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News from Princeton, Jan-Mar 1995
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Gorbachev's Press Spokesman to Speak on Soviet Reform and the Russian Future -- Mikhail Gorbachev's former press spokesman, Gennadi Gerasimov, will deliver a lecture titled "Did Soviet Reform Leave a Legacy: Gorbachev and the Russian Future" at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Monday, April 10. [3/30/95]
How the Contract with America Will Affect America's' Children -- Domestic Policy Adviser to President Clinton Carol Rasco will speak on ''The Faces of Children: The Impact of the Contract with America on America's Children'' at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School on Wednesday, April 12. [3/30/95]
Author to Address "Growing Up in Today's Inner-Cities" -- Alex Kotlowitz, the author of There Are No Children Here, a best-selling account of the lives of two boys growing up in poverty in Chicago, will speak at Princeton University on April 4 as part of activities to mark Youth At Risk Awareness Week. [3/29/95]
Princeton-Rutgers Conference Aims to Put 'Virtual Reality' in Historical Context -- Scholars from Princeton, Rutgers and other universities will attempt to place the contemporary discussion on "virtual reality" into historical and comparative context at the seventh annual Princeton-Rutgers Collaborative Conference, to be held at the two campuses April 6-8. [3/29/95]
Consul General of France to Speak on the Future of Europe -- Andre Baeyens, the Consul General of France in New York, will speak on ``How the French See the Future of Europe,'' at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Tuesday, April 4, at 4:30 p.m. in Robertson Hall, Bowl 1. [3/29/95]
Handbook Describes Options for Emergency Contraception -- A new handbook by a team of scholars, policy experts and clinicians aims to educate women about little-known options for preventing pregnancy after sexual intercourse. [3/29/95]
Prime Minister Bhutto to Speak at Princeton -- Pakistan's Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto will discuss ``Pakistan's Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War Era'' at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Saturday, April 8. [3/29/95]
Celebrating Women at Princeton--25 Years and More -- The President's Standing Committee on the Status of Women is sponsoring a week of events from Thursday, April 6, through Thursday, April 13, to mark the 25th anniversary of the arrival on campus of Princeton's first coeducational class and to recognize the important contributions made to the University over many years by women as staff members and in many other roles. [3/28/95]
Professor to Give Presentation on Arts of Vietnam -- Raphael Di Luzio, professor of art at the University of Wyoming, will give a slide and video presentation on Vietnam's contemporary arts at Princeton University on Tuesday, April 11. The presentation is titled "Vietnam, State of the Art: A Country, Not a War." [3/27/95]
Ruth L. Berkelman of Centers for Disease Control Named Princeton's 1994-95 Maclean Fellow -- Dr. Ruth L. Berkelman, deputy director of the National Center for Infectious Diseases of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been named Princeton's University's 1994-95 Maclean Fellow. [3/24/95]
Princeton Economist David Card Wins Prestigious John Bates Clark Prize -- David Card, a Princeton University economist known for his research on such socially relevant topics as the minimum wage and the economic benefits of education, has been named winner of the John Bates Clark Prize. [3/21/95]
UC-Berkeley Chancellor Tien to Deliver Wu Lecture at Princeton -- Chang-Lin Tien, a member of Princeton University's graduate Class of 1959 and chancellor of the University of California at Berkeley, will speak at Princeton Friday, April 7, as the Gordon Wu Distinguished Lecturer of Princeton's School of Engineering and Applied Science. [3/21/95]
Princeton Lecture Series to Address Electronic Authoring and Publishing in the Humanities -- Issues surrounding electronic authoring and publishing in the humanities are the subject of a Princeton University lecture series running in April. Titled "Live Wires: New Media, Electronic Texts, and the Humanities," the series consists of three lectures, on April 4, April 12, and April 20. [3/21/95]
Matthew S. Viglione '95, a politics major from Ballwin, Mo., died of cancer on March 10. A 1991 graduate of Parkway West High School in St. Louis, Viglione participated in the Drama Society and Princeton Summer Theatre while at Princeton. He was to have begun his senior year last fall. [3/16/95]
Expert on Russia to Discuss Environment and Health Conditions -- Murray Feshbach, a research professor at Georgetown University, will speak on ''Environment and Health Conditions in Russia: Worse Than I Thought,'' at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Thursday, March 30. [3/16/95]
Renowned Polish Journalist and Activist to Speak on Poland's Presidential Elections -- Polish journalist Konstanty Gebert will speak on ''Red Vs. White and Red Again? Poland Readies for the Forthcoming Presidential Elections'' at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Monday, March 27. [3/16/95]
