For the past two and a half years, Jan Hendrik Schon of Bell Labs was the poster boy for productivity in physics research.
On a clear, hot morning in Havana in June, I climbed onto my friend's shoulders to get a better view of the sea of heads that stretched as far as I could see both ahead and behind me.
The Princeton Tower Club has chosen to select new members this fall through a petition process rather than the Bicker system they have used the past two years."This year, there was no reason numbers-wise to do a fall Bicker," Tower president Jon Sprouse '03 said.
For a third consecutive year, Princeton students have been featured in Glamour magazine's Top 10 College Women contest.
'Roundtable Ethics' features University faculty members answering ethical and moral questions solicited from the community.
He had wanted to play Princeton squash for years. When Yasser El Halaby '06 was accepted in December 2000, at age 16, he thought he would have the chance after deferring for a year.
In an effort that may make today's science fiction tomorrow's reality, NASA has asked Princeton and other universities to investigate how to make materials more like living things.
Last spring, a USG committee on precept reform concluded that "the precept system fails to provide an inspiring, intellectually stimulating environment for many students," but the University has made no formal response to the U-Council.U-Councilors conducted an online survey of undergraduates last fall and received 1,660 responses.
Sept. 11 was a "Kobe-sized event" said professor of economics and international affairs Paul Krugman ? referring to the 1995 earthquake in Japan that caused thousands of deaths but had a negligible economic impact.At yesterday's Wilson School panel discussion, professors spoke about Sept.
Sociologist William Julius Wilson spoke Monday afternoon at the Wilson School about the problems and trends affecting African-American youth who live in urban neighborhoods.Wilson ? director of the Joblessness and Urban Poverty Research Program at Harvard University's John F.
Bonnie Bassler, a University molecular biology professor, has received one of the most coveted awards in academia, one that is often referred to as the "genius award."The John D.
"I guarantee if there is a reporter in this room, there won't be any of this in the paper tomorrow," Hunter Patch Adams asserted at last night's lecture, having just delivered a slew of controversial political and social ideas.Indeed, the event sponsored by the Student Health Advisory Board proved to cover more than just the title "Humor and Health" implied.
With six weeks until Election Day on Nov. 5, the races for U.S. senator from New Jersey and for representative of the 12th Congressional District have entered full swing.
Daniel Silverman, the University's chief medical officer, plans to meet with local health officials in October to discuss, among other issues, underage drinking among University students.University community and state affairs director Pam Hersh, who is coordinating the meeting, said the conversation will include officials in both the Borough and the Township interested in health issues that affect the town and gown communities.A concrete date or list of participants do not yet exist, but Hersh said the University hopes to include the Borough and Township mayors, Princeton Regional Health Commission representatives and members of the Borough Council.Silverman, who began work at the University in August, said the discussion will be open to all health concerns but that student alcohol issues will likely come up.An alcohol ordinance that would allow police to enter private property, if they have probable cause a crime is being committed, and arrest students was likely the impetus for the meeting, Silverman said.Underage drinking at the 'Street,' which is under the legal jurisdiction of Borough Police, has long been a town-gown concern."Our approach is that it's not the town's problem and it's not the University's problem ? it's our problem to work on together," Silverman said.The October meeting, he added, is an information-sharing session "meant to build some bridges" and generate ideas.Princeton health officer William Hinshillwood said the health commission became involved in the drinking issue when the Borough, considering the ordinance, asked for input."We'd like some ideas of [Silverman's] plans for addressing that issue [of underage drinking] on campus," he said.Recent University efforts to educate students on responsible use of alcohol include an online course that freshmen and sophomores are encouraged to take.Silverman's role as the University's chief medical officer is a new one.
Struggling to meet the costs of bringing blockbuster movies to campus, the University Film Organization has relinquished its financial autonomy to the USG.UFO opened this year as a completely funded subsidiary of the USG, but the student group that shows second-run movies on weekends will otherwise retain control.The funding will allow UFO to decrease its ticket price and show its foreign and artistic UFO films in Frist Theatre.Beginning early last year, former UFO President Jon Ewalt '02 sought to secure long-term funding for the organization.
"The World Bank has brought havoc to Africa," Mzonke Mayekiso, president of the National Association of Residents and Civics Organizations (NARCO), said during a speech Sunday, denouncing the International Monetary Fund.Roughly 20 students and adults gathered in the basement of Murray Dodge for two hours to discuss globalization, the World Bank and IMF with Mayekiso and Sarah Mtembu, treasurer of NARCO.
While most sophomores dread drawing last for upperclass housing in fear of being left with an undesirable room, few realize they might not get upperclass housing at all.A bad draw time left Joe Looke '04, Josh Kaplan '04 and Thomas Hale '04 roomless until just one week before returning to campus.
People may not want to live in glass houses, but single-celled organisms have found a use for their own glass shell.In their study recently published in the journal Science, University geosciences professors Allen Milligan and Francois Morel showed that the diatoms' natural but ornate glass coverings contain enzymes that accelerate the photosynthesis reaction, which is essential to the organisms' survival.More significantly, however, the study suggests these glass dwellings contribute enormously to the level of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere."We never knew if the glass could do anything [before]," Milligan said.
"Do what you do best."Following his University graduation, Michael Fortenbaugh '85 read these words ? spoken by fellow Princetonian Malcolm Forbes '41 ? in an article and took the message to heart.
The Airporter shuttle has begun charging students as much as $24 ? the price of an extra ticket ? for bringing large suitcases aboard.Alan Glickman, the shuttle's CEO said the penalty, instituted in August, is necessary to keep students from filling the bus with luggage and displacing other passengers.Students returning from summer vacation with books, clothing and bedding said the policy takes advantage of their situation and complain that the penalty has been haphazardly enforced."The Airporter policies are progressively getting worse," Jane Shen '04 said.
