November 3, 1997 Volume 87, Number 8 | Prev | Next | Index
Princeton University Office of Communications, Stanhope Hall, Princeton, NJ 08544
New natural law in fluid dynamics
By JoAnn GutinArchimedes was lying in his bathtub, and Newton was sitting in an orchard. But Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering Sandra Troian had her Eureka! moment in front of a computer in Room A316 of the E-Quad on a balmy summer evening in 1996. Her discovery, which reveals new details of how liquids behave under stress, is so basic to the field of fluid dynamics that the journal Nature called it "a universal law."
Woolworth Dedication
President Shapiro (below, left), donor William Scheide '36, Music Professor Paul Lansky and architect Juan Navarro Baldeweg cut the ribbon in front of the Woolworth Center of Musical Studies at the dedication ceremony on October 17.
Inside the light-filled building, the three-story Scheide Music Library houses 30,000 books, 35,000 scores, 4,500 selections on microfilm and 46,000 recordings, as well as expanded selections on video and CD-ROM. The building project, which cost $11.5 million, has increased available space for music students and faculty by 75 percent and provided state-of-the-art facilities for study, performance and personal interaction.
Intel gift to support research initiatives
The University has received a $2.7 million grant from the Intel Corp. that will support a variety of research initiatives through the donation of high-speed computers and multimedia systems.
