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Choral Music to
Complement Religious Paintings by van Dyck and Titian at
Princeton University Art Museum
Concert Date: Sunday April 21, 2002
3/29/02 -- The Princeton Singers, under the direction of
Artistic Director Steven Sametz, will present a rich variety
of choral music at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 21, 2002, at the
Princeton University Art Museum. The program, presented in
conjunction with the museum's special exhibition "Anthony
van Dyck: Ecce Homo and The Mocking of
Christ," will reflect the music of the early seventeenth
century, when Van Dyck created his masterpieces, as well as
demonstrating The Singers' stylistic flexibility and range
of repertoire.
McGreevey, Forbes,
Krauthammer, Hochschild to speak at conference on
Declaration of Independence
3/27/02 -- Distinguished scholars and public officials,
including Gov. James McGreevey, Steve Forbes, Charles
Krauthammer, Jennifer Hochschild and others will speak at a
conference on the Declaration of Independence. April 5 and
6, Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall. Scholars, public
officials and others will gather on campus Friday and
Saturday, April 5 and 6, to reflect upon and debate the
ideals of the Declaration of Independence as they relate to
the challenges facing America today.
Canadian minister to speak
on Charter of Rights
3/25/02 -- Stéphane Dion, Canadian minister of
intergovernmental affairs will lecture on "The Canadian
Charter of Rights and Freedoms at Twenty: The Ongoing Search
for Balance Between Individual and Community Rights."
Monday, April 1, at 4:30 p.m. Friend Center, Room 004.
Princeton scientist wins
'Nobel Prize of water'
3/22/02 -- Princeton hydrologist Ignacio
Rodriguez-Iturbe has been selected to receive the Stockholm
Water Prize, a $150,000 award known informally as the "Nobel
Prize of water." King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden will present
the award on behalf of the Stockholm Water Foundation at a
ceremony in the Stockholm City Hall on Aug. 15.
Students receive first
ReachOut '56 Fellowships
3/18/02 -- Two Princeton seniors have been awarded
inaugural fellowships by the class of 1956 that will fund
their participation in programs working to improve our
comprehension of the events of Sept. 11 and help heal the
wounds created on that day.
Prints, Drawings, and
Books by European Masters Accompany Anthony van Dyck
Exhibition at Princeton University Art Museum
Exhibition Dates: March 9 through June 9, 2002
3/7/02 -- The dramatic story of Christ's Passion has been
told, enacted, and imagined countless times in Christian
culture. It is examined again in an exhibition entitled "In
the Mirror of Christ's Passion: Prints, Drawings, and
Illustrated Books by European Masters" on view through June
9, 2002, at the Princeton University Art Museum in
conjunction with the exhibition "Anthony van Dyck: Ecce
Homo and the Mocking of Christ."
Tilghman visit to
high school fires excitement about science
3/6/02 -- During a two-day trip packed with meetings,
President Shirley M. Tilghman stopped at a Chicago high
school Wednesday to lead a spirited discussion with students
about the genome project and opportunities that await those
who continue to study science.
Tilghman wins For Women
in Science Award
3/6/02 -- President Shirley M. Tilghman is one of five
winners of the international 2002 For Women in Science
Award. The distinguished women leaders in science were
chosen by an international jury for the award, which is
sponsored by UNESCO and the L'Oréal cosmetics
company. They were honored March 6 in Paris at a ceremony
which Tilghman was unable to attend.
Students earn
scholarships for study in England
3/4/02 -- Three Princeton seniors have been awarded
scholarships for study in England next year. They are:
Natalie Deffenbaugh of Columbia, Md., who will receive the
Daniel Sachs Class of 1960 Memorial Scholarship; Paul
Hackwell of Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., who will receive
the Keasbey Scholarship; and Ann Kelly of New York City, who
will receive one of the first Gates Cambridge
Scholarships.
James Baker to be
Class Day speaker
2/28/02 -- James A. Baker III, who has served as both
U.S. secretary of state and secretary of the treasury, will
be the keynote speaker at this year's Class Day ceremony
June 3.
Employees honored
for dedication and service
2/27/02 -- Six University staff members were recognized
for their exceptional performance during the annual Service
Recognition Luncheon Feb. 25 at the Frist Campus Center.
Princeton gives highest
awards to top undergraduate, graduate
students
2/23/02 -- Seniors Abbie Liel and Lillian Pierce
received the University's Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize, and
graduate students Howard Keeley and Melissa Miller were
named co-winners of the Porter Ogden Jacobus Fellowship at
Alumni Day ceremonies Saturday, Feb. 23. These are the
highest honors Princeton awards to students.
