2005 M. King Hubbert Award Presented to Mary Hill
April 5, 2006
Dr. Mary Hill, a researcher at the U.S. Geological Survey, was awarded the prestigious M. King Hubbert Award at the 2005 Ground Water Expo, December 13-15, in Cobb County, Georgia.
Innovation Forum to feature early business ventures
April 5, 2006
Fifteen Princeton scientists and engineers will talk about their early-stage entrepreneurial ventures at an Innovation Forum at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 20, in the Friend Center Convocation Room.
Who’s afraid of Alex Halderman? Magazine profiles student’s discoveries of security flaws
March 27, 2006
Computer science graduate student Alex Halderman describes his efforts to uncover security flaws and privacy violations in copyright-protection technologies in an article in the March 22 issue of the Princeton Alumni Weekly.
Chazelle issues call-to-arms to computer scientists
February 18, 2006
At the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Bernard Chazelle, Princeton computer scientist, plans to issue a call to arms for his profession, challenging his colleagues to grab society by the lapels and evangelize the importance of studying computer science. The top 36 U.S. computer science departments saw enrollments drop nearly 20 percent between 2000 and 2004.
Conference sparks dialogue on women in science and engineering
February 11, 2006
Florence Hudson ’80 always knew that she wanted to have two to three children, and that she didn’t want to stop working. As vice president for strategy and marketing for the Global Industrial Sector for IBM, she found herself taking 7 a.m. conference calls from India and China while her children needed to get ready for school.
Student team competes in trading simulation
February 6, 2006
The ORFE "Fat Tails" placed 12th at an international trading competition in Montreal Feb. 4, beating out the two other American teams in the competition.
Committee searches for new dean
January 26, 2006
President Shirley M. Tilghman has appointed a committee to search for a new dean of engineering following the announcement in January that Dean Maria Klawe will leave Princeton to become president of Harvey Mudd College.
Search committee appointed for engineering dean
January 26, 2006
President Shirley M. Tilghman has appointed a nine-member committee to search for a new dean of Princeton’s School of Engineering and Applied Science.