academic and careers Princeton Professor Ruha Benjamin awarded MacArthur ‘genius’ grant By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 12:01:22 -0400 The MacArthur Foundation honored Benjamin for her critical analysis of how technology perpetuates inequality and for ‘championing the role of imagination in social transformation.' Full Article
academic and careers Nilufer K. Shroff will conclude her service as vice president and chief audit and compliance officer By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 09:59:53 -0400 A leader in her field with over 35 years of experience, Shroff has transformed Princeton’s audit and compliance functions during her more than 17 years at the University. Full Article
academic and careers Mapping an entire (fly) brain: A step toward understanding diseases of the human brain By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 11:00:00 -0400 An international team of researchers and gamers, led by Princeton’s Mala Murthy and Sebastian Seung, mapped every neuron and every synaptic connection in an adult fruit fly's brain, building a comprehensive “connectome” that represents a massive step toward understanding the human brain. Full Article
academic and careers Board of Trustees issues decision on Witherspoon statue By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 12:00:47 -0400 Decision informed by report of the CPUC Committee on Naming. Full Article
academic and careers Princeton creates Office of Innovation to enhance ecosystem for research, start-ups, tech transfer and industry collaboration By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 14:31:00 -0400 Craig B. Arnold has been named Princeton’s first University Innovation Officer and heads the new office. Full Article
academic and careers Princeton’s John Hopfield receives Nobel Prize in physics By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Tue, 08 Oct 2024 17:32:00 -0400 Hopfield, the Howard A. Prior Professor in the Life Sciences, Emeritus, and professor of molecular biology, emeritus, shares the 2024 Nobel Prize with Toronto's Geoffrey E. Hinton. Full Article
academic and careers Fifteen scholars named Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellows By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 09:57:00 -0400 The program, now in its fifth year, recognizes and supports outstanding scholars primed to make important contributions in their fields. The 2024 cohort includes disciplines spanning the humanities, engineering, the sciences and the social sciences. Full Article
academic and careers SPIA exhibit and programming are directing attention to nuclear weapons as a scholarly and policy issue By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 10:21:00 -0400 “Close Encounters: Facing the Bomb in a New Nuclear Age” is on display at SPIA’s Bernstein Gallery through Oct. 25. Full Article
academic and careers Brooks, Gitai, Krienen and Skinnider win prestigious NIH awards By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Thu, 10 Oct 2024 13:50:00 -0400 Four Princeton researchers won major awards from the National Institutes of Health to support their blue-sky research. Full Article
academic and careers Saien Xie wins fellowship supporting revolutionary approach to energy-efficient electronics By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 15:20:23 -0400 Xie, a materials engineer, won a 2024 Packard Fellowship for creating atomically thin materials. “Thinking and inventing down to an atomic level like Saien is doing, most spectacularly I should add, is the future,” said James Sturm, ECE department chair. Full Article
academic and careers Howard Stone named University Professor at Princeton By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 09:09:00 -0400 Stone is a leading engineering scholar and pioneer in fluid dynamics research. University Professor is Princeton’s highest honor for faculty. Full Article
academic and careers Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts welcomes new scholars By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 13:45:00 -0400 A commitment to the liberal arts is at the core of Princeton University's mission. A new cohort of outstanding postdocs has joined the Society of Fellows for three years of teaching and research. Full Article
academic and careers Endowment continues to provide foundation for Princeton’s groundbreaking research, innovative scholarship and national leadership on college affordability By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 12:00:00 -0400 In the Class of 2028, 71.5% of students qualify for financial aid and 21.7% of the class are lower-income students eligible for federal Pell grants. Full Article
academic and careers Internet researchers reach beyond academia to close major security loophole By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:41:09 -0400 Princeton engineers and industry leaders have squelched a threat that had lurked for years in the internet’s encryption system. Full Article
academic and careers Chemist Giacinto Scoles, 'a superb scientist and an even better human being,' dies at 89 By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Fri, 25 Oct 2024 16:47:42 -0400 Physical chemist Giacinto Scoles, Princeton’s Donner Professor of Science, Emeritus, died in Sassenheim, the Netherlands, on Sept. 25 with his wife of nearly 60 years at his side. He was 89. Full Article
academic and careers Visual arts lecturer Lex Brown and historian Lucas Ramos awarded Rome Prize By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 08:46:00 -0400 The award supports independent research in the arts and humanities at the American Academy in Rome. Both Princeton recipients are undergraduate alumni. Full Article
academic and careers U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan ’81 and Nobel Prize-winning economist David Card *83 to receive top alumni awards. By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Fri, 01 Nov 2024 14:00:00 -0400 Princeton University will present the honors at Alumni Day, scheduled for Feb. 22, 2025. Full Article