Pulitzer Prize Winning Reporter to Speak on Arab-Israeli Peace -- Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas L. Friedman, foreign affairs columnist for the New York Times, will discuss ''The Making and Un-making of the Arab-Israeli Peace,'' at Princeton University on Sunday, April 2. His address is the first in an annual series of Wolfensohn Lectures in honor of William G. Bowen, past president of Princeton University. [3/16/95]
Conference on Self-Determination to be Held at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School --A day-long international conference examining the issues of self-determination and self-administration will be held at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Saturday, March 18. The conference is being organized by the School's Liechtenstein Research Program on Self-Determination, a division of the Center of International Studies. [3/15/95]
African-American Activist to Speak at Princeton -- Mandy Carter, founder and director of the National Black Gay and Lesbian Forum's National Call to Resist Campaign, will visit Princeton University March 23 and 24. Carter will give a formal speech the first day and speak at a brown-bag lunch discussion the following day. [3/10/95]
Director of President's Council on Sustainable Development Addresses that Issue in Talk -- Molly Olson, executive director of the President's Council on Sustainable Development (PCSD), will speak on ''PCSD: Creating a Sustainable Future'' at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Monday, March 27. [3/7/95]
Noted Economist to Discuss Individualism and Multiculturalism -- Glenn Loury, a professor of economics at Boston University, will speak on ''Individualism Before Multiculturalism'' at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Monday, March 27. [3/7/95]
Freshmen Travel to Scotland for Geology Field Work -- A group of 20 Princeton students is traveling to Scotland during spring break, March 10 to 19, to mark the 200th anniversary of the book that gave geology its modern form. The students and two professors, Kenneth S. Deffeyes and Jason Morgan, are going to the Isle of Arran near Glasgow. It was on Arran that James Hutton first found evidence of the enormous extent of geologic time. He also discovered evidence there that granite formed from cooling of a hot molten mass. In 1795 he published a set of two books detailing his discoveries. Entitled Theory of the Earth, the books are usually considered the beginning of geology. [3/7/95]
George Washington University Dean to Address 'U.S.-China Relations After Deng' -- Harry Harding, dean of the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University, will speak on ''U.S. China Relations After Deng'' at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Wednesday, March 22. [3/6/95]
Economist to Discuss Policies to Support Sustainable Development -- Herman Daly, senior research scholar at the University of Maryland's School of Public Affairs will speak on ''Policies for Sustainable Development: Parting Recommendations to the World Bank'' at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Tuesday, March 21. [3/6/95]
Malaysian Ambassador to Speak on Environmental Issues and Concerns of Developing Countries -- Ambassador Razali Ismail will speak on ``Environmental Justice, Development, and the Global Environment: The Perspective of Developing Countries'' at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Wednesday, March 22. [3/6/95]
Princeton Names Winners of Pyne Prize -- Jennifer Babik of Piscataway, N.J., and Benjamin Felt Jones of Falmouth, Mass., have been named winners of Princeton University's M. Taylor Pyne Prize, the highest general distinction conferred by Princeton on an undergraduate. [2/27/95]
Princeton to Host Graduate Student Conference On Significance of Race in American Society -- More than 50 graduate students from Princeton University and 23 other institutions are scheduled to assemble at Princeton March 3-4 for a conference on race and American culture. [2/20/95]
Justin Bekelman of Bethesda Travels To Haiti To Research His Princeton Senior Thesis -- Princeton Senior Talks to Aristide, Witnesses Harsh Poverty -- While most of his fellow Princeton University students sweated out final exams in January, Justin Bekelman of Bethesda, Md., was traveling around Haiti with a driver/translator, interviewing citizens and officials including President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. [2/20/95]
Noted Economist to Discuss Individualism and Multiculturalism -- Glenn Loury, a professor of economics at Boston University, will speak on "Individualism Before Multiculturalism" at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Monday, February 27. [2/17/95]
Professor Edward J. Champlin to Become Master of Butler College -- Professor of Classics and Cotsen Professor of Humanities Edward J. Champlin will become master of Butler College, effective July 1, 1995. [2/10/95]
Professor Amy Gutmann to Become Dean of Faculty -- Amy Gutmann, Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Politics and director of the Princeton University Center for Human Values, will become dean of the Princeton faculty, effective July 1. [2/8/95]
UC-San Diego dean to lead Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School -- Michael Rothschild, dean of social science at the University of California at San Diego, will become dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, effective July 1. [2/1/95]
