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News from Princeton, Jan-Mar 1998
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Princeton Students to Speak Out on National Day of Affirmative Action
3/31/98 -- Princeton students will be among thousands across the country taking part in tomorrow's Nationwide Day of Action, which aims to stir discussion about affirmative action and campus diversity. A "Speak Out" rally will be held April 1 from noon to 1 p.m. on Firestone Plaza. At least 50 universities have scheduled simultaneous demonstrations.Paul Robeson: The First 100 Years
3/30/98 -- University, community to reflect on life of actor and activist. The University and the Princeton community will join forces April 7 at 8 p.m. in Richardson Auditorium to celebrate the centennial of the birth of Paul Robeson, the famed African-American actor and singer who was born here and became a leading voice for the cause of civil rights, despite efforts to silence to him.Rev. JoAnn Z. Leach Installed as Episcopal Chaplain at Princeton
3/30/98 -- The Rev. JoAnn Z. Leach, formerly Episcopal chaplain at the University of Utah, has been installed as the new chaplain of the Episcopal Church at Princeton (ECP). Leach was installed on Sunday, March 29, at the Princeton University Chapel by the Right Rev. Joe Morris Doss, Episcopal Bishop for the Diocese of New Jersey. ...Dale Fellowship Winner to Film Story of Homeless Family
3/30/98 -- When Mora Stephens '98 spent last summer turning her short story of a homeless girl and her family into a script, she dreamt of making it into a film. How that would happen remained a question.
In July, Stephens will begin rehearsals for her film, Betty Dove, thanks to a $20,000 Martin A. Dale '53 Fellowship, which lets one Princeton senior spend the year after graduation pursuing a dream. ...Experts from the Former Yugoslavia to Discuss Self-Governance in the Balkans
3/27/98 -- A panel discussion entitled "Self-Governance and Autonomy in the Balkans: The Case of Kosovo" will be presented at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Tuesday, March 31, at 4:30 p.m., in Robertson Hall, Dodds Auditorium.Arthur S. Link, leading authority on Woodrow Wilson, dies
3/26/98 -- Historian spent 35 years editing the Papers of Woodrow Wilson Arthur Stanley Link, the leading historian on Woodrow Wilson who directed the editing of the president's papers from start to finish, died Thursday, March 26, at the Bermuda Village Health Center, after a prolonged bout with lung cancer. He was 77.
Regarded as the foremost authority on Woodrow Wilson, Link wrote more than 30 books, including the five-volume biography of Wilson, as well as numerous articles and reviews.Chemistry Professor, Russian Science Expert John Turkevich Dies
3/26/98 -- John Turkevich, Eugene Higgins Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus, at Princeton University, died at the St. Lawrence Rehabilitation Center in Lawrenceville on March 25. He was 91 and a resident of Monroe Village in Jamesburg.
A pioneer in catalytic research, Turkevich in 1935 developed a commercially useful cyclization method for preparing toluene, an important basic chemical and gasoline additive, from heptane. Later he widely applied magnetic resonance and electron microscopy techniques to chemical research. Turkevich was also an expert on Soviet science. After transferring to emeritus status in 1975, he concentrated on catalysis with applications to both energy and medicine, including cancer therapy using cis-platinum compounds. ...NYT Editor to Speak on Newspapers and Their Coverage of Politics
3/24/98 -- Patricia L. Cohen, ideas editor for the New York Times, will give a lecture entitled "What's Wrong with the Way Newspapers Cover Politics? Bill and Monica: A Case Study" at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Monday, April 13, at 4:30 p.m. in Robertson Hall, Bowl 1.CDC Specialist to Speak on the Ongoing War against Virus Disease
3/24/98 -- Dr. C. J. Peters, chief of the special pathogens branch at the Centers for Disease Control, will give a lecture entitled "Attacking Virus Disease in Developing Countries: Anecdotes from a Practitioner's Perspective" at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Thursday, March 26, at 4:30 p.m., in Room 3 of Robertson Hall.Speaker Hears Art through Technology
3/18/98 -- Computer musician Neil B. Rolnick, chairman of the Arts Department and director of the iEAR Studios at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will be the first speaker in the Series in New Media, which is intended to encourage interdisciplinary interest in new media.
