Chemistry Nobel winner Shimomura honored for discovery made at Princeton
by Kitta MacPherson
Osamu Shimomura, who on Oct. 8 was named a winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry, will receive the award for a discovery he made while working at Princeton. Shimomura, who was a researcher in the Department of Biology from 1960 to 1982, will be honored along with two other researchers for his work on the green fluorescent protein (GFP) in jellyfish. The protein, a key tool of contemporary bioscience, was discovered by Shimomura in his lab at Princeton in 1961.
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Baseball coach teams with professor to examine the sport’s evolution
by Eric Quiñones
For Princeton students interested in the evolution of the game of baseball, a new course this semester not only offers academic views on America’s pastime but the perspective of a career on the field.
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University to conduct test of emergency notification system
The University will conduct a campus-wide test of its emergency notification system Friday, Oct. 17, to ensure that members of the University community can be contacted during a campus crisis or emergency.
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University’s online video presence expands
The University has expanded its online video presence with the creation of the Princeton YouTube channel.
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Visiting scholars explore ethics, human values
The University Center for Human Values has named its roster of visiting fellows and faculty for 2008-09. The visitors are devoting a year’s residence at Princeton to research, writing and teaching about ethics and human values.
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Kazmaier, Bradley to be honored
Legendary Princeton athletes Dick Kazmaier and Bill Bradley will be honored by the Department of Athletics by having the uniform number 42 that they shared retired at a ceremony at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, in Jadwin Gymnasium. Kazmaier, a 1952 alumnus, won the 1951 Heisman Trophy for the nation’s top collegiate football player. Basketball star Bradley was awarded the Sullivan Award as the outstanding U.S. amateur athlete in 1965, the year he graduated. Uniform number 42 has not been issued in decades in football or basketball and now will be retired across all sports at Princeton.
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Future of computing explored
Craig Mundie, the chief research and strategy officer of Microsoft Corp., talks with computer science graduate student Melissa Carroll about her research on using magnetic resonance imaging to study the brain.
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Princeton faculty win prestigious NIH awards
by Kitta MacPherson
Four Princeton faculty members have been awarded grants from the National Institutes of Health for work deemed “high impact” by the federal medical research agency.
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