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UNIVERSITY BULLETINVolume 104, Number 3 Feb. 19, 2015 Rouse charts uneven progress toward King’s goal of economic justice

M ic h a e l Ho t c h k i s s here, and his children who can’t eat three square meals a day.” t Princeton University’s annual “It was quite purposeful that King Martin Luther King Jr. Day paid attention to economics in this Acelebration Jan. 19, Cecilia speech,” said Rouse, who is also the Rouse, dean of the Woodrow Wilson Lawrence and Shirley Katzman and School of Public and International Lewis and Anna Ernst Professor in Affairs, looked back at King’s call for the Economics of Education and a pro- economic justice for all and assessed fessor of economics and public affairs the nation’s uneven progress toward at the Wilson School. “His visit to that goal. Memphis and support of the sanitation Students, faculty, staff and com- strike was part of what he saw as the munity members came together at next phase of the Civil Rights Move- Richardson Auditorium in Alexander ment: the fight for economic justice.” Hall for musical performances, remarks That effort, known as “The Poor from several speakers on King’s legacy People’s Campaign,” focused on and the presentation of the University’s employment, income supports and Martin Luther King Journey Award. housing. After King’s death, the push In her keynote address, Rouse said continued with protests in Washing- King eloquently highlighted the need ton in the summer of 1968, and Rouse for improved economic conditions for recalled her own family’s visits to the the poor in a speech given the day campaign’s headquarters and partici- before his assassination. pation in protests. “It’s all right to talk about ‘long “For King, the Promised Land white robes over yonder,’ in all of its wasn’t just about being equal under symbolism,” King said in the speech the law,” Rouse said. “He wanted legal given April 3, 1968, in Memphis, Ten- rights to translate into economic and nessee. “But ultimately people want human rights. So the theme of my Photo by Amaris Hardy some suits and dresses and shoes to talk is about this next phase — and Cecilia Rouse, dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, speaks wear down here! It’s all right to talk sadly the last phase — of his work. to University and community members gathered at Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall about ‘streets flowing with milk and How has the country — and par- on Jan. 19 for Princeton University’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration. honey,’ but God has commanded us to ticularly African Americans — fared be concerned about the slums down Continued on page 6

by Zadie Smith and “I Am Char- lotte Simmons” by Tom Wolfe. Films Freshman seminar homes in on university included “The Graduate,” “School Daze,” “Berkeley in the Sixties,” “The Social Network” and the current film experience through film and fiction “Dear White People,” about which stu- dents were asked to write a review. Chihaya, who received her Ph.D. in K a r i n D i e n s t Each seminar is held in one of the six 2013 — by two novels with a Princeton comparative literature from the Univer- residential colleges, and all are open connection, “This Side of Paradise” by sity of California-Berkeley in 2013 and rinceton’s newest undergraduates to students from all of the residential F. Scott Fitzgerald of the Class of 1917, is in her second year teaching at Prince­ set out on a path of inquiry and colleges. Class discussions often continue and “The Accursed” by Joyce Carol ton, said she has always been an avid discovery last fall through the P in informal settings on and off campus, Oates, the Roger S. Berlind ’52 Profes- reader of campus fiction. It is, she said, University’s freshman seminar program. through meals, guest lectures, field trips sor of the Humanities. “a compellingly quirky and diverse Freshman seminars enable students to and other activities. Also on the list were “The Secret build strong relationships with faculty History” by Donna Tartt, “On Beauty” members and classmates in a close-knit In their first semester as Princeton Continued on page 7 intellectual setting. Many students cite students, 13 freshmen asked a range the freshman seminar as one of the of questions in class directly relevant highlights of their time at Princeton. to their new situation: What is the purpose of college? How should they approach their time at Princeton? The students were enrolled in the freshman seminar “Student Life: The University in Film and Fiction” taught by Sarah Chihaya, an assistant profes- sor of English. Chihaya said her “big-picture” goal for the seminar was to “ask students what they — and others — really do at a university” and to invite the freshmen to “think about what they plan or hope to do in their four years here.” To spark the conversation, the students explored a diverse set of texts

about university life, from novels to Applewhite Denise by Photo essays to movies. The reading list The freshman seminar “Student Life: The University in Film and Fiction” provides a close-knit was bookended by date — 1920 and setting for students to discuss candidly what it means to attend college.

What’s Financial aid budget grows 7.4 percent 3 Campbell, Grayson receive Journey Awards 7 inside? Class examines success, failure in new ventures 8 PRINCETON 2 UNIVERSITY BULLETIN Feb. 19, 2015 People

José Manuel Barroso, former president of tions of Lusíada University in Lisbon. Hilary Parker, senior associate direc- “I am thrilled that we were able the European Commission, has been Barroso has been awarded numerous tor for administrative planning in the to recruit Anastasia Vrachnos to appointed the Frederick H. Schultz honorary degrees and has received Office of the Executive Vice President this important position,” Lee said. Class of 1951 Visiting Professor of many international awards and honors. at Princeton University, has been “She knows Princeton well both as International Economic Policy and John Elderfield, chief curator emeri- named special assistant to the president an alumna and as a past director of a policy fellow of the Liechtenstein tus of painting and sculpture at the for strategic initiatives, effective Jan. 1. Prince­ton in Asia, and she brings Institute on Self- Museum of Modern Art in New York Parker reports to President Christo- energy, experience and commitment Determination (LISD) City, has been named the first Allen pher L. Eisgruber. to the goal of internationalizing the at Princeton. This R. Adler, Class of 1967, Distinguished “I’m delighted that Hilary Parker has education we offer at Princeton.” appointment in the Curator and Lecturer at the Princeton agreed to become my special assistant Vrachnos will oversee the Davis Woodrow Wilson University Art Museum. for strategic initiatives,” Eisgruber said. International Center; provide admin- School of Public and Elderfield will offer a series of public “Her role as chair of the Administrative istrative oversight for the Princeton International Affairs lectures in the spring and is expected Strategic Planning Team, her thorough China Center and the Mpala Research began Feb. 1. to teach his first course in European knowledge of the University, and her Centre in Kenya; and serve on the Barroso will teach modern art in the fall of 2015. proven talent as an administrator and Council for International Teaching at the Wilson School, Barroso The curatorship was made possible a writer make her spectacularly well and Research. She will collaborate work with students by a $4.5 million gift from Allen Adler, qualified for this appointment. She will closely with the Office of International and deliver public talks. He will also a member of Princeton’s Class of 1967, hit the ground running.” Programs, the Princeton Institute undertake special work within LISD and his wife, Frances Beatty Adler. The In the Office of the Executive Vice for International and Regional Stud- on the European Union (EU) in gift, bestowed in 2012, facilitated the President, Parker has worked closely ies, the Center for Language Study international affairs, particularly in its endowed curatorship and an accompa- with Eisgruber and his cabinet to sup- and other campus entities engaged in relations with Russia, the United States nying program fund at the art museum. port the University’s strategic planning creating international opportunities and China. “I am delighted to welcome John process. She has led a team of more for Prince­ton University students and “Mr. Barroso presented a talk at the Elderfield to Princeton’s curatorial team than 30 administrators to coordinate faculty. Wilson School two years ago that was and look forward to working closely the work of campus task forces and In 2004, Vrachnos became execu- very well received by the students and with him to enhance our program in the data-gathering efforts. She also has tive director of the Princeton in Asia faculty,” said Cecilia Rouse, dean of the art of the 19th and 20th centuries,” said undertaken a variety of projects and (PiA) program, which was founded in Wilson School. “I am thrilled that he James Steward, director of the Prince­ initiatives on behalf of the Office of the 1898. PiA sponsors service-oriented will be here again interacting with stu- ton University Art Museum. “We are Executive Vice President, participating internships and fellowships in Asia in dents and faculty interested in learning profoundly grateful to Allen and Fran- in and managing efforts to strengthen immersive environments. During her more about the EU, and foreign policy ces for their generosity and vision.” the University’s operations and enhance tenure, Vrachnos led PiA’s dynamic and diplomacy.” The Adler Distinguished Cura- campus infrastructure. expansion, tripling its participants, Barroso, former prime minister of torship will increase the museum’s In her new role, doubling the endowment and intro- Portugal, was president of the Euro- leadership in European art from the Parker will work ducing programming in 12 additional pean Commission, the executive body medieval to modern periods as well closely with Eisgruber countries. She also oversaw the launch of the EU, from 2004 to 2014. Barroso as enrich the tradition of object-based to advance Univer- of an innovative international intern- joined the Social Democratic Party study at Princeton, including preparing sity initiatives that ship program in China (Summer of (PSD) in 1980, was named party pres- students for careers in museums and require the president’s Service) and served on the University’s ident in 1999 and was re-elected three the academy. attention with respect Bridge Year Program working group. times. He also served as vice president Born in Yorkshire, England, Elder- to program design, In late 2012, Vrachnos became the of the European People’s Party. As field studied fine art at the University of fundraising and Parker first dean of international and pro- Portugal’s state secretary for foreign Leeds and received his Ph.D. from the other purposes. She fessional experience at Yale-NUS, a affairs and cooperation, he played a Courtauld Institute of Art, University will operate at the nexus of program liberal arts college founded by Yale key role as mediator in the signing of of London, in 1975. development, budgeting, fundraising, University and the National Univer- the Bicesse Accords, which laid out a That same year, he joined the stewardship and strategic planning. sity of Singapore. Her responsibilities transition to multi-party democracy Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) as Parker will continue to support the have included collaborating with in Angola in 1991, and, as minister curator of painting and sculpture. Over University’s strategic planning process faculty to shape, implement and assess for foreign affairs, he was a driving more than 30 years there, he held a as chair of the Administrative Strategic international pro- force in the self-determination process variety of positions including director Pla nning Tea m. gramming, as well in East Timor (1992-95). Under his of the Department of Drawings, chief Before joining the Office of the as designing a global leadership, the PSD won the general curator-at-large, and the Marie-Josée Executive Vice President in 2011, portfolio of academic, election in 2002, and Barroso was and Henry Kravis Chief Curator of Parker held positions in the Office of research and profes- appointed prime minister of Portugal Painting and Sculpture. the Dean for Research and the School sional opportunities in April of that year. In July 2004, While at MoMA, and following of Engineering and Applied Science. to enhance students’ he was nominated by the European on his retirement in 2008, Elderfield Parker earned a bachelor’s degree in education, interna- Council and elected by the European curated or co-curated many acclaimed ecology and evolutionary biology from Vrachnos tional awareness, Parliament to the post of president of exhibitions, including Princeton in 2001 and also holds a mas- leadership skills and the European Commission. “Henri Matisse: A ter of arts in teaching degree from The career development. After graduating in law from the Retrospective” (1992) College of New Jersey. Vrachnos has a master’s degree University of Lisbon, Barroso earned and “de Kooning: A Anastasia Vrachnos, dean of interna- in secondary school education from a diploma in European studies at the Retrospective” (2011). tional and professional experience for Mercy College and draws on a wide University of Geneva’s European Uni- Since 2012, Elder- Yale-NUS College in Singapore and range of professional experience in the versity Institute and a master’s degree field has been an former executive director of Princeton fields of education, finance, journalism in political science from the Department independent curator in Asia, has been appointed vice provost and international development. She of Political Science, Faculty of Econom- Elderfield and art historian as for international affairs and operations taught middle school in the Bronx, ics and Social Sciences at the University well as a consultant to at Princeton University. New York, and served as a PiA fellow of Geneva, earning honors in both. He the Gagosian Gallery. Forthcoming is Vrachnos, a 1991 graduate of Prince­ and English instructor at Atma Jaya worked at the Law Faculty of the Uni- “Paul Cézanne: Portraits,” which will ton, will lead the development and University in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. versity of Lisbon; in the Department of debut at the Musée d’Orsay, Paris, in administration of partnerships, policies She worked as an investment banker Political Science, University of Geneva; 2017 before traveling to London and and programs that advance the interna- for Morgan Stanley in New York and at the Department of Government and Washington, D.C. tional scope of Princeton’s research and in Singapore and as a photojournalist the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Elderfield has written 24 books and teaching, and enhance the University’s and media-trainer documenting Indo- Georgetown University; and as head of catalogues and nearly 100 scholarly global connections. She will report to nesia’s transition to democracy and the Department of International Rela- articles and won numerous awards. Provost David S. Lee, effective April 1. Timor-Leste’s road to independence.

