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The 'sultan of slime': Biologist continues to be fascinated by organisms after nearly 70 years of study .

At age 89, Bonner, the George M. Moffett Professor Emeritus of Biology, is one of the world's leading experts on cellular slime molds, found in soils the world over. He has led the way in making "Dictyostelium discoideum" a model organism central to examining some of the major questions in experimental biology. Science magazine describes him as "the current patriarch of the slime mold community."

Microbiologist John Bonner, leading expert on cellular slime molds, dies at 98 .

John Bonner, the George M. Moffett Professor of Biology, Emeritus, who studied evolution from the smallest life forms, died Feb. 7. 

Loners help society survive, say Princeton ecologists .

When most of a community is rushing in one direction, the few who hang back may serve to protect the whole population from something catastrophic attacking the group, says a team of Princeton scientists led by Corina Tarnita.

Nobel goes to former Princeton researcher for discovery made here .

Osamu Shimomura, who today was named a winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry, will receive the award for a discovery he made while working at Princeton.

Scientists discover the molecular heart of collective behavior .

A group of scientists seeking the answer to the mystery of collective motion has found strong evidence pointing to a third possibility -- collective behavior can arise in cells that initially may not be moving at all, but are prodded into action by an external agent such as a chemical.

Firestone Library exhibition marks 75th anniversary of McCarter Theatre .

An exhibition celebrating the 75th anniversary of the McCarter Theatre Center for the Performing Arts will be on display in the main lobby of Firestone Library from Monday, Jan. 31, through Monday, May 2.

Princeton awards six honorary degrees .

Princeton University awarded honorary degrees during Commencement exercises June 6 to six distinguished individuals for their contributions to science, health care, athletics, literature, education and civil rights. Princeton President Shirley M. Tilghman awarded degrees to John Bonner, Princeton's George Moffett Professor of Biology Emeritus; Paul Farmer, medical anthropologist, physician and founding director of the international organization Partners In Health; Mia Hamm, U.S.