October 13, 1997 Volume 87, Number 6 | Prev | Next | Index
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Greenhouse effect "godfather" retires
By Mary CaffreySyukuro Manabe didn't coin the phrase "greenhouse effect," but without him, it might not be a household expression.
On September 29, Manabe, senior scientist with the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab and lecturer with rank of professor in the Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Program, retired from GFDL after nearly 30 years at Princeton. Manabe, who has been described by colleagues as the "god-father" of the greenhouse effect, capped his GFDL career by winning the 1997 Volvo Environmental Prize, a $200,000 award that he will split with V. Ramanathan, senior scientist at Scripps Institute of Oceanography in LaJolla, Calif. The two will receive their award October 21 in Brussels.
Graduate student body is almost half international
By Sally FreedmanForty-two percent of this year's incoming graduate students are international. That represents a rise of five or six percentage points over the last few years, according to David Redman, associate dean for academic affairs. About 35 percent of the Graduate School as a whole is international -- 625 out of 1760 students, as compared to six percent of the undergraduate student body.
Bill provides tax relief for students
Many Princeton students and their families, along with members of the faculty and staff, will get help in paying for college and graduate school as a result of the landmark tax bill passed by Congress and signed by President Clinton over the summer. The bill provides new tuition tax credits, education IRAs and interest deductions for certain student loans, and extends favorable tax treatment for employee education assistance, graduate student tuition waivers, and tuition benefits for children of faculty and staff, among other provisions.Campus security
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