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June 14, 2004
Vol. 93, No. 29
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Contents

Commencement 2004
• Tilghman: With graduation comes a responsibility
• Commencement highlights
• Four faculty members recognized for their outstanding teaching
• By the numbers: Commencement statistics

People
• Burstein named vice president for administration
• Hlafter selected for national architectural honor
• University names six new trustees
• Appointments
• Spotlight, retirements, obituaries
• Briefs

Faculty
• Five new full professors named to the faculty
• New associate and assistant professors appointed
• Six faculty members transfer to emeritus status
• Ikenberry named to endowed chair
• Cook chronicles history of the human race
• Philander traces transformation of El Niño
• Singer joins political debate in book about Bush's ethics

Inside
• Device sorts microscopic particles with amazing speed and precision
• Engineering plan calls for greater focus on societal needs
• New library named for Peter B. Lewis
• Two seniors awarded fellowships for yearlong public service projects
• First students graduate from Princeton Prep
• Grants fund research on underwater vehicles, high-tech materials
• Book group builds bridges to Princeton community and beyond
• ACLU role in Brown case explored

Benefits
• HR Solution Center aims to provide quick responses
• Tuition grant increased for children
• Changes made to staff tuition plan

Sections
• Calendar of events
 

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Editor: Ruth Stevens
Calendar editor: Carolyn Geller
Staff writers: Jennifer Greenstein Altmann, Steven Schultz
Contributing writers: Patricia Allen, Karin Dienst, Eric Quinones
Photographer: Denise Applewhite
Design: Mahlon Lovett, Laurel Masten Cantor, Margaret Westergaard
Web edition: Mahlon Lovett

 

New library named for Peter B. Lewis

 

 
 

A recent model of the library

 

Princeton NJ -- At its meeting on May 31, the Board of Trustees approved the naming of the new library on the corner of Washington Road and Ivy Lane as the Peter B. Lewis Library. Lewis, a member of the Princeton class of 1955 and a trustee of the University, is chairman of the board of the Progressive Corp., one of the nation's largest auto insurers. He has made a gift of $60 million to support the construction and the programs of the library, which has been designed by the internationally acclaimed architect Frank Gehry.

Construction of the 87,000-square-foot facility is expected to begin this fall and to be completed in two years. The library will serve researchers working on projects that cross scientific fields, provide services and facilities that take into account the revolutionary changes in scholarly publishing over recent years, and meet the needs of students better than the current patchwork of small, discipline-specific science libraries.

 

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