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Princeton Weekly Bulletin   November 7, 2005, Vol. 95, No. 8   prev   next

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Page One
• Freshmen build skills, bond with classmates in seminars
• Grant fosters international collaboration along with innovative cosmology research

Freshman Seminars
• Experimenting with new ways to make music
• Exploring Hispanics’ growing role in American society
• Finding the holy in everyday life through literature

Inside
• Fragile Families study spawns research and teaching opportunities
• United Way campaign kicks off Nov. 8

People
• Associate University architect appointed
• People, spotlight, briefs

Almanac
• Nassau Notes
• Calendar of events
• By the numbers

 

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Editor: Ruth Stevens
Calendar editor: Carolyn Geller
Staff writers: Jennifer Greenstein Altmann, Eric Quiñones
Contributing writer: Karin Dienst, Teresa Riordan, Anne Sasso
Photographers: Denise Applewhite, John Jameson
Design: Maggie Westergaard
Web edition: Mahlon Lovett

 

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People

Photo of: Kristy Nuttall

Kristy Nuttall

Spotlight

Name: Kristy Nuttall.

Position: Customer service representative in the TigerCard office. Handling parking requests, which includes answering questions about the new online vehicle registration for permit renewals. Issuing permits and doing data entry for those who are still renewing using paper forms.

Quote: “People have so many different parking needs. There are people on crutches, people who are pregnant, people who work from midnight to 8 a.m. — they all need special permits, and we try to accommodate all their requests. I love being able to help solve problems.”

Other interests: Driving her children, Nora, Mark and Trey, to their various sporting events. Taking Caribbean cruises with her husband, Gary, who works in Princeton’s Department of Public Safety.
 

Briefs

Former University professor Ben Bernanke has been nominated by President Bush to succeed Alan Greenspan as chairman of the Federal Reserve.

Bernanke was a professor of economics at Princeton for 20 years until resigning from the faculty on July 1, 2005. He took a public service leave from the University in 2002 to serve as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Earlier this year, he was selected as chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers.