October 19, 1998 Volume 88, number 6 Prev | Next | Index Contents • Tsui wins Nobel Prize • Record of a journey • Nassau Notes • Calendar • Employment Benefits Update • Benefits update • What are your health care options • Comparison chart of Princeton health plans The Bulletin is published weekly during the academic year, except during University breaks and exam weeks, by the Communications Office. Send address changes to Princeton Weekly Bulletin, Stanhope Hall, Princeton University, Princeton NJ 08544. Permission is given to adapt, reprint or excerpt material from the Bulletin for use in other media. Subscribe Copy deadlines Editor:     Sally Freedman Associate editor:     Caroline Moseley Calendar and production editor:     Carolyn Geller Photographers:     Denise Applewhite, Web edition:     Mahlon Lovett Princeton University Office of Communications Stanhope Hall Princeton NJ 08544 Tel 609/258-3601 Fax 609/258-1301

Tsui wins Nobel Prize Daniel Tsui, Arthur Legrand Doty Professor of Electrical Engineering, has won the 1998 Nobel Prize in Physics for his 1982 discovery with co-winner Horst Störmer, now of Columbia University, of the fractional quantum Hall effect. A third co-winner, Robert B. Laughlin, explained their result the following year.       The experiments by Tsui and Störmer led to Laughlin's finding that the electrons in a powerful magnetic field can form a quantum fluid, in which "parts" of an electron can be identified. [>>more] Translators and Japanese colleagues retrace route of 19th-century delegation Record of a journey Record of a Journey of Observation to America and Europe chronicles the 1872 mission of Tomomi Iwakura, Japanese Prime Minister and Special Ambassador Plenipotentiary to the United States and beyond.       Written by Kunitake Kume, a member of Iwakura's retinue, the narrative offers Western scholars a wealth of commentary and observation from an Asian perspective. Unfortunately, the five-volume Record is little known in the Western world, because only excerpts have been translated into English -- until now. [>>more] What are your health care options? With the elimination of the Princeton Health Care Plan on January 1, the University will alter the array of health insurance it provides to employees.       During the open enrollment period from October 19 to November 13, employees previously enrolled in the indemnity plan will need to elect a new form of health coverage, ranging from a new Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) plan administered by United HealthCare to one of three health maintenance organizations (HMOs). A chart on page 7 gives details on each plan, including rates. [>>more]     Benefits Update •  Now is the time to change health care plans •  PPO plan offers online directory •  New in '99 •  Vision care plan covers exams •  Range of rates for coming year •  Do you want a health benefit or dependent care expense account?

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