Professor receives grant to study disease processes
Mechanical and aerospace engineering professor Robert F. Stengel GS '65 has received a one-year grant from the Alfred P.
Mechanical and aerospace engineering professor Robert F. Stengel GS '65 has received a one-year grant from the Alfred P.
So, it was like Cheers: A place where everybody knew my name. Instead of being just another bushy-haired pimple that was sticking to Gordon Wu's face like oh so many - too many - '05ers here on campus, I was Alfred Brown.
During his seven years as the only physician in the U.S. Senate, Sen. Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) has been a leading voice in legislation regarding Medicare reform, patients rights and stem cell research ? and has even treated politicians on the Senate floor.After Sept.
Dean's ListJohn Witherspoon- Not only gets a larger-than-life statue of himself, but also a commanding twin bust across the pond in the University of Paisley in Scotland.McCosh Infirmary- Offers free flu shots to University community for the first time - and plans to offer credible health services in the near future. Dean's WarningWoody Woo- After a Wilson School secretary finds a suspicious letter, hazmat officials quarantine students and faculty in building for hours (or as others might say, lock the tools in the shed).USG- Surprises students by actually bringing a good 'entertainer,' Billy Joel, to campus, but then insists on allowing only a fraction of the student body to see him. Princeton by the numbers$324,333- Salary and benefits former football team head coach Steve Tosches received in 1999-2000 year.4- Rank of Tosches' salary among University officials at the time.1- Ivy League wins Tosches managed in 1999.
An estimated 2,200 University students, faculty and staff participated in McCosh Health Center's influenza and meningitis immunization program yesterday, said Pamela Bowen, the University health services director.The University has offered flu and meningitis shots twice a year since 1999.
More than 50 members of the University community gathered in the Frist Campus Center multipurpose room for lunch yesterday at the Ombuds Office Civility Forum.
The test results of a suspicious, oily, paint-like substance found in a letter sent to Robertson Hall could take up to a week to be announced, according to University Director of Communications Lauren Robinson-Brown '85."We can't do much more than wait," she said.
John Hodgson, by day the dean of Forbes College, is currently taking on the additional duty of temporary mailman.
People are used to bemoaning the problems in the news, or what we might call the ills ? social, political and economic ? paraded across screens and pages.
The Princeton Research Program in International Security presented a lecture last ngiht, the second in a series of lectures and discussions, as part of its analysis of the Sept.
Democrats Roger Martindell and Joseph O'Neill easily won the Borough Council election yesterday, beating out Republican challenger Michael Carnevale II and independent candidate Steven Abt '04.O'Neill led the count with 1,496 votes, followed by Martindell with 1,364, Carnevale with 955 and Abt with 248.Although Abt lost the general election, he received more votes than all the other candidates combined in District 1, which encompasses most of the University.
In Andrew Niccol's 1997 film "Gattaca," Ethan Hawke plays a man attempting to evade the scrutiny of authority in a world where one's every movement is tracked with DNA tests ? where the government knows everything you have done and everything you are likely to do in the future.Our world is not like that.
Robert Malley, who served as special assistant to the president for Arab-Israeli Affairs during the second Clinton term, spoke yesterday about the failure of recent attempts at reconciliation between the Israelis and the Palestinians.
A Wilson School employee discovered a suspicious, oily, paint-like substance in a letter yesterday, prompting Borough Police to close Robertson Hall and call the Trenton fire department's hazardous materials team.University spokesman Marilyn Marks explained that the letter was sent from Canada and had no return address.
Jim McGreevey coasted to victory with a 16-point margin over Bret Schundler in the New Jersey gubernatorial race yesterday, carrying the Democratic party back to the State House in Trenton for the first time in eight years.McGreevey claimed victory in one of only two gubernatorial races in the country in an off-year election that was largely overshadowed by the terrorist attacks on Sept.
While millions of Americans are headed for the polls today to cast their vote for candidates ? from governors to congressmen to city councilmen ? there will be no punch marks or levers pulled for presidential candidates this year.One year after one of the most contested presidential elections in history, few Americans seem to remember the turmoil of Bush v.
Despite rumors earlier this year that the USG would not put on a fall concert, social chair West Owens '03 announced yesterday that Billy Joel, accompanied by classical pianist Richard Joo, will perform on Nov.
The University is offering free influenza vaccines to students, faculty and staff at a walk-in clinic this Thursday from 1 p.m.
It is an off-year election that has been largely overshadowed by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the continuing anthrax scare, but New Jersey residents will cast their ballots today in a gubernatorial race in which both campaigns have attempted to retain their focus on mainstay plank issues."[The race] is absolutely based on issues; 62 percent of likely voters said they were basing their decisions on the issues while only 18 percent on leadership," said Monika McDermott, the associate director of the Star-Led-ger/Eagleton-Rutgers poll.A consensus in the polls shows Democrat Woodbridge mayor Jim McGreevey with a consistent double-digit lead on Republican candidate Bret Schundler.Despite McGree-vey's wide lead, the Schundler campaign is optimistic.
University students are expected to mingle at the ballot box with other Borough residents in today's election.