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Senior Ann Kelly has been awarded Cambridge University’s Gates Fellowship, founded in October when Microsoft’s Bill Gates gave over $2 million to Cambridge to create the scholarship. An anthropology major who is also writing a creative thesis in poetry, Kelly plans to use the fellowship to earn a doctorate in anthropology at Cambridge.

President Bush’s Office of Science and Technology Policy has awarded assistant professor of computer science Mona Singh a 2001 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. Singh, who joined the Princeton faculty in 1999, is among 60 researchers who received the honor – the highest U.S. government award to scientists and engineers in their early careers. As a computer scientist working on problems in biology, she is at the forefront of efforts to make sense of the great flow of data from the human and other genome projects. Singh, who has a joint appointment with the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, is developing computing techniques for scanning whole genomes and quickly predicting which proteins are likely to interact with each other.

Louis Pyle, Jr. ’41, who formerly served as director of the University Health Services and director of athletic medicine died January 14 at his home in Princeton. He was 81. A pediatrician in private practice in northern New Jersey from 1953 until 1971, Pyle engaged in an extensive career in university health and sports medicine at Princeton from 1971 until his retirement in 1999.

Princeton scientists, led by biologist Fred Hughson, have identified a molecule that bacteria use to communicate with each other, a discovery that may eventually lead to drugs capable of disabling the germs without triggering antibiotic resistance. The molecule is a key signal in an activity called quorum sensing – the ability of certain bacteria to perform functions only when they are part of a sufficiently dense population. The discovery, published in the January 31 issue of Nature, culminated years of searching for the signaling factor. Hughson led a team of researchers through a series of painstaking and unorthodox approaches to identify the molecule one atom at a time.

The Daily Princetonian reported that Alexandra Shaw ’02, who fell nearly 40 feet while climbing a spiral staircase inside the north tower of the University Chapel last December, has returned to campus after five weeks in the hospital. She suffered injuries to her heel, back, and knee. She’s continuing to recover in McCosh Health Center.

François Rigolot, a professor of French literature, was knighted in the Order of National Merit by the President of France in November for his contributions to promoting French culture around the world. A former chair of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures and current chair of Renaissance Studies, Rigolot has written a dozen books on early modern French literature and culture.

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UPCOMING LECTURES/EVENTS:
(Updated daily, Monday through Friday)

Alumni Day, February 23

Strobe Talbott, director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization and former deputy secretary of state
February 19, 4:30 p.m. in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall

Christopher Eisgruber ’83, the Laurance Rockefeller Professor of Public Affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School and the University Center for Human Values and director of the Program in Law and Public Affairs: "What Rights Do Terrorists Have?"
February 20, 4:30 p.m., Bowl 1, Robertson Hall.

Rachel Tzvia Back, Israeli poet
February 20, 4:30 p.m. in 102 Jones Hall

The film Pakistan and India Under the Nuclear Shadow will be shown February 21, 4:30 p.m, in Bowl 1, Robertson Hall and be followed by a discussion with Zia Mian, research scientist with the Program on Science and Global Security and lecturer of public and international affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School, and Smitu Kothari, visiting lecturer of public and international affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School.

"Should the U.S. Revoke John Walker's Citizenship?" is the topic of a debate between Jonathan Turley, a professor at George Washington University Law School, and to debate Princeton's J.M. Spectar, a former law professor and attorney and currently director of studies at Princeton's Rockefeller College.
February 21,
7pm, Whig Hall Senate Chamber

Center for the Study of Religion, a symposium: Purity, Power, and Praise: Revisioning Women's Religious Roles in Africa and the African Disapora
February 22, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m in Whig Hall. For information: 609-258-5545

Paul Bucherer
, a Swiss architect leading an effort to reconstruct two 1,700-year-old giant Buddha statues that were destroyed by the Taliban: "Afghanistan's Cultural Heritage: The Reconstruction of the Buddhas of Bamiyan"
February 22, 7:30 p.m., McCormick 101.

