News at Princeton

Sunday, Nov. 08, 2009
 Gallo under Freud sign

Rubén Gallo, associate professor of Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures and director of the Program in Latin American Studies, is spending this fall in Vienna as a guest of the Sigmund Freud Foundation, located at Berggasse 19, where Freud lived for 47 years. For the past three years, Gallo has been writing a book on Freud and Mexico. "Freud collected Mexican antiquities, read Mexican books — in Spanish — and corresponded with Mexican disciples," he said. "Surprisingly, no one had explored this intriguing relationship."

 

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Perspective on: Freud and Mexico, via Vienna

Rubén Gallo, a scholar of modern Spanish America who is spending the fall in Vienna as a guest of the Sigmund Freud Foundation, discusses the noted psychoanalyst's relationship to Mexico.  

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Postdoctoral scholars join interdisciplinary community

Six new postdoctoral scholars have joined the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts this year.

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Open house welcomes employees to 701 Carnegie Center

During an open house Friday, Oct. 30, members of the University community toured the new facility at 701 Carnegie Center, which will be the home of Princeton's finance and treasury operations and most information technology departments, during an open house on Friday, Oct. 30. 

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University plans to offer the H1N1 vaccine on campus--Updated

The University has informed faculty, students and staff of plans to offer limited quantities of the H1N1 flu vaccine to selected groups on campus starting next week, with further shipments of the vaccine expected to be received from the state in limited quantities throughout the fall and winter.

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Staff reductions completed to reach cost-savings goal

Princeton University has completed efforts to achieve the staff reductions necessary to help meet an overall goal of decreasing the operating budget by $170 million over two years. The staff reduction target of $15 million has been achieved through a combination of vacancy and overtime savings, voluntary retirements, voluntary and involuntary reductions in duty time, and layoffs. A total of 43 positions have been eliminated and an additional 18 positions have been involuntarily reduced in hours.

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ACC continues efforts to address high-risk drinking

The University's Alcohol Coalition Committee (ACC) is continuing its work to address high-risk drinking among undergraduates. 

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Mind matters: Oppenheimer takes inventive approach to examining decision-making

In unearthing discoveries about how the human mind works, Princeton psychologist Danny Oppenheimer has mined insights into how people react to catchy stock-market symbols, overwritten essays and charitable donation choices.

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Perspective on: Latino studies and the immigration debate

Marta Tienda, the Maurice P. During Professor in Demographic Studies, professor of sociology and public affairs, and director of the Program in Latino Studies, discusses the University's new Program in Latino Studies and her two new research projects on immigration and migration as well as the immigration debate.

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650 attend largest gathering of black alumni in University history

At the largest gathering of black alumni in the University's history last weekend, emotions overflowed as people talked about change -- Princeton's transformation from their time as students and the transformation they can bring about through continued engagement. "It's very obvious to me that the Princeton of 2009 is very different from the Princeton of 1983, and even the Princeton of 2006," said Ken Bruce, a member of the class of 1983 and a past president of the Association of Black Princeton Alumni. "For many of us, our Princeton experience is complex," he added. "We love it. We have less love for it in other respects. It has helped us in our careers. We enjoy the people, and, in some instances, we've enjoyed the experiences. In others, we have enjoyed the experiences a little less. So the thought process was that we might need a new type of engagement to bring us back as we all move forward."

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TigerTransit adds environmentally friendly buses, new routes

TigerTransit, Princeton University's shuttle system, this fall has launched 10 new buses that run on B20 diesel fuel. The shuttles also are traveling on new routes that include 701 Carnegie Center as well as shopping and dining venues.

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NCI awards $15.2 million to create Princeton Physical Sciences-Oncology Center

Princeton University physical scientists will partner with researchers at four other institutions to explore the driving forces behind the evolution of cancer under a five-year, $15.2 million award from the National Cancer Institute.

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Nassau Street entrance closed at 6 p.m. weekdays

The gate on the Nassau Street entrance to campus for vehicles now will be closed and the guard booth will not be staffed starting at 6 instead of 8 each weekday evening as a cost-savings measure.

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Study: Accounting error undermines climate change laws

An important but fixable error in legal accounting rules used to measure compliance with carbon limits for bioenergy could undermine efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by encouraging deforestation, according to a new study by 13 prominent scientists and land use experts published in the Oct. 23 issue of the journal Science.

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Program strengthens links between work inside and outside the classroom

When the more than 100 students who completed internships this summer through the Princeton Environmental Institute and the Grand Challenges Program returned to campus, they had at least one more commitment.

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Like humans, monkeys fall into the 'uncanny valley'

Princeton University researchers have come up with a new twist on the mysterious visual phenomenon experienced by humans known as the "uncanny valley." The scientists have found that monkeys sense it too.

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Schmidt Fund to advance science through support for transformative technology

Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy, have created a $25 million endowment fund at Princeton University for the invention, development and utilization of cutting-edge technology that has the capacity to transform research in the natural sciences and engineering.

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Odita mural a vibrant addition to new Butler College

An explosion of color greets students at the main entrance to Butler College's new dormitories, where a mural of bright fractal shapes spans two floors and seven walls.

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Princeton awarded more than $21 million in Recovery Act funding

As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), Princeton University has received more than $21 million in research funding from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation.

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