Featured Stories Archive – February, 2006
Princeton gives highest awards to top students
By Ruth Stevens · Posted February 25, 2006; 03:06 p.m.
Princeton University recognized the winners of the highest honors it awards to students at Alumni Day ceremonies Saturday, Feb. 25. Seniors Jeremy Golubcow-Teglasi and James Williams shared the University's Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize, and graduate students Liang Feng, Guy Geltner, Gerard Passannante and David Shih were honored as co-winners of the Porter Ogden Jacobus Fellowship.
Bernanke: Stable prices key to economic growth
By Eric Quiñones · Posted February 24, 2006; 07:30 p.m.
Returning to Princeton University for his first public policy address as Federal Reserve chairman, Ben Bernanke stressed that stable prices are the key to economic and job growth -- endorsing the path charted by predecessors Alan Greenspan and Paul Volcker. The former Princeton economist's Feb. 24 address was the keynote of a daylong conference on government service.
Students bring August Wilson's 'Fences' to the stage, March 2-4
By Eric Quiñones · Posted February 22, 2006; 02:45 p.m.
Two student theater groups are teaming up to produce August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Fences" in celebration of Black History Month. Performances are scheduled for 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, March 2-4, in the Hamilton-Murray Theater. A matinee performance is set for 2 p.m. March 4.
Annan, global university leaders examine higher education's benefits to society
By Eric Quiñones · Posted February 15, 2006; 06:11 p.m.
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and an international group of university leaders and scholars convened at Princeton for a Feb. 14-15 colloquium examining the benefits that higher education institutions bring to society.
Princeton athletes coach younger generation at sports fair
By Eric Quiñones · Posted February 13, 2006; 04:06 p.m.
Many of Princeton's female student-athletes took time on Saturday, Feb. 11, to play the role of coaches for local youngsters on National Girls and Women in Sports Day. The University's event was one of many held nationally to celebrate the importance of athletics for girls and women of all ages.
Dance festival to feature legendary French ballet, Feb. 24-26
By Jennifer Greenstein Altmann · Posted February 13, 2006; 12:07 p.m.
A legendary French ballet by Vaslav Nijinsky -- the choreography of which was lost for decades -- will be performed by Princeton students Friday through Sunday, Feb. 24-26, at the Berlind Theatre. "L'Après-midi d'un Faune" or "The Afternoon of a Fau...
Fields memoir chronicles career of pioneering administrator
By Karin Dienst · Posted February 9, 2006; 03:42 p.m.
In his recently published memoir, Carl Fields describes the difficulty of trying to decide whether or not to accept a job at Princeton. It was 1964 and Fields, an African American, had to weigh carefully the prospect of working at a university that had just 12 black undergraduates and four black graduate students. While it was no easy decision to come to Princeton, once here, Fields quickly made an impact and became the first high-level black administrator at an Ivy League school. Reflecting his many contributions to the University, the Carl A. Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding was named in his honor.
Seniors perform 'Waiting for Godot,' Feb. 9-18
By Eric Quiñones · Posted February 6, 2006; 06:17 p.m.
Four seniors who have starred in numerous shows at Princeton will perform a thesis production of Samuel Beckett's classic play, "Waiting for Godot," at 8 p.m. Thursday through Sunday, Feb. 9-12, and Thursday through Saturday, Feb. 16-18, at the Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St.
Tracing Princeton's religious tradition
By Ruth Stevens · Posted February 2, 2006; 05:00 p.m.
A new book by 1934 Princeton alumnus William Selden chronicles the religious heritage of the University. "Chapels of Princeton University: Their Historical and Religious Significance" recently was published by the Office of Communications. The 95-page paperback is the most recent in Selden's series of short histories of Princeton-area buildings and institutions.