academic and careers Election 2024: How Princeton's Vote100 encourages students to register, vote and be more civically engaged By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Mon, 04 Nov 2024 11:01:00 -0500 Voting registration rates among Princeton undergraduate and graduate students have more than doubled largely thanks to the program. Full Article
academic and careers ‘Many Minds, Many Stripes’ conference sets 2025 date to celebrate Graduate School alumni By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Mon, 04 Nov 2024 12:46:00 -0500 The conference has been scheduled for Oct. 9-11, 2025. All Princeton alumni are invited back to campus for the gathering. Full Article
academic and careers Two Dale Fellowship recipients pursue original projects after graduation By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 10:55:00 -0500 The Martin A. Dale '53 Fellowship provides grants for Princeton seniors to spend the year after graduation on "an independent project of extraordinary merit." Juliette Carbonnier and Collin Riggins are the latest recipients. Full Article
academic and careers Medievalist William Chester Jordan receives Barry Prize for Distinguished Intellectual Achievement By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 10:58:33 -0500 Jordan will also receive the American Historical Society's Award for Scholarly Distinction in January. Full Article
academic and careers Celebrate Princeton Innovation spotlights researchers who are patenting discoveries, creating start-ups and exploring other ventures By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 10:51:00 -0500 Full Article
academic and careers Veterans Day observance to be held at the Princeton University Chapel By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Fri, 08 Nov 2024 10:59:36 -0500 The 9 a.m. service on Monday, Nov. 11, will also be livestreamed. Full Article
academic and careers Africa World Initiative hosts Nobel laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah in conversation and in the classroom By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 14:00:00 -0500 He reflected on literature, compassion, belonging, home and the "qualities which make us human." Full Article
academic and careers Strother named assistant vice president for public safety By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Fri, 28 May 2021 10:30:01 -0400 Kenneth Strother Jr., director of operations in Princeton University's Department of Public Safety (DPS), has been named assistant vice president for public safety, effective June 1. Full Article
academic and careers Tennyson is Princeton’s new director of Transportation and Parking Services By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Tue, 15 Jun 2021 12:06:11 -0400 Charles (Charlie) Tennyson has been appointed Princeton’s new director of Transportation and Parking Services following a national search to fill the position. He previously served for five years as deputy director of the department. Full Article
academic and careers Alban Forcione, ‘unequalled interpreter of Don Quixote’ and ‘infinitely generous mentor,’ dies at 82 By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Mon, 18 Oct 2021 14:53:00 -0400 Alban Forcione, an internationally renowned scholar of 17th-century literature of “Golden Age” Spain, the Walter S. Carpenter Jr., Professor of Language, Literature and Civilization of Spain, Emeritus, and Princeton alumnus, died Sept. 14 at age 82. Full Article
academic and careers Gilbert Harman, ‘a towering figure in American philosophy’ and one of the longest-serving faculty members in the University’s history, dies at 83 By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Wed, 17 Nov 2021 12:52:00 -0500 Gilbert Harman, the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, died at his home in Princeton on Nov. 13 after a long illness with Alzheimer’s. He was 83. Full Article
academic and careers 'Go big. Ask for the world': The Lewis Center's Elena Araoz on inspiration, innovation and making the sky your limit By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Mon, 06 Dec 2021 12:00:58 -0500 The new producing artistic director of the theater and music theater season at the arts center sat for an interview for our ‘What I think’ series. Full Article
academic and careers Eric Wood, world-renowned hydrologist and ‘giant in the field,’ dies at 74 By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Fri, 10 Dec 2021 09:30:05 -0500 Eric Franklin Wood, a world-renowned hydrologist who did groundbreaking work in drought prediction and served on the Princeton faculty for 43 years, died from cancer in Brooklyn, New York, on Nov. 3. He was 74. Full Article
academic and careers Jacques Fresco, 'a major figure in the birth of modern molecular biology,' dies at 93 By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Tue, 04 Jan 2022 15:20:00 -0500 Jacques R. Fresco, the emeritus Damon B. Pfeiffer Professor in the Life Sciences and an emeritus professor of molecular biology, died on Dec. 5. He served on Princeton's faculty for 53 years before retiring in July 2013. Full Article
academic and careers Why are some viruses harmless and others deadly? A.J. te Velthuis is on the case. By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Mon, 10 Jan 2022 12:15:00 -0500 The Princeton microbiologist has also created a non-infectious version of the COVID-19 virus that researchers can study safely. Full Article
academic and careers Bruce Arden, a pioneer in early computing, dies at 94 By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Tue, 01 Feb 2022 17:35:00 -0500 Arden helped usher computers into widespread use and played a key role in establishing Princeton's Department of Computer Science. Full Article