Afghan leaders
available for interviews Feb. 25
2/22/02 -- Afghan government, civic and cultural leaders
visiting Princeton University this weekend will be available
to speak to reporters 10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 25 in 012
Bendheim Hall on the Princeton campus.
Pediatrician
Brazelton on Alumni Day panel
2/20/02 -- Pediatrician T. Berry Brazelton Jr. will
participate in a Princeton University panel discussion
Saturday, Feb. 23 on "Talking with Children in a Post-Sept.
11 World." The discussion is part of Alumni Day events and
so is not open to the general public, although journalists
are welcomed.
The Cotsen Players
perform "Sara Crewe" February 23 and 24
2/19/02 -- The Cotsen Children's Library tranforms into
Victorian London this weekend when the Cotsen Players
present "Sara Crewe, or What Happened at Miss Minchin's," a
play by Princeton University playwright Robert N. Sandberg,
based on the classic children's story of A Little Princess
by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Princeton junior Adena Spingarn
is directing this undergraduate production.
Study finds that decaying
leaves contain chemicals in same class as DDT and
PCBs
2/18/02 -- It has always seemed so natural: Autumn
leaves turn beautiful colors, fall to the ground, then decay
into the rich mulch that gardeners prize as the ultimate
nourishment for a new season of plant life. A study by
Princeton geochemist Satish Myneni, however, has revealed a
new side to this ageless cycle. As leaves and other plant
materials die and decay, they naturally develop increasing
concentrations of chemicals that, while possibly harmless,
belong to the same class that includes the toxic pollutants
DDT and PCBs.
Leader of Bamiyan Buddha
reconstruction project to speak at Princeton
2/18/02 -- In March 2001, the Taliban destroyed two
giant Buddha statues in Bamiyan, Afghanistan. Carved in the
limestone cliffs of the Bamiyan region almost 2,000 years
ago, the statues were considered by the Taliban to be
depictions of a false god, forbidden by the Taliban's strict
interpretation of Islam, and were reduced to rubble in a
public display.
Symposium on women and
religion in Africa, African diaspora
2/11/02 -- An interdisciplinary group of scholars from
universities around the United States will hold a symposium
entitled "Purity, Power, and Praise: Revisioning Women's
Religious Roles in Africa and the African Diaspora." Friday,
Feb. 22 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Whig Hall Senate Chamber on
the Princeton University campus. ...
James
E. Crawford III named chair of Princeton University Annual
Giving
2/7/02 -- James E. Crawford III has been appointed
national chair of Princeton University's Annual Giving
efforts. Crawford, a managing partner at Frontenac Company,
a Chicago-based private equity investment firm, is a member
of Princeton's class of 1968 and a longtime volunteer for
Princeton.
Community
House hosts Black History Month Extravaganza
2/7/02 -- Community House, a community service
organization committed to helping Princeton residents who
are in need, invites the entire community to its annual
Black History Month Extravaganza.
Singh wins
prestigious early career award
2/5/02 -- President Bush's Office of Science and
Technology Policy has awarded Mona Singh, assistant
professor of computer science, a 2001 Presidential Early
Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.
Discovery
of bacterial "touch sensor" could lead to biofilm
treatments
2/5/02 -- A discovery by Princeton University scientists
could lead to new ways to combat biofilms -- tough coatings
of bacteria that form on everything from teeth and
prosthetic devices to the hulls of ships.
Meg
Whitman to support new residential college at
Princeton
Gift from Whitman and family allows University to expand
student body and provide new living options
2/4/02 -- Meg Whitman, president and chief executive officer
of eBay, Inc., a Princeton University trustee and member of
the class of 1977, is making a gift of $30 million toward
the construction of a new residential college at the
University. The new college, to be named Whitman College,
will enable Princeton to expand its undergraduate student
body and provide more varied educational and social
opportunities for students.
Chinese
Tomb Guardian Figures on View at Princeton University Art
Museum
Exhibition Dates: February 9 through August 31, 2002
2/2/02 -- A recently acquired pair of Chinese tomb guardian
figures from the Tang dynasty (618&emdash;907) is the focus
of a small exhibition, "Guardians of the Tomb: Spirit Beasts
of Tang Dynasty China," on view at the Princeton University
Art Museum from February 9 through August 31, 2002.
