Sidney Lapidus '59 earlier this month donated a collection of books and documents to Firestone Library.
In the aftermath of Sept. 11 and commencement of America's War on Terrorism, Princeton alum Donald Rumsfeld '54 has quickly become one of the most visible members of the Bush administration.Considered the leading 'hawk' of the administration, Rumsfeld has become a trusted confidant and adviser to President Bush.
Oh, Christmas tree!Two passersby gaze at the Palmer Square Christmas tree after the annual lighting ceremony on Friday night of Thanksgiving weekend.
Students made their way back to the University yesterday after the Thanksgiving holiday, braving the first major travel day since the Sept.
A University student was taken to Princeton Medical Center yesterday after falling and injuring his head in his Pyne Hall dormitory room, Public Safety shift supervisor Lt.
Four University seniors ? Matthew Frazier, Abbie Liel, Courtney Mills and Lillian Pierce ? were awarded the prestigious Marshall Scholarship yesterday, making Princeton one of the big winners of the post-graduate fellowship competition this year.The Marshall Scholarship, given to 40 American college seniors each year, was instituted in 1953 to allow winners to study at a British university.
The University was one of 37 grant winners in this year's MacArthur Foundation Program on Global Security and Sustainability annual research competition.The $75,000 grant will fund work by Pavel Podvig, a visiting researcher in the University's Program in Science and Global Security.
A national survey of college registrars, which found that 220 colleges and universities had been contacted by federal investigators seeking student information in the aftermath of the Sept.
A million miles from Earth, the brainchild of a few Princeton physicists is now collecting data on the very nature of the universe: How old is the universe, is it finite, was there a beginning, will it have an end?
For the past 27 years, incoming freshman have arrived on campus early to enjoy a week of camping and group bonding with Outdoor Action.
"Let's start things off with a song!" And with a flourish of notes, Billy Joel opened "An Evening of Questions, Answers and a Little Music" to a sold-out Richardson Auditorium.
Gandhi. Few names in world history evoke such powerful images of integrity, courage, social harmony and - perhaps most of all - hope.
Acrylics, cans of spray paint, sketchbooks and four-foot wooden panels clutter Leon Rainbow's garage.
The University made approximately $157,000 during fiscal year 2001 on University trademarks and logos, according to Michelle Christy, the director of the University's Office of Research and Project Administration.
When hunger strikes at 4 a.m., Princeton students do not have many options. Aside from the WaWa, area establishments offer little to no assistance in fulfilling students' middle-of-the-night cravings.Hoagie Haven stays open until 1 a.m.
A suspicious powdery substance was discovered Friday afternoon in a catalog mailed to Lewis Thomas Lab.Two people were present in the room at the time of discovery.
Christiane Fellbaum of the University psychology department was one of 14 recipients of the prestigious Humboldt Foundation's Wolfgang Paul prize earlier this month.The Paul prize is "the most valuable award in the academic history of Germany," University physics professor Elliott Lieb said.Fellbaum will study the lexicon and lexical semantics."I am interested in the meanings of words, how these meanings are reflected in the syntactic behavior of the words and how the meanings of different words interrelate within the whole of the lexicon," she said.Winners use the money over three years to carry out projects at various institutions in Germany.
Prestigious postgraduate fellowships like the Rhodes, Marshall and Fulbright can take students who win them a long way.
Princeton University has the highest percentage of African-American freshmen in the Ivy League this year, according to a survey conducted by The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education.
Ever had the urge to tip someone off about his big butt, lack of skills on the dance floor or obtrusive body odor?
