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    America's fiscal deficit: Stemming the tide  Nov 20, 2009
    Until the bond-market vigilantes form a posse again, it s just too easy to ignore this issue, says Alan Blinder, a Princeton University professor and former adviser to Bill Clinton. One way to moderate the political resistance to cutting entitlements and raising taxes is to bypass regular legislative procedures. (The Economist)

    Kids switched to overload  Nov 20, 2009
    The findings have not been conclusive, although Princeton University psychologist Dr Katherine Newman points out that such children had made attempts at social integration but failed. The shootings seem as though an attempt to adjust their social standing and image, from loser to master of violence, she said in her study Repeat Tragedy: Rampage School Shootings 2001-2007. (The Star Online, Malaysia)

    Anarchism and the Beliefs of Mikhai...  Nov 19, 2009
    Paul Avrich, Anarchist Portraits (Princeton University Press, 1988). E. H. Carr, Mikhail Bakunin (Vintage Books, 1961). (Suite101.com)

    Colgate Names 16th President  Nov 19, 2009
    I look forward to working with the Board of Trustees, faculty, students, staff, and alumni to promote this extraordinary community of scholars and to prepare students for the great challenges of the twenty-first century," said Herbst. "I congratulate Colgate on the appointment of Jeffrey Herbst as its new president," said Dr. William Bowen, president emeritus of the Mellon Foundation and former president of Princeton University. "I worked closely with Jeff when he was at Princeton so I know... (Patriotleague.com)

    Members of Congress, university leaders, scientists launch ScienceWorksForUS  Nov 18, 2009
    "Almost a year ago, a group of leaders from Congress, academia, research and industry gathered at Princeton University to underscore the need for a greater investment in research and innovation to reinvigorate our economy," said Rep ... "Research is the gift that keeps on giving," according to Emily Carter, the Arthur W. Marks '19 Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Applied and Computational Mathematics at Princeton University. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)

    Griffin Picking `Juggernaut' Edsparr to Run Bank Means Do-Over at Citadel  Nov 18, 2009
    The change of leadership may not sit well with some people, according to , a professor of economics at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey. Potential clients and employees look for stability and dont like seeing turnover at the top level of any new business, Malkiel said. (Bloomberg)

    Seven Lady Monarchs Honored By IWLCA For Academic Excellence  Nov 17, 2009
    Included in the list of honorees were the IWLCA Scholar-Athletes of the Year: Anna Ford from Elizabethtown College, Julie Kraus from Southern New Hampshire University, and Kristin Schwab from Princeton University. . (Odusports.com)

    Bernanke Signals `Extended Period' May Be Even Longer as Joblessness Rises  Nov 17, 2009
    The labor market is an area of great concern, Bernanke, 55, a former Princeton University economics professor, told financial executives in Manhattan at a luncheon hosted by the Economic Club of New York. Jobs are likely to remain scarce for some time, keeping households cautious about spending, he said. (Bloomberg -- US)

    Michelle Obama: Don't Let Tests Define You  Nov 17, 2009
    "When I was growing up, I was never a great standardized test-taker," but she ended up attending Princeton University, Mrs. Obama said. Straight-A grades and a strong essay helped her overcome bad test scores, she added. (CBS News -- Health)

    Unusual partners study divisive Jerusalem site  Nov 16, 2009
    The book was years in the making and required exceptional tact on the part of the co-editors, Oleg Grabar of Princeton University, and Benjamin Kedar of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem ... The book was years in the making and required exceptional tact on the part of the co-editors, Oleg Grabar of Princeton University, and Benjamin Kedar of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)

    Brookline resident named leader for mergers, acquisitions at Nixon Peabody  Nov 14, 2009
    He received his bachelor s degree from Princeton University. Loading commenting interface. (Brookline TAB, MA)

    China's Yuan `Straitjacket' Risks Inflating Asset Bubbles as Growth Surges  Nov 13, 2009
    Chinas bad behavior is posing a growing threat to the rest of the world economy, Krugman, the Princeton University professor who won the Nobel prize for economics last year, wrote in an Oct. 22 New York Times article. Harvard University Professor , the Reagan administration adviser who won the 1977 John Bates Clark medal for top economist under 40, said Chinas policy of expanding while depressing the renminbi will lead to its economy overheating, in a Financial Times article last... (Bloomberg)