February 23, Alumni Day

Taha Muhammad Ali, Israeli poet
February 27, 4:30 p.m. in 102 Jones Hall

Mary Jo Bane, Thornton Bradshaw Professor of Public Policy and Management, Harvard University. 
Religion in the Public Square: The Example of Catholic Parishes
February 28, 4:30 pm in Bowl 1, Robertson Hall.

Plasma Physics Science on Saturday, March 2, 9:30 a.m.: How the Brain Got Its Folds: Learning About Function by Looking at Structure, Samuel Wang, Department of Molecular Biology Heightened security measures are presently in effect at the laboratory because of the events on September 11. For more information about the series or the forms of ID required for entrance to the laboratory, call the Science-on-Saturday Hotline at 609-243-2121.

Plasma Physics Science on Saturday, March 9, 9:30 a.m.: The Science of Radiowave and Microwave Probing of Ionospheric and Fusion Plasmas, Raffi Nazikian, PPPL (laboratory tour following lecture). Heightened security measures are presently in effect at the laboratory because of the events on September 11. For more information about the series or the forms of ID required for entrance to the laboratory, call the Science-on-Saturday Hotline at 609-243-2121.

Plasma Physics Science on Saturday, March 16, 9:30 a.m.: Bioinformatics in the Post-Genomic Era, Mona Singh, Department of Computer Science. Heightened security measures are presently in effect at the laboratory because of the events on September 11. For more information about the series or the forms of ID required for entrance to the laboratory, call the Science-on-Saturday Hotline at 609-243-2121.

Tony Kushner, playwright
April 4, 8 p.m. at TBA

Sydney Brenner, Oxford University and Molecular Sciences Institute, Berkeley:Biology after the Genome Project
April 9-11, 8 p.m. at TBA

Timothy J. Clark, University of California, Berkeley: Poussin’s Mad Pursuit:
April 17, 4:30 p.m. at TBA

Timothy J. Clark, University of California, Berkeley: Bruegel in the Land of Cockaigne
April 18, 4:30 p.m. at TBA

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory presents Science-on-Saturday talks

The lectures are free and open to the public, Heightened security measures are presently in effect at the laboratory because of the events on Sept. 11. For more information about the series or the forms of ID required for entrance to the laboratory, call the Science-on-Saturday Hotline at 609-243-2121

February 9 — "What Do Studies of the Solid Earth Tell Us About Life on Planets?" Charles Langmuir, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University.

February 16 — "Who Wants To Be a Scientist? A Game About the Expansion of the Universe," Jean-Marc Perelmuter, Challenger Center for Space Science Education, Alexandria, Va.

March 2 — "How the Brain Got Its Folds: Learning About Function by Looking at Structure," Samuel Wang, Princeton Department of Molecular Biology.

March 9 —"The Science of Radiowave and Microwave Probing of Ionospheric and Fusion Plasmas," Raffi Nazikian, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (laboratory tour following lecture).

March 16 — "Bioinformatics in the Post-Genomic Era," Mona Singh, Princeton Department of Computer Science.

Heightened security measures are presently in effect at the laboratory because of the events on September 11. For more information about the series or the forms of ID required for entrance to the laboratory, call the Science-on-Saturday Hotline at 609-243-2121.

Art Museum

"Klinger to Kollwitz: German Art in the Age of Expressionism," an overview of late-19th-and early-20th-century German art, will be on view through June 9.

Reunions 2002, May 30 - June 2, 2002

Reunions 2003, May 29 - June 1, 2002

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ALUMNI

James E. Crawford III ’68 has been appointed national chair of Princeton’s Annual Giving efforts. A managing partner at Frontenac Company, a Chicago-based private equity investment firm, Crawford will lead the 40-member committee of senior volunteers that provides overall planning and direction for each year’s fundraising campaign. He succeeds Brian J. McDonald ’83, who was recently named the university’s vice-president for development.

Ryan Crocker *84, a veteran State Department official is now a senior U.S. diplomat in Kabul. He has held meetings in Geneva with a deputy Iranian foreign minister, according to U.S. officials cited in the Washington Post.

