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Exhibition
celebrates Japanese prints
12/28/01 -- A small exhibition in the lobby of Princeton
University's Firestone Library showcases masterworks of the
art of Japanese prints, as well as instruction on how
Japanese papermaking, drawing wood carving and printing
served this art. The exhibition, "Ukiyo-E: Japanese
Woodblock Color Prints," runs through Jan. 31.
Princeton
hosts leading Israeli poets
12/18/01 -- Israeli poets Aharon Shabtai, Meir
Wieseltier, Rachel Tzvia Back and Taha Muhammad Ali, will
read and discuss their work. Four Wednesdays in February
(see full release). Jones Hall on the Princeton campus.
Brian
McDonald named Princeton University's vice president for
development
12/17/01 -- Brian J. McDonald, a member of the Princeton
University Class of 1983 and the current volunteer chair of
Princeton's National Annual Giving Committee, has been named
the University's next vice president for development,
effective Feb. 1, 2002.
Princeton
announces four programs to help meet New York City-area
needs resulting from terrorist attacks of September
11
12/11/01 -- Princeton University has committed a total
of $1 million to four programs that it is creating to assist
individuals, especially young people, most directly affected
by the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade
Center and to help support New York City's renewal and
recovery from those attacks. The four programs are designed
to ...
Two
seniors awarded Rhodes Scholarships
12/10/01 -- Two Princeton seniors have been awarded
prestigious Rhodes Scholarships, which provide funding for
two or three years of study at the University of Oxford in
England. They are Katharine Buzicky and Lillian
Pierce.
N.J.
secretary of state to speak at Princeton MLK Day
celebration
11/29/01 -- N.J. Secretary of State DeForest B. Soaries
Jr. will participate in Princeton University's annual
tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. In addition to Soaries'
address, the event includes award presentations to winners
of Princeton's essay and poster contests for students in
grades four through 12. Monday, Jan. 21, 2002, (time to be
announced). Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall. DeForest
B. Soaries Jr. was sworn in as New Jersey's secretary of
state on Jan. 12, 1999 and leads a department devoted to
preserving and promoting the story of New Jersey through the
state's arts, history and culture. ...
Lynne
Cheney to speak on civic education
11/28/01 -- Dr. Lynne V. Cheney; senior fellow at the
American Enterprise Institute, former chair of the National
Endowment for the Humanities and wife of Vice President
Richard B. Cheney will lecture on "Teaching for Freedom."
(Note: This is a ticketed event and is open only to
Princeton University ID holders, invited guests and
accredited media representatives. See media information
below.) Thursday, Nov. 29 at 4:30 p.m., 50 McCosh Hall (Helm
Auditorium).
Jesse
Jackson to give keynote address at conference on Puerto
Rico
11/21/01 -- Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, founder
and president of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, will be the
keynote speaker at this conference on "Puerto Ricans:
Second-Class Citizens in 'Our' Democracy?" He will speak at
11:45 a.m. Friday, Nov. 30 in 50 McCosh Hall and is expected
to discuss his efforts on behalf of the Puerto Rican island
of Vieques to stop U.S. military bombing exercises there.
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Princeton
alumnus donates significant American Judaica to Firestone
Library
11/19/21 -- Princeton University alumnus Sidney Lapidus
has given Princeton's Firestone Library 35 significant books
relating to the history of American Jews during the 18th and
19th centuries, including three books by Mordecai Noah,
considered by some historians to be the most influential Jew
of antebellum America. The books are on view in the lobby of
Firestone Library through Friday, Nov. 30.
Entrepreneurs
to discuss experiences, challenges
11/13/01 -- With the economy in recession, five
Princeton alumni are returning to campus to discuss their
experiences as entrepreneurs. This forum was prompted by
student interest in a new course on "Entrepreneurship in
America: The Changing Roles of Private and Public
Enterprise," and is designed to increase awareness of this
vital subject among students and others in the Princeton
community. Thursday, Nov. 15, at 7 p.m., McCosh 10.