    No. 4 UCLA to Host No. 10 UC Santa Barbara in Regular-Season Finale Sunday  Nov 13, 2009
    The winner of the MPSF Tournament will earn an automatic berth to play at the 2009 NCAA Tournament, slated to take place Dec. 5-6 at Princeton University in New Jersey. Last season, the Bruins finished fourth at the MPSF Tournament. (Uclabruins.com)

    Black holes: Powerhouses of the universe  Nov 11, 2009
    Menon recently wrote the book "High Energy Radiation from Black Holes: Gamma Rays, Cosmic Rays, and Neutrinos," (2009, Princeton University Press) with astrophysicist Charles Dermer of the Space Science Division of the Naval Research Laboratory. The two scientists spoke about the topic recently at the 2009 Fermi Symposium in Washington, D.C.. (MSNBC -- Technology)

    Pierre Boulez Receives Inamori Foundation's 25th Annual Kyoto Prize for Lifetime Achievement in "Arts and Philosophy"  Nov 10, 2009
    Peter R. and B. Rosemary Grant, both 73, evolutionary biologists, professors emeriti at Princeton University, and the first husband-and-wife team to receive the award. The laureates will reconvene in San Diego, Calif. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    What did the Army know about Fort Hood's Nidal Malik Hasan?  Nov 10, 2009
    In Yemen, he is not one of the most prominent clerics, says Gregory Johnsen, an expert on Yemen at Princeton University. He was jailed by the Yemeni government at the behest of the American government but then released in late 2007. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)

    Books about 1989: Wall stories  Nov 9, 2009
    Princeton University Press; 307 pages; $29. 95 and 24. (The Economist)

    1930s Drug Slows Tumor Growth: Gonorrhea Medication Might Help Fight Cancer  Nov 8, 2009
    Authors on the paper are KangAe Lee, now of Princeton University, Huafeng Zhang, David Z. Qian, Sergio Rey, Liu and Semenza, all of Johns Hopkins. Adapted from materials provided by , via , a service of AAAS. Email or share this story. (Science Daily)

    Dinosaur whodunit: Is Shiva crater the missing link?  Nov 8, 2009
    According to Gerta Keller, professor of paleontology at Princeton University, the Chicxulub crater was formed 300,000 years before the KT boundary and was much smaller than originally thought. Therefore, it could not have had the immediate impact required for extinction on such a scale. (India Times, India)

    Ceremonies to honor those who served  Nov 7, 2009
    A cadet in the Rider Reserve Officer Training Corps, Thomas is the sole ROTC participant on the campus who is part of the joint program which exists on the campuses of Rider, Princeton University and The College of New Jersey ... At Princeton University, a Veterans Day observance will be held from 8:30 to 9 a.m. Wednesday in the University Chapel. (NJ.com -- Times)

    Wyndcrest Announces Military Training and Simulation Team  Nov 7, 2009
    Mr. DuBois received a B.A. degree from Princeton University. CONTACT: Maureen Saltzer (772) 219-1719 office (772) 359-5011 mobile. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    * Monetary chaos once again rears its ugly head  Nov 7, 2009
    Harold James is a professor of History and International Affairs at Princeton University and the Marie Curie Professor at the European University Institute, Florence. COPYRIGHT: PROJECT SYNDICATE This story has been viewed 355 times. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    1930s gonorrhea drug slows tumor growth  Nov 7, 2009
    Authors on the paper are KangAe Lee, now of Princeton University, Huafeng Zhang, David Z. Qian, Sergio Rey, Liu and Semenza, all of Johns Hopkins. Type Size. (AZCentral -- Business)

    2012: Six End-of-the-World Myths Debunked  Nov 7, 2009
    Princeton University geologist Adam Maloof has extensively studied pole shifts, and tackles this 2012 myth in , a National Geographic Channel documentary airing Sunday, November 8. (The National Geographic Society owns National Geographic News and part-owns the National Geographic Channel. (National Geographic)

    PICTURES: 2012 Doomsday Myths Debunked  Nov 7, 2009
    Princeton University geologist Adam Maloof has extensively studied pole shifts, and tackles this 2012 myth in , a National Geographic Channel documentary airing Sunday, November 8. Maloof says magnetic evidence in rocks confirms that continents have undergone such drastic rearrangement, but the process took millions of years--slow enough that humanity wouldn't have felt the motion (). (National Geographic)