Sponsored by Wayne Wolf, professor of electrical engineering in Princeton University's School of Engineering and Applied Science, the Series in New Media will host speakers who will discuss different multimedia venues being explored and used. Rolnick will focus on the evolution of his approach for using technology in his musical composition, performance, and teaching.
''I plan to play some examples of my work and discuss how my developing attitudes have been reflected in the Electronics Arts Program at Renesselaer's ''EAR Studios,'' Rolnick said. His talk, titled Hearing the Art Through the Technology, will be held at 4:30 p.m., Monday, March 23, 1998, in Room 104 of the Computer Science Building on Olden Street. The public is invited.Head of Novell, Inc. to Discuss the Future of Networking
3/16/98 -- Eric Schmidt, chairman and chief executive officer of Novell, Inc., the world's leading provider of network software, will be on the Princeton campus Thursday, April 1, to deliver the 1998 Gordon Wu Distinguished Lecture. Dr. Schmidt, who earned his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Princeton in 1976, will discuss current uses and the future of networking in his lecture titled "The new face of networking."Specialist on Aging to Speak on "Why Geriatrics?"
3/12/98 -- Dr. Robert N. Butler, director of the International Longevity Center at the Mount Sinai Medical Center, will give a lecture entitled "Why Geriatrics?" at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Monday, March 30, at 4:30 p.m., in Bowl 6 of Robertson Hall.Financial Adviser and Princeton Alumnus Paul B. Firstenberg to Speak on Working for Russian Reformers
3/12/98 -- Paul B. Firstenberg, a financial adviser at Zuckerman, Firstenberg & Co., Inc., and a visiting lecturer of public and international affairs at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, will give a lecture entitled "Working for Russian Reformers: One American's Experience" at the Woodrow Wilson School on Tuesday, March 31, at 4:30 p.m., in Robertson Hall, Bowl 5.Mega-Cities and Environmental Justice Is Subject of WWS Talk
3/12/98 -- Janice E. Perlman, founder and president of the Mega-Cities Project, Inc., will give a lecture entitled "Transforming Practice and Policy in Mega-Cities: The Case of Environmental Justice" at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Thursday, March 26, at 4:30 p.m., in Robertson Hall, Bowl 2.Jazz Pianist Jonny King to Give Talk
3/2/98 -- Jazz musician Jonny King will give a talk on jazz appreciation and his own involvement in music at 7:30 p.m. on March 4 at Woolworth Music Center on the Princeton University campus.
Described by Downbeat as "one of the strongest piano voices of the new generation," King has played jazz piano since the age of nine. ...1898: War, Literature and the Question of Pan-Americanism
A symposium at Princeton University
2/25/98 -- ...out of the Spanish-Cuban-American War (1895-1898) came a profound and rapid change in the understanding and definitions of "Latin" and "Hispano-Americana" culture.
The purpose of the Princeton symposium, "1898: War, Literature and the Question of Pan-Americanism," is to study the literary and intellectual implications of the war and its deeper effects on cultural and literary practices in Spain, the United States and Latin America. The symposium has been organized by faculty of Princeton University's Program in Latin American Studies, and will begin at 9 a.m. on Friday, March 27 and conclude at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 29. It will be held in Bowl 1 of Robertson Hall at the Woodrow Wilson School. (For more information, a preliminary program is available.)"At the Brink with Iraq?" to be Topic of Woodrow Wilson School Lecture
2/23/98 -- Stephen Gomersall, deputy permanent representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations, will speak on "At the Brink with Iraq? A View from the Security Council" at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Tuesday, March 3, at 8:00 p.m., in Robertson Hall, Dodds Auditorium.Two Seniors Receive Pyne Prize, Highest Undergraduate Honor
2/22/98 -- Seniors Shalani Alisharan and Julia Lee were named co-winners of the M. Taylor Pyne Prize, the highest general distinction conferred on a Princeton undergraduate, at Alumni Day ceremonies held on the Princeton University campus today.Publisher Harold W. McGraw Jr. Endows New Teaching and Learning Center at Princeton University
2/21/98 -- Publisher Harold W. McGraw Jr., a member of Princeton's Class of 1940, has made a $5 million gift to endow a state-of-the-art center for promoting innovative teaching and effective learning throughout the University. The announcement was made at the annual meeting of the Alumni Association on campus this afternoon.
