Improving NMR/MRI
Chemistry professor's correction of
50-year-old theory results in clearer
images
Little effects--such as the magnetic field
generated by a lone hydrogen atom inside a large
molecule--can have big implications.
In the case of nuclear
magnetic resonance spectroscopy, or NMR, this small
magnetic effect has allowed scientists to analyze
the structures of numerous compounds to a high
degree of accuracy. It is among the most important
analytical tools in the arsenal of the working
chemist and biologist. Recently, however, chemistry
professor Warren Warren detected a significant
omission in the 50-year- old theory underpinning
NMR. [>>more]
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ID office: a one-woman show
Faculty, staff or student--if you came to the
University any time since 1985, chances are you
were photographed by Kathleen Bozowski.
Identification card
administrator for CIT's Administrative Services,
Bozowski staffs the ID office located in Room 12,
Dillon Gym. There, she operates the camera and
issues the plastic photo ID cards that enable
members of the University community to use the
library, buy a gym pass, eat at a campus dining
facility and--if you're a student--get into your
dorm. When not saying "Smile!" Bozowski is busy
maintaining and updating the ID database.
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"Whatever I am now, it happened here"
Paul Benacerraf came to Princeton as an
undergraduate and stayed for 50 years so far
In the autumn of 1948, Paul
Benacerraf entered Princeton University as a
freshman.
Today, in this autumn of 1998,
the Philosophy Department chair and former provost
can boast 50 years of study (undergraduate and
graduate), teaching and administrative service, all
on this campus. "I arrived here as nothing," he
says. "I became what philosopher I may be in
response to Princeton teachers and, importantly,
later, Princeton students. Whatever I am now -- it
happened here." [>>more]
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People
Professor of Physics Robert
Austin, Professor of Molecular Biology Lynn
Enquist and Professor of Economics and Public
Affairs Michael Rothschild have been elected
fellows of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science.
Walter Hinderer, professor of
Germanic languages and literatures, has been
awarded the Alexander von Humboldt Prize in
recognition of past achievements in research.
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation
has awarded assistant professors Shivaji
Sondhi of Physics and Zoltan Szabo of
Mathematics five-year fellowships of $125,000 per
year to support their scientific research. Sondhi
studies electronic correlations and glass formation
in solid state systems; Szabo works on the geometry
of smooth manifolds.
The Smithsonian Institution's Archives of
American Art has named Christopher Binyon
Sarofim '86 Professor in American Art John
Wilmerding first recipient of the Lawrence A.
Fleischman Award for Scholarly Excellence in the
field of American Art History.
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Recognition
As part of its Unity Month celebration, the
Princeton Task Force on Ethics sponsored a
Recognition Breakfast at the Princeton Forrestal on
October 14 and honored the Student Volunteers
Council with its Community Recognition Award. Among
those who attended were task force president Doodie
Meyer (l); task force member Paula Chow, director
of the University's International Center; and
Student Volunteers Council members Ashish Sureka
'00 and Abby Love '00. The SVC was cited for
"providing ongoing service to the Princeton
community, exhibiting involvement with people
across generations and cultures, and exemplifying a
dedication to improving society."
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AIDS quilt
Sections of the Names Project AIDS Memorial
Quilt were on display in Chancellor Green and at
other campus locations on November 10 through 14.
The quilt, which began with two panels in 1987, has
grown to more than 41,000 panels, featuring 80,000
names. Forty N.J. schools and colleges participated
in the Quilt Across New Jersey Project to display
sections of the quilt, which is a traveling
memorial to some of the estimated 11.7 million
people worldwide who have died of AIDS, including
nearly 400,000 in the United States.
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United luncheon
This year's United Way campaign kicked off with
a November 11 luncheon for volunteers in the atrium
at the Engineering Quadrangle. Among those who
attended were campaign chair Joseph Williamson (l),
dean of religious life; President Shapiro; Laurel
Cantor of Communications; campus campaign
coordinator Susie Van Doren of Religious Life;
Peter Kasabach, director of affordable housing for
Isles; senior division manager Bobbie Kulp and
president Craig Lafferty of the United Way of
Greater Mercer County; and faculty campaign chair
Joseph Taylor, physics professor and dean of the
faculty. (Denise Applewhite)
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In the news
Stem cell research
Saying that he is "deeply
troubled" by the creation of part-human, part-cow
embryonic stem cells, which was reported last week,
President Clinton has directed the National
Bioethics Advisory Commission to consider the
implications of the research at its meeting on
Tuesday and to report back to him "as soon as
possible."
In a letter sent yesterday
to the chairman of the commission, Harold Shapiro
of Princeton University, Mr. Clinton also asked for
a review of embryonic stem-cell research in
general, including the all-human embryonic stem
cells whose isolation was reported earlier this
month. These cellsthe primordial, all-purpose cells
from which all tissues of the body developwere
derived from very early embryos or blastocysts and
from tissues of aborted fetuses.
While the President
signaled concern about the "mingling of human and
nonhuman species," he was more positive about the
all-human embryonic stem cell research . But he
also stressed the ethical concerns raised by the
research, telling the commission that he wanted a
"thorough review, balancing all ethical and medical
considerations."
from "Clinton Asks Study of Bid
to Form Part-Human, Part-Cow Cells,"
by Nicholas Wade, New York Times, November
15
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