Princeton’s John Hopfield receives Nobel Prize in physics
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.
Brooks, Gitai, Krienen and Skinnider win prestigious NIH awards
Four Princeton researchers won major awards from the National Institutes of Health to support their blue-sky research.
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Chemist Giacinto Scoles, 'a superb scientist and an even better human being,' dies at 89
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.
Internet researchers reach beyond academia to close major security loophole
Princeton engineers and industry leaders have squelched a threat that had lurked for years in the internet’s encryption system.
Endowment continues to provide foundation for Princeton’s groundbreaking research, innovative scholarship and national leadership on college affordability
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.
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