The Harold W. McGraw Jr. Center for Teaching and Learning will be a powerful catalyst for preparing Princeton -- with its tradition of excellence in undergraduate education -- to meet the challenges of the 21st century. It will serve as a laboratory for new ideas and a place to share, across departments and disciplines, teaching discoveries that have proven successful in individual classrooms at Princeton and other colleges and universities.Acclaimed Argentinean Composer Offers Piano Recital of Tango Improvisations
2/17/98 -- Gerardo Gandini, a noted composer and pianist from Buenos Aires, Argentina, will interpret Argentinean tango in a piano recital entitled "Postangos: Improvisations on the Tango." The recital will be held at 8 p.m. on Friday, February 27, at Taplin Auditorium of Fine Hall on the Princeton University campus (the doors open at 7:30 p.m.). It is free and open to the public. Free parking is available in University lots 5, 20, and 25.Strengthening Global Social Justice Is Subject of WWS Talk
2/16/98 -- John Langmore, director of the Division for Social Policy in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs in the United Nations Secretariat, will give a lecture entitled "Strengthening Global Social Justice" at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Thursday, March 5, at 4:30 p.m., in Robertson Hall, Bowl 5.Author of Black Faces, Black Interests to Speak on "When Whites and Blacks Agree"
2/16/98 -- Carol Swain, author of the award-winning Black Faces, Black Interests: The Representation of African Americans in Congress, will give a lecture entitled "When Whites and Blacks Agree: Fairness in Opportunities" at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Monday, March 2, at 4:30 p.m., in Robertson Hall, Bowl 2.NBER Specialist on Social Security and Retirement to Speak at the Woodrow Wilson School
2/16/98 -- David Wise, John F. Stambaugh Professor of Political Economy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and director of the Program on the Economics of Aging at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), will give a lecture entitled "Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World" at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Thursday, February 26, at 4:30 p.m., in Robertson Hall, Bowl 1.A Conversation with INS Commissioner Meissner at the Woodrow Wilson School
2/4/98 -- Doris M. Meissner, commissioner of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, will hold a question-and-answer session on such topics as contemporary immigration policy, the future of the INS, and the demands of public service leadership, at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Wednesday, February 18, at 12 noon, in Robertson Hall, Bowl 1.Former US Comptroller General To Speak on Financial Accountability and the Government
2/4/98 -- Charles A. Bowsher, former U.S. comptroller general and head of the General Accounting Office, will give a lecture entitled "Financial Reporting and Accountability: How Well Is Government Doing?" at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Thursday, March 5 at 4:30 p.m. in Robertson Hall, Bowl 5.Former CEO of Lockheed Martin to Speak at the Woodrow Wilson School on the Defense Industrial Base
2/4/98 -- Norman R. Augustine, former chair and CEO of Lockheed Martin, will give a lecture entitled "National Security and the Defense Industrial Base" at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Tuesday, February 17, at 4:30 p.m., in Robertson Hall, Dodds Auditorium.WebTV Networks Co-Founder Gives $2 Million to Princeton for Chair in Computer Science
2/2/98 -- WebTV Networks Inc.'s co-founder Phillip Y. Goldman of Princeton's Class of 1986 and his wife Susan have made a $2 million gift to establish an endowed chair in the University's Department of Computer Science.