    Princeton to host Diwali  Nov 6, 2009
    Princeton university to host Diwali in chapel- ET Cetera-News By Industry-News-The Economic Times ... Princeton university to host Diwali in chapel6 Nov 2009, 1422 hrs IST, IANS ... NEW YORK: America's prestigious Princeton University will host its official celebration of the Indian festival of Diwali at the university chapel on Nov 14 as part of its recently created Hindu Life Programme. (India Times)

    Davidson College honored for value  Nov 6, 2009
    The top five private institutions on the list were the California Institute of Technology, Princeton University, Yale University, Rice University and Harvard University. This year s top-100 private schools met the challenges of a slumping economy with brio, says Janet Bodnar, editor of Kiplinger s. With so many private institutions offering generous financial-aid packages, families are finding that private college is still affordable. (Charlotte Business Journal, NC)

    'Last of the great anthropologists'  Nov 6, 2009
    D. in anthropology at Princeton University and is now at the University of Iowa. "He showed the world that you could be a brilliant, empirical social scientist with a poet's soul," Samsky said in an e-mail. (CNN)

    Unemployed Husbands Help At Home But Will It Last?  Nov 5, 2009
    "I think the complicated question is: Do women want men to take over these burdens? It's also the case that women feel a kind of propriety relationship to those tasks," said Katherine Newman, professor of sociology and public affairs at Princeton University. That's certainly not lost on Pabian, who describes the problem as twofold. (Click2Houston, TX)

    Claude Levi-Strauss, 100; his ideas, research transformed anthropology  Nov 5, 2009
    Claude Levi-Strauss (left), with physicists Robert Oppenheimer of Princeton University and Fred L. Whipple of the Smithsonian s astrophysical laboratory in Cambridge, Mass. (AP/ File 1965) By New York Times / November 5, 2009. (Boston Globe)

    Princeton prof. gives lecture to College  Nov 4, 2009
    The chair of the history department at Princeton University delivered a lecture on Christian history intended to rekindle a new generation with intellectual excitement at Saint Mary s Tuesday. William Chester Jordan discussed Christian history in a lecture titled Crusader Prologues: Preparing for War in the Gothic Age as a part of Saint Mary s College s Christian Culture Lecture Series in O Laughlin auditorium. (The Observer, IN)

    A conversation with Jeffrey S. Cramer  Nov 4, 2009
    And then I m doing one for Princeton University Press called the Quotable Thoreau, which will be a book of about 2,000 quotations by Thoreau arranged thematically. The third one is a revised edition of what was called The Portable Thoreau that Viking penguin put out in the 40s. (Beacon Villager, MA)

    Christie wins N.J. gubernatorial race  Nov 4, 2009
    3: Rachel Maddow is joined by Princeton University professor Melissa Harris-Lacewell to help interpret the results from the New Jersey governors race. The Rachel Maddow Show. (MSNBC -- Politics)

    Economist: Gift giving is a total, global waste of resources  Nov 4, 2009
    Source: Scroogenomics: Why You Shouldn t Buy Presents for the Holidays, by Joel Waldfogel (Princeton University Press). More on ajc. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)

    575-million-dollar fund targets technology startups  Nov 3, 2009
    "In this difficult environment, all investors need to be particularly selective about the funds in which they invest," said Andrew Golden, president of Princeton University Investment. "Our investment in Greylock XIII represents the lion's share of the commitments we plan to make to venture capital funds this year.". (Yahoo! Asia News)

    Bernanke's Housing Gamble May Bring Pressure From Congress to Keep Fed Aid  Nov 3, 2009
    the Nobel-prize winning Princeton University economist, said Bernanke had little alternative to expanding the Feds balance sheet. Id love to see the Fed with a perfectly clean balance sheet, Krugman told reporters at a news conference in Buenos Aires on Oct. 27. (Bloomberg -- US)

    Steve Kimatian | Republican and poitical newcomer focuses on crime, city development  Nov 3, 2009
    Kimatian grew up in Long Island, N.Y., and received his bachelor's degree in English from Princeton University and a degree from Cornell Law School. His career has centered on broadcasting. (Daily Orange, NY)

    New Jersey, Virginia Choose Governors as Palin Campaigns in New York Race  Nov 3, 2009
    Within the Republican Party it remains quite clear the strategy is to remain on the right, said , a politics expert at Princeton University in New Jersey. Dont Move To The Center. (Bloomberg -- US)

