In a small room tucked in a corner of Princeton University's MacMillan Building, computer screens cover the wall and line desktops, each displaying a colorful cornucopia of data used to monitor campus energy equipment and limit the University's energy consumption.
Without leaving their seats, Facilities staff can use the computers to ...
Princeton Cuts Energy Use, Costs Through Projects Big And Small
Posted On Monday, March 18, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW JERSEY Tags: centralize campus energy, Nyquist, Sustainability Plan, University buildings
In a small room tucked in a corner of Princeton University's MacMillan Building, computer screens cover the wall and line desktops, each displaying a colorful cornucopia of data used to monitor campus energy equipment and limit the University's energy consumption.
Without leaving their seats, Facilities staff can use the computers to ...
Merewether Receives Luce Scholarship to Explore Rescue Tech in Asia
Posted On Sunday, March 10, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW JERSEY Tags: applications of computing, Lake Carnegie, Luce Scholarship, Princeton First Aid, Rescue Squad, tech in Asia
Last year, while working as an EMT with the Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad, Princeton senior Gene Merewether was among a group that responded to calls that a man was struggling in the waters of Lake Carnegie. With rescue boats and dive teams, the first responders scoured the murky ...
NJIT’s Meredith Aronson Named Business Person of the Year
Posted On Sunday, March 3, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW JERSEY Tags: continuing and professional education, department of labor, gale spak, manufacturenj, meredith aronson
The Director of NJIT’s Advanced Manufacturing Talent Network (ManufactureNJ), Meredith Aronson, was awarded “Business Person of the Year” by Essex County Vocational Technical Schools at the Essex County Vocational Technical Schools board meeting on Feb. 25.
Her work in connecting companies and workforce needs to the school were noted in remarks ...
Hanamirian, Nebel Named Pyne Prize Winners
Posted On Sunday, February 24, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW JERSEY Tags: Caroline Hanamirian, Jake Nebel, Pyne Honor Prize, Woodrow Wilson
Princeton seniors Caroline Hanamirian and Jake Nebel and have been named co-winners of the University's 2012 Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize, the highest general distinction conferred on an undergraduate.
They will be recognized at a luncheon during Alumni Day on campus Saturday, Feb. 23.
The Pyne Honor Prize, established in 1921, is ...
Two Princeton Seniors, One Alumnus win Gates Cambridge Scholarships
Posted On Sunday, February 17, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW JERSEY Tags: David Kurz, Erica Cao, Kaitlin Stouffer, Princeton University, University of Cambridge
Princeton University seniors Erica Cao and Kaitlin Stouffer, as well as Class of 2012 graduate David Kurz, have been awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarships. The awards give outstanding students from outside the United Kingdom the opportunity to pursue postgraduate study at the University of Cambridge.
The recipients are among 40 U.S. winners ...
Rutgers’ Own Food Truck Will Hit Campus Streets Soon
Posted On Sunday, February 10, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW JERSEY Tags: food truck craze, Knight Wagon, Kogi Korean BBQ, Nicholas Emanuel, on-the-go fare, twisted gyro burger
The ‘Knight Wagon’ will offer a creative menu of on-the-go fare
The food truck craze that fast became the hippest way to grab a gourmet meal or artisanal snack on city streets has found its way to Rutgers.
University dining services will soon unveil its own food truck, the Knight Wagon, with ...
NJIT Students Win Seed Capital and Expert Guidance to Launch Business Ventures
Posted On Wednesday, February 6, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW JERSEY Tags: Albert Dorman Honors College, Atam Dhawan, Capital One Bank’s, Enterprise Development Center, Interdisciplinary Design Studio, Newark Innovation Acceleration
Thanks to a unique Capital One and NJIT competition, four teams of Albert Dorman Honors College (ADHC) undergrads probably can’t wait until next June when they’ll move into their new roles as entrepreneurs with seed funding. Known as the annual Capital One Bank Newark Innovation Acceleration Challenge (NIAC), the competition ...
Japan Prize Recognizes Rutgers Marine Scientist For Work That Helped Unlock Ocean’s Mysteries
Posted On Monday, February 4, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW JERSEY Tags: Census of Marine Life, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Japan Prize, Japan Prize Recognizes, Memorial University, Rutgers Marine Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
During the late 1970s, scientists discovered a never-seen-before species living on the ocean floor at hydrothermal vents and debunked the popular belief that the bottom of the ocean was relatively devoid of life. This new scientific realization left an unanswered question: how does an environment so far away from the ...
