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- Racial Separatism at Princeton
- What Michelle Obama's Thesis Tells Us About Her Alma Mater A lot of ink has been spilled lately about Michelle Obama's recently released thesis from Princeton University. Most of the attention has focused on the psychodrama of her opening comments, in which she relates that, as an African-American,...
- Research articles 2008-03-03
- RMJM Group and Hillier Architecture Announce Merger.
- EDINBURGH, Scotland and PRINCETON, New Jersey, June 19 /PRNewswire/ -- - Creates World's Leading Design Architecture Firm - Truly Global Capabilities, with Leading Architects and Offices on Four Continents In a milestone event for the architectural design industry,...
- Research articles 2007-06-19
- Signum Earns a $1M Vote of Confidence
- SOUTH BRUNSWICK A loan from the state boosts a biotech run by two scientific brothers Drug developer Signum Biosciences plans to nearly double its work force with a $1 million loan finalized this month by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority. The five-year, 6 percent loan, which comes...
- Research articles 2007-06-18
- Princeton proves too tempting as REIT announces purchase
- Behringer Harvard REIT I, Inc. has announced its acquisition of two office buildings in Princeton, New Jersey. The purchase consists of two three-story buildings at 600 and 619 Alexander Road that were built in 1983 and 1985, respectively, and are situated on a 656-acre site in south Princeton. Located...
- Research articles 2006-07-12
- Irrational Exuberance.(Robert Shiller )(Brief article)(Book review)
- IRRATIONAL EXUBERANCE Author: Robert Shiller Publisher: Princeton University Press Price: 17.95 [pounds sterling] ISBN: 0691123357 The title refers to a comment by Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the US Federal Reserve, in a speech to the American Enterprise Institute in December 1996....
- Research articles 2006-03-01
- Irrational Exuberance
- IRRATIONAL EXUBERANCE Author: Robert Shiller Publisher: Princeton University Press Price: 17.95 [pounds sterling] ISBN: 0691123357 The title refers to a comment by Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the US Federal Reserve, in a speech to the American Enterprise Institute in December 1996. He was alluding to the difficulties...
- Research articles 2006-03-01
- Alito's role in group prompts face-off on panel Kennedy and Specter spar over participation in the Concerned Alumni of Princeton.
- It seemed for a moment yesterday that the careful choreography of Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s Senate confirmation hearings was unraveling. It happened when Sen. Arlen Specter (R., Pa.), chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D., Mass.) clashed over Alito's membership in a conservative Princeton...
- Research articles 2006-01-12
- Winston Hotels to Build Homewood Suites in Princeton, N.J
- RALEIGH, N.C. -- Winston Hotels, Inc. (NYSE: WXH), a real estate investment trust and owner of premium limited-service, upscale extended-stay and full-service hotels, today announced that it recently closed on the purchase of 4.5 acres of land for $2.94 million and plans to build a 142-room Homewood Suites hotel within...
- Research articles 2005-07-21
- The Children of Abraham: Judaism, Christianity, Islam.(Briefly Noted)(Book Review)
- THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM: JUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY, ISLAM. By F. E. PETERS, with a foreword by JOHN L. ESPOSITO. Princeton University Press. 312 pp. $24.95. ARISTOTLE'S CHILDREN; HOW CHRISTIANS, MUSLIMS, AND JEWS REDISCOVERED ANCIENT WISDOM AND ILLUMINATED THE MIDDLE ACES. By RICHARD E. RUBENSTEIN....
- Research articles 2005-04-01
- Right Up Einstein's Alley
- A long-simmering plan for a Route 1 version of Silicon Valley could soon come to a boil It's only fitting that 2005, the centennial of Albert Einstein's theory of special relativity and other landmark discoveries, should witness a push for a regional research center in central New Jersey...
- Research articles 2005-02-28
- Princeton University
- TERRI HARRIS REED has been named associate provost for institutional equity at Princeton University. Previously she was assistant dean for graduate education in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Reed earned a bachelor's from Calvin College and a master's from Harvard University.
- Research articles 2004-10-21
- Mellody Hobson; 35 President, Ariel Capital Management LLC.(100 Most Influential Women)(Biography)
- Byline: STEVE DANIELS Mellody Hobson could get used to the star treatment. She's a regular on ABC's "Good Morning America.'' She's been the subject of photo spreads in Working Woman and Vogue. She sits on some of the city's most coveted...
- Research articles 2004-06-07
- Greed and Injustice in Classical Athens.(Book Review)
- Greed and Injustice in Classical Athens. By Ryan K. Balot. (Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2001. Pp. xi, 291. $39.50.) Greed, identified as "central" to Athenian history, ideology, and political thought, as a prime motivator of political activity, and as the subject...
- Research articles 2004-03-22
- LaMae Allen deJongh, 38; Partner, Accenture.(Special Report: 40 Under 40)(Brief Article)
- Byline: anita jain Lamae allen dejongh grew up in a black neighborhood in the small Southern town of Danville, Va., where it was unheard-of to cross state borders to get a college education. But after she graduated from high school, Ms. deJongh left for...
- Research articles 2004-01-26
- Learning from history.
- Oct 09, 2003 (Superfunds - ABIX via COMTEX) A very important book for investors with an interest in the history of capital markets has been released. "Triumph of the Optimists: 101 Years of Global Investment Returns" was written by E Dimson, P Marsh and...
- Research articles 2003-10-10
- On Equal Terms: The Constitutional Politics of Educational Opportunity. (Book Reviews)
- On Equal Terms: The Constitutional Politics of Educational Opportunity by Douglas S. Reed. Princeton, Princeton University Press, 2002. 256 Pp. Cloth, $29.95; paper, $17.95. "Today, education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments. . . . In these days, it is doubtful that any...
- Research articles 2003-03-22
- Fighting the Hessian fly: American and British responses to insect invasion, 1776-1789
- (ProQuest Information and Learning: Deletions showns by "strike-through" in the original text are ommited.) The origin of the name was quite specific. In 1788, George Morgan-colonel in the Revolution, member of the American Philosophical Society, and gentleman-farmer in New Jersey-explained to British consul-general John Temple: "The name of Hessian Fly...
- Research articles 2002-07-01
- President, Ariel Capital Management - Speaking Of People - Mellody Hobson - Brief Article - Illustration
- Mellody Hobson is president of Ariel Capital Management, Inc., a Chicago-based investment management firm specializing in equities, with more than $7.8 billion in assets under management. Hobson directs the firm's marketing and client servicing effort, overseeing its corporate, public and nonprofit institutional clients and publicly traded mutual funds. Hobson received...
- Research articles 2002-03-01
- Northampton Expands Into U.S. Hotel Market.
- TORONTO, ONTARIO, SEPTEMBER 18, 2001 New Jersey Acquisition Marks Entry into International Arena Northampton Group Inc., a leading Canadian hotelier, announced today that it has acquired a 20 percent ownership interest in the Novotel Princeton Hotel, a world-class, full-service hotel within 3...
- Research articles 2001-09-18
- Cathie Jo Martin, Stuck in Neutral: Business and the Politics of Human Capital Investment Policy.(Review) (book review)
- Cathie Jo Martin, Stuck in Neutral: Business and the Politics of Human Capital Investment Policy. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2000. 280 pp. $19.95 paper; $49.50 cloth. Martin challenges the view that big business wields enormous influence over America's political agenda and is responsible...
- Research articles 2000-09-22
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