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Tilghman nets at least $1.8m from Google

Tilghman nets at least $1.8m from Google

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.

NEWS | 10/17/2005

Point: The evolution of a wall

The advent of personal blogs, online facebooks and other public forums has cultivated a fertile space for self expression on the web.

NEWS | 10/17/2005

Bassler explains microbe signals

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.

NEWS | 10/17/2005

Tilghman nets at least $1.8m from Google

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.

NEWS | 10/17/2005

Mapping the path of genetics

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.

NEWS | 10/17/2005

Point: The evolution of a wall

The advent of personal blogs, online facebooks and other public forums has cultivated a fertile space for self expression on the web.

NEWS | 10/17/2005

Man slashed repeatedly at Terrace Club

A 26-year-old man from Princeton Junction was assaulted at an event at Terrace Club around 2 a.m.

NEWS | 10/17/2005

Bassler explains microbe signals

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.

NEWS | 10/17/2005

Mapping the path of genetics

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.

NEWS | 10/17/2005

Man slashed repeatedly at Terrace Club

A 26-year-old man from Princeton Junction was assaulted at an event at Terrace Club around 2 a.m.

NEWS | 10/17/2005

An October of fats and sweets

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.

NEWS | 10/16/2005

Petition criticizes University's speaker choice

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.

NEWS | 10/16/2005

A conversation with Bill Gates

The Daily Princetonian sat down for an interview with Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates before his speech Friday morning.

NEWS | 10/16/2005

At 'Best Auction Ever,' students bid to volunteer

True to its name, "The Best Auction Ever" offered students plenty of prizes and free food on the night of Oct.

NEWS | 10/16/2005

What lies beneath

Pincers clicked open and shut impatiently in the hands of Mark Dalgarno '07 as he stepped gingerly through a curtain of wild rose bushes and poison ivy on the overgrown shore of Lake Carnegie.Nested in the plants was an empty Gatorade bottle, which the pincers delivered into Dalgarno's trash bag, where it joined beer cans, fast food packaging and condom wrappers.Dalgarno's collection was a small part of Sunday's effort to clean up the litter in and around Lake Carnegie and the nearby Delaware & Raritan Canal.

NEWS | 10/16/2005

Gates talks of hi-tech 'golden age'

Bill Gates urged students to pursue careers in computers and technology during a speech in Richardson Auditorium on Friday, painting a picture of a future in which software enables people to communicate and collaborate at the speed of thought."This is the golden age of computers and software coming together and becoming a far more powerful tool to empower people: empower them in their work and empower them in their playtime," Gates said.

NEWS | 10/16/2005

Gates talks of hi-tech 'golden age'

Bill Gates urged students to pursue careers in computers and technology during a speech in Richardson Auditorium on Friday, painting a picture of a future in which software enables people to communicate and collaborate at the speed of thought."This is the golden age of computers and software coming together and becoming a far more powerful tool to empower people: empower them in their work and empower them in their playtime," Gates said.

NEWS | 10/16/2005

Ex-CIA officials criticize Israel, draw student protestors

Two former CIA officials in a Friend Center auditorium on Sunday argued that American and Israeli policies were devastating Palestinian communities, as a pro-Israel student group protested outside.Bill and Kathleen Christison, who have gained recognition as vocal critics of Israel since retiring from the CIA in 1979, spoke at the event, which was cosponsored by the International Center and the Princeton Middle East Society, an off-campus group composed largely of community members."The situation for Palestine today is beyond question the worst it has been," Bill Christison said.

NEWS | 10/16/2005

Petition criticizes University's speaker choice

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.

NEWS | 10/16/2005

An October of fats and sweets

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.

NEWS | 10/16/2005

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