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M a r t i n M bug ua financial aid. Students receiving any level of aid will automatically receive rinceton University trustees Jan. an increase in aid to cover their full 31 approved the University’s financial need. The projected average P operating budget for 2015-16, grant for an undergraduate student on which includes a 7.4 percent increase financial aid in next year’s freshman to $140.2 million in the undergraduate class is $46,350. financial aid budget for next year. The University’s pioneering financial Solid financial footing aid program provides the assistance President Christopher L. Eisgruber necessary to make sure that any presented the budget proposal to the student who is admitted and needs trustees during a meeting Jan. 31. The financial aid can attend. The aid comes proposal was based on the recommen- in the form of grants, which do not dations of the Priorities Committee of need to be repaid. Approximately 60 the Council of the Princeton University percent of all undergraduate students Community, which is made up of faculty, receive aid, and the average grant is students and staff, and chaired by the more than $40,000 per year. Because provost. no student is required to take out Lee said that while the University is loans, Princeton’s aid program allows on solid financial footing, it is important its students to graduate debt free. to use resources efficiently to fund the University’s priorities. The approved budget includes fund- ing for: • Additional resources for the McGraw Center for Teaching and Cost-saving initiatives enhance management and continue to Learning and the Freshman Scholars Lee said the University’s committee identify and implement cost efficiencies. Institute, which supports first- on Strengthening University Manage- SUMAR’s current priorities include generation and low-income students. ment and Resources (SUMAR) has emergency preparedness projects, • Resources to implement Princeton tracked more than 65 projects with a reforming the employee compensation University Art Museum plans to pro- total potential savings of approximately process, upgrading the University’s vide universal access to digital images $17.5 million during the last five years. financial systems, and controlling health and scholarly documentation of its​ The committee was established as part care costs. collection. of the University’s enhanced central The Priorities Committee report is • Support to assist faculty mem- cost-saving initiatives during the last available for download in PDF format as bers and researchers in utilizing the economic recession as a means to well as from the Office of the Provost. University’s significant investment in high-performance computing infrastructure. • Plans by the Office of Career Ser- vices to enhance the diversity of career opportunities available to students, More news on the Web especially in entrepreneurship, non- profits, arts and government. • Staff to support graduate students Visit the News at Princeton webpage at www.princeton.edu/main/news for and outreach and engagement efforts recent stories, such as: for Graduate School alumni. • Vice President for Campus Life Cynthia Cherrey will leave Princeton in mid- August to become president and chief executive officer of the International “Our increased financial aid budget Leadership Association. will maintain Princeton’s commitment to full access for any student who is • Yu Deng, Evan Hepler-Smith, Catherine Reilly and Kimberly Shepard have been admitted, regardless of ability to pay named co-winners of the Porter Ogden Jacobus Fellowship, Princeton’s top and without the need for loans,” Provost honor for graduate students. The fellowships support the final year of study at David S. Lee said. “Typically, students Princeton and are awarded to students whose work has exhibited the highest from families with the U.S. median scholarly excellence. household income of $54,000 pay no tuition and their average grant also • Princeton seniors Yessica Martinez and Jake Robertson have been named covers room, board and other expenses. co-winners of the University's 2015 Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize, the highest Most students from families with general distinction conferred on an undergraduate. incomes up to $140,000 pay no tuition, and for an average family with income • Princeton graduate alumna Lisa Jackson, vice president of environmental initia- around $160,000, grant support would tives at Apple Inc. and former administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection cover roughly 80 percent of tuition.” Agency, has been selected as the speaker for the University’s 2015 Baccalau- reate ceremony. Film director, screenwriter and producer Christopher Nolan Lower net cost has been selected to deliver the keynote address at the University’s Class Day Lee noted that Princeton’s schol- ceremony on Monday, June 1, 2015. arship spending has outpaced fee increases for 14 of the last 15 years and • New Princeton research suggests that termite mounds can help prevent the its average annual fee package increase spread of deserts into semi-arid ecosystems and agricultural lands. The results has been among the lowest in the not only suggest that termite mounds could make these areas more resilient to nation for the past 18 years. climate change than previously thought, but could also inspire a change in how “As a result, when adjusted for infla- scientists determine the possible effects of climate change on ecosystems. tion, the average net tuition, room and board for Princeton students on aid • Princeton researchers have built a rice grain-sized microwave laser, or “maser,” today — $13,072 — is 31 percent lower powered by single electrons that demonstrates the fundamental interactions than it was in 2001,” Lee said. between light and moving electrons. It is a major step toward building quantum- Princeton’s commitment to access is computing systems out of semiconductor materials. also reflected in more than doubling the percentage of students receiving Pell • The stereotype that women lack natural “brilliance” could explain their under- grants, to 18 percent for the freshman representation in academia, according to new research based at Princeton. Class of 2018, up from 7.2 percent for • A definitive geological timeline from Princeton researchers shows that a series of the freshman Class of 2008, Lee said. massive volcanic explosions 66 million years ago played a role in the extinction The budget includes a 3.9 percent event that claimed Earth’s non-avian dinosaurs, and challenges the dominant increase in undergraduate tuition theory that a meteorite impact was the sole cause of the extinction. to $43,450. Even with the increase, Princeton’s total fee package, includ- • As part of a project demonstrating new 3-D printing techniques, Princeton ing tuition, room and board, is likely to researchers have embedded tiny light-emitting diodes into a standard contact be the lowest in its peer group. For the lens, allowing the device to project beams of colored light. 2015-16 year, Princeton’s full package of $57,610 will be about $630 below • Princeton researchers have uncovered a previously unknown, and possibly the lowest current year (2014-15) fee substantial, source of the greenhouse gas methane to the Earth’s atmosphere. package of its closest competitors. The increase in the financial aid budget will fully cover the increase in charges for any students receiving PRINCETON 4 UNIVERSITY BULLETIN Feb. 19, 2015

• The School of Engineering and Applied Science has created two pilot Diversity initiatives include faculty hiring programs to strengthen the pipeline to graduate study. One is a symposium designed to offer undergraduates inter- commitment, graduate recruiting programs ested in graduate study the opportunity to explore engineering fields at Prince­ ton. The other program is a summer Us h m a Pat e l research fellowship designed to offer commitment to help fund the students from the City University of hiring of new faculty members to New York system exposure to research, A increase faculty diversity is one of seminars on graduate study, academic skills workshops and professional devel- many initiatives Princeton University has undertaken in response to the 2013 opment activities. Report of the Trustee Ad Hoc Commit- • The Department of English is tee on Diversity. planning to conduct surveys and focus The report — which was unanimously groups with students and recent gradu- endorsed by the Board of Trustees and ates to gather feedback on all aspects President Christopher L. Eisgruber — of its program, including admissions, recommended a comprehensive strategy coursework, advising, mentoring and to increase the diversity and inclusivity professional development. of the Princeton faculty, graduate stu- • The Department of Molecular Biol- dent, postdoctoral and staff populations. ogy is continuing its highly successful Initiatives focused on each group are summer undergraduate research pro- being planned or are underway. gram focused on molecular biology and quantitative and computational biology. “Since the report was released in fall Photo by Jennifer Loessy 2013, we have been in a phase of design • The Department of Philosophy has and experimentation,” Provost David S. A student participating in the Princeton Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (PSURE), established a recurring networking and Lee said. “This has involved a number coordinated by the Graduate School, gives a presentation about her research in psychology. mentoring workshop for female graduate of pilot programs, staff investments students in philosophy, in partnership and planning activities in the Graduate enter the assistant professor job market, The departmental pilot programs with Cornell University, the Marc Sand- School, Office of the Dean of the Faculty, exposing faculty members to new aca- experiment with models for recruiting a ers Foundation and Rutgers University. and Office of Human Resources. I am demic directions in scholarship, and as a more diverse graduate student body, with Launched in August 2014, the three-day pleased with what we have been able to byproduct, introducing faculty members methods such as increasing the pipeline workshops bring together 40 female accomplish over the last 18 months, and to a more diverse array of potential job of students with research experience graduate students and 10 female faculty we expect to extend these efforts in the candidates than have come to campus in and exposure to Princeton or creating members, and the workshop’s 12 sessions coming years.” the past. programs that make graduate study at are split between seven substantive phi- Lee, whose office coordinates and In addition, the committee is examin- Princeton more inclusive. Several of the losophy discussions and five advice and approves funding for many of the ing ways to expand and diversify the programs follow the model of the Prince­ mentoring panels. initiatives, will continue to monitor the postdoctoral program, with a proposal to ton Summer Undergraduate Research University’s progress. Human Resources and staff initiatives come later this year. Experience (PSURE), the Graduate Over the last 18 months, the Office of School’s eight-week program for students Human Resources and administrative Initiatives focused on faculty, Graduate student recruiting who have expressed serious interest in academic departments and mentoring units also have been working to improve pursuing a Ph.D., drawing from a con- the diversity and inclusiveness of the Dean of the Faculty Deborah Prentice, The graduate student population sortium of 32 universities. staff through diversity planning and whose appointment as dean began July was another major focus of the diver- The pilot programs include the follow- re-examining recruiting and training 1, has expanded the Faculty Advisory sity report. Since his appointment in ing: efforts. Committee on Diversity to 10 members March 2014, Dean of the Graduate • The departments of astrophysics and “The campus community is experienc- from four, and the committee is pursuing School Sanjeev Kulkarni has worked physics have teamed up to create the ing an important time in which there is a number of efforts. with the provost’s office and academic Princeton Bridge Program in Physics, a widespread, shared focus on diversity In November, Prentice informed departments to help fund several pilot which allows candidates with bachelor’s and inclusion,” said Vice President for department chairs that her office would programs: expanded fee waivers for degrees to study and conduct research Human Resources Lianne Sullivan- contribute funding equivalent to 10 select applicants, a standardized test at Princeton for two years to prepare Crowley. “We are motivated by the full-time faculty members for new hires search service for departments, and themselves for graduate study. The stu- momentum and excited by the work. We that diversify the faculty, with diversity recruiting and mentoring efforts in a dents receive financial support as would have administrative units that have com- understood broadly. As departments number of departments. a first-year graduate student. They also pleted comprehensive diversity plans that typically share in funding the new posi- “I have been heartened by the mean- receive career mentoring and work with include recruiting, training, professional tions, 15 to 20 new hires could result ingful efforts of many colleagues in a research group. The first participants development, general climate and leader- from this initiative. identifying and recruiting a more diverse began their studies at Princeton in fall ship, and we are looking forward to even “The Report of the Trustee Ad Hoc graduate student body,” Kulkarni said. 2013. more progress in the months ahead.” Committee on Diversity highlighted the “As a result of our collective efforts, • The Department of Chemistry’s Just as academic departments were need to do better, push harder, to recruit we have seen a sizable increase in the four-part proposal involved targeted encouraged to develop diversity plans, and retain faculty members who diversify number of underrepresented minority recruitment through efforts such as the diversity report recommended that the campus community,” said Prentice, applicants in the current admission cycle. campus visits and minority confer- each administrative unit create a diver- who co-chaired the ad hoc committee At the same time, there is more we can ences; a summer research program sity strategic plan. with Trustee Brent Henry. “The impetus do to create an inclusive campus culture for undergraduates; a summer boot University Services, through its for these hires still comes from the fac- where all students feel intellectually vali- camp for incoming Ph.D. students; and Diversity Working Group, has completed ulty, from academic departments, centers dated, supported and engaged.” student societies for underrepresented its strategic diversity plan and is put- and institutes. The commitment of fund- While admission statistics will not minorities. The Summer Undergradu- ting it into action. One of the plan’s key ing is intended to embolden and support be final until the close of the admission ate Research Program for Diversity in elements is an ambassador program in these units in their efforts to diversify.” season this spring, the Graduate School Chemistry, launched in 2014, allowed which staff members educate, promote One of the report’s key recommenda- has seen an increase of approximately 13 undergraduates from across the coun- and participate in programs related to tions was that within three years, each percent from U.S. minority applicants, a try to be mentored by a faculty member diversity and inclusion, both within their academic department should create a group that includes those who identify as and participate in laboratory research. multiyear strategic diversity plan to black/African-American, Latino/ The program will take place again this address its goals and challenges in diver- Hispanic, American Indian/Alaska summer. Continued on page 6 sifying at all levels from undergraduates Native and/or Native Hawaiian/other to tenured professors. That planning Pacific Islander. has been folded into a broader depart- This fall, the University began offer- mental planning process that parallels ing two tools to academic departments the University-wide strategic planning for use during the admission process. process that Eisgruber initiated in 2014. By expanding application fee waivers, Each department is developing a com- applicants now may receive waivers prehensive strategic plan, with five- and based on financial hardship, participa- 10-year outlooks. The plans must include tion in a number of partner programs, a a consideration of the opportunities and faculty member or department’s request, hiring directions the department will or interactions with Graduate School have, and how they plan to increase staff at diversity recruiting fairs and diversity within the department. Draft conferences. plans are due this spring, and final plans The Graduate School also has pro- are due at the end of the academic year, vided departments with access to an she said. online database of students who have The Faculty Advisory Committee on taken the GRE, or General Record Diversity is also looking at two speaker Examination standardized test, within series related to diversity. One would the last 18 months and have opted in to bring speakers to campus to discuss the be included. The database includes both subject of diversity, such as the value academic and demographic informa- of diversity and challenges in pursuing tion. It can be used by departments to Photo by Meredith Wright it. The other program would be a “new encourage applications from candidates Through the Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Molecular and Quantitative and directions” workshop series that would who might not have otherwise considered Computational Biology, undergraduates selected from a nationwide pool get intensive bring in individuals who are about to applying to Princeton. laboratory research experiences and participate in other activities, such as this poster session. PRINCETON Feb. 19, 2015 UNIVERSITY BULLETIN 5

