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  • Institute for Advanced Study scholar wins math prize

    By: David Campbell    EVANSTON, Ill. — Robert P. Langlands, the Hermann Weyl Professor of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study, has been awarded the Frederic Esser Nemmers Prize in Mathematics by Northwestern University.    The Erwin Plein Nemmers Prize in Economics went to Lars Peter Hansen, the Homer J. Livingston Distinguished Service Professor at the…

  • Goerner endorsed for Township Committee seat

    The top choice among three candidates considered by Democratic Municipal Committee By: Marjorie Censer    The Princeton Township Democratic Municipal Committee threw its support behind Bayard Lane resident Chad Goerner Monday, nominating him as one of the three candidates to fill the vacant Township Committee seat and endorsing him to run as the Democratic Party candidate…

  • Tiger Lilies return to nationals

    Hockey team hoping to return with gold By: Justin Feil    When the Princeton Tiger Lilies Under-19 team begins play in the USA Hockey Girls National Tournament next week, they will be facing some familiar names.    Of course, after making nationals the past two years and winning a bronze medal last year, the Tiger Lilies are…

  • Charges are pending in fatal West Windsor car-truck accident

    By: Emily Craighead    WEST WINDSOR — Charges are pending against the 26-year-old Keyport resident who drove the dump truck that killed a township resident driving across Route 1 on Friday, police reported.    Natalya Zaltsman, 65, was driving west on Carnegie Center Boulevard in a 2003 Mazda Protégé when her vehicle was struck by a dump…

  • Start-up business is her cup of tea

    THE ENTREPRENEURSMadhu Joshi began Jaya Teas as a way to bring a family business to a new continent By: Emily Craighead    LAWRENCE — Starting a small business was, for Madhu Joshi, a way to bring a family business to a new continent.    Growing up in India, Ms. Joshi spent school vacations at her family’s tea…

  • Six at university win Sloan Fellowships

    By: David Campbell    The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has selected six Princeton University faculty members to receive Sloan Research Fellowships, the university has announced.    The recipients are assistant professors Marco Battaglini, Niklas Beisert, Simon Brendle, Coleen Murphy, Li-Shiuan Peh and Alice Shapley.    Professor Battaglini, an assistant professor of economics and a Princeton faculty member since…

  • ‘Tis the season for boosters to ‘Spring For A Seat’ at Princeton High

    Fundraiser for new auditorium begins to broaden its scope By: David Campbell    Monday was the first day of spring, and for volunteers with the Princeton Education Foundation that means only one thing — it’s time to "Spring For A Seat."    The foundation’s "Take A Seat" fundraising initiative currently under way seeks to help raise money…

  • For this Princeton grad, knowledge is power

    THE ENTREPRENEURSErik Limpaecher joined three classmates to form Princeton Power Systems By: Hilary Parker    PLAINSBORO — He’s no Evel Knievel, but Erik Limpaecher, the lead controls engineer for Princeton Power Systems, likes to have a little risk around, both in business and pleasure.    When other members of Princeton University’s Class of 2001 headed off to…

  • Princeton planners back environmental initiative

    Two-year program would reduce municipal reliance on fossil fuels By: David Campbell    The Regional Planning Board of Princeton approved a resolution Thursday night in support of an initiative by the Princeton Environmental Commission that seeks to reduce the municipalities’ reliance on fossil fuels and implement a municipal purchasing program that buys locally and is environmentally…