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"These guys are aces"
Physics machine shop makes everything to
order, from satellite parts to bell clappers
One Wednesday afternoon in
February, the folks down at NASA were having
trouble.
For months Princeton physicists
had been working with NASA engineers to prepare for
the launch of a satellite. Delicate instruments,
designed to probe for the faintest echoes of the
Big Bang, were in their final round of tests in a
chamber that simulates the brutal cold of
space.
Suddenly it became clear that
one part of the assembly was running too warm
compared to the rest. In space, the problem could
ruin everything. [>>more]
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A far cry from Cancun
It may have been the Caribbean, but for 18
students who spent their spring break in Cuba, it
was a far cry from soaking up rays in Cancun.
The trip was designated an
educational mission. Though no academic credit was
involved, everyone who wanted to go had to write a
research proposal. Among the activities in Cuba
were a series of four lectures arranged by the
University of Havana -- but the education went on
every waking moment... [>>more]
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Ancient World: a pretty big place
The Program in the Ancient World was established
in 1986 to integrate the graduate study of
antiquity that thrives in the four departments of
Classics, Religion, History, and Art and
Archaeology.
"The Ancient World is a pretty
big place," says program director Robert Kaster,
who is Kennedy Foundation Professor of Latin
Language and Literature. "It covers a lot of
territory, a lot of time -- and crosses a lot of
traditional disciplinary boundaries. [>>more]
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Soros Fellows receive funds for graduate
school
Three Princetonians this year have been awarded
Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
for graduate study: Tamar Friedmann '98, a second
year doctoral candidate in physics; graduating
senior Luis Garcia; and Neysun Mahboubi '97.
The Soros Fellowship Program,
which was founded to support graduate education for
outstanding children of immigrants, provides 30
grantees a year with half the cost of graduate
study at any institution of higher education in the
United States, as well as an annual grant of
$20,000, for two years. [>>more]
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US News ranks grad programs
InUS News and World Report's 2001
rankings of graduate programs, Princeton held
positions in the top three of several
disciplines.
Among PhD programs, Princeton's
history program ranked number one (sharing this
distinction with the University of California,
Berkeley), math number two (along with Harvard,
Berkeley and Stanford) and physics number three
(along with Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology and Berkeley). [>>more]
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Athletics
Lacrosse. The men defeated Yale 17-5 on
April 1, and the women, who are ranked number two
in the latest IWCLA poll, beat Virginia 8-7 on
March 31 and Cornell 12-7 on April 2. (Men: 4-1,
1-0 Ivy; women: 7-1, 2-0 Ivy )
Tennis. The men won against Temple on
March 29, and both men and women bested Penn on
April 1. (Men: 12-5, 0-0 Ivy; women: 10-2, 0-0
Ivy)
Water polo. The Tiger women placed first
in the ECAC Championship on April 1 and 2,
defeating Harvard in the semifinals and U Mass in
the championship game. (18-3, 8-0 CWPA)
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