Three professors affiliated with the greater Princeton community shared the 2001 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science, which was announced last Thursday.
Ravan Farhadi, the United Nations representative of the Afghan Northern Alliance, called for the United Sates to give Afghanistan $30 billion in aid in a speech Friday in McCosh 50."This is a country completely destroyed by more than 20 years of war," Farhadi said.
Adrienne Hadley '04 began her college search early into her junior year at Brookstone School, a private kindergarten-through-twelfth-grade institution in Columbus, Ga., and became "literally ob-sessed" for the next year.In addition to collecting such notorious texts as "A is for Admission" and the ubiquitous Kaplan and The Princeton Review guidebooks, Hadley also attended information sessions, visited websites, made appointments with counselors, teachers and older friends, and charted out two separate campus tour trips ? a 'Northeast' route and a 'Southeast' route ? all before entering her senior year of high school."I knew that I needed to have it all figured out by the beginning of senior year," Hadley explained, "so that I could apply early somewhere."While Early Decision is a program encouraged only for students who have a definite first-choice school, Hadley's decision to participate in Early Decision preceded her decision to apply early to Princeton.
Patricia Ireland's road to political and feminist activism began in the 1960s while she was working as a flight attendant for PanAmerican Airlines.
Freshmen will continue submitting their first essays in the new required writing program this week, having completed several writing exercises since the beginning of the semester.
In light of declining Borough support for the proposed alcohol ordinance, administrators are currently making no plans to amend the University's alcohol policy.They have, however, several concerns about the possible impact of the new Borough policy, were it to be passed, on undergraduates."We're certainly going to wait and see what the Borough decides," Associate Dean of Undergraduate Students Kathleen Deignan said.
Members of the University community, less than 50 miles from the World Trade Center, were able to see the devastating details of the Sept.
The moment was one that I had been waiting for my whole life. I don't mean that in the cliche, "This is so cool.
The proposed alcohol ordinance, which threatens to have a dramatic impact on students' social lives, may not be as powerful as many have previously imagined.If passed by the Princeton Borough Council, the ordinance would allow police to cite "any person under the legal age who . . . knowingly possesses or knowingly consumes an alcoholic beverage on private property," according to state law, which permits municipalities to enact such an ordinance.
Ravan Farhadi was serving as a diplomat for the Royal Government of Afghanistan in Washington, D.C., in 1963 when President Kennedy was assassinated.
After winning the Freshman First Honor Prize, the President's Award for Academic Achievement ? twice ? Class of 1939 Princeton Scholar Award, a spot on the USA Today All-USA College Academic Team, numerous fellowships, and being named a Barry M.
A flurry of activity is coloring the University's art museum. Workers have adjusted lighting on an Andy Warhol piece, weaved their way between ancient Roman sculptures and put the finishing touches on an exhibition of silver cups.
She had doffed the white lab coat. On a normal Friday she would be peering over her students' shoulders to examine their lab data, but on Sept.
During the fourth consecutive day of U.S. bombings in Afghanistan, the University Center for Human Values hosted a forum yesterday titled "Just War Principles and the U.S.
Finding financial donors for projects at Princeton University is often as difficult as finding the color orange at a University reunion.The University is known for, among other things, generous alumni.
It was an early July morning when we made it our mission to get out of Los Angeles and settle into something a bit more tranquil 100 miles up the Pacific Coast.Although it would only be a day trip, I was ripe with excitement.
Since the 1968 conversion of Prospect House from the Presidential residence to a faculty club and banquet hall, alumni have sought after the mansion for a nostalgic, romantic setting for their wedding celebrations.Prospect House hosts 35 weddings per year, up to two per weekend.
It's the middle of the night, you have a good couple of hours of studying ahead, and you can no longer fight that craving for a midnight snack.
Last year, Carter Griffin '02 tried to start a business.He wanted to open his own laundry agency.
Last month, the Bush Administration released a new set of standards on the publication of scientific research by federal agencies.