    LANL Roadrunner Models Nonlinear Physics Of High-power Lasers  Nov 1, 2009
    28, 2006) Princeton University electrical engineers are using lasers to shed light on the behavior of superfluids -- strange, frictionless liquids that are difficult to create and study. Their technique allows. (Science Daily)

    Men's Swim Team Records First Dual Meet Victory with Triumph over Tampa  Nov 1, 2009
    FAU returns to the pool on Friday, November 6, in an exhibition dual meet against Princeton University at the Aquatic Center on the Boca Raton campus. . (Fausports.com)

    How Could People Watch Rape 'Like an Exhibit'?  Oct 31, 2009
    "If one of the boys or men grabbed her and pulled her toward him ... and somebody else did something else so it became more and more sexual in nature ... we now have a [group of boys] who are pretty wild," said John Darley, a professor of psychology and public affairs at Princeton University. "Each act licensed what had gone before, and it also made more likely what came next.". (ABC News)

    Tigers coach on shaky ground  Oct 31, 2009
    Princeton University Sports NewsGet Princeton's latest sports news & stats from The Times of Trenton ... PRINCETON TOWNSHIP -- If Roger Hughes is replaced as Princeton University's football coach after this season, a difficult campaign sure has been a reminder to him about life's priorities. (NJ.com -- Times)

    Public option likely wont survive health-care debate, expert tells Louisville crowd  Oct 30, 2009
    The real fight, Princeton University economics professor Uwe E. Reinhardt said, will be over a proposed law that all citizens purchase insurance, even the young and healthy. The mandate is going to be the huge battle in this field, he said. (Courier-Journal -- Business)

    Why we crave fame  Oct 29, 2009
    Wanting to feel special and sensation-seeking are probably top motives for trying to become famous, said Susan Fiske, professor of psychology at Princeton University. Getting a lot of attention gives some people a rush of adrenaline, the "fight or flight" chemical, said James Bailey, psychologist and leadership professor at George Washington University's School of Business. (CNN)

    The Many Faces of Europe  Oct 29, 2009
    Three years ago, Princeton University Middle East scholar Bernard Lewis said that, thanks to immigration and Europe's low birthrate, Western Europe will have Muslim majorities by the end of the century: "Europe will be part of the Arab West, the Maghreb." He's not alone. The fear of a Eurabia (capital: Londonistan) populated by poor, angry, fervent Muslims is gaining ground. (Time.com)

    Refunds offered for Baby Einstein videos  Oct 29, 2009
    One study done on college students showed a short-term beneficial effect that was gone in half an hour, according to Princeton University neuroscientist Sam Wang, who co-authored of "Welcome to Your Brain" with Sandra Aamodt. "Though babies don't have the wiring to process all the complexity in classical music, they are mesmerized by it, which might be why they seem to like 'Baby videos' like Baby Einstein," they wrote. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)

    Economists try for the knockout  Oct 28, 2009
    The latest slugfest has New Keynesian Paul Krugman of Princeton University up against the New Classical, John Cochrane of the University of Chicago. In a recent newspaper article, "How Did Economists Get It So Wrong?" Krugman wrote that there was nothing in mainstream economics "suggesting the possibility of the kind of collapse that happened last year". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)

    Wireless a Matter of Funding Priorities  Oct 28, 2009
    While many universities including The Dartmouth College, Duke University, Pennsylvania State University, Princeton University and, soon, The George Washington University offer wireless access on their entire campuses, Georgetowns wireless network has long been a patchwork that UIS has filled in gradually. One such expansion came in early 2008, when Lauinger Librarys wireless system was upgraded. (The Hoya, Washington DC)

    Stanford Endowment Loss Prompts Silicon Valley Chief to Suspend Smoothing  Oct 27, 2009
    Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, which lost 23 percent of its endowments value, said it uses a different approach to regulate spending from the fund, setting a target of between 4 percent and 5. 8 percent of the endowment every year. (Bloomberg)

    Number of Fulbright scholars double  Oct 27, 2009
    The number of GW graduates who received Fulbright scholarships this year more than doubled, making the University one of the top 10 producers of Fulbright Scholars and putting it ahead of Princeton University and on par with Harvard University. GW ranks sixth across the country for producing Fulbright Scholars, the Chronicle of Higher Education reported last week. (GW Hatchet, Washington DC)

