Topic: Princeton University

Harvard is tops again

HARVARD pulled ahead of Ivy League rival Princeton in the latest edition of the influential US News and World Report university rankings, while a...

New Fossils Could Be Oldest Animals

U.S. researchers say they found what may be the oldest fossils of fully developed animal bodies, pushing evidence of animal life into an earlier...

Brunswick alum receives Fulbright honors

Cos Cob native and 2006 Brunswick graduate Zachary Ruchman has been awarded a 2010 Fulbright Scholarship. Mr. Ruchman, who graduated from Princeton...

Philosophy Meets Neuroscience

Do we have free will? Is there meaning to life? A slew of new books provide some insights into how scientists are supplementing Plato with PET...
Uwe E. Reinhardt is an economics professor at Princeton. He has some financial interests in the health care field.. . . . The recently passed...
By Howard Tsumura The Vancouver Province BURNABY -- Back in 2004 when James Blake accepted an assistant coaching position at Idaho State, he hoped...
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Bidding Farewell to National Inventor's Month

Thomas Edison's Light Bulb, 1880. Gift of the Department of Engineering, Princeton University, 1961. Photo courtesy of NMAH.. . Sadly, summer is...
As a follow-up to the post below this one on the usefulness of modern macroeconomic modes, here's Tom Sargent. Given my remarks below, I was...

Considering Buying a Multifamily House

I'm still a fan of the mobility and flexibility offered by renting a place to live rather than buying. I don't know where I'll be living in the...