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The scientist in the corner office

The scientist in the corner office

Shirley Tilghman walked briskly through the doors of One Nassau Hall, a few minutes late for our appointment."Would you believe I was just teaching science?" she said, a bit harried as she made her way around her secretary's desk and into the president's office.It was July 18, only weeks into Tilghman's job as the 19th president of the University, and she had just returned from lecturing at a conference for high school biology teachers.With her cropped, grayish-brown hair slightly windswept, Tilghman casually sat down across from me at a conference table, her eyes wide and focused, and explained that despite her busy schedule, she had attended the conference out of an obligation to others as well as to herself.When the announcement was made that Shirley M.

NEWS | 10/04/2001

Gays, Boy Scouts and the right thing to do

Last September, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Boy Scouts of America, as a private organization, has the right to exclude gays from adult leadership positions.

NEWS | 10/04/2001

Rev. Breidenthal named Dean of Religious Life

On Thanksgiving Day of Rev. Thomas Breidenthal's second year as senior chaplain of Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles, one of his students was killed in a car accident on the way to a wedding.

NEWS | 10/04/2001

More alumni confirmed dead in WTC attack

As the rubble in New York city is cleared away, family and friends of University alumni lost in the World Trade Center terrorist attacks continue to come to terms with last month's tragic events.

NEWS | 10/04/2001

Engineer explores structural reasons for WTC collapse

Noted structural engineer and visiting University lecturer, Dr. Charles Thornton, spoke yesterday about the engineering analysis of the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.

NEWS | 10/04/2001

Business plan contest opens in McCosh 64

When Dennis Specht, founder and chairman of the network software company dynamicsoft, speaks on campus tonight, part of his audience should be especially attentive.

NEWS | 10/03/2001

Henry's research fights cancer

No one would guess, upon first meeting her, that she is responsible for a cancer-fighting vitamin, soon to hit drug stores across the country.

NEWS | 10/03/2001

Gutmann restructures provost office; four promoted to fill new positions

University Provost Amy Gutmann announced the immediate promotion of three administrators to the position of vice provost and the appointment of one associate provost on Monday.Associate Dean of the Faculty Katherine Rhorer will serve as vice provost for academic programs.

NEWS | 10/03/2001

LGBT prepares talks, Jeans Day in support of Awareness Week

The Princeton Pride Alliance, in conjunction with LGBT Student Services, is subsidizing and organizing a series of activities starting tonight for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Awareness Week to build awareness of and support for the gay, bisexual and transgender community.A number of other student organizations, including the USG and the Program in African-American Studies, are also co-sponsoring events, which will run through next Thursday.LGBT Student Service, Pride Alliance and the Frist Campus Center will be kicking off the events tonight with a speech by James Dale, the Boy Scout leader who was expelled because of his homosexuality.Other activities range from more social, bonding events, such as "First Fridays at Frist" and a BBQ Picnic on Sunday, to academic panels like Monday's discussion on African-American sexuality and Saturday's trip to New York city to return to the roots of the gay pride movement.Pride Alliance Publicity Chair Kevin Simmons '03 said, "The activities allow for different levels of involvement and center around providing a comfortable atmosphere for people to talk about homosexuality in their lives and the community."Awareness Week will be celebrated Tuesday with "Gay Jeans Day." All members of the University are invited to wear jeans to show their support and awareness of the gay community."Being gay shouldn't be anything strange or unusual.

NEWS | 10/03/2001

Nugent named McGraw dean

The first day of October was a day of new beginnings for Georgia Nugent '73, who spent her first day on the job as the first dean of the Harold McGraw Jr.

NEWS | 10/03/2001

A new dean's goals for the year

Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Students Maria Flores-Mills arrived on campus in August to begin her new job.

NEWS | 10/03/2001

Tigertones take on New York, charity

Robert Accordino '03 is living out a dream. In 1997, Accordino attended the most recent installment of the Trilogy Series: a charity concert series that features three a cappella groups: the Princeton Tigertones, Harvard Krokodiloes and Yale Whiffenpoofs.

NEWS | 10/02/2001

Professor fights music industry

The road less traveled has been particularly long and rocky for University computer science professor Edward Felten.Since developing an innovative method of breaking the code intended to protect digital music files from being copied, Felten has been involved in a complicated legal battle with some of the record industry's most powerful forces who threatened to sue if he published his research.On Nov.

NEWS | 10/02/2001

Trustees appoint new faculty members

The Board of Trustees appointed new faculty members earlier this year to accommodate new areas of research and fill vacancies in several departments.

NEWS | 10/02/2001

Campus crime swells in 2000

University Public Safety reported year 2000 crime statistics last week.With American patriotism surging in the wake of the terrorist attacks last month and University pride swelling with the installation of the academy's 19th president Shirley Tilghman, Princetonians are riding high on a wave of freedom and seem unconcerned with petty thefts and larcenies.But the increasing numbers in this year's crime report reveal it may be the campus' relative openness that allows these statistics to grow.

NEWS | 10/02/2001

Public Safety plans to increase lockout staff with additional student workers

For several years, University Public Safety has used student workers to respond to the numerous lock-out calls it receives each day.Director of Public Safety Jerrold Witsil said that for as long as he has worked at the University ? 26 years ? his department has used student workers to help with lockouts at night.However, the use of students in this capacity might become more common this year.

NEWS | 10/02/2001

Powering Princeton

Princeton is famous for scientific innovation, but few people know that the University runs one of the most efficient power plants in America.The plant, an unassuming structure just south of the MacMillan building on Elm Drive, was built just to power campus.

NEWS | 10/02/2001

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