Ralph Esmerian ’62 has given his legendary folk art collection, which includes over 400 works of art, to the American Folk Art Museum in New York City. His gift has propelled the museum into a premier position in the field worldwide. Long recognized as the preeminent folk art collection in private hands, the Esmerian Collection is one of the inaugural exhibitions in the museum’s new building – designed by architects Tod Williams ’65 *67 and Billie Tsien. Hailed as the "best new museum since Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim," it is the first free-standing art museum constructed in New York City since 1966. Esmerian chair’s the museum’s board. (www.folkartmuseum.org)

Frederick G. Wohlschlaeger ’73 was recently named the chief of staff for the U.S. Olympic Committee and started in January. He will oversee the organization’s legal affairs, finance, information technology, and human resources divisions.

John Butler, Jr. ’77 is the lead lawyer for Kmart in its bankruptcy filing – the biggest retail bankruptcy in U.S. history. Butler, of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in Chicago, heads the firm’s corporate restructuring practice, according to Crain’s Detroit Business.

President Bush nominated Legrome D. Davis ’73 for the federal bench in Philadelphia. He faces Senate confirmation.

Former Los Angeles Mayor Richard J. Riordan ’52 is running for governor of California. (www.riordanforgovernor.org)

The Associated Press reported that Davin Quinn ’98, a Harvard Medical School student, has been awarded a George J. Mitchell scholarship for graduate study in Northern Ireland by the U.S.-Ireland Alliance. Quinn, who majored in psychology at Princeton, wants to be a writer as well as a doctor and will study for a master’s in creative writing at Queen’s University in Belfast. He cofounded the Harvard Medical School Writing Club.

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SPORTS

Princeton succumbs to Penn 62-38

Men’s basketball loses first Ivy game to Yale; face Penn next

After winning its first five Ivy League matchups, Princeton’s men’s basketball team dropped a 60-50 decision to Yale in New Haven on Saturday. The loss snapped a seven-game winning streak and dropped the Tigers from the top of the league standings. Princeton (10-8, 5-1) was the last undefeated team in the league and now is second to Yale (15-7,7-1) in the Ivies. Kyle Wente ’03 led the Tigers with 16 points and seven rebounds against Yale.

On Friday, the Tigers beat Brown 70-56 on the road. Ray Robins ’03 sparked Princeton with 16 points. Senior Mike Bechtold added 14 points, while Konrad Wysocki ’04 and Ahmed El-Nokali each scored 10 points.

The Tigers face Penn at home on Tuesday, February 12 to start a five-game homestand during the next two weeks. Dartmouth and Harvard come to Jadwin next weekend before Princeton’s rematch with Yale on February 22.

Men’s squash takes Ivy title with win over Harvard

Princeton won its second Ivy League men’s squash championship in three years with a 5-4 victory over defending champs Harvard on Sunday in Cambridge.

The Tigers got wins from freshmen Rob Siverd at Number 8 and Nathan Beck at Number 9 to secure the hotly contested match. Will Evans ’03, Dan Rutherford ’03, and Peter Kelly ’02 also won their matches for Princeton, which set up the showdown by defeating Dartmouth 8-1 on Saturday.

Women’s hockey sweeps Cornell and Colgate

Sophomore Gretchen Anderson scored five goals in Princeton’s wins over Colgate and Cornell at home this weekend. Anderson started off her scoring tirade with a hat trick in a 4-3 win against Cornell on Friday. Lisa Rasmussen ’04 scored the other Tiger goal in that game.

Anderson and Susan Hobson ’04 scored two goals each to carry Princeton to a 6-1 rout of Colgate at home on Saturday. The wins improved Princeton’s record to 13-6-2 and 9-3 in the ECAC North Division.

Men’s swimming sinks Navy and Columbia

The Tigers beat Columbia and Navy this weekend to improve their overall dual-meet record to 7-2 this season as they head for the EISL Championships at the end of the month.