Faculty obituaries

Val Logsdon Fitch, a towering figure in created in equal amounts, but today Upon arriving at Princeton in 1954, radioactive isotopes and 12 nuclear physics who helped shape our under- the universe is comprised predomi- Fitch began conducting experiments isomers. standing of the universe, a Prince­ton nantly of matter. using the high-energy particle collider “He was well-regarded in the field emeritus professor and a Nobel Fitch earned the admiration of all at Brookhaven National Laboratory. of nuclear chemistry,” said Thomas laureate, died peacefully Feb. 5 in who worked with him, his colleagues There, he met James Cronin, and later Spiro, a professor of chemistry at the Princeton, New Jersey. He was 91. said. “He was a person with great the two began a collaboration that University of Washington and Nau- Known for foundational contribu- principles and he was very easygoing would lead to the Nobel Prize. mann’s longtime colleague, who served tions to the standard model of particle and polite,” said Cronin, who served In addition to the Nobel Prize, as chair of Princeton’s chemistry physics, Fitch is remembered for his on the faculty in the Department of Fitch’s many honors included the E. department from 1979 to 1988. “Bob modesty and his Physics at Princeton with Fitch from O. Lawrence Award in 1968 from the was very courtly and pleasant, and kindness as well as 1958 to 1971. Cronin and Fitch contin- U.S. Department of Energy, the John always had some interesting observa- for his experiments ued to collaborate and visit each other Price Wetherill Medal of the Franklin tion to share,” Spiro said. and insight into the throughout their careers. Institute in 1976, and the National In 1961 in the University Chapel, fundamental nature Fitch was named the Cyrus Fogg Medal of Science in 1993. He was a Naumann married Marina Turkevich, of matter. Brackett Professor of Physics in 1976 member of the National Academy of the daughter of Princeton chemistry “Val was a won- and became the James S. McDonnell Sciences, the American Academy of professor John Turkevich and Lud- derful human being Distinguished University Professor Arts and Sciences, and the American milla Turkevich. who had real impact Fitch of Physics in 1987. He served as chair Philosophical Society. He was a Sloan Jeffrey Schwartz, a professor of on the field of high- of the physics department from 1976 Fellow, a Fairchild Scholar at the chemistry at Princeton, recalled going energy physics as to 1981. In 2000, he was awarded an California Institute of Technology, and to lunch with Naumann and other well as on science policy,” said A.J. honorary degree at Princeton’s Com- a Distinguished Visiting Professor at colleagues almost every day for years. Stewart Smith, vice president for the mencement ceremony. the University of Chicago. “Regardless of how our conversations Prince­ton Plasma Physics Laboratory Fitch was the president of the He is survived by his wife of 39 started, they always ended in poli- and Princeton’s Class of 1909 Profes- American Physical Society from 1988 years, Daisy Harper Fitch, his son tics,” he said. The differing opinions sor of Physics. “His studies of the to 1989, and he served on many gov- Alan Fitch (and Lee Hale), his niece represented at these lunches made for basic constituents and forces among ernment committees devoted to science Linda Fitch, his half-sister Judi Fitch wonderful discussions, Schwartz said, sub-atomic particles led to a discovery and science policy. From 1970 to 1973 Singleton, stepdaughters E. Macken- and remembered Naumann as being that even 50 years later remains one he was a member of the President’s zie Sharp and Locke Harvey, stepson “the perfect gentleman.” of the profound mysteries of the early Science Advisory Committee, and Douglas Wilkinson (and Patricia) and Naumann would leave New Jersey universe. That is his main claim to from 1980 to 1983 he was a member of eight grandchildren. He is predeceased during summer breaks for the Los fame.” the physics advisory committee to the by his first wife, Elise Fitch, and his Alamos National Laboratory in New Fitch was awarded the Nobel Prize National Science Foundation. son John Fitch. Mexico. During sabbatical-year leaves, in Physics with Princeton colleague Fitch was born March 10, 1923, in Funeral services will be private. In he often conducted research in Europe, Professor James Cronin in 1980 for the Sandhills of Nebraska in the town lieu of flowers, the family requests that including at CERN “the discovery of violations of fun- of Merriman on a cattle ranch where contribution in Fitch’s memory be sent in Geneva, the Niels damental symmetry principles in the his father raised purebred Herefords to the Sierra Club and SAVE Animal Bohr Institute in decay of neutral K-mesons.” Based and his mother was a schoolteacher. Rescue. Copenhagen and at on experiments that Fitch and Cronin When Fitch was young, the family Robert Bruno Alexander Naumann, a the Technical Univer- published in 1964, the prize acknowl- moved to Gordon, Nebraska, where professor of chemistry and physics sity of Munich. Twice, edged the finding that the laws of Fitch graduated as valedictorian of his emeritus at Princeton University, died Naumann received physics are not quite the same for high school in 1940. on Dec. 10 of Parkinson’s disease in the Alexander von particles and their opposites, anti- Fitch attended two and a half years Hanover, New Hampshire. He was 85. Humboldt Senior U.S. particles. Nor are they the same for a at nearby Chadron State College before Born on June 7, 1929 in Dresden, Naumann Scientist Award and, class of processes in which the direc- he was drafted and entered the U.S. Germany, Naumann was the son of in 1988, was a visiting tion of time is reversed. Army in March 1943. He was sent to Eberhard Bruno and Elsa (Haege) professor of physics at the Technical “The work for which he received Los Alamos National Laboratory to Naumann zu Koenigsbrueck. He University of Munich. He was a mem- the Nobel Prize is one of the most work on the Manhattan Project where graduated from the University of ber and fellow of many U.S. scientific important in the 20th century to he assisted in the development of the California-Berkeley in 1949, accented societies. show the laws of physics actually atomic bomb. He witnessed the first with Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi In 1992, Naumann retired to Nor- change with time,” said Samuel Ting, detonations of the bomb in 1945 where keys, and entered Princeton’s graduate wich, Vermont, and was an adjunct a Nobel laureate in physics and the he was responsible for the timing sig- program in physical chemistry. professor of chemistry, physics and Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Phys- nals that triggered the weapon. In 1953, with a Ph.D. in chemistry astronomy at Dartmouth College. ics at the Massachusetts Institute of After the war, Fitch worked for from Princeton, a fresh U.S. natu- Naumann is survived by his wife, Technology. another year at Los Alamos before ralization certificate and a ham-radio Marina: a daughter, Kristin, of Fitch and Cronin’s results indicated finishing his undergraduate degree at license (W2FNY), Naumann chose to Boxford, Massachusetts; and a son, that a long-held rule in physics called McGill University and then entering remain at Princeton. For 39 years, he Andrew, with his wife, Liz, of Vashon charge-parity (CP) symmetry indeed graduate school at Columbia Univer- was the University’s only joint profes- Island, Washington; and four grand- had exceptions. The effect helped sity, where he received his Ph.D. in sor of chemistry and physics. children. explain a mechanism, still being physics in 1954. In research conducted At Princeton, he taught hundreds of A requiem service and celebration of explored today, for how matter could with his adviser James Rainwater, undergraduate and graduate stu- Naumann’s life will be held privately dominate over anti-matter after the Fitch discovered that the nucleus of dents. Naumann’s scientific interests, in the spring. Memorial contributions creation of the universe in the Big the atom was much smaller than was especially in nuclear chemistry and would be welcomed at the Vermont Bang, Smith said. Both matter and previously thought, about half the size spectroscopy, yielded countless profes- Foodbank, 33 Parker Road, Barre, VT anti-matter are thought to have been and twice the density. sional articles and the discovery of 21 05641, or at a charity of choice.

