Bulletinvolume 101, Number 10 June 18, 2012 Tilghman to Grads: Embrace Value of Liberal Arts Education

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university BulletinVolume 101, Number 10 June 18, 2012 Tilghman to grads: Embrace value of liberal arts education

K a r i n D i e n s t Nassau Hall, Tilghman championed a liberal educa- thinking and the ability to work across disciplinary tion in the face of “economic hard times” that “always boundaries.” aking a stand for a liberal arts education in elicit calls for more goal-oriented education.” As other nations have begun to believe that an today’s difficult economic climate, Prince- Arguing against efforts to shrink the breadth of education that “specializes too early and too narrowly M ton President Shirley M. Tilghman urged higher education, Tilghman maintained that the produces well-trained technocrats but very few inno- graduates to bring to the fore the talents they have “kind of thinking” that emphasizes education merely vators,” Tilghman said she “rejects the notion that a developed as they embark on the future. as a means to specific jobs is misguided. liberal arts degree has suddenly become obsolete.” “In a world that is changing as rapidly as ours, “It is ironic that these calls for more outcome- Tilghman offered the example of James Madison, developing the capacity to learn new things is as crit- oriented education in the U.S. come at precisely a member of the Class of 1771 and the fourth presi- ical as how well you think or how much you know,” the moment when other nations are racing pre- dent of the United States, who pursued far-ranging Tilghman said June 5 in her annual Commencement cisely in the opposite direction,” Tilghman said. intellectual interests while at Princeton, which she address. “Your education is the best vaccine I know “They have taken note of the immense creativity said helped build a foundation for his public career. against early obsolescence.” of the American economy over the past 50 years, Tilghman explained that Madison was “a leader in Speaking to a crowd of approximately 10,000 and have concluded that education in the liberal students and guests assembled on the front lawn of arts promotes in citizens innovation, independent Continued on page 6 Photos by Denise Applewhite Denise by Photos LEFT: Degree candidates from Princeton’s Graduate School applaud during the University’s 265th Commencement ceremony. RIGHT: Emphasizing the value of a liberal arts education, Princeton President Shirley M. Tilghman addresses the crowd of 10,000 students and guests assembled on the front lawn of Nassau Hall for Commencement. The University awarded degrees to 1,230 undergraduates in the Class of 2012, five from other classes and 832 graduate students.

Interdisciplinary links helped forge path for valedictorian

M i c h a e l Ho t c h k i s s That focus on the natural sciences December, he was inducted into Phi — coupled with a consistent curios- Beta Kappa. single molecule helped define ity about how different fields interact “I’ve never had this feeling about a the academic path of Nathaniel and overlap — led Fleming to pursue student before, that he has so much to A Fleming, the valedictorian of a concentration in psychology, along give our society that I hope it comes to Princeton’s Class of 2012. with completing all of his science fruition,” said Barry Jacobs, professor During the fall of his sophomore prerequisites for medical school. At of psychology and the Princeton Neu- year, Fleming was juggling classes the same time, he worked toward a roscience Institute, who was Fleming’s in organic chemistry, biology, neu- certificate in another longheld passion, adviser for his senior thesis. “I think roscience, French and music. The French. His academic achievements, he has — at least among the students workload was intense, Fleming said, including a 4.0 grade point average I’ve met — a somewhat unique pos- but it began to pay off when the con- and A+ grades in eight classes, led to sibility or talent to give of himself in a nections between the classes started him being named valedictorian. meaningful way.” to emerge. Take a molecule known as The Eugene, Ore., native delivered PGE2, which affects neurotransmis- the valedictory address at the Univer- Singer, mentor and chef sion and pain sensitivity in the brain. sity’s Commencement ceremony on Fleming was more than an academic It appeared as a topic of his organic June 5. during his time on campus. He was a chemistry class, then resurfaced in a Fleming received many other aca- musician, a mentor and the Tuesday neuroscience class in a new context. demic prizes and awards at Princeton. night dinner chef for his roommates “I’m studying it from one angle, He was awarded the Shapiro Prize for in Spelman Halls. (Tofu stir-fry with which is the very pure nitty-gritty Academic Excellence after his fresh- peanut sauce is a specialty.) chemistry of it, and then in the same man and sophomore years. After his Fleming worked for three years at the semester I see how important this junior year, he received the psychol- University’s Writing Center, helping molecule is to the brain in defining our ogy department’s Howard Crosby other students polish their writing, and behavior,” Fleming said. “I thought it he served as a head fellow during his Warren Junior Prize, as well as the Applewhite Denise by Photo was great because I’m so fascinated by senior year. He was also an academic Class of 1939 Princeton Scholar Valedictorian Nathaniel Fleming, shown and interested in how people work and peer adviser for Mathey College and a Award for achieving the highest delivering his Commencement address, how the body functions. And I started academic standing for all preceding to see those connections being drawn.” pursued a concentration in psychology and a college work at the University. In Continued on page 7 certificate in French.

