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Genomics institute building and new dormitory to reshape Poe Field

Genomics institute building and new dormitory to reshape Poe Field

Soon Poe Field will sprout a new compound of buildings. Two structures will flank Scully Hall: the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Genomics and a new dormitory.Built to house roughly 220 students, the dorm building will be environmentally friendly, said Thomas Wright '62, University vice president and secretary.It will be constructed using energy-efficient building materials and follow a design that eases recycling, Wright added.The dorm initially will house upperclassmen, but eventually may be incorporated into the residential college system, said Jon Hlafter '61, director of physical planning."The very preliminary planning [of the dorm] was part of the process for planning the sixth residential college," he said.

NEWS | 02/27/2002

Goldberg '02 awarded funds for foreign study

Jonathan Goldberg '02 has been awarded this year's Martin Dale Fellowship, the University announced this week.The Dale fellowship is a University grant for graduating seniors that encourages the pursuit of non-traditional research around the world.Goldberg will spend next year studying the social effects of the current economic crisis in Argentina."The chance to live in Argentina during this time of crisis and national introspection is an incredible, if slightly daunting, opportunity," Goldberg said.A Wilson School major, Goldberg spent a semester last year in Chile studying U.S.

NEWS | 02/26/2002

Lasaga '71 sentenced to 20 years for sexual assault despite academic peers' petitions

A once-renowned Yale University professor and Princeton alumnus was sentenced to a term of 20 years in prison for sexually assaulting a New Haven youth and possessing child pornography.Antonio Lasaga '71 was sentenced last week in a case that pitted the interests of the academic world against criminal justice.In February, Lasaga's federal and state criminal cases were finally put to rest after a four-year saga.

NEWS | 02/26/2002

Professors discuss public, private lives on WPRB's student-run talk radio show

Where can you hear conversations about everything from New York cocktail parties to Maxim magazine to the importance of the Honor Committee?

NEWS | 02/26/2002

N.J. faces imminent drought emergency

With precipitation levels at severe lows, a statewide drought may soon force N.J. Gov. James McGreevey to declare an emergency.Five of the six regions in New Jersey currently have warnings in place.

NEWS | 02/26/2002

Racial self-segregation divides campus, society

On a Thursday or a Saturday night at the 'Street,' University students are likely to run into an eclectic selection of classmates, teammates and acquaintances.

NEWS | 02/26/2002

Third World Center hosts annual New Jersey Open Go Tournament

Silence fell as the crowd gathered. Breaths were held. The player raised his hand and with infinite determination made his move.

NEWS | 02/25/2002

Toledano speaks on issues of Arab-Israeli relations

Shmuel Toledano, a former member of the Israeli Knesset and a former assistant to the director of Mossad ? the Israeli intelligence agency ? spoke to members of the Princeton community in an intimate lunch setting at the Center for Jewish Life and later more formally to a half full Betts Auditorium.The official topic of Toledano's lecture was the status of Israeli Arabs ? Arabs who have Israeli citizenship ? within Israeli social and political life.

NEWS | 02/25/2002

Furth remembered for physics, poetry

The University and the scientific community lost a powerful mind and brilliant wit Thursday with the passing of professor emeritus Harold Furth, former director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab and renowned researcher on the physics of fusion.While Furth's genius as a physicist made him one of the most well known researchers in his field, it was often his creativity with words that endeared him most to colleagues.In 1956, The New Yorker published a poem by Furth about "Dr. Edward anti-Teller," the anti-matter version of the famous physicist who encounters his real-matter counterpart, "and the rest was gamma rays.""He was extremely clever," PPPL director Rob Goldston said.

NEWS | 02/25/2002

A life of service and activism: A. Deane Buchanan '68

When A. Deane Buchanan '68 arrived on the Princeton campus in the fall of 1964 ? a graduate of a small town high school in Darlington, PA ready to play college football ? he was one of about 13 African-American students in the freshman class.

NEWS | 02/25/2002

'Celebrate Every Body Week' opens discussions about health, body image

"Celebrate Every Body Week" ? a University spin-off of National Eating Disorders Week ? started yesterday at the Frist Campus Center.University Health Services has set up an information table in the campus center and will run several programs this week."The presentations are relevant to everyone," said Dr. Susan Packer, who deals with eating disorders for health services.Although in the past the University has devoted individual days to raising awareness about eating disorders, the entire week this year focuses on body image issues.Brian Elliott '03, an eating concerns peer educator, said the week will help show support for students facing such problems."A major reason for this week's programming is to help show students that they are not alone in their struggles to live up to an unattainable ideal of a perfect body," he said.It is also a concentrated attempt, he said, to encourage students with eating concerns to seek help from McCosh Health Center.A number of day and evening events have been coordinated during the week to engage students in discussion about nutrition, eating disorders and general body health.