Employee retirements Employee obituaries

The following is an updated list of in the library, managing editor The following is an updated list of 90 (1968-1989, teacher preparation); University employee retirements. Gretchen Oberfranc, after 13 years; in the University employee obituaries. James Konkus, 87 (1973-1992, mainte- Effective Nov. 1, 2014: in engineer- library, librarian Linda Oppenheim, after nance); Linda Tompkins, 87 (1968-1990, ing and construction, control systems 42 years; in the landscape grounds Current employees environmental health). operator Ronald Rickwell, after 37 years. shop, crew leader John Provenzano, after October: Catherine Perry, 52 (2011- December: Harry Bailey, 85 (1972- Effective Dec. 1, 2014: in the Prince­ 31 years. 2014, Campus Dining). 1991, maintenance); Patricia Buczek, 68 ton Plasma Physics Laboratory Effective Feb. 1: in PPPL, graphic November: James Nelson, 78 (1974- (2001-2013, admission); George Hill, 82 (PPPL), mechanical technician Edward artist Gregory Czechowicz, after 40 2014, Princeton Plasma Physics (1975-1990, PPPL); Walter Maciolek, Breimann, after 14 years; in the Coun- years; in molecular biology, associate Laboratory [PPPL]). 84 (1978-1994, PPPL); Allen Martin, cil for International Teaching and professional specialist Barbara Devlin, 74 (1978-1998, PPPL); George Paris, Retired employees Research, assistant to the director after 26 years; in PPPL, mechanical 90 (1965-1987, cell and development); December 2013: James Henry, 97 Sharon Kulik, after 23 years; in public technician Manuel Fernandez, after 14 Ann Wadkins, 91 (1982-2000, audit and (1947-1972, Human Resources). safety, security officer Donald Hargraves, years; in support services, technol- compliance). March: Stephen Kidner, 79 (1985- after 21 years. ogy specialist Jesse Glover, after 39 January: Helena Bastarova, 84 2000, physics). Effective Jan. 1, 2015: in the library, years; in the plumbing shop, assistant (1973-1996, library); Brigitta Hoehn, 87 August: Salvatore Amico, 80 (1986- librarian John Delaney, after 34 years; in shop supervisor Thomas Logan, after (1980-1996, chemistry); Louis Luczu Jr., 2006, support services). the Princeton Neuroscience Institute, 24 years; in history, research scholar 95 (1959-1982, University machine October: Giuseppe Mauro, 90 (1978- project coordinator Patricia Gensel, after Elaine Pascu, after 18 years; in mainte- shop); Carl Osgood, 98 (1974-1984, 1993, Building Services). 13 years; in Campus Dining, cook Sally nance, grounds operations manager for PPPL). November: Josh Brundage, 91 (1963- Kornegay, after 24 years; in admission, grounds and landscaping Albert Pear- 1989, Building Services); Henry Drewry, department office support staff mem- son, after 35 years; in career services, ber Elaine Mastro, after 18 years; in the assistant to the director Vanessa Ross, library, senior bibliographic specialist after 25 years. Lorraine Mukerji, after 21 years; in spon- Effective July 1: in East Asian stud- sored research accounting, accounting ies, lecturer Joanne Chiang, after 23 specialist Susan Nichols, after 18 years; years. PRINCETON 6 UNIVERSITY BULLETIN Feb. 19, 2015

work. These work-based policies have “Of course, while MLK Day largely escaped the cuts in Congress we are a long way and in some cases have been given a from ‘separate but celebration boost. But a safety net for those who equal,’ many blacks Continued from page 1 cannot work — either because they and Hispanics can’t find work over the long term or do attend poorer- because they are unable to work — is quality — mostly since the launch of the Poor People’s pretty nonexistent.” segregated — Campaign?” Still, Rouse emphasized that progress schools and there In 1966, about 15 percent of Ameri- has been made toward King’s goals. are still disparities cans lived below the poverty line, Rouse “His work was not in vain,” she said. in postsecondary said. Today, the percentage is about the “While the Poor People’s Campaign did school attendance,” same. not get everything it sought, we have Rouse said. “The “That means that today about 45 mil- clearly seen improvements in economic fact that discrep- lion people in the United States live on stability and increased access to hous- ancies remain less than $24,000 for a family of four,” ing and education.” only reinforces Rouse said. One particular bright spot is educa- the importance of For African Americans, the poverty tion, said Rouse, who has produced reforming our

