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News from Princeton, Oct-Dec 1998
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Professor Maria DiBattista to become Master of Rockefeller College
12/15/98 -- Professor of English and Comparative Literature Maria DiBattista, who served as Acting Master of Rockefeller College in 1995-96, will become Master of the College effective July 1, 1999. ...Princeton Seniors Win Canadian Rhodes, Marshall Scholarships
12/14/98 -- Two members of the Class of 1999 have received prestigious Rhodes and Marshall Scholarships for two years of study in Great Britain beginning in October 1999. Sophie Dumont, of Saint Agapit, Lotbiniere, Quebec received one of 11 Rhodes Scholarships awarded to Canadian students, and Richard Marshall of Spartanburg, S.C., is a winner of the Marshall Scholarship. ...Princeton Place-Kicker is Finalist for Scholar-Athlete Award
12/14/98 -- Burger King Corporation named Princeton University's Alexander Sierk one of four finalists for its 1998 Burger King Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award. Sierk was selected as the finalist for schools that play football in Division I-AA of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Burger King will donate $25,000 to the Princeton general scholarship fund in recognition of Sierk's achievement. ...Scientists of Sloan Digital Sky Survey Discover Most Distant Quasar
12/8/98 -- Scientists of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey have announced the discovery of the most distant quasar ever observed. At a December 4 collaboration meeting at the Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory near Chicago, Princeton University graduate student Xiaohui Fan broke the news. Using data from only the first months of the initial shakedown operation of new sky-mapping technology, Fan said, the Sky Survey had already discovered three of the four most distant quasars currently known. ...$3.5 Million Gift to Support McCarter Theatre Expansion in Princeton
11/30/98 -- Distinguished theater producer Roger S. Berlind has made a $3.5 million gift to support a major expansion of the McCarter Theatre building and its educational programs. The centerpiece of the expansion is a modern 350-seat proscenium theater, to be named the Roger S. Berlind Theater. It will be used both by the nationally acclaimed McCarter Theatre Center for the Performing Arts and by Princeton University's renowned Program in Theater and Dance. ...Kate Shindle, Miss America 1998, to Give Keynote Speech During World AIDS Week on Princeton Campus
11/30/98 -- Kate Shindle, who devoted her year as Miss America 1998 to AIDS education, will be the keynote speaker during the University's World AIDS Week, which begins today and concludes with Shindle's lecture Friday, December 4. The weeklong observation is timed to coincide with World AIDS Day on Tuesday, December 1. ...Congressman-Elect Rush Holt to Discuss "Lessons from the '98 Campaign"
11/25/98 -- Rush Holt, the former assistant director of the Princeton Physics Laboratory who was recently elected to Congress, will speak on "Lessons from the '98 Campaign" at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Wednesday, December 2, at 4:30 p.m. in Bowl 1, Robertson Hall.Former Presidential Press Secretary and L.A. Bureau Chief of The New York Times to Speak on the Press, Politics, and the Presidency at Princeton
11/16/98 -- "A Conversation with Dee Dee Myers and Todd Purdum '82 about the Press, Politics, and the Clinton Presidency," will be held at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Thursday, December 3 at 4:30 p.m. in Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall.Mathematician Diaconis to Lecture "On Coincidences"
11/11/98 -- Persi Diaconis, professor of mathematics and statistics at Stanford University, will speak "On Coincidences" at Princeton University on Thursday, November 19, 1998, at 8 p.m. in McCosh 50. ...
Diaconis' lecture is sponsored by Princeton University Public Lectures. Visit http://www.princeton.edu/~publect for future lectures. For additional information, call 258-6879 or e-mail publect@princeton.edu.Evans to Lead Princeton Materials Institute
11/10/98 -- Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Anthony Evans will become director of the Princeton Materials Institute, effective immediately. Evans joined the Princeton faculty on July 1 from Harvard, where he had been Gordon McKay Professor of Materials Engineering since 1994. Previously, he was Alcoa Professor and co-director of the High Performance Composites Center at the University of California at Santa Barbara. He originated Santa Barbara's Materials Department and served as its chair for six years. ...Biographer Berg to Give Illustrated Lecture on Charles Lindbergh
11/9/98 -- Noted author and film historian A. Scott Berg will deliver an illustrated lecture, with archival photographs and film clips, on Charles A. Lindbergh -- the subject of his new best-selling biography -- at 4:00 p.m. on November 13 in Wood Auditorium, McCosh 10. ...Funeral Service Set for Larry Ellis, Retired Track and Field Coach at Princeton
11/6/98 -- A funeral service for Larry Ellis, who coached a generation of Princeton track athletes and the 1984 U.S. Men's Olympic Track & Field team, has been scheduled for Sunday, November 8 at 2 p.m. in the Princeton University Chapel. Calling hours will be immediately prior to the service at 1 p.m. Ellis will be buried Monday in Flushing, N.Y. ...AIDS Panels to be Displayed on Princeton Campus During Quilt Across New Jersey
11/6/98 -- Sections of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt will be on display at several sites at Princeton University from Tuesday, November 10, through Saturday, November 14, as part of the Quilt Across New Jersey project that began November 2. ...NYC Human Resources Commissioner to Address Welfare Reform
11/4/98 -- Jason Turner, commissioner of the Human Resources Administration (HRA) for the City of New York, will give a lecture entitled "The Future of Welfare Reform" at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Thursday, November 12, at 4:30 p.m., in Robertson Hall, Bowl 1. ...Indian Temple Dance Performance Set for Taplin Auditorium
