Princeton University News Archives

When 65 scientists met at Princeton University in 1955 to decide where to permanently store radioactive waste from nuclear power plants, their conclusion was simple: Bury it deep underground, far from earthquakes.

Sequoia Voting Systems plans to publicly release the source code for its new optical scan voting system, the company announced Tuesday - a remarkable reversal for a voting machine maker long criticized for resisting public examination of its proprietary systems.

Members of the Richmond, Calif., community were stunned by the alleged rape and assault of a high school student after a school dance last Saturday.

Governor Corzinea TMs campaign on Thursday promoted President Obamaa TMs Sunday visit to New Jersey, independent Chris Daggett accused Republicans of trying to push him from the race, and Republican Chris Christie challenged Corzine to "man up and say Ia TMm fat" on a national broadcast.

A learning-disabled freshman suing Princeton University for refusing to allow her extra time to take exams was dealt a setback this week, as a federal judge refused a temporary restraining order on the eve of midterms.

Princeton University President Shirley Tilghman was paid nearly $800,000 for the 2007-08 academic year, a report in the Daily Princetonian said.

The New Jersey Hall of Fame has announced that architect Michael Graves, FAIA, of Princeton, N.J., has been nominated for its Class of 2010.

Twice in the Earth's history, living creatures underwent astonishing growth spurts, and each time, new organisms emerged that were a million times larger than anything that had existed before.

Princeton University physical scientists will partner with researchers at four other institutions to explore the driving forces behind the evolution of cancer under a five-year, $15.2 million award from the National Cancer Institute.

Program Takes a Backward Look at the Profession, As Well As Examining What Lies Ahead About 300 members of the New Jersey chapter of the American Institute of Architects took a broad look at their profession during their annual Design Day event held recently in Princeton, examining both the achievements of their profession and the outlook for the ...

Rutgers' African American Alumni Alliance will induct Dr. Allison Frazier Jackson of East Amwell to its Hall of Fame in a ceremony Saturday in the faculty dining hall of Rutgers University's Busch campus in Piscataway.

Does Bo Diddley rule the world? Though he died last year, the iconic singer and guitarist of American blues and rock still rules the rhythms of the world, says computer scientist Godfried Toussaint.

US experts warn that rules governing biofuel production encourage deforestation and mean the technology is therefore a "false" method of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Name: John C. Lechleiter Occupation: chairman, president and CEO of Eli Lilly and Co.

The flaw, which centers on the measurement of CO2 emissions from the use of bioenergy, could undermine greenhouse gas reduction goals if not addressed.

Nicholas Katzenbach '39; P'67, P'68, Former Attorney General and Undersecretary during the Johnson Administration, Receives the John Phillips Award at Phillips Exeter Academy Exeter, NH - On Tuesday, October 13, 2009, Phillips Exeter Academy honored Nicholas deBelleville Katzenbach , former attorney general and undersecretary during the Johnson ...

Today is Thursday, Oct. 22, the 295th day of 2009. There are 70 days left in the year.

Universal Display Corporation , an innovator behind todaya s and tomorrowa s displays and lighting through its UniversalPHOLEDa phosphorescent OLED technology, today announced that it has been awarded a $333,593 extension to a United States Army Communication Electronics Research and Development Engineering Center Small Business Innovation Research ...

Editor's note: Julian E. Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School.

When mother and daughter cells are created each time a cell divides, they are not exactly alike.

A copy of a diagram and some notes scribbled by Albert Einstein in a set of papers that were incinerated in the 2007 Lick Fire.

By Stephen Collinson Critics accuse Obama of undue delay in new Afghan approach - but the long wait may reflect the fact the president has few palatable options in the eight-year war It comes to every US president - and now looms relentlessly for Barack Obama: the moment when he must shoulder the lonely duty of his office and take a fateful ...

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif., 15 October, 2009 - Roberto Car and Michele Parrinello, developers of the Car Parrinello Molecular Dynamics approach, are joint recipients of the 2009 Sidney Fernbach Award.

At the end of 1940, Otto Schairer scheduled a meeting with Harold Dodds, the president of Princeton University.

Adam P. Liff Images of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's warm embrace of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il during this week's visit to Pyongyang to celebrate the 60th anniversary of PRC-DPRK diplomatic relations may have surprised observers of the North Korea nuclear issue.

Michelle Saddler to head Department of Human Services; Dr. Carol Adams to serve as Illinois representative to Africa Send a link to a friend [ October 12, 2009 ] C HICAGO -- Gov.

Only a year after a tsunami of young voters helped President Barack Obama carry the battleground states of New Jersey and Virginia, political enthusiasm appears to be on the wane on college campuses.