rate is down from 42 percent in 1966 to groundbreaking research in labor eco- K through 12 Applewhite Denise by Photo 27 percent today. Still, that is twice the nomics, with a focus on the economics system so that of education. all children have Princeton volunteers help build a pallet of food for pick-up by local poverty rate of whites, she said. food banks in the region. From left, the volunteers are Jeffrey Petsis, “So, what do we do about poverty in The percentage of Americans with a access to quality high school diploma is 88 percent today, public education, senior grant and contract administrator in the Office of Research the U.S.?” Rouse asked. “I would argue and Project Administration; President Christopher L. Eisgruber; Alvin that in some areas we have enacted compared with about 50 percent in and the impor- 1966, Rouse said, with the largest gains tance of increasing Daniel, technical support specialist in the Office of the Dean for policies that are quite good and in other Research; and Sorat Tungkasiri, coordinator in the New Media Center. areas we have next to none. The trend among blacks, whose rate of completion diversity in higher has risen to 85 percent from 28 percent. education by finding has been to tie assistance to employ- around this country,” Eisgruber said. ment — training programs, the Earned And today, 32 percent of adults have a place for all qualified and motivated completed at least four years of college, students regardless of their race, ethnic- “This peaceful and powerful activism of Income Tax Credit, child care subsidies, our students and others in our campus even extra cash assistance for those who compared with 10 percent in 1966. ity or economic background.” Rouse concluded with a call to con- community is a direct reflection of the tinue King’s work. legacy of Dr. King and his incompa- “African Americans have made prog- rable service to society.” ress in the last half century,” she said. This year’s event also featured the “We are more educated and less poor. presentation of the Martin Luther We have advanced civil rights and vot- King Journey Award, which recog- ing rights. Dr. King would be proud of nizes efforts to continue the journey to the nonviolent protests that have taken achieve the civil rights leader’s vision place across this country in the past (see story on page 7). few years, from the Occupy Movement David Campbell, a senior staff for economic justice to the more recent psychologist in Counseling and Psycho- protests against police brutality. logical Services, received the Journey “But as the deaths of Michael Brown Award for Special Achievement for and Eric Garner have shown, we are empowering students from diverse not there yet. As the racial tensions on backgrounds. Kenneth Grayson, a shop Princeton’s campus — in 2015 — have foreman in the Electric Shop, received shown, we are not there yet. When the the Journey Award for Lifetime Achieve- poverty rate in some counties in Appa- ment for his tireless commitment to lachia reaches as high as 56 percent, we campus life over nearly 45 years. are not there yet. With over one-half Another speaker at the event was Photo by Amaris Hardy of children attending public schools Bonnie Watson Coleman, who repre- sents the Princeton area in the U.S. The Trenton Children’s Chorus performs at the beginning of the King Day celebration. The chorus being eligible for a free- or reduced- price lunch, we are not there yet. When House of Representatives. Coleman is part of an after-school program that provides support to 140 young people in grades K-12 in applauded the progress highlighted in the Trenton area. nearly 600,000 individuals are home- less on a single January night in the Rouse’s speech but also cited concern U.S. — one-quarter of whom are chil- about efforts to roll back some of the dren and nearly 40 percent of whom are gains achieved by the Civil Rights Faculty news in families — we are not there yet. Movement. “But we cannot quit now.” The Trenton Children’s Chorus In his introductory remarks, Presi- performed in front of a large screen Diversity efforts displaying a photo of King to open and The Board of Trustees has approved the dent Christopher L. Eisgruber said he Continued from page 4 close the ceremony. following faculty moves. believed King would be proud of recent protests on the University campus. The University also celebrated King’s Promotions “Many on our campus have engaged legacy with its second annual Day of Service, held Thursday, Jan. 15. About Three faculty members are being in impassioned protests and vigor- units and with an assigned group outside 30 University volunteers lent a hand at of their unit. The ambassadors are cur- promoted: ous dialogue about issues of diversity and inclusion here at Princeton and in Princeton Nursery School in Princeton, rently receiving their training. Associate Professor — Yelena Baraz, our society at large — spurred by the Little Cherubs Head Start in Hamilton, The Office of the Vice President for classics, effective July 1; Andrea Graham, demonstrations in Ferguson, Mis- Mercer Street Friends Food Bank in Campus Life’s plan has been completed ecology and evolutionary biology, souri, in New York City, and elsewhere Ewing and the Trenton City Museum at as well. Other offices that have begun effective July 1. Ellarslie in Trenton. diversity planning include the Office of Development, Office of the Dean Assistant professor — Johann Frick, philo- of the College, Facilities, the Office of sophy and University Center for Human the Dean for Research and the Office Values, effective Feb. 1. of Information Technology. Human Endowed professorships Resources’ goal is for all administrative Six faculty members have been named units to begin plan creation by the end to endowed professorships: Website and blog offer information of 2015, Sullivan-Crowley said. • Fernando Coda Santos Cavalcanti Marques, on new Princeton Campus Plan Human Resources also engaged a con- the Henry Burchard Fine Professor of sulting firm to examine the University’s Mathematics, effective Feb. 1. recruiting practices. The firm found wo new online resources are avail- developing the campus over the next • Angela Creager, the Thomas M. Siebel that departments across the University able for anyone wanting to learn generation. Professor in the History of Science, Pro- would like more proactive services to about the Princeton University Also, the Toronto-based planning support diversity recruitment, so Human fessor of History, effective July 1. T campus planning effort to establish a and urban design firm Urban Strate- Resources will add two new staffing • Mihalis Dafermos, the Thomas D. Jones framework to guide the evolution of the gies Inc., which the University hired to specialists and a sourcing specialist, and Professor of Mathematical Physics, campus from 2016 through 2026, and lead the planning effort, has launched will evaluate staff roles and methods to effective July 1. beyond. a blog about the campus plan at http:// provide additional support for increasing • Yakov Sinai, the Henry Burchard Fine The Office of the University Architect princetoncampusplanblog.com. There, the diversity of candidate pools. has launched a revised Princeton Cam- planners will discuss issues under con- Human Resources is continuing its Professor of Mathematics, effective July 1. pus Plan website, http://campusplan. sideration and report developments in diversity and inclusion training classes, princeton.edu, that hosts information the process. such as “Leveraging Diversity: Chal- • Sankaran Sundaresan, the Norman John about both the campus plan started in The blog enables faculty, staff, lenges and Opportunities” and the Ally Sollenberger Professor in Engineering, 2008 that runs through 2016, and the students, alumni, members of the com- Project’s “Supporting Students, Staff Professor of Chemical and Biological new planning effort that began last munity and others to ask questions and and Faculty” and “Transgender 101.” In Engineering, effective July 1. year. comment on development of the plan. 2014 Human Resources launched a new • Yu Xie, the Bert G. Kerstetter ’66 The new plan will encompass most The planning process will conclude training program focused on unconscious University Professor of Sociology and University-owned land and will con- in 2016. It will include strategies bias and micro-inequities. In addition, the Princeton Institute for International sider two planning horizons: 10 years, for land use, campus design, land- the provost’s office has awarded funding and Regional Studies, effective Aug. 1. to provide detailed guidance on near- scape, infrastructure, sustainability for additional training that will be intro- term growth and change, and 30 years, and all modes of movement and duced later this year. to establish a broader strategy for transportation. PRINCETON Feb. 19, 2015 UNIVERSITY BULLETIN 7 Campbell, Grayson recognized with Freshman seminar Continued from page 1 Journey Award at King Day celebration genre, and I couldn’t think of a better way to introduce first-semester freshmen M ic h a e l Ho t c h k i s s Campbell counsels Grayson oversees 25 team members to both the study of literature and the individual students who maintain more than 100 elevators college experience in general.” wo Princeton staff members were and has created groups and electrical systems across campus, Freshman Gabi Agus said, “I love honored Monday, Jan. 19, with that give students from along with ensuring Reunions tents have reading fiction, so the campus novels Tthe Martin Luther King Journey diverse backgrounds power for lights and music. In addition, that are the bulk of the curriculum are Award, which recognizes efforts to space to safely process he frequently operates the sound system purely pleasure reading for me.” continue the journey to achieve the civil and explore issues in the University Chapel for services and The material led students to examine rights leader’s vision. related to culture and other functions and sings in the Chapel the academic and social environment David Campbell, a senior staff privilege, wrote Jona- Campbell Choir. He serves on University commit- they had entered. “The books and films psychologist in Counseling and Psycho- than Pastor, associate tees, including the committee for the have all turned out to be