Seven named to Board of Trustees 2 What’s Dominick selected Board approves 26 faculty appointments 3 as Princeton’s next inside? Ten faculty members transfer to emeritus status 4 VP and CIO 2 Princeton 2 university Bulletin June 18, 2012 Princeton selects Dominick as VP and CIO Spotlight

K a r i n D i e n s t the service-oriented practice of OIT; research in the digital world and I am assisting with new initiatives in the excited to be joining that effort.” ames “Jay” Dominick, the top- use of online pedagogy; addressing Dominick has served as vice chan- ranking information technology IT security needs; and implementing cellor for information technology and J administrator at the University of systems improve- CIO at UNC-Charlotte since 2008. North Carolina-Charlotte, will become ments related to For 12 years previously, he was the vice president for information technol- the University’s fi rst CIO at Wake Forest Univer- ogy and chief information offi cer at fi nancial systems and sity, after holding increased levels Princeton on Aug. 13. reporting. of responsibility since joining the He will succeed Betty Leydon, VP Dominick said he institution in 1991. He also worked and CIO at Princeton since 2001, who is looking forward to at the Research Triangle Institute in is retiring at the end of the academic his new position at Research Triangle Park, N.C., and year. Princeton. “I am hon- served as an offi cer in the U.S. Air Dominick “I am delighted that Jay Domi- ored and delighted to Force. During his career, Dominick nick has accepted Princeton’s offer to have been chosen for has taught courses in IT and telecom- become the University’s next CIO,” this position and sincerely appreci- munications. said Provost Christopher Eisgruber, ate the trust placed in me by Provost Dominick earned a Ph.D. in infor- to whom Dominick will report. “Like Eisgruber and President Tilghman,” mation and library science at the Betty Leydon before him, Jay comes to he said. “I look forward to continu- University of North Carolina-Chapel Princeton with a proven track record ing the rich tradition of excellence Hill, which is his undergraduate alma of success as a leader in academic IT that Princeton has become known mater. He holds a master’s degree in management.” for under Betty Leydon’s leadership. national security studies from George- Applewhite Denise by Photo Eisgruber said that Dominick Princeton has taken bold steps in town University and an MBA from impressed the search committee defi ning the future of teaching and Wake Forest. Name: Donald Snook with his “deep commitment to aca- Position: Food service storekeeper in demic values and his understanding Dining Services. Receiving, inspect- of Princeton’s mission, his service- ing and storing incoming food items oriented approach to IT operations, at the Forbes College dining hall. and his experience with a broad Supplying menu ingredients to the range of initiatives in both academic dining hall cooks and chefs. Picking and administrative computing.” He Seven new trustees named up local vendors’ food items from added, “I am confi dent that he will Dining Services’ main offi ce and tak- be an effective and responsive leader rinceton has named seven new who were elected by the board to ing them to Forbes. Assisting in the for Princeton’s Offi ce of Information members to its Board of Trust- serve for four years as term trustees; taking and management of inventory. Technology (OIT).” ees, effective July 1. Jaime Ayala and Laurence Morse, Serving as a member of President P Quote: “I learn something every day The new trustees are: Robert who were elected by alumni to serve — from the drivers, from the food Shirley M. Tilghman’s cabinet, the Hugin and Peter Wendell, who four years as alumni trustees; and that comes in, and from talking to CIO leads more than 250 staff. Eis- were elected by the board to serve Angela Groves, who was elected by the cooks and chefs. I generally work gruber noted that among an array of for eight years as charter trustees; the junior, senior and two youngest alone, but I have to take food to the responsibilities, the CIO will focus Ruth Simmons and John Wynne, alumni classes to serve four years as cooks as well, where there’s all this on priorities including: sustaining young alumni trustee. action. The kitchen is alive with Biographical information about the people cooking and students getting new trustees follows: food. My grandparents had a lun- Ayala, of Makati City, Philippines, is cheonette and my earliest memories the founder of Hybrid Social Solutions are being there. One of my aunts had and SunTransfer, which provide rural a restaurant, and we lived above the communities with solar products for restaurant for a while. I realized later access to electricity, water and other on in life, when I started to do cater- essential services. He also is a trustee ing and restaurant work, that there of the World Wildlife Fund and the A great view was this connection to when I was Philippine Tropical Forest Conser- growing up.” vation Fund. Ayala graduated from of the campus Princeton in 1984 with a degree in Other interests: Volunteering as a com- economics and holds an MBA from munity disc jockey at WPRB, the The Princeton University Bulletin is published monthly Harvard University. He is the regional student-run Princeton radio station. Volunteering as a mechanic at Cyclab, during the academic year (10 issues). The Bulletin Alumni Schools Committee chair for the Philippines. Princeton’s bicycle cooperative. Learn- provides news and feature stories about the University, ing to surf. Collecting records and as well as notices of upcoming campus events. To Continued on page 8 musical instruments. 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he Board of Trustees has approved the natural and social sciences, and the and experimental physics. Lisanti is a a research fellow at the University of the appointments of the following history of science through science fic- graduate of Harvard and holds a Ph.D. Cambridge and a postdoctoral fellow at T 26 faculty members: tion. She is the author of “Looking for from Stanford University. Princeton. Shawcross focuses on later a Few Good Males: Female Choice in Han Liu, in operations research and Byzantine history. She is a graduate of Professor Evolutionary Biology.” financial engineering, will join the Université de Paris III-Sorbonne and Atif Mian, in economics and pub- Milam will come to Princeton from faculty on Sept. 1, 2012. A specialist holds a Ph.D. from the University of lic affairs, will join the faculty on the University of Maryland, where in statistics, Liu is a faculty member at Oxford. July 1, 2012, from the University of she has taught since 2008. She previ- Johns Hopkins University. He received Irene Small, in art and archaeology, California-Berkeley, where he has ously was a postdoctoral fellow at the a bachelor’s degree from the Harbin will join the faculty on Aug. 1, 2012. been a faculty member since 2009. He Max Planck Institute for the History Institute of Technology, a master’s A specialist in contemporary art and previously taught at the University of of Science and a lecturer at Clemson degree from the University of Tokyo criticism, she is a faculty member at Chicago. University. A graduate of Carleton and a Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon. the University of Illinois. Small is a Mian’s research focuses on links College, she holds a master’s degree Rosina Lozano, in history, will join the graduate of Brown and holds a Ph.D. between financial markets and the from the University of Michigan faculty on Aug. 1, 2013. A specialist from Yale. macroeconomy. His work emphasizes and a Ph.D. from the University of in Latino/Latina history, she holds Alexander Sodin, in mathematics, will the role played by political, gover- Wisconsin-Madison. a