Esteemed Princeton Mathematical Physicist And Mentor Arthur Wightman Dies
Posted On Friday, February 1, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW JERSEY Tags: Arthur Wightman, mathematical physicist, mentor, Princeton University, Thomas D. Jones
Renowned mathematical physicist and Princeton University Thomas D. Jones Professor Emeritus Arthur Wightman died of Alzheimer's disease Jan. 13 at Veterans Nursing Home in Edison, N.J. He was 90. He was best known for his pioneering and far-reaching research on the mathematical foundations of quantum field theory.
Wightman grew up in ...
Princeton Applications Remain Near Record Number
Posted On Monday, January 28, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW JERSEY Tags: no-loan financial aid program, Princeton applications, record number, undergraduate admission office, University's pioneering
Princeton University has received 26,505 applications for admission to the Class of 2017. The applicants include 3,810 candidates who applied last fall through single-choice early action, an increase of 11 percent over last year’s early action pool.
This is the second year since 2006 that the University has offered an early ...
Jackson-Weaver Receives MLK Day Journey Award
Posted On Thursday, January 24, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW JERSEY Tags: Diversity Fellows program, Graduate School, Jackson-Weaver, Martin Luther King Day, MLK Day Journey Award
Karen Jackson-Weaver, Princeton University's associate dean for academics and diversity in the Office of the Dean of the Graduate School, was honored Jan. 21 with the Martin Luther King Day Journey Award, which recognizes efforts to continue the journey to achieve the civil rights leader's vision.
Jackson-Weaver, a 1994 Princeton alumna ...
NJBIZ: Robert Barchi Is Making The Grade
Posted On Friday, January 18, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW JERSEY Tags: AARON HOUSTON, CEO of Motorola Solutions, Dr. Robert Barchi, Rutgers University
There have been plenty of exciting developments at Rutgers University during the past few months, including the recent appointment of its new president, who was largely unknown when he walked into a room of 35 CEOs in November.
But by the time he walked out of the Hyatt Regency, in Jersey ...
Princeton Establishes Strategic Partnership With Humboldt University in Berlin
Posted On Tuesday, January 15, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW JERSEY Tags: Humboldt University, Jeremy Adelman, Princeton University, Shirley M. Tilghman, strategic partnerships, University of São Paulo
Princeton University has established a strategic partnership with Humboldt University in Berlin that will support research and teaching collaboration spanning the disciplines.
The agreement is a further example of Princeton's internationalization efforts, outlined in the 2007 "Princeton in the World" report. In November, Princeton signed a strategic partnership with the University ...
Hidalgo County Hoop House to be Educational, Help Fight Food Security Issues
Posted On Sunday, January 13, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW JERSEY Tags: AmeriCorps, Cooperative Extension, Hidalgo County, Hidalgo Medical Services, New Mexico State University
On Dec. 1, Hidalgo Medical Services, New Mexico State University, Hidalgo County Cooperative Extension, Hidalgo County 4-H, AmeriCorps and the Lordsburg School District all came together for a good, old fashioned hoop house raising.
The community banded together to construct a 15-foot by 32-foot hoop house, or soft-sided green house, at ...
‘Gently Used’ Business Clothing Needed For Annual Drive
Posted On Thursday, January 10, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW JERSEY Tags: belts, blazers, coats, collared casual shirts, dress shirts, dress slacks, dresses, handbags, HomeFront's, jackets, jewelry, khakis, Mercer County, Princeton University, shoes, skirts, suits, sweaters, ties
Princeton University is conducting its annual clothing drive Wednesday, Jan. 23, to Wednesday, Jan. 30, to benefit HomeFront's Suitably Dressed, Mercer County Community College Career Training Institute, Operation Fatherhood of Trenton, and Mercer Street Friends, which collect "gently used" business attire for men and women.
The clothing goes to individuals who ...
Board of Governors Appoints World-Renowned Physician
Posted On Tuesday, January 8, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW JERSEY Tags: biology, clinical medicine, drug discovery, oncology, Stephen K. Burley, UMDNJ’s schools, University of Medicine
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. – Stephen K. Burley, an internationally recognized physician and scientist, and an expert in structural biology, drug discovery, clinical medicine and oncology, will be the new director of Rutgers University’s Center for Integrative Proteomics Research – the first major academic appointment that is a direct result of ...