as good as I had logical Services, received the Journey director of Counseling and Psychological President’s Achievement Award, which hoped, but my favorite thing about the Award for Special Achievement for Services (CPS), who nominated Camp- he received in 1998. seminar so far has been the way it makes empowering students from diverse bell for the award. “Kenny is part of the fabric of the us think critically about the college expe- backgrounds. “David has been a leader at Counsel- Princeton community,” wrote Charles rience,” said Caitlin Quinn. “In helping students from all back- ing and Psychological Services around Krank, assistant director of Grounds For engineering student Patrick grounds better understand and confront diversity and inclusion for the past and Building Maintenance. “He is here Boroughs, the subject matter provides the challenges of life on this campus, 10 years,” wrote Calvin Chin, direc- more than any other person I know: academic variety. “It’s my only class and in helping his colleagues provide a tor of CPS, which is part of University nights, weekends, early mornings, snow that’s equation-free, and it’s nice to get more nurturing and responsive approach Health Services, in a letter supporting storms, hurricanes and campus emer- a break from that,” he said. “I like being to supporting our students, David has Campbell’s nomination. “He infuses his gencies. His job description does not do able to talk about university with people enabled many Princetonians to thrive clinical work with a deep appreciation of justice to his contributions to campus in the same position as I am — freshmen here,” President Christopher L. Eis- the unique challenges that face students life.” who are discovering a new life.” gruber said in presenting the award to of color, and has created safe spaces Alison Boden, dean of religious life Chihaya added, “This is actually my Campbell. “David, we thank you for all through his individual and group work and the chapel, wrote that Grayson first all-freshman class at Princeton, and you have done to assist and enrich our for students to discuss the experience of “gives selflessly of himself every minute it’s been a joy to see my students getting campus community. Your work is a won- difference and being part of marginal- of every day.” to know this place, and each other.” derful reflection of Dr. King’s spirit.” ized communities.” “He has limitless During a class one afternoon in Whit- Kenneth Grayson, a shop foreman in Campbell also founded and coordi- energy, and is the man College, the topic of conversation the Electric Shop, received the Journey nates the Diversity Reading Group, a most helpful person was the novel “Lucky Jim” by British Award for Lifetime Achievement for his monthly gathering of CPS staff where at the University,” author Kingsley Amis, published in tireless commitment to campus life. conversation centers on diversity topics. Boden wrote. “He is a 1953. From all sides of the room, stu- “A University employee for nearly 45 He is a leader of the Network of African- problem-solver — often dents participated in a lively discussion years, Kenny Grayson is a fixture behind American Male Administrators and is taking care of issues about the nature of success and what it the scenes, as foreman of the Electric the University Health Services repre- before the rest of us Grayson means to be “lucky.” Shop, and behind the microphone, lend- sentative to the Campus Life Diversity knew there was one! At Taking his turn to present the day’s ing his golden voice to many campus and Inclusion Committee. He served as the University Chapel, text, Anhar Karim kicked off the class events,” Eisgruber said. “Known affec- interim director of CPS during the 2012- he has gone to extraordinary lengths with the observation that the book’s tionately across campus as ‘Kenny G,’ he 13 academic year. to make sure that every program goes main character, Jim Dixon, a foundering is deeply respected for his professional Campbell earned his Ph.D. from the smoothly.” new professor at an obscure English uni- expertise, his personal warmth, and his Graduate School and University Center Thomas Corcoran, manager of versity, was to be “pitied,” and that “luck commitment to supporting our com- at City College of New York and his mechanical, electrical and plumb- was a major force in the novel.” munity of students, faculty, staff, alumni undergraduate degree from Hunter ing systems in Grounds and Building The students talked about the vari- and visitors.” College. Maintenance, said Grayson may be the ous antics — comic and chaotic — that The awards were presented at the “As long as I’ve known Dr. Campbell, best-known member of his department embroil Dixon as he heaps one mistake University’s Martin Luther King Day he has continually strived to support all on campus. upon the next, and yet ends up with the celebration in Richardson Audito- students who cross his path, and has “Just walk the campus with him, woman of his dreams as well as a better rium in Alexander Hall. Members of a particular gift for connecting with and it is incredible how many people he job, this time outside academia. the University community nominated young adults who might feel marginal- knows and how many people know him,” “Why at the end of the novel does he candidates based on their support for ized, struggle to fit in on an Ivy League Corcoran wrote. “Former University get this happy ending?” asked Karim. King’s philosophy and teachings and campus, or have experienced oppres- presidents stop and talk to him. Deans, “Is this book approving of Dixon’s their contributions to the improvement sion or the effects of discrimination and department chairs and University staff behavior?” of civil rights, human rights or both. prejudice,” wrote Michael Olin, associ- all greet him with well wishes. And of “I think it is Amis talking about Preference was given to candidates who ate dean in the Office of the Dean of course the students, both present and society and how it is corrupt,” said one have positively affected the University Undergraduate Students. “His moral alumni, remember him and always say student. campus and/or community. Members fabric, compassion and considerable hello.” “It’s poking fun at the system in gen- of the MLK Day Committee judged the clinical skills greatly benefit students One measure of his impact on campus: eral,” added another. “What you need to nominations for the award, which was with whom he works.” Grayson was named an honorary mem- be good at is manipulating the system to instituted in 2005. ber of the Class of 2002. get ahead.” “Because maybe success is not what we should be striving for,” said another student. “What do we think of this idea of striving for something?” asked Chihaya. “Does the novel suggest that there’s Board approves four appointments to anything worth striving for?” Noting that she had also read “Lucky Jim” as an undergraduate, Chihaya said Princeton faculty she now sees this more as a book about faculty. “I always thought that faculty had Ushma Patel her bachelor’s degree at the Indian postdoctoral fellow at Der Univer- Institute of Technology, her master’s sität Basel and Berkeley and taught at it all down, knew everything,” joked a he Princeton University Board of degree at Rensselaer Polytechnic Columbia University and the Univer- student. Trustees has approved the appoint- Institute, and her Ph.D. at Carnegie sity of California-San Diego. Next, the students were asked to read ments of four full professors. Mellon University. Clair Wills, in English, will join the two poems by Philip Larkin, a friend of T Amis’ understood to be the inspiration Nicholas Feamster, in computer sci- Gupta’s research interest is formal faculty in fall 2015 as the Leonard L. ence, joined the faculty this winter analysis of systems, including formal Milberg ’53 Professor in Irish Let- for “Lucky Jim.” Chihaya explained that from the Georgia Institute of Technol- methods, automatic decision proce- ters. She has taught at Queen Mary Larkin’s poem “Toads” raises questions ogy, where he has taught since 2006. dures, software verification, system University of London since 1995, and about doing “work to succeed” and He earned his bachelor’s and doctoral verification and hardware verification. she previously taught at the University “work as a burden.” The other poem, degrees from the Massachusetts Insti- Michael Levine, in molecular biology of Essex and was a junior research “This Be the Verse,” is one that “makes tute of Technology. and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for fellow at the University of Oxford. She you laugh and makes you cry,” Chihaya Feamster’s field of specialization Integrative Genomics, will join the earned her bachelor’s and doctoral said. is networked computer systems, and faculty in summer 2015 from the Uni- degrees at Oxford. The discussion prompted a heartfelt some of his areas of focus are network versity of California-Berkeley, where A scholar of Irish literature and response from one student: “A lot of the architecture, network security, routing he has been a professor since 1996. His culture, Wills has written five books, reason I came to university is to get a job and anti-censorship techniques. areas of focus are genomics, develop- including “The Best Are Leaving: and money, and a happy life. But which Aarti Gupta, in computer science, mental biology and molecular biology, Essays on Emigration and Post-War way to go? What is the right way?” joined the faculty this winter from and his current lab studies how cell Irish Culture” (2015) and “That The close-knit class encouraged such NEC Laboratories America, where behavior is defined. Neutral Island: A History of Ireland candor and built students’ confidence in since 1994 she has worked in a range An undergraduate alumnus of During the Second World War” sharing ideas. of positions from research staff mem- Berkeley with a Ph.D. from Yale (2007), and co-edited “The Field Day “I feel like this class, and its semi- ber to department head. She earned University, Levine previously was a Anthology of Irish Women’s Writing nar style, is an amazing way for me to and Traditions” (2002). get adjusted to how Princeton works,” Karim said. PRINCETON 8 UNIVERSITY BULLETIN Feb. 19, 2015 Startup school: Examining success and failure in new ventures