Google's Schmidt gives $25 million to Princeton University to support natural sciences and engineering.

October 9th, 2009 By Gretchen Hoffmann Princeton University hosted a forum on Sept.

Central banks should fight the urge to raise interest rates until the global economy shows stronger signs of recovery and joblessness begins to decline, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman said Wednesday.

Princeton University researchers have come up with a new twist on the mysterious visual phenomenon experienced by humans known as the "uncanny valley." The scientists have found that monkeys sense it too.

Google chief executive Eric Schmidt and his wife have donated $25 million to Princeton University, according to a report on the school's website .

It is last year's solo prize in economics to Paul Krugman, of Princeton University and The New York Times, which poses the more interesting question.

SPEAKING FREELY Debating the dragon-bear duet By Anna Konopatskaya Speaking Freely is an Asia Times Online feature that allows guest writers to have their say.

Editor's note: Julian E. Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School.

LONDON/NEW YORK - Stock markets rejoiced after governments worldwide launched multibillion-dollar bailouts on Monday to shore up banks, and Britain called for a new Bretton Woods agreement to reshape the world financial system.

A year after Henry Ford II famously fired Lee Iacocca as president of Ford Motor Co., a 22-year-old Princeton University graduate joined a product planning team on Oct.

A year ago this weekend, the Dow Jones industrial average had just finished a slow-motion crash.

Israeli scientist Ada E. Yonath, the fourth woman who won a Nobel Prize in chemistry, said on Wednesday that women can do as well as men in science.

A report from an American think-tank has estimated 1.57 billion Muslims populate the world - with 60% in Asia.

Major shifts in fisheries distribution due to climate change will affect food security in tropical regions most adversely, according to a study led by the Sea Around Us Project at The University of British Columbia.

President Barack Obama said Wednesday he planned to nominate an openly gay lawyer as the U.S. ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa.

Pfizer comes out in front. Winners so far: DRUGMAKERS: New York-based Pfizer and other pharmaceutical companies overcame attempts to torpedo a deal they made with Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus and Obama that limits their contribution to the overhaul to $80 billion over 10 years.

Renowned International Studies Scholar Dr. John Waterbury to Present Lecture in Summit, October 18th By Congregation Beth Hatikvah 10/7/2009 Dr.

Clifton Maloney, the husband of U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney , died Friday in Tibet after climbing the world's sixth-tallest mountain.

A controversial decision not to press a vote on a UN report on the Gaza war has angered many Palestinians and weakened president Mahmud Abbas amid US-backed peace efforts, observers say.

October 5, 2009 -- Colleges are required to report crimes on campus, and in New Jersey those crimes seem to be happening more frequently.

Amazon's Kindle DX is a lean and elegant eBook reader that may someday replace textbooks--or so they say.

I believe that adopting a test-optional admissions policy makes WPI a more welcoming destination for talented students from all backgrounds who wish to be evaluated on the basis of their academic achievement as a whole, and not just on the basis of their standardized test scores.

Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan Advocates for 'New Global Order' Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey elaborated upon his foreign policy, urging nations to come together under a 'new global order' based on trust and peace, during a Woodrow Wilson School address in Richardson Auditorium last week.

From : Mike Stephan Date : Thu, 1 Oct 2009 23:38:14 PDT Turkey to Re-establish Ties with Armenia By Dorian Jones 30 September 2009 Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses a gathering at Princeton University, Princeton, 23 Sep 2009 Turkey's prime minister says an agreement to re-establish diplomatic ties with Armenia will be signed by the two ...

The well-exposed layering of basalt flows in formations near Lake Superior is aiding scientific understanding of the geomagnetic field in ancient times.

With their property tax bill at $11,500 and rising, Kirsten and Keith Cuillard decided that if their elected officials weren't going to take decisive action, they'd have to themselves.

The immigrant advocate spearheading the boycott push, the Rev. Miguel Angel Rivera, founder of the National Coalition of Latino Clergy and Christian Leaders, said the effort isn't meant to sabotage the Census, but rather to compel Congress to take serious steps toward comprehensive immigration change that would grant legal status to the nation's ...

Can't we all get along and share? Increasingly, the answer is yes. More towns and school districts are sharing services in a bid to save money, but they've largely only scratched the surface.

Researchers this week published a paper describing how they broke Vanish, a secure communications system prototype out of the University of Washington that generated lots of buzz when introduced over the summer for its ability to make data self-destruct. I gave the system a whirl back in July and found it to be pretty interesting.

Sept. 30: Kurt Westergaard, 74, speaks to a group in Manhattan on his controversial cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.