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Classics professor Wildberg appointed master of Forbes

Classics professor Wildberg appointed master of Forbes

Christian Wildberg, classics professor and faculty member since 1996, was named the successor to history professor Elizabeth Lunbeck as master of Forbes College.Wildberg will take the place of Lunbeck ? who has accepted a position at Vanderbilt University ? on July 1."I think the University is in a very interesting period of transition right now going from the two-year college system to four-year college system," Wildberg said.

NEWS | 11/28/2005

PInECoNe, PrION possible names for new institute

Plans for a new neuroscience institute at the University are well underway, and among the tasks remaining is a rather obvious one: naming it.At 10:37 p.m.

NEWS | 11/28/2005

Mercer extends benefits to same-sex couples

The Mercer County freeholders voted unanimously last week to extend benefits to same-sex partners of county employees.

NEWS | 11/28/2005

No word on when Point will return

Students attempting to use two USG websites in recent weeks have been disappointed. Point has been temporarily shut down because of technical difficulties and the Student Course Guide (SCG) is not providing any information about spring term courses.Ryan Walsh '06, USG Webmaster and programmer for Point ? a web portal that provides information about campus and local events ? said in an email that the site ran into a hardware failure.

NEWS | 11/28/2005

Bishop '06, Vali '05 win Marshall

Allison Bishop '06 and Yousefi Vali '05 are among this year's 43 recipients of the Marshall Scholarship, one of the most coveted postgraduate fellowships in the country.Bishop and Vali bring the number of Princeton winners to 112 since the award's inception in 1954 ? second only to Harvard's 239 winners ? according to the Marshall Commission.Bishop, a mathematics major, nearly didn't answer her cell phone when she received a call while at dinner on Nassau Street Nov.

NEWS | 11/28/2005

Bishop '06, Vali '05 win Marshall

Allison Bishop '06 and Yousefi Vali '05 are among this year's 43 recipients of the Marshall Scholarship, one of the most coveted postgraduate fellowships in the country.Bishop and Vali bring the number of Princeton winners to 112 since the award's inception in 1954 ? second only to Harvard's 239 winners ? according to the Marshall Commission.Bishop, a mathematics major, nearly didn't answer her cell phone when she received a call while at dinner on Nassau Street Nov.

NEWS | 11/28/2005

PInECoNe, PrION possible names for new institute

Plans for a new neuroscience institute at the University are well underway, and among the tasks remaining is a rather obvious one: naming it.At 10:37 p.m.

NEWS | 11/28/2005

Mercer extends benefits to same-sex couples

The Mercer County freeholders voted unanimously last week to extend benefits to same-sex partners of county employees.

NEWS | 11/28/2005

Crime around campus

Nov. 17, 9:11 a.m. A University staff member reported receiving an annoying email. Unit dispatched.

NEWS | 11/28/2005

Classics professor Wildberg appointed master of Forbes

Christian Wildberg, classics professor and faculty member since 1996, was named the successor to history professor Elizabeth Lunbeck as master of Forbes College.Wildberg will take the place of Lunbeck ? who has accepted a position at Vanderbilt University ? on July 1."I think the University is in a very interesting period of transition right now going from the two-year college system to four-year college system," Wildberg said.

NEWS | 11/28/2005

No word on when Point will return

Students attempting to use two USG websites in recent weeks have been disappointed. Point has been temporarily shut down because of technical difficulties and the Student Course Guide (SCG) is not providing any information about spring term courses.Ryan Walsh '06, USG Webmaster and programmer for Point ? a web portal that provides information about campus and local events ? said in an email that the site ran into a hardware failure.

NEWS | 11/28/2005

Crime around campus

Nov. 17, 9:11 a.m. A University staff member reported receiving an annoying email. Unit dispatched.

NEWS | 11/28/2005

Seven vie for USG presidency

Campaigning for USG elections officially begins today, with seven candidates vying for the student government presidency.

NEWS | 11/27/2005

Seven vie for USG presidency

Campaigning for USG elections officially begins today, with seven candidates vying for the student government presidency.

NEWS | 11/27/2005

Vigil, benefit concert to raise awareness of AIDS

The Student Global AIDS Campaign (SGAC) has planned a series of fundraising, advocacy and awareness-raising events for World AIDS Week, set to begin today.

NEWS | 11/27/2005

Vigil, benefit concert to raise awareness of AIDS

The Student Global AIDS Campaign (SGAC) has planned a series of fundraising, advocacy and awareness-raising events for World AIDS Week, set to begin today.

NEWS | 11/27/2005

PJP lobbies for support on gay marriage

A week after the USG voted to authorize a student referendum on whether it should sign-on to an amicus brief supporting gay marriage, a campus debate has emerged about the proper jurisdiction of the University's student government and whether it should take a stand on divisive political issues.The brief's on-campus advocates are campaigning for support by leveraging personal contacts and arguing that the outcome of Lewis v.

NEWS | 11/27/2005

Celebrating Thanksgiving, far from home

The day after Thanksgiving about five years ago, Associate Dean of Admissions Terri Riendeau had finished looking through a batch of Early Decision applications when she walked outside her West College office for a lunch break and ran into a group of international students she had met earlier in the year."They were starving," she recalled.

NEWS | 11/27/2005

PJP lobbies for support on gay marriage

A week after the USG voted to authorize a student referendum on whether it should sign-on to an amicus brief supporting gay marriage, a campus debate has emerged about the proper jurisdiction of the University's student government and whether it should take a stand on divisive political issues.The brief's on-campus advocates are campaigning for support by leveraging personal contacts and arguing that the outcome of Lewis v.

NEWS | 11/27/2005

After one-year hiatus, FluFest returns today

After a one-year hiatus, FluFest is scheduled to return to Frist Campus Center today with low-cost influenza vaccinations for members of the University community.The event was canceled last year because of a national shortage of flu vaccines, but organizers do not anticipate a problem this year.

NEWS | 11/27/2005

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