Dramatic Tales from the 50-Year History of Princeton EHS
EHS Stories explores some of the fascinating incidents, characters and projects—from baffling discoveries and hazardous happenings to a bona-fide murder mystery—that have shaped our office, and Princeton University, over the last 50 years.
Join host Jim Sturdivant as we open the files, ask the probing questions and dive into the amazing annals of... EHS Stories.
Episode 1
Room 225: Uncovering a Decades-Old Danger
We talk to Sue Dupre, health physicist at Princeton from the 1970s through her retirement in 2017, about how she put together historical clues to literally unearth a remnant from the early Atomic Age.
The back of Palmer Physical Laboratory as it looked before the 1940s. [Historical Photos Collection, Mudd Library]
Episode 4
Joan's Lessons Learned
Dog-sized rats? Mysteriously smoking drums? Booby-trapped fume hoods? Joan Hutzly has seen everything the job has to offer.
Joan pointing out energy conservation features on a fume hood in the Rabinowitz Lab at Princeton University. Not all of her interactions with fume hoods have been so convivial.
Episode 2
Blue’s Clues: A Medical Mystery
An unexpected phone call sparks a desperate hunt for the cure to save a dying man. But what lay behind this strange request, and could Princeton EHS play a role in resolving a sensational medical mystery?
Episode 3
It's Gonna Blow! The Tale of the Box in the Crawlspace
A mysterious box in a campus crawlspace raises fears of an explosive device. Is EHS dealing with a dangerous package, a clue to cold war military research—or both?