Peter
Lewis gift to support Frank Gehry-designed science library
at Princeton
11/12/01 -- Peter B. Lewis, a member of the Princeton
Class of 1955 and a trustee of the University, is making a
gift of $60 million to support the construction and the
programs of a new science library at Princeton that will be
designed by the internationally acclaimed architect Frank
Gehry. The library is expected to be located near the corner
of Ivy Lane and Washington Road, with a connection to the
existing math-physics library in Fine Hall.
Paderewski
Foundation donates assets to Princeton
University
11/9/01 -- Since the early 1980s, the Paderewski
Foundation has supported a memorial concert as part of the
University Concert Series. Now, the foundation is dissolving
and will turn its assets to the University in order to
sustain the annual concert. ...
Princeton
decides not to continue in the Alliance for Life-Long
Learning
11/8/01 -- Princeton University, one of the founding
members of the University Alliance for Life-Long Learning,
has decided not to continue as a member of the alliance
beyond the current first phase of the organization's
development.
Brown,
Nehamas chosen for new Mellon Foundation
awards
11/8/01 -- Two Princeton professors are among the first
five recipients of the Andrew Mellon Foundation's new
Distinguished Achievement Awards for scholars in the
humanities. They are Peter Brown, the Philip and Beulah
Rollins Professor of History, and Alexander Nehamas, the
Edmund Carpenter II Class of 1943 Professor in the
Humanities and professor of philosophy and comparative
literature.
Lecture
by al Jazeera's Washington bureau chief
11/7/01 -- Hafiz al-Mirazi, Washington bureau chief for
al Jazeera television, will lecture on "Al Jazeera, the Arab
World and the International Media," on Nov. 7, 2001 at 5
p.m. in 302 Frist on the Princeton University campus. The al
Jazeera Satellite Channel, the first 24-hour satellite news
network in the Arab world. was established in 1996, and
broadcasts from Qatar. It is known as the first Arab news
organization to offer uncensored information and is the only
foreign TV network with a bureau in Kabul, Afghanistan.
...
Sky
survey lowers estimate of asteroid impact
risk
11/7/01 -- The odds of earth suffering a catastrophic
collision with an asteroid over the next century are about
one in 5,000, which is less likely than previously believed,
according to research published this month. Astronomers
using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey found that the
solar system contains about 700,000 asteroids big enough to
destroy civilization. ...
Arun
Gandhi to speak on nonviolence in response to
terrorism
11/7/01 -- Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mohandas Gandhi will
lecture on "Terrorism, Nonviolence, and Justice," at 7:30
p.m. Monday, Nov. 19, in McCosh 10 on the Princeton
University campus. The grandson of spiritual leader and
renowned peace advocate Mohandas Gandhi, Arun Gandhi is the
founder of the MK Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, which
was founded by Arun Gandhi and his wife, Sunanda, in 1991 to
promote and teach the philosophy and practice of
nonviolence.
Sen. Bill
Frist to speak on economic impact of terrorist
attacks
11/6/01 -- U.S. Sen. William Frist will lecture on "The
Impact of Sept. 11 on the U.S. Economy and Beyond," at 5
p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, Dodds Auditorium, Robertson Hall on the
Princeton campus. U.S. Sen. William Frist, who graduated
from Princeton in 1974, is the ranking member of the Senate
Subcommittee on Public Health. In addition to discussing the
impact of the terrorist attacks on the economy, he is
expected to comment on recent events at the U.S. Capitol and
on efforts to strengthen the nation's preparedness for a
bio-terrorist attack.
Larger
than life twin statues honor Witherspoon's towering
contributions
11/5/01 -- A student of John Witherspoon, the president
of Princeton University during the Revolutionary War, once
claimed that the Scotsman had more "presence" than any man
he had known other than George Washington. Witherspoon's
boundless presence will again be felt on the campus when a
10-foot-tall bronze statue is unveiled in ceremonies
Saturday, Nov. 10. ...
Conference
on women artists
11/2/01 -- Women artists, art historians and critics
will come together for a conference on "Women Artists at the
Millennium, "Nov. 9 and 10, 2001, in McCormick Hall on the
Princeton University campus. Thirty years ago, art historian
Linda Nochlin wrote an essay titled "Why Have There Been No
Great Women Artists?" On Nov. 9 and 10, she will participate
in a conference at Princeton that will revisit this question
and look at the ways in which both the question and the
answers to it may have changed since 1971.
