University students are expected to mingle at the ballot box with other Borough residents in today's election.
"With generosity of spirit and mutual respect," President Tilghman said at her installation several weeks ago, "we must listen carefully to one another, and speak with our minds and our hearts, guided by the principles we hold dear."Since Tilghman spoke those words, American and British forces have attacked sites in Afghanistan, domestic authorities have begun to cope with the losses of Sept.
A 51-year-old woman living in Mercer County, N.J., left a local hospital Oct. 28 after being treated for a case of skin anthrax.The woman remains the only non-postal worker to have contracted the bacteria in New Jersey.Though state health officials are withholding the victim's name, one official, who wished to remain anonymous, released information on the woman's hospital testing.A lesion that developed on the woman's forehead originally spurred her to undergo analysis.
As a rookie faculty member 30 years ago, economics professor Uwe Reinhardt thought he was a generous grader.
The University announced Tuesday that engineering school dean James Wei would resign at the end of the academic year.Wei cited his age and the length of his term as reasons for his resignation."Eleven years is enough, and I am age 71," he said in an e-mail.Wei said he will go on a sabbatical next year to finish a book on "molecular structure and properties" and then will return to the Univer-sity to teach and continue his research.Former President Harold Shapiro appointed Wei to his current position in 1991.
The University has resumed delivery of outside mail from the United States Postal Service. Service was temporarily suspended last week after the discovery of a single spore of anthrax prompted the closure of the main Princeton post office in West Windsor.University director of communications Lauren Robinson-Brown '85 said the University's mail normally flows through the now-closed facility."There's no reason to believe, unless there is a suspicious letter that meets the guidelines we have posted on the website, that any mail we receive has anthrax contamination," she said.
With University mail service slow because of the local anthrax scare, the University Admission Office has announced that it will be flexible with late-arriving applications.On its website, the admission office has instructed applicants not to be concerned about early decision applications mailed by Nov.
University officials announced Oct. 29 that the white powdery substance found the week before on a keyboard in the Frist Campus Center tested negative for the presence of anthrax.Results followed an announcement on Oct.
A member of the hazardous materials team responsible for protecting the northern half of Mercer County ? an area that includes Princeton ? was hospitalized last week after he had a "suspicious" nasal swab."We're learning as we go from day to day, and the nasal test swabs are not always 100-percent accurate.
A gaping hole on Elm Drive has closed the road between Lot 21 and the Public Safety guard booth adjacent to Butler College.
It's all about the competition. And recently, competition has grown stiffer than ever before.It's not the rivals that have become tougher.
The University is suspending delivery of outside mail, two days after the discovery of a small amount of anthrax prompted the closure of the main Princeton post office, which is located off of Route One.Lauren Robinson-Brown '85, University Director of Communications, explained that the University's mail normally flows through the now-closed facility."There's no reason to believe, unless there is a suspicious letter that meets the guidelines we have posted on the website, that any mail we receive has anthrax contamination," she said.
With under two weeks to go before Election Day, New Jersey's gubernatorial race is entering its final stretch in an uncertain voting environment."Honestly, we have no idea what will happen," said Monika McDermott, the associate director of the Eagleton Institute Rutgers/Star-Ledger poll.The race pits conservative Republican candidate Bret Schundler ? the current mayor of Jersey City ? against Democratic Woodside mayor Jim McGreevey.
The University is asking any student who develops flu-like symptoms ? fever, muscle aches and cough ? to report to McCosh infirmary, three days after a suspicious powder found on a keyboard in the Frist Campus Center was removed by a hazardous materials team.Meanwhile, Uni-versity officials are working with local and federal law enforcement agencies.
Harvard University's Dean of Undergradu-ate Education Susan Pedersen announced Oct. 16 that she will request all academic departments to assess their grading policies and practices and to submit their findings to her office, a statement from the Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences said yesterday.
With mid-terms coming to an end and fall break just around the corner, many University students will soon be en route to Newark International Airport.
University officials announced Monday that the white powdery substance found a week ago on a keyboard in the Frist Campus Center has tested negative for the presence of anthrax.
Though it has been open for only one year, the Frist Campus Center is fast becoming a hub of student activity.
Vanessa Rodriguez '03 sat restlessly in her SUV waiting out the traffic to New York. It was not until she looked to her left to see the smoking southern tip of Manhattan that she fully grasped the transformation through which her home city had gone on Sept.
Since 1987, astrophysics professor and associate chair of the astrophysics department David Spergel has investigated elusive scientific phenomena, such as dark matter and the origins of the universe.
