Princeton University

March 12, 2007 — Some of Princeton’s most scientifically talented undergraduates are dedicating their years on campus to more than learning how to conduct experiments. They have elected to be part of a grand experiment themselves — one that is attracting attention nationwide.
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June 6, 2006 — Four Princeton faculty members received President's Awards for Distinguished Teaching at Commencement ceremonies June 6. They are: William Bialek, the John Archibald Wheeler/Battelle Professor in Physics; Joel Cooper, professor of psychology; William Gleason, associate professor of English; and Sankaran (Sundar) Sundaresan, professor of chemical engineering. . . . Bialek, who joined the Princeton faculty in 2001, also is a member of the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics. He is one of the architects of the new integrated science curriculum for undergraduates, which involves faculty from chemistry, computer science, molecular biology and physics. In addition, he co-teaches the introductory course in that curriculum and leads a graduate-level biophysics class.
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May 18, 2006 – Curtis Huttenhower, a Department of Computer Science Graduate Student in Institute faculty member Olga Troyanskaya's lab, has been awarded an Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni (APGA) Teaching Award for his work as an Assistant in Instruction for CHM/COS/MOL/PHY 231-234, the freshman integrated science course organized by the Institute. The APGA and the Friends of the International Center fund a competition each year to recognize and honor those graduate students who have made a significant contribution to undergraduate teaching. Mr Hibbs was nominated by his department, supported by his students and, along with four other AIs, chosen by the Teaching Award Selection Committee for this distinction.

Oct. 18, 2005 — Twenty-seven years ago, in a resort town high in Utah's Wasatch Mountains, David Botstein had a simple idea that would change the course of genetics. Botstein, then a professor at MIT, was in town for an informal meeting of University of Utah researchers. Listening to a graduate student discuss genetic markers of disease, he had a striking thought.
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May 10, 2005 - Matthew Hibbs, a Department of Computer Science Graduate Student in Institute faculty member Olga Troyanskaya's lab, has been awarded an Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni (APGA) Teaching Award for his work as an Assistant in Instruction for CHM/COS/MOL/PHY 231-234, the new freshman integrated science course organized by the Institute. The APGA and the Friends of the International Center fund a competition each year to recognize and honor those graduate students who have made a significant contribution to undergraduate teaching. Mr Hibbs was nominated by his department, supported by his students and, along with four other AIs, chosen by the Teaching Award Selection Committee for this distinction.

Oct. 4, 2004 — In an age when many scientific discoveries result from the infusion of ideas from one discipline to another, faculty members at Princeton have created a unified science class for freshmen that breaks down barriers between fields without sacrificing depth of knowledge.
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