bachelor’s degree from Stanford, a join the faculty on Sept. 1, 2012. A nance and organizational constraints master’s degree from Harvard and a specialist in analysis, he is a member in shaping the effectiveness and scope Assistant professor Ph.D. from the University of Southern of the Institute for Advanced Study. of financial markets. He has published The following appointments are for California. Sodin holds a bachelor’s degree and widely on topics such as the origins of three-year terms, except where noted: Sucharit Sarkar, in mathematics, will Ph.D. from Tel Aviv University. the global financial crisis, the political Alin Coman, in psychology and public join the faculty on Sept. 1, 2012. He is Jack Tannous, in history, will join the economy of government interven- affairs, will join the faculty on July a faculty member at Columbia Univer- faculty on Sept. 1, 2012. Tannous, tion in financial markets, and the 1, 2012. A specialist in collective sity, focusing on topology. A graduate who studies the late antiquity period, link between asset prices, household memory, Coman is a postdoctoral of the Indian Statistical Institute, earned his Ph.D. from Princeton in borrowing and consumption. Mian research associate at the University Sarkar earned his Ph.D. from Prince- 2010 and is a postdoctoral fellow at the holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon ton in 2009. Dumbarton Oaks research library and from the Massachusetts Institute of University. A graduate of Babes-Bolyai Teresa Shawcross, in history, will join museum. He holds a bachelor’s degree Technology. University, he holds a Ph.D. from the the faculty on July 1, 2012. Currently a Sophie Morel, in mathematics, will New School for Social Research. faculty member at Amherst and Mount join the faculty on Sept. 1, 2012. She Javier Guerrero, in Spanish and Por- Holyoke colleges, she previously was Continued on page 8 has been a professor at Harvard Uni- tuguese languages and cultures, will versity since 2009 and also has served join the faculty on Sept. 1, 2012. A as a member of the Radcliffe Insti- postdoctoral fellow at Lawrence Uni- tute for Advanced Study at Harvard. versity, he focuses on contemporary Previously, she had been a member of Latin American film and literature. the Institute for Advanced Study in Guerrero earned a bachelor’s degree More news on the Web Princeton and a research fellow at the from the Universidad Central de Clay Mathematics Institute. Venezuela, a master’s degree from Morel is a specialist in number the Universidad Simón Bolivar and a theory, algebraic geometry and rep- Ph.D. from New York University. Visit the News at Princeton Web page at www.princeton.edu/main/news resentation theory. Her work focuses Liora Halperin, in Near Eastern stud- for other recent stories, including the following: on the Langlands problem, an area ies, will join the faculty on Sept. 1, of number theory and representation 2012. Halperin specializes in the social • Princeton researchers have found that herpes and other viruses that attack theory that has been of great interest and cultural history of Israel. She is a the nervous system may thrive by disrupting cell function in order to hijack a to mathematicians in recent decades. A graduate of Harvard and holds a Ph.D. neuron’s internal transportation network and spread to other cells. These find- graduate of the École Normale Supéri- from the University of California-Los ings reveal a previously unknown and highly efficient mechanism that some of eure, Morel holds a Ph.D. from the Angeles. the most common strains of herpes viruses in humans may use to proliferate Université Paris-Sud. Tod Hamilton, in sociology, will join in the nervous system, said lead author Tal Kramer, a doctoral student in the Eve Ostriker, in astrophysical sciences, the faculty on July 1, 2012. A special- lab of the paper’s co-author Lynn Enquist, the Henry L. Hillman Professor of will join the faculty on July 1, 2012. ist in demography and immigration, Molecular Biology. Her interests are in theoretical and he is a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard. • Taking their cue from the humble leaf, researchers have used microscopic computational astrophysics, includ- Hamilton holds a bachelor’s degree folds on the surface of photovoltaic material to significantly increase the ing: the formation of stars and planets; from Xavier University, a master’s power output of flexible, low-cost solar cells. The team, led by scientists from dynamics and thermodynamics of the degree from the University of North Princeton, reported in the journal Nature Photonics that the folds resulted in a interstellar medium; the structure and Carolina-Greensboro and a Ph.D. from 47 percent increase in electricity generation. evolution of spiral galaxies; astrophysi- the University of Texas-Austin. cal turbulence; and numerical models Brian Herrera, in theater in the Lewis • The influence of the ground beneath us on the air around us could be greater for hydrodynamics. Center for the Arts, will join the fac- than scientists had previously thought, according to new Princeton research Ostriker will come to Princeton from ulty on July 1, 2012. He is currently that links the long-ago proliferation of oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere to a sud- the University of Maryland, where she a faculty member at the University den change in the inner workings of our planet. has been on the faculty since 1996. She of New Mexico, where he earned a previously was a postdoctoral fellow master’s degree. He holds a bachelor’s • Using silk strands pulled from cocoons and gold wires thinner than a spider’s at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center degree from Brown University and a web, researchers at Princeton have created a removable tattoo that adheres for Astrophysics and a postdoctoral Ph.D. from Yale University. Herrera to dental enamel and could eventually monitor a patient’s health with unprec- researcher at the University of focuses on performance history. edented sensitivity. California-Berkeley, where she earned Greg Kaplan, in economics, will join her Ph.D. She is a Harvard graduate. the faculty on July 1, 2012. A macro- • Olga Troyanskaya, a computational biologist at Princeton, and canine oncolo- Andreas Wimmer will join the faculty economist, he is a faculty member at gist Karin Sorenmo, of the University of Pennsylvania, have launched an as the Hughes-Rogers Professor of the University of Pennsylvania and innovative research collaboration to learn more about cancer, possibly leading Sociology on July 1, 2012. Wim- previously was an economist for the to new treatments for dogs and humans. mer’s research aims to understand the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. dynamics of nation-state formation, Kaplan is a graduate of Macquarie • Princeton’s Graduate School offered admission to 1,226 of the record 12,077 ethnic boundary-making and political University, and holds a master’s degree applicants who applied for the 2012-13 academic year, with the school’s conflict from a comparative perspec- from the London School of Economics global reputation and strong financial aid program contributing to a continued tive. He has conducted fieldwork in and a Ph.D. from New York Univer- increase in applications, particularly among international students. Mexico and Iraq, and has engaged sity. in interdisciplinary research projects Matthew Karp, in history, will join the • The Princeton chapter of Phi Beta Kappa honored Daniel Oppenheimer, that cross into political science and faculty on July 1, 2013. A specialist in associate professor of psychology and public affairs, and Michael Smith, social anthropology. His books include U.S. history, he is an instructor at the the McCosh Professor of Philosophy, with its annual awards for excellence in “Nationalist Exclusion and Ethnic University of Pennsylvania, where he undergraduate teaching. Conflicts: Shadows of Modernity” and received his Ph.D. Karp is a graduate • The Princeton Graduate School presented awards to six graduate students in the forthcoming “Waves of War.” of Amherst College. recognition of their outstanding abilities as teachers. The annual Association Wimmer has been a faculty member Ning Lin, in civil and environmental of Princeton Graduate Alumni Teaching Awards were presented to: William at the University of California-Los engineering, will join the faculty on Holloway, chemical and biological engineering; Maria Korolev, chemistry; Angeles since 2003. He previously July 1, 2012. Lin earned her Ph.D. Iwa Nawrocki, history; Jolyon Thomas, religion; and Joshua Vandiver, politics. taught at the University of Bonn, the from Princeton in 2010 and is now Bhadrinarayana Lalgudi Visweswaran, of the electrical engineering depart- University of Neuchâtel and the Uni- a postdoctoral fellow at the Mas- ment, received the Friends of the Davis International Center Excellence in versity of Zurich, where he earned his sachusetts Institute of Technology. Teaching Award, which is given annually to an international graduate student. undergraduate and doctoral degrees. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Huazong University of Science and • Princeton honored four exceptional New Jersey secondary school teachers Associate professor Technology and a master’s degree from at its 2012 Commencement: Daniel Kaplan, Matawan Regional High School, Erika Milam, in history, will join the Texas Tech University. Her fields of Aberdeen; Dana Maloney, Tenafly High School, Tenafly; Enzo Paterno, Middle- faculty on July 1, 2012. Milam is a specialization are mechanics, materi- sex County Academy for Science, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies, historian of science who specializes in als, structures and storm hazards. Edison; and Victorina Wasmuth, Dr. Ronald E. McNair Academic High School, the history of the life sciences and the Mariangela Lisanti, in physics, will Jersey City. animal-human boundary. Her interests join the faculty on Sept. 1, 2013. She include evolutionary biology, gender is currently a postdoctoral fellow at and science, the connection between Princeton, focusing on theoretical Princeton 4 university Bulletin June 18, 2012 Ten Princeton faculty members transfer to emeritus status

Us h m a Pat e l Danson has had a 44-year career of time at Princeton as a visitor, he joined stars; helped explain the dynamics of outstanding scholarship and teaching, the faculty in 1989. the interstellar medium, the volume en Princeton faculty members mainly in Shakespeare and Renais- The principal question that Johnson- between stars; advocated new ways were transferred to emeritus status sance studies. He is the author of Laird has answered is how individuals of thinking of the geometry of the T in recent action by the Board of three books and who have had training in logic or prob- universe; and played a central role in Trustees. many articles on ability calculus are able to reason: They synthesizing cosmological theories. They are: James Broach, profes- Shakespearean drama, use mental models of the world. Ostriker’s leadership efforts include sor of molecular biology; William and has also written Johnson-Laird is a fellow of the participating in the development of Browder, professor of mathemat- books about the litera- British Academy and the Royal Society the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. He also ics; Lawrence Danson, professor of ture of 19th-century of London, a recipient of the Fys- spent 16 years as chair of the astro- English; John Darley, the Dorman T. British writers Max sen Foundation International Prize physical sciences department and Warren Professor of Psychology and Beerbohm and Oscar and Princeton’s Graduate Mentoring directed the Princeton Institute for a professor of psychology and public Danson Wilde. As a teacher, Award, and a member of the National Computational Science and Engineer- affairs; Philip Johnson-Laird, the he is known for his Academy of Sciences and the American ing. From 1995 to 2001, he served Stuart Professor of Psychology; Sei- innovation in developing new courses, Philosophical Society. as provost of the University, helping ichi Makino, professor of East Asian using technology in the classroom and Makino joined the faculty in 1991 establish its pioneering, no-loan initia- studies; Hugo Meyer, professor of art experimenting with teaching methods. and has distinguished himself as the tives in financial aid. Ostriker also is and archaeology; Jeremiah Ostriker, Among Danson’s honors are a director of the University’s Japanese serving as treasurer of the National professor of astrophysical sciences; National Endowment of the Humani- language program. Academy of Sciences. Elias Stein, the Albert Baldwin Dod ties Fellowship and the Hoffman Prize, Makino, who has A recipient of the National Medal Professor of Mathematics; and Cornel and his teaching has been recognized served as co-director of of Science, Ostriker is a member or West, the Class of 1943 University through Princeton’s Cotsen Faculty the East Asian Lin- fellow of the American Academy of Professor in the Center for African Fellowship and grants from the 250th guistics Project and Arts and Sciences, National Academy American Studies. Anniversary Fund for Innovation in director of the summer of Sciences, American Philosophical All are effective July 1, 2012, except Undergraduate Teaching. language program Society, Royal Netherlands Academy for the transfers of Broach and Browder, Danson began as an instructor at Princeton in Ishikawa, of Arts and Sciences and Royal Society effective Feb. 1 and Aug. 1, respectively. Princeton in 1968, and he has served has taught all levels of London. A graduate of Harvard, he Broach is a pioneer of modern molecu- as director of the Princeton Writing Makino of Japanese language, earned his Ph.D. in astrophysics from lar approaches to the study of the model Program, on the Executive Committee as well as classes on the University of Chicago. organism Saccharomy- of the Council of the Humanities, on cultural and cognitive linguistics, Stein’s contributions in the area ces cerevisiae, better the Committee for Renaissance Studies, discourse analysis, Japanese culture of mathematical known as bakers’ yeast. in the Program in Theater and Dance, and Japanese as a second language. He analysis over the last Since the 1970s, from and on the Priorities Committee, among is recognized as a leader in Japanese half-century include Cold Spring Harbor other roles. He received his bachelor’s language pedagogy internationally, sup- groundbreaking work Laboratory to the State degree from Dartmouth College, pur- porting programs and training teachers on problems in areas of University of New sued graduate study at Merton College at other institutions in the United math such as harmonic York-Stony Brook to at the University of Oxford and earned States, Japan and France. analysis, partial dif- Princeton, Broach’s his Ph.D. at Yale. Makino has published books and ferential equations, Broach research has investi- Darley began his career at New York articles in English and Japanese, been several complex gated topics including University, where he started the line an associate editor of various journals variables and repre- Stein cell specialization, genetic cloning and of research that sparked his career in the field and served as president of sentation theory. Stein nutrient assimilation. — looking into why bystanders who the Association of Teachers of Japanese. is a recipient of the National Medal of In addition, Broach has written more had witnessed the murder of Kitty His honors include an Award for Distin- Science and