    Condoms Found to Cut Risk of Women Getting HPV  Oct 27, 2009
    "Those who are opposed to condoms claim condoms are not very effective, particularly against HPV," said James Trussell, director of the Office of Population Research at Princeton University. "Here we have an actual study, rather than just an assertion. Condom use prevented HPV infection 70% of the time. That's pretty good.". (Yahoo News -- Women's Health)

    'Alice in Wonderland' is subject of Tarble exhibition and film showings  Oct 27, 2009
    The museums include The Art Museum, Princeton University; the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University; Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and the Museum of Photography, Seoul, Korea. Her surreal digital images in the Tarble exhibition were made on the computer using sources ranging from snapshots to 19th-century daguerreotypes and tintypes. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)

    The pros and cons of biofuels : Ethanol tanks  Oct 26, 2009
    Dr Searchinger, who works at Princeton University, and his collaborators point out that the rules for assessing compliance with the Kyoto protocol (which are also included in the version of America s climate bill that passed the House of Representatives) are biased in favour of biofuels because they fail to account for emissions from land cleared to grow such fuels. Combine that observation with Dr Melillo s modelling and you have a recipe for some perverse incentives indeed. (The Economist)

    My mother never loved me  Oct 25, 2009
    Fear of the almost-me Researchers at Princeton University have demonstrated that macaque monkeys, like humans, more or less freak out when they see a likeness of themselves that is close to, but just short of, the utterly realistic. Psychologists have long used the phrase the uncanny valley to refer to the way people react to simulated images of human beings. (Boston Globe)

    Wildlife Conservation Society to expand health surveillance through PREDICT  Oct 24, 2009
    Additional collaborators include the Center for Infection and Immunity at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University, Princeton University, and HealthMap. org (a global disease alert mapping system). (EurekAlert! -- Business News)

    * Uncertainty and risk in economic theory  Oct 24, 2009
    The latest slugfest features New Keynesian champion Paul Krugman of Princeton University and New Classical champion John Cochrane of the University of Chicago. Krugman recently published a newspaper article entitled How Did Economists Get It So Wrong. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    NFL may pursue Tigers' LB Cody  Oct 24, 2009
    Princeton University Sports NewsGet Princeton's latest sports news & stats from The Times of Trenton. INSIDE SPORTS. (NJ.com -- Times)

    The Scientists Behind the Stories at Scientific American  Oct 23, 2009
    Ed Felten Director, Center for Information Technology Policy, Princeton University. 1. (Scientific American)

    Tallying the Real Environmental Cost of Biofuels  Oct 23, 2009
    In the second paper, another team of researchers led by Tim Searchinger of Princeton University uncovered a potentially damaging flaw in the way carbon emissions from bioenergy are calculated under the Kyoto Protocol and in the carbon cap-and-trade bill currently being debated in Congress. If that error in calculation goes unfixed, a future increase in biofuel use could end up backfiring and derailing efforts to control global warming, according to the paper. (Time.com)

    Yes, Black Women Play Lacrosse  Oct 23, 2009
    There are few black players on the rosters of like Princeton University, Duke University and the University of Virginia, but at Howard, we are all we have. I mostly signed up for pragmatic reasons. (Slate)

    Camille Paglia  Oct 23, 2009
    The hasty attempts by right-wing talk radio to dismiss her as a "mediocrity" comically misfired when it sank in that Sotomayor was a 1976 summa cum laude graduate of Princeton University -- at a time when Princeton had only recently gone coed and when its academic standards were still high. Her childhood experiences in a working-class immigrant neighborhood in New York certainly deepened her perspective and, as long as she demonstrates a record of professional objectivity, should properly be... (Salon)

    HIV vaccine trial under fire  Oct 23, 2009
    But for vaccine trials, the per-protocol analysis is the most valid, says Adel Mahmoud, former president of Merck and now a molecular biologist at Princeton University in New Jersey. "The results of this trial should be treated with caution and some scepticism," says Tim Peto, a researcher in tropical diseases and clinical medicine at the University of Oxford, UK. "Taken together with the disappointing results of previous vaccine studies, it is likely that the results could have been due to... (Scientific American)

