University researchers have identified two proteins used by E. coli bacteria to form protective outer membranes.
Two Princetonians, Mateusz Plucinski ?08 and Kenneth Fockele ?06, received scholarships from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to pursue graduate studies at Cambridge University next year.Plucinski, an operations research and financial engineering (ORFE) major from Warsaw and West Virginia, intends to study computational biology while at Cambridge.Hugo Simao, an ORFE professor who worked with Plucinski, described Plucinski?s future studies as a ?hybrid of math, biology and computer science.??He?s very persistent.
The sound of Middle Eastern music playing in Dillon Gym was drowned out by the screaming and giggling of children of all ages scrambling to see lizards, snakes, frogs, falcons and a camel Saturday at the second annual Princyclopedia convention.An interactive event sponsored by the Cotsen Children?s Library, Princyclopedia, whose theme this year was ?Aladdin and the Middle East,? was free and open to the public.Student groups, nonprofit organizations and businesses helped run 25 activities, which included hovercraft carpet rides, making your own genie in a lamp, Arabic calligraphy and building miniature minarets.Aside from the different games and crafts, Bent Spoon ice cream was offered at the ?Oasis? table.
New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine and U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.) joined former American Israel Public Affairs Committee President Lonny Kaplan at the Tigers for Israel (TFI) dinner celebrating the 60th anniversary of the foundation of Israel, as well as student and governmental support for American-Israeli relations.?I think that it is absolutely vital that we have voices that step up and say the reasons to be the closest of allies [with Israel],? Corzine said at the dinner, which was held at Prospect House and hosted 75 attendees.He highlighted the New Jersey-Israel Commission as evidence of the economic link between the state and the country.
Colonial Club has decreased the number of shared meal plans available to members during this year?s room draw from 15 per class to 10, even though the club subsequently ran out of plans for the Class of 2009 just half an hour into residential college room draw.
Critically acclaimed Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe joined philosophy professor Kwame Appiah to discuss the historical and cultural significance of Achebe?s novel ?Things Fall Apart? to a packed audience in the Nassau Presbyterian Church on Wednesday night in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the novel?s publication.
In the final days before Richard Allan ?02 had to hand in his molecular biology senior thesis, he was much more concerned with the information within the pages than with getting the pages themselves bound.
Virginia makes monetary offer to families of shooting victims Families of students killed in the Virginia Tech massacre have until March 31 to decide if they will accept an offer of $100,000 each from the state, CNN reported yesterday.
After weeks of heated controversy, culminating in the intervention of Graduate School deans, select residents of the Lawrence graduate student apartment complex cast their ballots Monday night to choose members of the Lawrence Committee. The committee, which organizes social events and aims to address residents' concerns, consists of seven members elected by Lawrence residents.
An immigrant author must be brave enough to ?create dangerously,? said Haitian writer Edwidge Danticat, who delivered the second annual Toni Morrison Lecture last night in Richardson Auditorium and received a standing ovation from the audience.Danticat discussed how dealing with injustice in her native Haiti inspired her writing and cultivated her belief in the importance of art in coping with oppression and conflict.?We must create as though each piece of art is a stand-in for a life, a goal, a hope, a future,? she said.
At its weekly meeting last night, the Borough Council discussed a potential law that would allow Borough Police to impose penalties on underage drinkers caught on private property.Chip Meara of the Mercer Council on Alcohol and Drug Addiction presented a proposal for the underage drinking law to the Council.
At a time when the Centers for Disease Control estimates that more than 32 million Americans are victims of domestic violence, a group of Princeton sophomores has formed a new organization aimed at raising awareness among members of the University community.Students Against Domestic Violence (SADV) is the creation of founder and president Janay Watts ?10, whose mother was a victim of domestic violence when she was a child.?People don?t realize it happens [everywhere],? Watts said of domestic violence, which is when one family member or significant other seeks to dominate another either psychologically or physically.
Though charity organizations may inundate the University?s listing of student groups, Ankit Bhatia ?10 and Becky Harper ?10 have taken their desire to help the less fortunate to the next level.The two have created a group that they said they hope will increase student awareness of microfinance, an economic strategy developed by economist Muhammad Yunus in which groups provide loans to citizens of developing counties hoping to jumpstart failing economies.
Juicycampus.com was subpoenaed by New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram earlier this month. The attorney general?s office is investigating whether JuicyCampus ? a gossip site on which students from 60 universitites, including Princeton, post anonymous comments ? misrepresented itself to consumers and violated the Consumer Fraud Act.The Consumer Fraud Act is a civil act that ?deals with non-disclosures or erroneous information in terms of a commercial transaction,? said Bill Potter ?68, a partner at the Princeton-based law firm Potter & Dickson.
Adam Weiss was at his computer at home last Sunday when he saw the headline announcing that Bear Stearns was being forced to sell its stock for $2 per share.
In the spring of his senior year, Peter Lewis ?55 decided to give $5 to the University?s Annual Giving campaign.
Juicycampus.com was subpoenaed by New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram earlier this month. The attorney general?s office is investigating whether JuicyCampus ? a gossip site on which students from 60 universitites, including Princeton, post anonymous comments ? misrepresented itself to consumers and violated the Consumer Fraud Act.The Consumer Fraud Act is a civil act that ?deals with non-disclosures or erroneous information in terms of a commercial transaction,? said Bill Potter ?68, a partner at the Princeton-based law firm Potter & Dickson.
Money may not buy happiness, but at most universities it can immortalize you by attaching your name to a building.
Applications filled out, recommendations obtained and transcripts submitted, sophomores who had been waiting to hear whether they had been admitted to the Wilson School flocked to their mailboxes on March 14.Of the 154 students who applied to the program, 90 were accepted.