the Wolf Prize. than 150 scientific papers, co-edited Genovese in 1964 guished Service to the Profession from Stein has written several books on six volumes on yeast molecular and had not intervened. the Modern Language Association. mathematical analysis that are consid- cellular biology and served as editor or With his Columbia Makino earned bachelor’s and mas- ered classics in the field, and he recently associate editor for leading journals, University colleague ter’s degrees at Waseda University in published (with Rami Shakarchi) the including Cell and Molecular and Cel- Bibb Latané, Darley Tokyo, a second bachelor’s and mas- last in a four-volume set of textbooks lular Biology. conducted innova- ter’s at the University of Tokyo, and called “Princeton Lectures on Analysis” Broach earned his bachelor’s degree tive laboratory and after coming to the United States as that accompany a sequence of advanced at Yale University and his Ph.D. at the field experiments that a Fulbright Scholar, a Ph.D. in lin- undergraduate mathematics courses, University of California-Berkeley. He tested and confirmed Darley guistics at the University of Illinois at which he also developed. joined the Princeton faculty in 1984 and their hypotheses that Urbana-Champaign. Stein joined the faculty in 1963, was one of the founding members of the unresponsiveness Meyer, a specialist in Hellenistic and served twice as chair of the mathematics the Department of Molecular Biology, of bystanders was driven by uncer- Roman art, spent the first decade of his department and mentored a generation serving as its associate chair from 2004 tainty and indecision, and the belief academic career in Germany, teach- of leading analysts. He received his to Jan. 31, 2012. He also was associate that others would help. ing in Munich and bachelor’s degree and Ph.D. from the director of the Lewis-Sigler Institute Darley, a graduate of Swarthmore Marburg and taking University of Chicago. for Integrative Genomics from 2001 College who earned his Ph.D. at on a curatorial posi- West is a scholar, educator, activist, to 2008. Broach currently is chair of Harvard University, came to Prince- tion responsible for a author and public intellectual who is the Department of Biochemistry and ton in 1968 as an associate professor collection of casts of known far beyond academia. West’s Molecular Biology at the Penn State in psychology and helped build the Classical sculptures at work focuses on social and economic College of Medicine and director of the University’s social psychology pro- the Bavarian National justice, race, black theology, American Penn State Institute for Personalized gram. In addition to publishing many Museum. pragmatism and contemporary Marxist Medicine. books and articles in the field, he When he joined the Meyer thought. Browder received chaired the department for five years. Princeton faculty in West’s numerous publications his undergraduate He also branched out to topics such as 1989, Meyer focused include the best-selling books “Race degree from the Mas- behavioral approaches to energy con- on further researching sculptural Matters” and “Democracy Matters,” sachusetts Institute of versation, how organizations socialize objects and published two books on as well as “The American Evasion of Technology, earned his wrongdoing and laypeople’s concep- Classical works. To complement his Philosophy: A Genealogy of American Ph.D. in mathematics tions of the law and legal system. In teaching, he worked to rebuild the Pragmatism,” which at Princeton in 1958 2001, he became jointly appointed art and archaeology department’s won the 1992 Critic’s and joined the faculty with Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson cast collection. Later in his career, he Choice Award. He as a full professor in Browder School of Public and International embarked on a comprehensive history has participated in 1964 — at age 28. His Affairs. of imperial Roman art, publishing protests on issues research has had a significant influence Darley’s numerous honors include one volume in 2000 with two more from apartheid South in the areas of homotopy theory, differ- receiving the Distinguished Scientist volumes forthcoming. Africa to the Occupy ential topology and the theory of finite Award from the Society of Experimen- Meyer received his Ph.D. in Classical movement. He has also group actions. tal Social Psychology, being named a art and archaeology from the University West made numerous media Browder has served in a variety of fellow of the American Academy of Arts of Göttingen in Germany, and he will appearances; appeared administrative capacities in the math- and Sciences, and serving as president continue his scholarship from Munich in feature films, documentaries and tele- ematics department — as chair, director of the American Psychological Soci- upon retirement. vision shows; hosted a radio show; and of undergraduate studies and under- ety and the Society of Personality and Ostriker joined Princeton as a lecturer released and appeared on spoken word graduate representative — as well as Social Psychology. in astrophysical sciences in 1965, and and music albums. serving on committees for the larger Johnson-Laird, a renowned expert on throughout his career West served on the Princeton faculty University community. the psychology of language and think- he has made major from 1988 to 1994 and rejoined the Over the course of his career, Browder ing, helped pioneer the field of cognitive contributions to his University in 2002 as a professor of advocated for K-12 math education with science. He earned his field and to higher religion and African American studies; the American Mathematical Society and bachelor’s degree and education, at the he later became the first faculty member for federal funding for mathematical Ph.D. in psychology University and fur- with a full appointment in the Center research through the National Research at University Col- ther afield. Through for African American Studies. A Har- Council, where he served as chair of the lege London — after his scholarship, he vard graduate, West earned his Ph.D. Office of Mathematical Sciences. He receiving training as Ostriker played a major role in in philosophy from Princeton in 1980. is a fellow of the National Academy of a surveyor and work- convincing the astro- Next month he will take a position at Sciences, the American Academy of Arts ing as a freelance jazz nomical community of a model of the Union Theological Seminary in New and Sciences and the Finnish Academy musician and music universe in which most mass resided York City, where he began his teaching of Arts and Sciences. Johnson-Laird critic. After spending in dark matter rather than visible career. Princeton June 18, 2012 university Bulletin 5 nassaunotes June 18-Sept. 16

