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Princetonians honored with National Medals of Science

Princeton molecular biologist Bonnie Bassler, emeritus professors Larry Martin Bartels and Ingrid Daubechies, and undergraduate alumni John Dabiri and Cynthia Dwork received the National Medal of Science, the nation’s highest scientific honor.

Books by Princeton Professors Make Year-End 'Best-Of’ Lists

The acclaimed faculty titles include novels, memoir, history, poetry, biography, essays and nonfiction.

Author Q&A: 'AI Snake Oil'

Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor distill some key messages from their acclaimed new book and talk about their work at Princeton.

Spotlight on Princeton’s transfer students

Princeton’s growing community of transfer students brings a wealth of experiences and perspectives to campus. Many come from first-generation, lower-income, community college and U.S. military veteran backgrounds. Academic and extracurricular programs — enabled by the University’s endowment and donors’ generosity — support the success of transfer students while at Princeton and beyond. Meet some of our transfer students and learn more about transfer programs as this series rolls out on Princeton’s social media.

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Jenny Greene wins presidential mentoring award for Prison Teaching Initiative

Jenny Greene, a professor of astrophysical sciences and the director of Princeton’s Prison Teaching Initiative, was awarded the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring.

Board approves 2 new faculty appointments

Two assistant professors have been newly appointed to the Princeton University faculty.

Princetonians win early-career presidential science awards

The Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) are the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government for early-career scientists and engineers.

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Research Roundup

Unravelling groundwater-stream connections over the continental United States

Reed Maxwell, Civil and Environmental Engineering and the High Meadows Environmental Institute

Nature Water

Jan. 06, 2025

Stretchable, flexible, recyclable plastic

Emily Davidson, Chemical and Biological Engineering

Advanced Functional Materials

Dec. 12, 2024

Infamy within sight: Making and unmaking sambenitos in the early modern Iberian world

Cloe Cavero de Carondelet, Spanish & Portuguese, and Yonatan Glazer-Eytan, history

Renaissance Quarterly

Nov. 11, 2024

The Quantum Future: Meeting the Moment

Princeton’s quantum scientists and engineers are working to manipulate the strange behaviors of particles — mindbending realities like quantum entanglement and superposition — to advance knowledge and produce technologies in fields as far-ranging as computing, communications, medicine, energy, finance and cryptography. Our expanded Quantum Initiative and new Ph.D. program carry forward a spirit of discovery on our campus that reaches back to Einstein.

Follow our latest breakthroughs and meet our Forward Thinkers

Exceptional Faculty

Princeton faculty members are all exceptional scholars in their disciplines who are expected to teach as well as engage in research. Faculty work closely with undergraduates in the supervision of junior year independent work and senior theses.

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Anne Cheng

English

Cheng’s "Ornamentalism" advances a groundbreaking theory about Asiatic femininity in western culture and is an impetus for an upcoming exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum called Monstrous Beauty, opening March 2025.

Leonard Wantchekon

Politics

2023 Global Economy Prize winner Wantchekon came of age as a pro-democracy student activist in Benin. He was a keynote speaker and co-host for the recent World Bank-UN Refugee Agency conference on forced displacement.

Sigrid Adriaenssens

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Adriaenssens is an engineering innovator, designing lightweight, elegant and resilient structures for sustainable buildings, bridges and other infrastructure.

Janet Currie

Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

Currie applies economics expertise to children’s health, development and well-being.

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Chika Okeke-Agulu

Art and Archaeology

Okeke-Agulu is a celebrated artist, critic, curator and historian of African and African Diaspora art. He is director of Princeton’s Africa World Initiative.

Marina Rustow

Near Eastern Studies and History

Rustow uses machine learning to decipher thousands of Arabic and Hebrew fragments preserved in a medieval Cairo synagogue. A new NEH grant supports an expansion of the project.

Ruha Benjamin

African American Studies

Benjamin’s scholarship explores the relationship between technological innovation and social equity. She is the author of 2022’s “Viral Justice” and the new “Imagination: A Manifesto.”

Arvind Narayanan

Computer Science and the Center for Information Technology Policy

Narayanan studies the societal impact of artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Princeton In the News

#VentureForward

Through the Venture Forward campaign, Princeton is making audacious bets on talent and potential that will have a transformative impact on the future of humanity.

Dare to Venture

Student Life at Princeton

Princeton brings together undergraduate and graduate students from all backgrounds, and every corner of the earth, to share their experiences and perspectives with one another. Make your mark as part of our vibrant community.

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