Roll
call: study shows how bacteria signal a
quorum
Finding could aid development of antibacterial drugs
1/30/02 -- Scientists have identified a molecule that allows
bacteria to send signals between species, a discovery that
may eventually lead to new drugs designed to disrupt
bacterial communication.
Peter
McDonough appointed Princeton University general
counsel
1/29/02 -- Peter McDonough, a member of Princeton's
legal staff for 12 years, has been promoted to lead that
office as general counsel. His appointment, effective Feb.
1, was approved Jan. 26 by the University's trustees.
Arts
Alive program kicks off with visits to museum,
Broadway
Program benefits children most affected by Sept. 11
attacks
1/29/02 -- Arts Alive, a program created and funded by
Princeton University to provide cultural experiences in New
York for up to 10,000 schoolchildren affected by the Sept.
11 terrorist attacks, begins this week with visits to the
American Museum of Natural History, the Hayden Planetarium
and two Broadway shows.
Princeton
appoints Anthony Appiah, James Haxby as senior faculty
members
Grants tenure to Thomas Duffy; promotes Giovanni Maggi
to full professor
1/26/02 -- Princeton University's Board of Trustees today
appointed two scholars to the faculty as full professors,
effective Sept. 1, 2002. They are: Kwame Anthony Appiah,
named as the Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of
Philosophy and the University Center for Human Values; and
James Van Loan Haxby, appointed as professor of
psychology.
German
Art in the Age of Expressionism Exhibited at Princeton
University Art Museum
Exhibition Dates: January 29 through June 9, 2002
1/25/02 -- "Klinger to Kollwitz: German Art in the Age of
Expressionism," an overview of late-nineteenth-and
early-twentieth-century German art, will be on view at the
Princeton University Art Museum from January 29 through June
9, 2002.
South
American forests offer glimpse of U.S. ecosystems before
industrial revolution
1/23/02 -- A study of ancient and unpolluted South
American forests promises to upend longstanding beliefs
about ecosystems and the effects of pollution in the
Northern Hemisphere.
Ernest
Gordon, longtime dean of the chapel, dies
1/21/02 -- A memorial service for Ernest Gordon, dean of
the chapel at Princeton from 1955 to 1981, is scheduled for
2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, in the University Chapel. Gordon
died Jan. 16 at age 85.
Princeton
University Orchestra to give benefit
performances
Concerts benefit victims of Sept. 11 attacks
1/18/02 -- The Princeton University Orchestra will give four
performances in New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.
this winter to benefit people affected by the Sept. 11
attacks.
Dr. Louis
Pyle, former health services director, dies
1/18/02 -- A memorial service for Dr. Louis Pyle Jr., a
1941 Princeton graduate who formerly served as director of
the University Health Services and director of athletic
medicine, is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, at the
Trinity Church in Princeton.
Princeton
University Art Museum Exhibition Examines Surveillance and
Contemporary Culture
Exhibition Dates: January 19 through March 31,
2002
1/18/02 -- "Anxious Omniscience: Surveillance and
Contemporary Cultural Practice," on view at the Princeton
University Art Museum through March 31, 2002, is a
multi-media exhibition that examines questions of
surveillance at a time when issues of security and civil
liberties are increasingly urgent.
Artist-in-residence
Lynne Cherry draws on Princeton for
inspiration
1/17/02 -- No one walking into Lynne Cherry's office in
Guyot Hall would mistake it for one of those belonging to
the scientists and administrators all around her. The
textbooks-on-a-shelf style of décor common to
academics has given way to rows of brightly colored
children's book covers, sketchpads and colored pencils.
Bowen to
step down as health services director
1/11/02 -- Dr. Pamela Bowen will be stepping down as
director of University Health Services at the end of the
academic year in June. Bowen, who has been in that position
since 1991, plans to leave the University to undertake a new
project addressing issues in health care and health
education for domestic and foreign students from diverse
cultural backgrounds.
Firestone
labor strife contributed to faulty tires, study
suggests
1/11/02 -- Labor strife and poor morale on the factory
floor can take a heavy toll on product quality, two
Princeton economists suggest in a new paper that reviews the
production of defective Firestone tires during the
mid-1990s, when managers and workers were battling.
Princeton
University Art Museum Offers Look at New German
Photography
Exhibition Dates: January 19 through March 24, 2002
1/7/02 -- "New German Photography," an exhibition on view
from January 19 through March 24, 2002, at the Princeton
University Art Museum, features fifteen photographic works
made in Germany during the past two decades by such artists
as Dieter Appelt, Andreas Gursky, Candida Höfer, Thomas
Ruff, and Thomas Struth.
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