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Commencement For more on the 2012 Commencement ceremony Continued from page 1 and related events — including stories, speech texts, social media coverage, photos and video — visit the crusade to found a free and independent nation” www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S33/89/17G94. and was the author of “a number of the most important documents that guide our nation to this day,” including the framework for the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights. “Without taking anything away from Madison’s The Latin Salutatory, Princeton’s oldest student coach; Aretha Franklin, the singer known as “the towering intellect, I would argue that the years he honor, began as a serious, formal address, but today it Queen of Soul”; Eduardo Padrón, president of Miami spent at Princeton, engaged in the study of subjects often contains humorous tributes, recollections and a Dade College; Joan Wallach Scott, the Harold F. such as mathematics and political philosophy, power- farewell to Princeton campus life. Linder Professor in the School of Social Science at the fully prepared him for his life’s work,” Tilghman said. Butterworth honored Princeton as the “best alma Institute for Advanced Study; Joseph Taylor Jr., the She said that Madison’s accomplishments at Prince- mater in the world,” noting that “here in your embrace James McDonnell Distinguished Professor of Physics ton remain relevant to today’s Princetonians. “Just as we cultivated virtue, knowledge and friendship.” She Emeritus at Princeton; and Karen Uhlenbeck, the Sid the nascent United States depended upon well- said: “Be well, my friends. Today we come to a sad W. Richardson Foundation Regents Chair in Math- educated individuals who brought historical per- parting, but not to the end of our friendships. Daily I ematics at the University of Texas-Austin. spective, political theory and a sympathy for the will see your images on Facebook! And we will come As it does each year, Princeton honored excel- complexity of human nature to the task of designing a together again and again at Reunions, so that we may lence in teaching at the Commencement ceremony. new nation, both this country and the dozens of oth- rejoice in Bacchus bringing sweet memories.” Four Princeton faculty members received President’s ers represented on this lawn today need thoughtful, The University awarded degrees to 1,230 under- Awards for Distinguished Teaching: Maria Garlock, open-minded and well-informed citizens to chart their graduates in the Class of 2012, five from other classes associate professor of civil and environmental engi- course and influence their future. No, we are not about and 832 graduate students at its 265th Commence- neering; Carol Greenhouse, professor of anthropology; to administer the last rites for a liberal education.” ment. It also conferred honorary doctoral degrees Daniel Rodgers, the Henry Charles Lea Professor of Noting that a liberal education is not the “only upon six people for their contributions to athletics, History; and Jeffrey Schwartz, professor of chemistry. valuable form of education,” Tilghman said that “to music, education, the humanities and science: Peter be successful in the 21st century, just as in the 18th Carril, basketball Hall-of-Famer and former Princeton Continued on page 7 century, a society requires citizens who are steeped in history, literature, languages, culture, and scientific and technological ideas from ancient times to the present.” She also emphasized that a “liberal education is a privilege that brings with it a responsibility to use your education wisely, as much for the benefit of others in your community and nation and the world as for your own private good.” Concluding the address with her traditional send- off, Tilghman said: “So, as you walk, skip or run through the FitzRandolph Gates today, as citizens of this and many other nations, I hope you will carry forward the spirit of Princeton and the liberal education you have received. The future is now in your hands. And I expect you to do as you have done at Princeton — to aim high and be bold!” Pomp and circumstance Tilghman shared the podium with two Princeton seniors: valedictorian Nathaniel Fleming, a psychology major from Eugene, Ore.; and salutatorian Elizabeth Butterworth, a classics major from Auburn, Mass. Fleming told his classmates that the knowledge they have acquired while at Princeton will prepare them for the future. “Don’t just think of yourself as a chemical engineer, as a sociologist, as a consultant; we have lots of those already. We do not have any more of you. Bring your own individual knowledge and experiences to your work,” he said. “Think of your Princeton tran- Applewhite Denise by Photo script as your fingerprint: Nobody else has the same Tilghman joins faculty members who were recognized with President’s Awards for Distinguished Teaching: (from left) Daniel one, and your complete list of classes — including that Rodgers, Carol Greenhouse, Jeffrey Schwartz and Maria Garlock. random one that you took senior year because it looked like fun — helps define your unique intellectual identity. Use this to your advantage.” Butterworth delivered the salutatory address in Latin, one of her key areas of study. The Princeton tradition dates to the first Commencement in 1748, when the entire ceremony was conducted in Latin.

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The University awarded degrees to 1,230 undergraduates in the Class of 2012, five from other classes and 832 graduate students at its 265th Commencement. Those students receiving degrees from the Class of 2012 included: • 621 men • 609 women • 1,015 bachelor of arts • 215 bachelor of science in engineering A total of 531 undergraduates, or 43.2 percent of the class, received honors, including: • 124 highest • 179 high • 228 honors Graduate students receiving degrees: • 351 doctor of philosophy • 326 master of arts • 63 master in public affairs • 26 master of architecture • 23 master in public policy • 22 master in finance • 13 master of science in engineering Applewhite Denise by Photo • 4 master of engineering Honorary degree recipients pictured with Tilghman and University Orator Stephen Oxman (second from left) were: (from left) • 2 master of arts in Near Eastern studies Peter Carril, Eduardo Padrón, Karen Uhlenbeck, Joseph Taylor Jr., Joan Wallach Scott and Aretha Franklin. • 2 master of fine arts Princeton June 18, 2012 university Bulletin 7

newer fellows face the challenges of dif- Valedictorian ficult interactions with their students.” Elizabeth Butterworth, an Continued from page 1 Bridging interests in the classroom exceptional student in classics Fleming’s senior thesis in the psychol- whose love of literature and rapid study-abroad peer adviser for the Office ogy department highlighted his interest mastery of Latin evoked high of International Programs, following his in reaching across disciplines. The project praise for her insightful readings experience studying in France during focused on the neuroscience of religious of original texts, delivers the the spring semester of his junior year. epiphanies and proposed a theory of how traditional Latin Salutatory at In addition, he was part of the Glee sudden, transformative religious events Commencement. Butterworth, Club and the Chamber Choir. Gabriel are experienced by the brain. a native of Auburn, Mass., will Crouch, senior lecturer in music and “Lots of times, there’s this kind of pursue a master’s degree in invisible barrier that rises up between director of choirs at Princeton, said comparative and international Fleming was committed to music and religion and spirituality and the scien- education at the University of sharing it with others, rehearsing with tific approach to that,” Fleming said. Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar. the groups 8 1/2 hours a week despite “A lot of psychology and neuroscience his many other obligations. has already focused in various ways To read more about her, visit “Somehow, he never misses a on studying religion and spirituality. www.princeton.edu/main/news. rehearsal. He’s never late. He’s never But it’s very difficult to integrate the less than perfectly prepared. He never perspective of people who have these Applewhite Denise by Photo looks tired. He never looks burdened,” beliefs into your scientific approach.” Crouch said. “He carries this sense that Jacobs said the thesis reflects Flem- tor, he excelled academically, becoming As his time at Princeton drew to a it’s a privilege to do this.” ing’s commitment and motivation. fluent in French through a K-12 lan- close, though, Fleming found himself Fleming said he came to embrace the “It’s the perfect thing for a student to guage immersion program in his school looking back. opportunity to set aside the stress of do who’s up for it, and he certainly is,” district. But many of his family ties are “I still have moments from time to classes and focus on music in rehearsals Jacobs said. “It allowed him to stretch.” in California, and the East Coast didn’t time when it’s hard to believe that this is and performances — including during In the fall of 2011, Fleming joined seem like a natural college destination. a real experience — that I’ve been here the Glee Club’s weeklong tour of France three other students for a challenging After his mother encouraged him to for four years and have almost completed in January. class in his other major academic focus apply, though, Princeton emerged as his my studies here,” Fleming said. “There’s nothing quite like the — French. In the contemporary French choice, even from afar. He first set foot Looking ahead, Fleming has experience of performing in a concert, prose course, the students tackled 10 on campus when he arrived in the fall of accepted a position as a clinical especially in a choir where you really thick, complex texts and a significant 2008. One of the buildings he recog- research associate with the Interdisci- feel a connection with everyone singing amount of theory in 12 weeks. nized was the Frist Campus Center, plinary Melanoma Cooperative Group, in the group,” he said. “In all of our class discussions, it was from its cameo in the opening credits of part of the New York University In the Writing Center, Associate obvious that Nathaniel did not compart- the television show “House.” Cancer Institute, where he will assist Director Keith Shaw said Fleming mentalize our course, separating it from “The biggest question mark for me with skin-cancer research projects and offered fellow students careful, cheerful all other disciplines he was studying,” was the campus culture, what student perform research of his own. In the questioning about their projects. said Christy Wampole, assistant profes- life would be like and how I would fit future, he plans to apply to medical “Students recognize that Nathaniel is sor of French and Italian. “Instead, in. I think that’s the big question for school and pursue a career in medicine an invested ally, and his approach inspires he found compelling ways to connect anyone but especially for me coming or public health. confidence in their work and enthusiasm what he’d learned, particularly in his from Oregon. How’s it going to work?” Following the announcement of about their projects, which is really the psychology courses, with concepts we said Fleming. “It worked very well. Fleming as valedictorian, Crouch, the most we can ask for,” Shaw said. addressed in our conversations. What I discovered about Princeton in director of the Glee Club and Chamber And as a head fellow, he helped other “I find this to be a somewhat rare terms of student life is that you can try Choir, thought about Fleming’s impact student tutors prepare for the delicate talent: to create constellations between to describe what campus culture is, at Princeton. task of setting other students on the disciplines, to allow questions to echo but that’s basically impossible to do. “How did he manage to leave such a right path with their writing. between them.” You have such a wide variety of people deep footprint in a music program and “Fellows need to learn how to work While Fleming piled up achievements here. No matter who you are, what in a writing program and in a language with students intellectually and how to at the University, his time at Princeton your interests are, you are going to find program and in a psych program?” respond to their emotional cues,” Shaw began as something of a surprise even people here who are like you and share Crouch wondered aloud. “How does one said. “Nathaniel was always good at this, to him. Growing up in Oregon, the son your interests.” person do that?” but he’s stunningly good at helping our of a letter carrier and a dance instruc-

degree candidates participated in the keynote speaker was actor and At the Baccalaureate service the day Commencement the Hooding ceremony at McCarter comedian Steve Carell. He lightheart- before, author and journalist Michael Continued from page 6 Theatre on June 4, where the keynote edly lamented the waning of personal Lewis, a 1982 Princeton graduate, speaker was columnist and author interaction in the Digital Age, before spoke about how good fortune plays George Will. closing with some “helpful hints.” He an important role in success. “Life’s In addition, four outstanding secondary In his address, Will, a 1968 Prince- said: “Every once in a while, put some- outcomes, while not entirely random, school teachers from across New Jersey ton graduate alumnus and a member thing positive into the world. We’ve have a huge amount of luck baked into were recognized for their work. of the University’s Board of Trustees, become so cynical these days — and by them,” he said. “Above all recognize Other honors for students were urged the degree recipients to com- ‘we,’ I mean us. So do something kind. that if you have had success, you have presented over the last few days of the municate the value of the academy to Make someone laugh. And don’t take also had luck — and with luck comes academic year. Six graduate students broader society, and also to “commu- yourself too seriously.” obligation.” were honored for excellence in teaching nicate the sheer fun of the intellectual during the Association of Princeton life.” Graduate Alumni’s Tribute to Teach- Also on June 4, seniors were recog- ing Reception on June 2. Advanced nized at Class Day ceremonies, where Photos by Denise Applewhite Denise by Photos Commencement is the last of the many festivities enjoyed by graduating students. It is an occasion filled with an array of emotions — especially jubilation — as Princetonians connect with each other while looking to the future. LEFT: Graduating seniors Dustin Davidson, left, and Paolo Iaccarino get a hug on Cannon Green after the ceremony. ABOVE: Seniors share a laugh before the start of the Commencement ceremony. Princeton 8 university Bulletin June 18, 2012

• Richard Register, the Eugene Higgins Professor of Chemical and Biological Faculty chosen for endowed professorships Engineering. • Jennifer Rexford, the Gordon Y.S. Wu wenty faculty members have been • Carol Greenhouse, the Arthur W. • Nobuhiro Kiyotaki, the Harold H. Professor in Engineering. named to endowed professorships, Marks ’19 Professor of Anthropology. Helm ’20 Professor of Economics and • Kim Lane Scheppele, the Laurance S. T effective July 1, 2012. They are: • John Haldon, the Shelby Cullom Banking. Rockefeller Professor of Sociology and • Brandice Canes-Wrone, the Donald E. Davis ’30 Professor of European His- • Igor Klebanov, the Eugene Higgins International Affairs and the Univer- Stokes Professor in Public and Inter- tory. Professor of Physics. sity Center for Human Values. national Affairs. • Bo Honoré, the Class of 1913 Profes- • Stephen Kotkin, the John P. Birkelund • Christopher Sims, the John F. Sher- • Jonathan Cohen, the Robert Bend- sor of Political Economy. ’52 Professor in History and Interna- rerd ’52 University Professor of heim and Lynn Bendheim Thoman • David Huse, the Thomas D. Jones tional Affairs. Economics. Professor in Neuroscience. Professor of Mathematical Physics • Margaret Martonosi, the Hugh Trum- • Christopher Skinner, the Henry Bur- • Angela Creager, the Philip and Beulah (through June 30, 2013). bull Adams ’35 Professor of Computer chard Fine Professor of Mathematics Rollins Professor of History. • Yibin Kang, the Warner-Lambert/ Science. (through June 30, 2013). • Elizabeth Gould, the Dorman T. War- Parke-Davis Professor of Molecular • Stephen Redding, the Harold T. Shap- • Ned Wingreen, the Howard A. Prior ren Professor of Psychology. Biology. iro *64 Professor in Economics. Professor in the Life Sciences.