Rabbi James S. Diamond Appointed Director of Princeton University's Center for Jewish Life -- The appointment of Rabbi James S. Diamond as the director of Princeton University's Center for Jewish Life was announced today by the center's acting director, Professor Thomas H. Stix. [1/31/95]
Princeton, American Biomimetics Enter Agreement For Research on High-Resolution Displays -- Princeton University and American Biomimetics Corporation of Margate, N.J., have entered into a $2 million agreement for research in the area of high-resolution computer and television displays. [1/26/95]
Stephanie Rogers of New Orleans Named Winner of Princeton's Sachs Scholarship -- Stephanie Rogers, a senior in Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, has been named winner of university's Daniel M. Sachs Class of 1960 Graduating Senior Scholarship. [1/27/95]
Albert William Tucker -- Albert William Tucker, aged 89, former chair of Princeton University's Mathematics Department and originator of the influential paradox known as the "Prisoner's Dilemma," died yesterday of complications from pneumonia at the Presbyterian Home of Meadow Lakes in Hightstown, N.J. The Albert Baldwin Dod Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus, was a resident of Princeton. [1/26/95]
Researchers: Increasing Prescriptive Choices Can Lead Doctors to Make Less Rational Decisions -- In a new study with important implications for medical decision-making as well as public policy-making, researchers from the University of Toronto and Princeton University have found that increasing the range of prescriptive options reduces the likelihood that a physician will make a purely rational decision. [1/25/95]
1995-96 Tuition and Fees Rise 4.9 Percent For Lowest Percentage Increase in 20 Years --The trustees of Princeton University voted today to accept recommendations for next year's operating budget which include a 4.9 percent increase in the cost of a Princeton education, from $25,810 in 1994-95 to $27,076 in 1995-96. Tuition will rise 5.3 percent from $19,900 to $20,960, and room and board 3.5 percent from $5,910 to $6,116. [1/23/95]
Governor Whitman to Speak on Public Management Issues -- N.J. Governor Christine Whitman will speak on public management issues at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Tuesday, February 7. [1/20/95]
Former President of Ukraine to Speak at Princeton -- Leonid Kravchuk, president of Ukraine from 1992 to 1994 and currently a member of the Ukrainian parliament, will speak on "Ukraine and Russia: Promoting Interethnic Harmony and Stability" at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Wednesday, February 1. [1/20/95]
Menashri to Speak on Islamic Fundamentalism and the Middle East Peace Process -- David Menashri, senior research fellow at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies and a professor in Tel Aviv University's Department of Middle Eastern and African History, will speak on Iran, Islamic Fundamentalism, and the Middle East Peace Process, at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School on Tuesday, February, 14. [1/20/95]
Peace Corps Director Carol Bellamy to Speak on "New Frontiers in the Former Soviet Republics" -- Carol Bellamy, director of the Peace Corps, will speak on "The Peace Corps in the '90s: New Frontiers in the Former Soviet Republics," at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Monday, February 6. [1/20/95]
Finch Reports on Visit to Russia by Six Ambassadors -- Edward Finch, former U.S. ambassador to Panama, will speak on ''Russia Today and Tomorrow: A Report on a Recent Visit by Six Ambassadors'' at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Thursday, February 2. [1/20/95]
CIA's Inspector General to Discuss Aldrich Ames Espionage Conviction and Its Impact on the CIA -- Frederick Hitz, inspector general for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) will speak on ''The CIA After Ames'' at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Thursday, February 16. [1/20/95]
"Does Environmental Regulation Help or Hinder Competitiveness?" -- Paul Portney, vice president and senior fellow at Resources for the Future, will give a lecture titled "Does Environmental Regulation Help or Hinder Competitiveness?" at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs on Thursday, February 9. [1/20/95]
Marian Wright Edelman Highlights Princeton's Martin Luther King Day Program -- Marian Wright Edelman, president of the Children's Defense Fund, will speak at Princeton Monday, January 16, highlighting the university's celebration of Martin Luther King Day. [1/10/95]
Eugene P. Wigner -- Eugene P. Wigner, Nobel Prize-winning Princeton University professor of mathematical physics emeritus and leader in the effort to unleash the power of the atom, died January 1, 1995, of pneumonia at the Medical Center of Princeton, N.J. He was 92 years old. [1/3/95]
Pribicevic To Speak on the Politics of Serbia -- Ognjen Pribicevic, research fellow of the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Belgrade, will speak on "Slobodan Milosovic and the Politics of Serbia" at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School on Tuesday, January 10. [1/3/95]
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