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ohn Danner moved across the auditorium at Princeton Univer- Jsity, tossing questions at students about a possible business startup. Like an insistent collaborator, he probed for unknown hazards. What else, he prompted, what next? What was the thing they were not thinking of? What was lurking to trip them up? “It has to scale,” said junior Rachel Leizman. “Does it have to scale?” Danner asked, raising his hand to punctuate his question. “What about a small flower shop, what about a bodega?” “Well, that’s a scale,” Leizman shot back, drawing a laugh from her classmates. Danner, a veteran entrepreneur with a booming voice and an easy presence, used fast-paced dialogue and friendly banter throughout a recent session of “Introduction to Entrepreneurship” — a class taught for the first time this fall — to jolt his students into thinking in new ways about what it takes to start a venture. Proposals became epic stories;

business plans were charts to guide an Applewhite Denise by Photos enterprise through hidden shoals wait- ing to sink an unwary new company. “Introduction to Entrepreneurship,” taught for the first time this fall, is the first level of a range of courses that the Keller Center offers for “We want the students to develop students across the University who are interested in startups. their thinking and sophistication about how entrepreneurship plays out,” Danner, an entrepreneurship The four instructors trade off to expose Princeton students, par- way I looked at things,” said Kariisa, specialist at the Keller Center, said lectures focusing on various topics. ticularly sophomores, to the range of a politics major. “It has.” after class. “We want them to see this Danner, for example, taught one ses- flavors and concepts of entrepreneur- Kariisa, who is president of the as an option, whether their motivation sion about business models; Lidow ship early in their college careers,” University’s Black Arts Company: is to launch a new technology or a lectured on critical points for devel- said Zschau, who has taught entrepre- Dance, said taking the class has given new industry or to change the world.” oping a startup enterprise into an neurship at Princeton for more than her ideas about how she might pursue The subject of the class is “entre- ongoing business. 15 years. her interests in performance art and preneurship writ large,” said Derek “We are trying to get at the core “We all had the experience of education after graduation. Lidow, another instructor. issues that inform students about seniors saying ‘Gosh, I wish I had “I have gained a lot of self-confidence,” The course is open to students from success or failure,” Lidow said. “If taken this earlier,’” Danner said. “We she said. “I will definitely be more all disciplines and allows undergradu- they only have time to take one course wanted to see if we could reach people interested in the possibilities offered ates to work with a team of successful about entrepreneurship, then they earlier in their undergraduate careers; by entrepreneurship.” entrepreneurs: Danner, a business can take this course and get a good if they liked it, they would be able to Leizman, an economics major, said executive and senior fellow at the Uni- understanding.” pursue it.” she enrolled because the class will versity of California-Berkeley; Lidow, The idea for the course grew from Eighty-six students signed up for the allow her to gain a broad understand- the founder of iSuppli; Christopher a dinner among the instructors last course this fall. The course number ing of the subject before choosing one Kuenne, the founder of Rosetta; and year. Most entrepreneurship classes has an engineering prefix, EGR, but of the more specialized, high-level Ed Zschau, a founder and executive of taught at Princeton target seniors, 66 of the students are pursuing a entrepreneurship classes such as numerous startups including System and they wondered whether it would Bachelor of Arts. Because of its large “High-Tech Entrepreneurship.” She Industries in the 1970s and Polyera be possible to involve students earlier. enrollment, the course is taught in an said she intends to start her own busi- Corporation in the last decade. “Its objective as a survey course is auditorium in Jadwin Hall. In addition ness in the future and she “thought to standard classwork, the students taking a survey course taught by the keep an entrepreneurship journal to four professors would allow me to track their growing understanding of explore the different areas of entrepre- the material and possible applications neurship to see what I liked best.” to the world. Toward the end of class, “One of the main things I’ve the students split into groups to com- learned is that a great idea doesn’t plete a project in which they flesh out automatically turn into a successful Applications for an idea for a new venture. enterprise,” she said. “There are so “We don’t require a formal busi- many different factors — from fund- Princeton’s Class of 2019 ness plan at this level; it’s not about ing to operations to the leadership judging the idea the way an investor — that make or break a good idea.” would,” Danner said. “We want to reach record high see evidence that the students have developed their thinking and sophis- tication about how entrepreneurship M a r t i n M bug ua students with diverse backgrounds plays out.” from across the nation and around Students come to the class with rinceton University has received the world,” Dean of Admission Janet a wide variety of backgrounds and a record 27,259 applications Rapelye said. “We read and evaluate interests. Some have a long interest Pfor admission to the Class of every application very carefully. We in business and have already started 2019. The number, which includes look forward to the review and expect ventures of their own. Others never 3,850 candidates who applied last fall it will be a challenging and ultimately thought of starting their own enter- through single-choice early action, is rewarding experience to select the next prise, but selected the course to see now the largest applicant pool in the freshman class.” what it involved. University’s history. The admission process is need-blind “I am considering entrepreneur- Many of the applicants also applied for both domestic and international ship at some point in the future,” said for Princeton’s generous financial aid students, and all of them may apply for Allie Burton, a sophomore majoring program, which meets the full need of financial aid. in computer science. “I have learned a all admitted students and provides stu- The University’s undergraduate lot more about the challenges that an dents who qualify for aid with grants admission office offered admission entrepreneur faces; dealing with the Derek Lidow, the founder of iSuppli, is one that do not need to be repaid. Approxi- to 767 of the early applicants in lack of money, the stress, the chal- of the instructors teaching a new course, mately 60 percent of all undergraduate mid-December. Candidates deferred lenge of organizing everything.” “Introduction to Entrepreneurship,” at the students receive financial aid, and the during the early action process will be Jessica Kariisa, a junior, said she Keller Center. “If they only have time to take average grant per year is more than reconsidered with the regular decision never thought starting a business was one course about entrepreneurship, then $40,000. As a result, 75 percent of applicants. “for me.” they can take this course and get a good Princeton students graduate debt free. Applicants will be notified of admis- “I thought I might be interesting understanding,” he said. “The University’s academic excel- sion decisions by late March. About to try it out and see if it changed the lence and generous financial aid 1,300 freshmen will enroll in the fall of continue to attract outstanding 2015.