11/3/98 -- Swati G. Bhisé and Company will perform "Devotional Temple Dancing of South India: The Art of Poetry and Sculpture in Motion" at 8 p.m. on Saturday, November 21, in Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall, at Princeton University. ...Nobel Peace Prize Winner to Address Human Rights
10/30/98 -- Jose Ramos-Horta, 1996 Nobel Peace Prize winner, will speak at Princeton University on Monday, November 9, at 8 p.m. in McCosh 50. He will discuss "Human Rights: Democracy and the Rule of Law in the Asia Pacific Region."Princeton Raises Campaign Goal to $900 Million to Support Financial Aid and Academic Programs
10/24/98 -- Princeton University will raise the goal of its current fund-raising campaign to increase support for financial aid and establish new scholarly programs in genomics, religion and the humanities. Following the recommendation of the alumni leadership of the Anniversary Campaign for Princeton, the Board of Trustees voted today to raise the campaign goal from $750 million to $900 million.Philip A. Thompson, retired technology manager and research physicist, dies
10/21/98 -- Philip Alden Thompson, 69, who retired from the University's Division of Computer Information and Technology, died on October 21 at his home following a seven-month battle with pancreatic cancer.Three Public Events to Focus on Cloning
10/21/98 -- Princeton Universityís Public Lecture Series is sponsoring three programs on cloning: two lectures and one panel discussion chaired by President Harold T. Shapiro. ...History of Photography at Princeton Subject of Mudd Library Exhibit
Reflections on Photographing Princeton
10/19/98 -- The history of photography at Princeton University is vividly presented in a new exhibition at the Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library. "Reflections on Photographing Princeton," running from now until June 30, 1999, traces the evolution of this medium from its birth in 1839 to the middle years of our century. Drawing on the thousands of images contained in the Historical Photograph Collection of the Princeton University Archives, the exhibition documents the varied and influential role photography has played in the lives of Princetonians. ...Scientists Find Evidence of Large Carbon Sink over North America
10/16/98 -- Researchers from Princeton University, with collaborators from the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration and Columbia University, have found evidence of higher-than-expected absorption of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide by ecosystems in North America. ...PRESS ADVISORY -- Daniel C. Tsui, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, 1998
10/13/98 -- A press conference with Professor Daniel C. Tsui has been scheduled for 2 p.m. at the Engineering Quad, Olden Street, at Princeton University. The room number is C-217.Daniel C. Tsui To Share 1998 Nobel Prize in Physics
10/13/98 -- Daniel Chee Tsui, Arthur Legrand Doty Professor of Electrical Engineering, on Tuesday has won the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physics for his 1982 discovery with co-winner Horst L. Stormer, now of Columbia University, of the fractional quantum Hall effect. A third co-winner, Robert B. Laughlin, explained their result the following year. The experiments by Tsui and Stormer led to Laughlin's finding that the electrons in a powerful magnetic field can form a quantum fluid, in which "parts" of an electron can be identified. ...Aubrey Beardsley Centennial Exhibition Open at Library
10/7/98 -- The Princeton University Library is currently commemorating the 100th anniversary of the death of the Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (1872-98), the celebrated English artist and book illustrator, with an exhibition in the Leonard L. Milberg Gallery for the Graphic Arts, Harvey S. Firestone Memorial Library. ...Princeton Acquires Stanley Kunitz Papers
10/7/98 -- The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library, has acquired the papers of the eminent American poet Stanley Kunitz. The poet, born in Worcester, Mass., in 1905, resides in New York City and Provincetown, Mass. Kunitz was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1959 for his Selected Poems, 1928-1958 and has received many other literary prizes and national honors including the Bolligen Prize in Poetry, 1987, and a National Book Award, 1995. ...Memorial Service Scheduled for Carl Fields, First African-American Dean
10/1/98 -- A memorial service for Carl A. Fields, the first African-American dean at Princeton and in the Ivy League, has been scheduled for Sunday, October 25 at 2 p.m. in the University Chapel. President Harold T. Shapiro and former presidents William Bowen and Robert Goheen are scheduled to attend. ...President of the National Women's Political Caucus to Speak at the Woodrow Wilson School
10/1/98 -- Anita Perez Ferguson, president of the National Women's Political Caucus (NWPC), will give a lecture entitled "Women Step Up to Power" at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Wednesday, October 14, at 4:30 p.m., in Robertson Hall, Bowl 5. ...Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund to Speak on the Russian Economy
10/1/98 -- Stanley Fischer, the first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, will give a lecture entitled "The Russian Economic Crisis" at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Tuesday, October 13, at 4:30 p.m., in Robertson Hall, Dodds Auditorium. ...Director of the Aspen Institute Berlin to Address European Security Concerns
10/1/98 -- Catherine McArdle Kelleher, director of the Aspen Institute Berlin, will give the sixth annual Klaus Knorr Memorial Lecture entitled "Thin Gruel from Alphabet Soup? European Security Institutions at the Millennium" at Princeton Universityís Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Monday, October 12, at 4:30 p.m., in Robertson Hall, Bowl 1. ...
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