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Name: Svet Simidjiyski

Position: Attendant in shipping and receiving in the Department of Molecular Biology. Handling the shipment and delivery of packages. On a busy day, 120 parcels can be delivered to the department.

Quote: "I like my job -- the people are nice here."

Other interests: Moved here eight years ago from Bulgaria, where he earned a master's degree in mechanical engineering and worked as a ship's engineer. He and his wife have two children, a daughter who is a student at Princeton and a son who is a lawyer in Central Asia.


April 30, 2001
Vol. 90, No. 26
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Contents

Princeton and Oxford build on strengths
University trustees honor Shapiros
Trustees vote to revamp residential college system
Students go to the head of the class
Scientists pinpoint neurons as source of 'body sense'
Auditors are learning and teaching
Glass slipper tale is perfect fit for Cotsen

People
Spotlight
Leader in plasma physics dies
Feminism: The next generation?

Sections
By the numbers: Financial aid
Nassau Notes
Calendar of events


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