NEWS | 02/25/2002

Seniors Pierce, Liel awarded Pyne Prize

Lillian Pierce '02 and Abbie Liel '02 received the Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize at the alumni luncheon and awards ceremony at Jadwin Gym on Saturday.The Pyne Prize is the highest award the University bestows on undergraduates.

NEWS | 02/24/2002

USG discusses Career Services, plans forums on gender, race

USG officers discussed improvements to University Career Services and planned a USG forum on women and minority issues in a senate meeting last night.Director of Career Services Beverly Hamilton-Chandler discussed her department's difficulties in reaching the student body.The problem results from the office's inconvenient location on Nassau Street and lack of staff, she said.Hamilton-Chandler asked for USG support in disseminating information about events put on by career services.Meetings are planned for the next several months to discuss issues raised by last year's reports on the role of women and minorities in campus life, said Olivier Kamanda '03, systems manager and special projects coordinator.Kamanda also said sessions will be held to provide information on eating clubs to minority students.

NEWS | 02/24/2002

Alumni Day draws 1,200 graduates to campus for lectures, tours, nostalgia

Early Saturday morning, about 1,200 alumni arrived on campus to celebrate the University's annual Alumni Day.The day's events began with a series of lectures offered in the morning on subjects ranging from biotechnology to the history of language.Alumni Day also featured special family-oriented events including Orange Key tours of campus, a musical of the history of the civil rights movement in the 1960s and a play based on "A Little Princess" and written by Robert Sandberg '70.Some of the alumni in attendance graduated in the '40s while others had graduated just last year.But regardless of their class year, all the alumni were in high spirits and enthusiastic for their temporary return to the days of undergraduate life at Princeton.Many waxed nostalgic, noting things that have changed since they were students here, and many brought children and grandchildren along to show them what campus life was and is like."It was terrific," said Richard Malina '66, who was attending his first Alumni Day this year.Malina said he enjoyed the three lectures he attended Saturday.

NEWS | 02/24/2002

Student arrested for alleged book theft at U-Store

A University student was arrested for allegedly shoplifting books and resisting arrest at the U-Store on Thursday, according to a Princeton Borough Police Department press release.David Johnson '03 was arrested at 2:16 p.m.

NEWS | 02/24/2002

Remnick '81 discusses life and work from Old Nassau to New Yorker

"This year's recipient is the keen-eyed judge of talking dog cartoons."David Remnick '81, editor of The New Yorker and winner of this year's Woodrow Wilson award, stood before a crowd of alumni in Richardson Auditorium on Saturday and compared himself to last year's recipient Eric Lander, one of the principal leaders of the Human Genome Project.As exhibited by his speech "Life at The New Yorker," Remnick's job involves more than sifting through drawings of animals in top hats.As part of the University's Alumni Day program, Remnick spoke for an hour about The New Yorker's growth as a magazine and particularly as to how it was affected by the Sept.

NEWS | 02/24/2002

Why are there so few African-American professors on campuses?

Seven years ago, Cornel West left Princeton for Harvard's African-American studies program.But last month, embroiled in a public quarrel with Harvard's new president, Lawrence Summers, West threatened to go back to Princeton.The spat began after a meeting late last year when Summers urged West to spend more time on scholarly pursuits instead of recording rap albums and campaigning for Al Sharpton, and West responded by questioning Summers' commitment to affirmative action and diversity.

NEWS | 02/24/2002

Memorial book honors alumni who died in World War II

Bill Sloane '43 will tell you that he felt immortal flying at a 55-degree angle, dive-bombing cargo ships on the Pacific.He will tell you that, like the majority of his classmates, he voluntarily left Princeton after two years to fight for his country.

NEWS | 02/24/2002

Debating the best Jewish holiday treat: Hamantashens or latkas?

It is one of those disputes that has raged for centuries and flares up all over the globe. It cuts to the heart of many issues, questioning faith and, in the opinion of some, the very essence of the universe.

NEWS | 02/21/2002

Black student groups celebrate their distinct, common identity

"Silent Night" has never had such soul. During a rehearsal in the Wilson College music room Tuesday, four female voices seamlessly blended to create a unique rendition of the Christmas classic.A group favorite, the song is a trademark of Culturally Yours, Princeton's only all black, all female a cappella group.Like Black History Month, which extends through February, the many black student groups on campus ? ranging from Bible study to theater ? represents more than a distinct racial heritage."That's not what we're about ? not just being black and being female," said Sahtiya Logan '04, the president of Culturally Yours.

NEWS | 02/21/2002

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