief Financial Officer of Citigroup, Gary Crittenden, who has been reassigned to manage the sale of $850 billion of the bank’s assets in the wake of last year’s $18.7 billion loss.

NEWS | 03/22/2009

Fisch ’11 launches campaign for Borough Council

Mendy Fisch ’11, a self-proclaimed “townie,” is tossing his hat into the ring as a candidate for Borough Council in the Democratic primary on June 2.

NEWS | 03/22/2009

Kelly ’76 to leave job as managing editor at Time

After 31 years of covering everything from the Soviet Union to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and drinking martinis with a former president, Jim Kelly ’76 announced on March 13 that he will step down from his post as managing editor of Time magazine on April 1.

NEWS | 03/22/2009

Project 55 applications rise as partner organizations withdraw

This year, Princeton Project 55, an organization that matches recent Princeton graduates with year-long fellowships in nonprofits, saw a drop of more than 50 percent in the number of partner organizations that offer placements and a 24 percent increase in fellowship applications.

NEWS | 03/22/2009

Tigers for Hire: How the University picks its workers

To hire workers — both faculty and staff — administrators must not only assess the qualifications of applicants but also comply with a number of state and federal laws, as well as union contracts that govern the process through which the University chooses new employees.

NEWS | 03/12/2009

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