Princeton Weekly Bulletin September 20, 1999 Vol. 89, No. 2 [<] [>] [archive]

• [Page one] • Looking for alien light • SETI@home • Computer experts aid Kosovo refugees • Mandela to be honored • Report summarizes efforts to combat alcohol abuse • Six join board of trustees • Humanities Council brings fellows • Nassau Notes • People • Obituaries • Calendar • Employment

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Editor:    Sally Freedman Associate editor:    Caroline Moseley Calendar and production editor:    Carolyn Geller Contributing writers:    Justin Harmon,    Ken Howard,    Steven Schultz Photographer:    Denise Applewhite Web edition:    Mahlon Lovett

	Looking for alien light Faculty, staff, students volunteers work to refurbish old telescope for new project The old FitzRandolph observatory in the shadow of Princeton Stadium shows its years of neglect.     The locked, chalky steel door hides a water-damaged floor and a telescope that was abandoned more than 30 years ago as development in the Princeton area made the skies too bright for scientific observations.     But a dedicated group of Princeton scientists is working to change that. [>>more]
	Computer experts aid Kosovo refugees Megan Peterson, graphic designer in the Communications Office, spent most of her free time this summer at the US Army Reserve installation at Fort Dix -- but not because of any connection with the military. She had volunteered her computer expertise to the Refugee Internet Assistance Initiative (RIAI), in an effort to aid Albanian Kosovars living at the facility. [>>more]
	Mandela to be honored Nelson Mandela, who served as the first black president of South Africa from 1994 to June 1999, and his wife Graça Machel have accepted an invitation to campus this winter, when Mandela will receive an honorary degree. Current plans call for both Mandela and Machel to give public ddress on February 25, the day before Alumni Day.
	Report summarizes efforts to combat alcohol abuse In the July 1999 report on its alcohol initiative, the Trustee Committee on Student Life, Health and Athletics summarizes proposals that have already been implemented or will be implemented during the fall of 1999 to address the problem of alcohol abuse on campus. [>>more]       Six join board of trustees Six new trustees join the board in September: charter trustee Brent Henry; term trustees Heidi Miller and Crystal Nix; and alumni trustees A. Scott Berg, Andrea Jung and Brian Johnson. All will serve until 2003 except Henry, who will serve until 2009. [>>more]
	SETI@home Highly intelligent beings have taken over my computer and are using it to look for aliens. First it was my office computer.     Then the computer on a nearby desk. Now it's my desktop at home, and I'm wondering about my wife's laptop. No, I'm not paranoid; it's happened to a million other people as well. [>>more]
	Humanities Council brings fellows Twenty-seven guests will visit the campus under the auspices of the Humanities Council during the academic year 1999-2000: 16 visiting fellows, including a musical quartet; four Ferris Professors of Journalism; the Harold W. McGraw Jr. Professor of Writing; two Hodder fellows; two postdoctoral fellows; and two special lecturers. [>>more]
	People Assistant Professor of Music Paul Koonce and Professor of Music Paul Lansky have been chosen ASCAP Award recipients by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Kurt Mislow, Hugh Stott Taylor Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus, has been elected a foreign Member of the Class of Physical, Mathematical and Natural Sciences in the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. The academy, which was founded in 1603, is divided into two classes, each of which is comprised of 90 national members, 90 corresponding members and 90 foreign members.       Obituaries of retired employees February: William Strother, 83 (1953-81, Psychology) June: John Lawson, 75 (1964-86, Plasma Physics Lab); and Hazel Wertz, 58 (1963-97, Physics) July: Richard Alexander, 64 (1981-96, Finance); Elizabeth Kenney, 88 (1955-76, Engineering and Applied Sciences); and Dorothy Klemann, 80 (1966-79, Physics)
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