academic and careers Ronald Surtz, ‘eminent Princeton medievalist,’ dies at 75 By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Wed, 02 Feb 2022 10:00:00 -0500 Ronald Surtz, professor of Spanish and Portuguese languages and literatures, emeritus, died peacefully at home in Cranbury, New Jersey, on Nov. 14. He was 75. Full Article
academic and careers In McCarter Theatre’s ‘Dreaming Zenzile,’ an accomplished alumna's own dream comes true By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Wed, 09 Feb 2022 16:18:00 -0500 Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa, a Princeton alumna and current Hodder Fellow who's a composer, vocalist and scholar, has come full circle since the day she sat in a McCarter audience 10 years ago and made a wish to one day be up on that stage. Full Article
academic and careers Hale Trotter, 'pioneer and leader' in pure mathematics, dies at 91 By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Wed, 23 Mar 2022 14:03:02 -0400 Hale Freeman Trotter, an emeritus professor of mathematics, died at 91 at his home in Princeton, New Jersey. Full Article
academic and careers MacMillan forms charitable fund with Nobel Prize money By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Fri, 08 Apr 2022 17:38:34 -0400 In honor of his parents, Chemistry Nobel Laureate David MacMillan has founded The May and Billy MacMillan Foundation to provide educational opportunities for financially disadvantaged students in Scotland. Full Article
academic and careers Austin Newton, 'pioneer in molecular biology,' dies at 85 By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Tue, 14 Jun 2022 17:31:34 -0400 Austin Newton, a founding member of the Department of Molecular Biology, established a new experimental system and mentored generations of undergraduates, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. He died May 13 in Princeton at age 85. Full Article
academic and careers Barton named Princeton’s assistant vice president for facilities operations By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Thu, 04 Aug 2022 12:57:18 -0400 Full Article
academic and careers 'Legendary' cognitive scientist Daniel Osherson, 'scientist of rare talent' and 'excellent and caring mentor,' dies at 73 By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Fri, 16 Sep 2022 09:36:25 -0400 Daniel Osherson, Princeton’s Henry R. Luce Professor in Information Technology, Consciousness, and Culture, Emeritus, known for his creative scientific explorations with collaborators in many disciplines, died at home on Sept. 4. Full Article
academic and careers 'The Sky is for Everyone': Talking with Princeton women in astrophysics By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Fri, 30 Sep 2022 12:41:00 -0400 As the James Webb Space Telescope delights stargazers with breathtaking images and groundbreaking discoveries, we connected with Princeton astrophysics luminaries Gillian “Jill” Knapp and Neta Bahcall, both contributors to a new book by women astronomers. Full Article
academic and careers Author of new Stevie Nicks book is a Princeton professor who loves 'Tusk,' studies Tchaikovsky By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Tue, 04 Oct 2022 09:09:00 -0400 Simon Morrison, author of the new musical biography "Mirror in the Sky,” is a professor of music and Slavic languages and literatures, and a sought-after lecturer in the humanities. Full Article
academic and careers Gene Jarrett takes us back to the Gilded Age in his new biography of Paul Laurence Dunbar By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Fri, 28 Oct 2022 09:45:00 -0400 The book joins others by Princeton faculty on The New Yorker list of the year’s best. Jarrett gives a talk at Labyrinth Books on Thursday, Nov. 3. Full Article
academic and careers Hisashi Kobayashi, former Princeton engineering dean and data storage pioneer, dies at 84 By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Fri, 21 Apr 2023 09:03:35 -0400 Hisashi Kobayashi, whose steady leadership as dean guided Princeton's School of Engineering and Applied Science through a rapid expansion of programs and facilities in the late 1980s and early 1990s, died on March 9. He was 84. Full Article
academic and careers W. Jason Morgan, pioneer of plate tectonics, dies at 87 By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Mon, 14 Aug 2023 10:16:00 -0400 Morgan's paper on plate tectonics revolutionized the field of geology in the late 1960s. He taught at Princeton from 1966 to 2004. Full Article
academic and careers Thirteen faculty members transfer to emeritus status By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Wed, 16 Aug 2023 15:20:00 -0400 Thirteen Princeton University faculty members were transferred to emeritus status in recent action by the Board of Trustees. Full Article
academic and careers Mathematician Joseph Kohn, ‘a giant’ in several complex variables and generous mentor to young scholars, dies at 91 By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Mon, 16 Oct 2023 12:43:00 -0400 “His mathematical legacy is enormous,” said John D’Angelo *76. “Joe was among the most friendly, popular and influential mathematicians of his generation.” Full Article
academic and careers Chemist Victor Laurie, who contributed to the field of microwave spectroscopy, dies at 88 By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Fri, 27 Oct 2023 10:27:00 -0400 Laurie joined the Princeton faculty in 1966 and transferred to emeritus status in 2000. Full Article
academic and careers Princeton names Daren Hubbard VP and CIO By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Tue, 21 Nov 2023 13:00:00 -0500 Hubbard, the top-ranking information technology administrator at the Georgia Institute of Technology, will join the University in January. Full Article
academic and careers Board approves new faculty appointments By www.princeton.edu Published On :: Wed, 22 Nov 2023 14:36:00 -0500 Two full professors and four assistant professors have been newly appointed to the Princeton University faculty. Full Article