Senior Kevin Volz won the 1,650-yard freestyle and the 200-yard medley team of juniors of Pat Donahue, Garth Fealey, Carl Hessler and Jesse Gage, swam to a five-second win with a time of 1:32.89 to carry the squad to a 174-111 win over Navy at home on Saturday. The Tigers defeated Columbia 179-116 on Friday.

Two Tigers picked in Major League Soccer draft

Princeton seniors Matt Behncke and Mike Nugent were selected in the 2002 Major League Soccer draft on Sunday. Nugent and Behncke, who played in the NCAA senior All-Star Game in Florida on Sunday, were two of three Ivy League players taken in the draft for the 10-team league.

Behncke was the 18th pick overall and was drafted by the Dallas Burn. Nugent, the 2001 Ivy League Player of the Year, was selected 46th overall by the Chicago Fire. Nugent ended his Princeton career tied for fourth all-time in career goals and sixth for most career points.

The 2002 MLS season commences on Saturday, March 23. Chicago opens at Columbus and Dallas hosts San Jose.

Women’s basketball lose two at home

A record crowd at Jadwin Gym on Friday could not turn around the fortunes of women’s basketball team as Princeton lost an 85-80 overtime game to Yale. Coupled with a 65-56 loss to Brown at home on Saturday, the Tigers have now lost six straight games.

The record-breaking crowd of 3,067 fans that came to Friday’s game saw Kelly Schaeffer ’04 break a record of her own with a personal best 28 points on 10-of-16 shooting. Schaeffer also led the Tigers (8-12, 2-5) the next night, scoring a team-high 16 points and grabbing seven rebounds.

Princeton faces Dartmouth and Harvard on the road next weekend.

The 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics started February 8, and Princeton is represented by Andrea Kilbourne ’02, who competes with the U.S. women’s hockey team — the defending gold-medal winners. But Kilbourne is not the first Princetonian to skate for a U.S. hockey team in the winter games. In 1932, Gerald Hallock III '26 and Robert C. Livingston '31 helped the men’s hockey team to a silver medal in Lake Placid, New York. And in 1936, Frederick A. Kammer ’34 and Malcolm E. McAlpin '32 won bronze medals with the U.S. hockey squad in 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

The Ivy League has 22 graduates or undergraduates involved as athletes at the Salt Lake City Games:
Jen Botterill (Harvard '02, women's ice hockey, Canada)
Correne Bredin (Dartmouth '02 women's ice hockey alternate, Canada)
Julie Chu (Harvard '06, women's ice hockey, U.S.)
Lincoln DeWitt (Penn '90, skeleton, U.S.)
Hannah Hardaway (Cornell, freestyle skiing, U.S.)
Barb Jones (Dartmouth '99, nordic skiing, U.S.)
Becky Kellar (Brown '97, women's ice hockey, Canada)
Nina Kemppel (Dartmouth '92, cross country skiing, U.S.)
Andrea Kilbourne (Princeton '03, women's ice hockey, U.S.)
Katie King (Brown '97, women's ice hockey, U.S.)
Scott Macartney (Dartmouth '01, men's alpine skiing, U.S.)
A.J. Mleczko (Harvard '99, women's ice hockey, U.S.)
Tara Mounsey (Brown '01, women's ice hockey, U.S.)
Joe Nieuwendyk (Cornell '89, men's ice hockey, Canada)
Cherie Piper (Dartmouth '05, women's ice hockey, Canada)
Angela Ruggerio (Harvard '02, women's ice hockey, U.S.)
Tammy Schewchuk (Harvard '01, women's ice hockey, Canada)
Carl Swenson (Dartmouth '92, cross country skiing, U.S.)
Sarah Tueting (Dartmouth '98, women's ice hockey, U.S.)
Bradley Wall (Dartmouth '02, alpine skiing, Australia)
Dan Weinstein (Harvard '03, short track skating, U.S.)
Stacy Wooley (Dartmouth '91, biathlon alternate, U.S.)
Source:
The Ivy League

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