    Yale University to host Wilson/ITA Northeast Regional Championships  Oct 22, 2009
    In addition to host Yale University, this event will feature the top players from Division I schools from: Albany, Binghamton University, Boston College, Brown, Boston University, Colgate University, Columbia University, Dartmouth University, Drexel University, Fairfield, Fairleigh Dickinson, Harvard University, Hofstra, Long Island University, Manhattan College, Marist College, Niagara, NJIT, Princeton University, Providence College, Quinnipiac, Rutgers, Sacred Heart University, Seton Hall, St.... (Goyalebulldogs.com)

    MINOR/Hodding Carter  Oct 22, 2009
    After graduating from Princeton University in 1957, he did a two-year stint in the Marine Corps before joining the family's Delta-Democrat Times as a reporter, then later moved up to become managing editor. In 1961, Carter won Sigma Delta Chi National Journalism Society's top award for editorial writing and his Delta Democrat-Times was recognized as one of the rare Southern newspapers to speak out for racial moderation. (Philadelphia Neshoba Democrat, MS)

    Nuclear Power's Revival for GE, Areva Leaves Waste Puzzle to Grandchildren  Oct 21, 2009
    Oct. 20 (Bloomberg) -- When 65 scientists met at Princeton University in 1955 to decide where to permanently store radioactive waste from nuclear power plants, their was simple: Bury it deep underground, far from earthquakes ... You cant predict for a million years, , a researcher on nuclear power at Princeton University in New Jersey, said in an interview ... Unlike the disposal of any other type of waste, the hazard related to radioactive waste is so great that no element of doubt should... (Bloomberg)

    Small is Bankrupt  Oct 21, 2009
    Harold James, a historian at Princeton University, points out in a new book, The Creation and Destruction of Value : In the heyday of modern globalisation in the 1990s, it looked as if small open states would be the winners: New Zealand, Chile, Ireland, the Baltic Republics, Slovakia and Slovenia. These countries were able to take advantage of the removal of barriers to international trade and investment and of a stable international order, guaranteed by the US.. (The American Conservative)

    What if the Maya Were Right and Doomsday is Just Around the Corner? National Geographic Channel Investigates the Science Behind Ancient Clues in 2012: Countdown to Armageddon  Oct 21, 2009
    NatGeo Channel examines evidence behind the Maya calendar prophecies in , premiering Sunday, November 8, 2009, at 8 p.m. ET/PT, following Princeton University scientist Adam Maloof on a detective story that spans eons. The Maya believed that everything occurred in cycles. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Whittam Named CWPA Southern Division Rookie of the Week  Oct 21, 2009
    Alex Whittam ranks second on the team in goals and points so far this season (Hopkinssports.com)

    UOP On List Of Beautiful Campuses  Oct 21, 2009
    University of Hawaii, Manoa got the No. 2 spot, while Princeton University and Harvard University earned the No. 3 and No. 4 rankings respectively. Copyright 2009 by. (KCRA 3, CA)

    New dinosaur extinction theory causes debate  Oct 20, 2009
    Gerta Keller, a geoscientist at Princeton University, found evidence for coinciding with the time of the extinction in an area called the Deccan Traps in India. Keller has advocated that this volcanism was the main culprit behind the dinosaurs' downfall. (MSNBC -- Technology)

    Checkered history of mother and daughter cells explains cell cycle differences  Oct 20, 2009
    When a mature cell divides, it produces a mother and a daughter cell, the daughter being smaller than the mother, explains Di Talia, who is now a postdoc at Princeton University. Since the 1970s, it was thought that both mother and daughter cells use the same gears and levers to prepare for cell division. (EurekAlert!)

    Two Afro-Asian Leaders: Kufuor and Zulfi Bhutto in Identical Portraits.  Oct 20, 2009
    Among authors, whose works are being promoted by Ayebia Clarke Publishing include Ama Ata Aidoo; Tsiti Dangaremba (whose 1988 novel, Nervous Conditions, has been blessed with a brilliant introduction by Kwame Anthony Appiah of Princeton University, who is a notable author in his own right), Ken Saro Wiwa (with an introduction by Professor Soyinka). The first edition of Between Faith and History was 136 pages long published by the New Jersey-based Africa World Press. (Ghana Web, Ghana)