investment management firm Fair- faculty since 1991. A 1972 Princeton Aspire executive committee and helped Trustees view Capital Partners, a pioneer in graduate with a degree in sociology, spearhead efforts to raise funds for the Class of 1967 Butler dorm. He will begin Continued from page 2 investing in venture capital partner- Wendell was a charter trustee from ships that provide capital primarily 2001 to 2011, serving as clerk of the a two-year term as chair of the national to minority-controlled companies. A board from 2005 to 2011. He also Annual Giving committee on July 1. graduate of Howard University, he was a director of PRINCO from 1998 Completing their terms as trustees on Groves, of Cleveland, graduated this earned his Ph.D. in economics from to 2008, serving as chair from 2002 June 30 are Katherine Brittain Brad- year with a degree in the Woodrow Princeton in 1980. Morse is a member to 2008. Wendell is a member of the ley, Christopher Cole, Stephen Oxman, Wilson School of Public and Interna- of the steering committee of the Con- Aspire executive committee and a donor Meaghan Petersack, Michael Porter, tional Affairs. She was the Class of nect black alumni leadership initiative of a dormitory in Whitman College. Kavita Ramdas and Gordon Wu. 2012 secretary; a residential college and the executive committee of the Wynne, of Virginia Beach, Va., is the The 40-member Board of Trustees adviser in Mathey College; a group Aspire campaign. He also has served past president and CEO of Landmark is responsible for the overall direc- leader for Community Action; a men- as a director of the Princeton Univer- Communications Inc., which owns the tion of the University. It approves the tor for the Leadership and Mentoring sity Investment Co. (PRINCO) and on Weather Channel, and he remains a operating and capital budgets, super- Program; a student member of the the leadership council for Princeton’s member of the company’s board of direc- vises the investment of the University’s University’s Eating Club Task Force Graduate School. tors. A 1967 graduate with a degree in endowment and oversees campus real and the Working Group on Campus Simmons, of Providence, R.I., will history, he also holds a J.D. from the estate and long-range physical plan- Social and Residential Life; and a retire as president of Brown Univer- University of Virginia, where he recently ning. The trustees also exercise review member of the Princeton Associa- sity on June 30 after 11 years in that retired as head of the board. Wynne and oversight of changes in major poli- tion of Black Women and the Black position. She previously served as pres- was a charter trustee at Princeton from cies, such as those involving admission Student Union. Groves will teach ident of Smith College and as provost 1998 to 2008. He is a member of the and financial aid. high school math in Atlanta next year of Spelman College, and held various through Teach for America, and hopes administrative positions at Princeton, to become a civil rights lawyer. including three years as vice provost. Hugin, of Summit, N.J., is chairman, A graduate of Dillard University, Employee retirements chief executive officer and president Simmons holds a Ph.D. from Har- of Celgene Corp., a global biophar- vard and received an honorary degree maceutical company. Prior to joining from Princeton in 1996. She is an Effective May 1, 2012: in the HVAC in the plasma physics lab, electrical Celgene, Hugin was a managing direc- officer and a past president of the New shop, lead HVAC mechanic Raymond technician Paul Ernst, after 11 years; in tor at J.P. Morgan & Co. Inc. Hugin, England Association of Schools and Durling, after 29 years. the Graduate School, associate dean who graduated in 1976 with a degree Colleges and a member of the Howard Effective June 1, 2012: in sociol- for finance and administration Sandra in politics, is vice chair of the Annual University board of trustees. ogy, graduate administrator Blanche Mawhinney, after 17 years; in University Giving committee and a member of the Wendell, of San Francisco, is the Anderson, after 37 years; in the plasma Services, executive assistant Nancy Aspire fundraising campaign’s execu- founder and a managing director of physics lab, lead technician Carl Walters, after 18 years. tive committee. Sierra Ventures, a venture capital fund. Bunting, after 32 years; in industrial Effective July 1, 2012: in the library, Morse, of Stamford, Conn., is the He has been a member of the Stanford relations, infrastructure operations senior librarian Yasuko Makino, after 14 founder and CEO of the private equity University Graduate School of Business analyst Cathleen Carroll, after 10 years; years.

• Xun Pang, assistant professor of politics, to accept a position at Tsinghua Faculty members submit resignations University, effective Sept. 1, 2012. • Georges Reniers, assistant profes- he following faculty members have the California Institute of Technology, Literature, to accept a position at New sor of sociology and public affairs, to submitted their resignations: effective Feb. 1, 2013. York University, effective July 1, 2012. accept a position at the London School T • Delia Baldassarri, assistant pro- • Benjamin Garcia, assistant professor • Ilyana Kuziemko, assistant professor of of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, fessor of sociology, to accept a position of molecular biology, to accept a posi- economics and public affairs, to accept effective July 1, 2012. at New York University, effective July tion at the University of Pennsylvania, a position at Columbia University, • Andrew Shephard, assistant professor 1, 2012. effective June 2, 2012. effective July 1, 2012. of economics, to accept a position at • Rupert Frank, assistant professor of • Helen (Sarah) Kay, the Meredith • Andrei Okounkov, the William S. Tod the University of Pennsylvania, effec- mathematics, to accept a position at Howland Pyne Professor of French Professor of Mathematics, to accept a tive Sept. 1, 2012. position at Columbia University, effec- • Satoru Takahashi, assistant professor tive July 1, 2012. of economics, to accept a position at • Daniel Oppenheimer, associate profes- the National University of Singapore, sor of psychology and public affairs, to effective July 1, 2012. accept a position at the University of • Xinyi Yuan, assistant professor of Vlad Vicol, in mathematics, will join California-Los Angeles, effective July mathematics, to accept a position at Appointments the faculty on Sept. 1, 2012. He is an 1, 2012. the University of California-Berkeley, Continued from page 3 instructor at the University of Chicago, effective Sept. 1, 2012. focusing on nonlinear partial differ- ential equations. Vicol is a graduate of Jacobs University and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Texas and a from USC. master’s degree from Oxford. Mooly Vidas, in religion and Judaic Corina Tarnita, in ecology and evolu- studies, will join the faculty on Board approves 11 promotions tionary biology, will join the faculty on July 1, 2012. A graduate of Tel Nov. 1, 2012, for a term of three and a Aviv University, he holds a master’s half years. A specialist in theoretical degree from the Hebrew University he Board of Trustees has approved Pager, sociology and public affairs; biology, she is a junior fellow at Har- of Jerusalem and earned his Ph.D. the promotions of 11 faculty mem- Clarence Rowley III, mechanical and aero- vard, where she earned her bachelor’s from Princeton in 2009. He is a T bers, all effective July 1, 2012. space engineering; Alexander Todorov, and doctoral degrees. faculty member at the University of The faculty members and their depart- psychology; Daniel Trueman, music. Jordan Taylor, in psychology, will join California-Davis, focusing on classi- ments, by the academic rank to which Associate professor (with continuing the faculty on July 1, 2012. A cogni- cal Judaism. they are being promoted, are: tenure) — Zahid Chaudhary, English; tive psychologist, he is a postdoctoral Professor — David August, computer Benjamin Baer, comparative literature. fellow at the University of California- Senior lecturer science; Sylvain Chassang, economics Senior lecturer — Alberto Bruzos Moro, Berkeley. He holds a bachelor’s degree Jing Wang, in East Asian studies, will and public affairs; Delia Graff Fara, phi- Spanish and Portuguese languages from Purdue University and a Ph.D. join the faculty for a three-year term on losophy; Evan Lieberman, politics; Devah and cultures. from Washington University. Sept. 1, 2012.