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Princeton Weekly Bulletin June 18, 2007, Vol. 96, No. 29 prev next current
- Page One
- • Tilghman: Federal proposals jeopardize strengths of higher education
- • $30 million gift creates neuroscience center
- Inside
- • Pioneering seismologist Tony Dahlen dies
- • Yashar analyzes complex issues of citizenship in Latin America
- • Collection of Kahlil Gibran manuscripts donated to the library
- • Summer construction focuses on residential colleges
- • Tuition grant increased for children
- Faculty news
- • Four faculty members recognized for outstanding teaching
- • Eleven new faculty members appointed
- • Faculty promotions, resignations
- • Fourteen faculty members transfer to emeritus status
- Almanac
- • Calendar of events
- • By the numbers
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Tilghman: Federal proposals jeopardize strengths of higher education
By Ruth Stevens
During her June 5 Commencement address, President Tilghman said that the best way to measure the value of a college education is not by any standardized test, but by the ways graduates put their degrees to work once they leave the University.
$30 million gift creates neuroscience center
James S. McDonnell III and John F. McDonnell have joined with the JSM Charitable Trust to make a $30 million gift to the University to establish the McDonnell Center for Systems Neuroscience.
Pioneering seismologist Tony Dahlen dies
By Eric Quiñones
Francis Anthony (Tony) Dahlen, a Princeton professor of geosciences who was widely considered the top theoretical seismologist in his field, died of cancer June 3 at the University Medical Center at Princeton. He was 64.
Eleven new faculty members appointed
The Board of Trustees has approved the appointments of 11 new faculty members — six full professors, one associate professor and four assistant professors.
Fourteen faculty members transfer to emeritus status
By Eric Quiñones
Fourteen faculty members were transferred to emeritus status in recent action by the Board of Trustees.
Six named to endowed posts
Six faculty members have been named to endowed professorships, effective July 1, 2007:
Collection of Kahlil Gibran manuscripts donated to the library
Significant portions of the working manuscripts and notebooks of four well-known books, including “The Prophet,” by Kahlil Gibran have been donated to the Princeton University Library.
Four faculty members recognized for outstanding teaching
By Ruth Stevens
Four Princeton faculty members received President’s Awards for Distinguished Teaching at Commencement ceremonies June 5.
Six named to Board of Trustees
The University has named six new members of its Board of Trustees. They are:
Summer construction focuses on residential colleges
By Ruth Stevens
This summer will mark a culmination of the physical manifestation of the new residential college system on campus.
Yashar analyzes complex issues of citizenship in Latin America
By Jennifer Greenstein Altmann
As a young girl, Deborah Yashar was fascinated by the politics, languages and literatures of other places. Her mother’s parents had come to the United States in the 1900s to escape the pogroms in the Ukraine, and her father had left Iran in the 1950s to pursue a better life for himself in this country.