Category: archives
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‘Princeton Reads’ author draws overflow crowd to library
Fans hear James McBride talk about his memoir By: Emily Craighead An hour before James McBride stepped up to the lectern at the Princeton Public Library on Thursday evening, fans of his book, "The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother," had taken their seats in the library’s program room. Fifteen…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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‘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…
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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…