Wei to
resign as engineering dean
10/30/01 -- James Wei has seen great changes in the
engineering school at Princeton in his 10 years as dean.
Most notable, he said, has been a shift from an isolated,
"inward-looking" approach to research and teaching to a more
consultative style that emphasizes collaborations with other
disciplines and with industry. ...
Political
scientist examines democracy in suburbia
10/25/01 -- In the last half century, many Americans
have moved from large cities and small towns to a place in
between -- most U.S. residents now live in the suburbs.
Sociologists have studied the consequences of this change in
terms of issues such as racial segregation. But what about
the effects on our basic form of government? In "Democracy
in Suburbia," Eric Oliver, assistant professor of politics
and public affairs, applies statistical analysis to
extensive survey and census data to examine the health of
American civic society....
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Conference
examines what it means to be human
10/25/01 -- Prominent ethicists, theologians, historians
and scientists, including Princeton University President
Shirley M. Tilghman and former President Harold T. Shapiro,
will participate in a conference sponsored by the Center for
the Study of Religion: "What Does It Mean To Be Human?
Religion and Bioethics," Nov. 8 and 9, 2001. ...
Astrophysicist
David Spergel receives MacArthur Fellowship
10/24/01 -- David Spergel, an astrophysicist whose work
ranges from researching the origin of the universe to
searching for Earth-like planets, has been awarded a 2001
MacArthur Fellowship.
Princeton
Professor David Lewis dies at 60
-- Longtime philosophy professor was leading figure in
his field
10/19/01 -- David Lewis, the Class of 1943 University
Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University and a
leading figure in philosophy, died suddenly Oct. 14 from
complications arising from diabetes. He was 60. Lewis joined
the Princeton faculty as an associate professor in 1970 and
remained at Princeton for the rest of his life.
Special
Exhibition of Roman Sculpture at University Art
Museum
-- Exhibition Dates: October 13, 2001, through January 20,
2002
10/13/01 -- "Empire of Stone: Roman Sculpture from The Art
Museum, Princeton University" will highlight the Museum's
fall exhibition schedule. Opening on Saturday, October 13,
2001, the exhibition will be on view in the special
exhibition gallery through January 20, 2002.
Major
Princeton conference to explore Jewish-American writers,
artists
-- Library releases never-published works by Henry Roth,
I.B. Singer, others
10/10/02 -- More than two dozen well-known writers and
cartoonists -- from E.L. Doctorow to Wendy Wasserstein, from
Art Spiegelman to Susan Sontag -- will be on the Princeton
University campus Oct. 21-23 for a conference on
Jewish-American writing. The conference coincides with an
exhibition at Firestone Library marking the opening of the
Leonard Milberg '53 Collection of Jewish-American Writers
and the release of a double volume of never-published
stories, essays and poems by prominent American writers.
Sarnoff
and Princeton University Agree on a Plan for the University
to Purchase 90 Acres of Sarnoff Lands
10/8/01 -- Sarnoff Corporation and Princeton University
have agreed that the University will purchase approximately
90 acres of Sarnoff's 345-acre West Windsor campus if
Sarnoff receives approval from West Windsor Township for a
satisfactory General Development Plan (GDP) for the Sarnoff
property. The 90 acres include the portion of the property
that fronts along Route One and a section along the
Millstone River near Route One.
Princeton
dedicates the Friend Center for Engineering
Education
10/8/01 -- Princeton University on Saturday dedicated
the Friend Center for Engineering Education, created to
encourage all students -- engineers and non-engineers alike
-- to acquire the technological understanding essential for
life in the 21st century.
Thomas
Breidenthal named dean of religious life
10/8/01 -- The Rev. Dr. Thomas E. Breidenthal, a
scholar, teacher and Episcopal priest who has been a leader
in interfaith cooperation, has been named dean of religious
life at Princeton University, effective Jan. 1.
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