    Iran must confront its ethnic tensions  Oct 19, 2009
    Amin Saikal is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Centre fro Arab and Islamic Studies (the Middle East and Central Asia) at the Australian National University, and author of 'The Rise and Fall of the Shah: Iran from Autocracy to Religious Rule' (Princeton University Press, 2009). Source. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)

    Could gold be next bubble to burst?  Oct 18, 2009
    Harrison Hong, an economist at Princeton University who researches bubbles, says the same short-term mindset that prods investors to pile into the next boom also allows them to forget the previous bust. After the bursting of the tech bubble in 2000, it only took a few years before the same investors who lost money on Internet stocks turned their attention to real estate as home prices rose rapidly. (Athens Banner-Herald)

    Holliston's student standouts, week of Oct. 15  Oct 18, 2009
    A graduate of Belmont Hill's class of 2009, Michael is currently attending Princeton University. Eighth-grader Mudit Tandon, son of Manu and Ranjana Tandon, also earned high honors for the 2008-2009 school year. (Holliston Tab, MA)

    Dick Gamble; soap heir championed reproductive choice  Oct 16, 2009
    At Princeton University, from which he graduated with a bachelor s degree in 1950, Mr. Gamble studied public and international affairs, a foundation for the following two decades. He served two years in the Army, mostly in Frankfurt, and then traveled with his father to Bangladesh, Egypt, Japan, and nine other countries, sometimes as the first delegation to promote family planning. (Boston Globe)

    Virtual maze 'maps' mouse memory  Oct 16, 2009
    The team, led by David Tank from Princeton University in New Jersey, US, took their recordings from "place cells" ... David Tank, Princeton University. (BBC News -- Science)

    Too early to exit stimulus, says Krugman  Oct 15, 2009
    Krugman, who teaches at Princeton University in the US, won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences last year for his analysis of how economies of scale can affect international trade patterns. He writes columns for The New York Times. (Business Report, South Africa)

    Vaccines and financing: There'smore to it than we might think  Oct 15, 2009
    Richard F. Keevey is director of the Policy Research Institute for the Region at the Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University. NEW JERSEY WEATHER Newark, NJ. (NJ.com -- Times)

    Deny nuclear materials to would-be bomb makers  Oct 15, 2009
    Michael D. Gordin is an associate professor of history at Princeton University and the author of the just-released Red Cloud at Dawn: Truman, Stalin and the End of the Atomic Monopoly. More on ajc. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)

    Inskeptical age, Obama is government's face  Oct 14, 2009
    "People would get bored with him and they would turn to other actors in that period," says Fred Greenstein, a Princeton University emeritus professor who wrote "The Presidential Difference: Leadership Style from FDR to Barack Obama.". In this way, Obama may give an opening to Republicans looking for a way back to power. (MSNBC -- Politics)

    Debating the dragon-bear duet  Oct 14, 2009
    Stephen Kotkin, professor of History and International Affairs at Princeton University, for instance, suggests that an improved relationship between Moscow and Beijing may allow the Chinese to extract strategically important natural resources from Russia and extend their regional influence, but it affords little more than the pretense of a multi-polar world in which Moscow enjoys a central role. For both Lo and Kotkin, the crux of Sino-Russian cooperation is a legacy of "pervasive mistrust"... (Asia Times Online)

    Like Humans, Monkeys Fall Into The 'Uncanny Valley'  Oct 14, 2009
    13, 2009) 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 ... In an attempt to add to the emerging scientific literature on the subject and answer deeper questions about the evolutionary basis of communication, Princeton University researchers have found that macaque monkeys also fall into the uncanny valley, exhibiting this reaction when... (Science Daily)

    Pirate Economics?: Captain Hook Meets Adam Smith  Oct 13, 2009
    Not so, dissents George Mason University economist Peter T. Leeson in his myth-busting book, The Invisible Hook (Princeton University Press, 2009), which shows how the unseen hand of economic exchange produces social cohesion even among pirates. Piratical mythology can t be true, in fact, because no community of people could possibly be successful at anything for any length of time if their society were utterly anarchistic. (Scientific American)

    MIT student collapses, dies in marathon  Oct 13, 2009
    Curtin graduated from Princeton University in 2008. A memorial service will be held at the Princeton University Chapel on Oct. 25 ... Donations can be sent to Helen Hardy, Princeton University, Alumni and Donor Relations, PO Box 5357, Princeton, N.J. 08543. (Boston Globe)

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