Goldman, a pioneer in Internet television, is the youngest Princeton alumnus to create an endowed professorship, doing so only 11 years after his graduation. The Goldmans' gift of $2 million will be supplemented by a matching grant of $500,000 from a fund established by Sir Gordon Y.S. Wu, of Princeton's Class of 1958.Peter Schäfer Appointed Perelman Professor of Judaic Studies
2/2/98 -- Peter Schäfer, a world-renowned specialist in ancient Israel, Rabbinics and early Jewish mysticism has been appointed as the first Ronald O. Perelman Professor of Judaic Studies at Princeton University. Director of Berlin's Institute for Judaic Studies since 1984, Schäfer is internationally regarded as one of the finest scholars in Jewish studies.Psychology Major Shalani Alisharan Named Winner of Sachs Scholarship
Senior from Vancouver, B.C., to Study at Oxford University
2/2/98 -- Shalani Alisharan '98, a psychology major, has been named this year's winner of the Daniel M. Sachs Class of 1960 Scholarship. Alisharan plans to earn a master's degree in neuroscience, or some other branch of psychology, at Worcester College, Oxford University, with an eye toward an eventual career in academic psychology. Her senior thesis examines neuronal characteristics of the ventral premotor cortex in monkeys.Changes to Princeton' financial aid program
1/26/98 -- A page with links to the entire press kit:
- cover-to-cover (press releases and charts in PDF format)
- press releases only (HTML)
- charts (GIF and PDF format)3.7 Percent Increase in Student Fees Lowest in Three Decades
1/26/98 -- The operating budget adopted by the Trustees of Princeton University this weekend increases student fees for the 1998-99 academic year by 3.7 percent, the lowest percentage increase in over 30 years. The $572 million budget is projected to be in balance.
The new budget also substantially improves the financial aid program offered to undergraduates, by eliminating the loan expectation on families with incomes below the national median and by reducing the effect of home equity on calculations of families' ability to pay. (See links to companion documents on this page.) The trustees also approved a set of initiatives related to undergraduate instruction and advising and to graduate student support.Princeton Changes Its Financial Aid Policies To Increase Affordability For Lower and Middle Income Students
1/26/98 -- Princeton University's trustees have made two changes in financial aid policy that will significantly increase Princeton's affordability for lower and middle income students. They also have reaffirmed a policy that is designed to ensure that Princeton students and their families retain the full benefit of new federal tuition tax credits that begin to take effect this year.Questions and Answers - fact sheet
1/26/98 -- New Princeton Financial Aid PoliciesThe Ultimate Fate of the Universe
1/8/98 -- Astrophysicists announced today new predictions of the ultimate fate of the universe obtained by calculating the characteristic or maximum size of very distant radio galaxies. Reports being presented by Dr. Ruth A. Daly, and Dr. Erick Guerra, both of Princeton University, to the American Astronomical Society meeting in Washington, DC, suggest that the expanding universe will continue to expand forever, and will expand more and more rapidly as time goes by.Professor of Statistics, Emeritus, Geoffrey S. Watson Dies at 76
1/7/98 -- Geoffrey Stuart Watson, a prominent statistician and chair of the statistics department, emeritus, at Princeton University, died on January 3 following complications from heart surgery. He was 76 and a resident of Princeton.
Professor Watson was a specialist in the application of mathematics and statistics to the natural sciences, particularly geophysics, molecular genetics, and animal behavior. In the course of his career he applied statistical methods -- which he once called the science of "clever ways to count"-- to topics as varied as continental drift, ozone depletion, and the wearing of motorcycle helmets...Professor of Religion Malcolm L. Diamond Dies at 73
1/5/98 -- Malcolm L. Diamond, William H. Danforth Professor of Religion, Emeritus, at Princeton University, died on December 27, 1997, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick of complications from multiple myeloma. He was 73 and a resident of Princeton. Diamond taught psychology, religion and philosophy of religion until his retirement in 1992...
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