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.
Faculty Book Award: 'Of Rule and Office'
Melissa Lane has been awarded a book prize in the history of philosophy for a reflection on Plato's ideals and today's politics.
John Hopfield receives Nobel Prize in Stockholm
Princeton’s John Hopfield, the 2024 Nobel laureate in physics, received his Nobel Prize medal and diploma Tuesday, Dec. 10, at the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony in Stockholm. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced his Nobel Prize Oct. 8, and Hopfield returned from abroad to a hero’s welcome on campus three days later.
Here, links to the recorded Nobel Prize Award Ceremony and Hopfield’s Nobel Prize lecture, along with a celebratory commemorative video and news coverage from the Oct. 8 announcement.
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Victor Brombert, preeminent scholar of French literature, celebrated WWII Ritchie Boy and 'a teacher of the highest order,' dies at 101
“Le petit Victor,” as he called himself, was a giant to Princeton colleagues and students.
Travis Kanoa Chai Andrade and Nolan Musslewhite awarded Marshall Scholarships
Chai Andrade is a 2024 graduate who majored in anthropology and earned a certificate in archaeology. Musslewhite is a senior history major who is pursuing minors in classics, European studies and humanistic studies, and a certificate in history and the practice of diplomacy.
Princeton continues to build on Native American and Indigenous studies, initiatives
The arrival of professor J. Kēhaulani Kauanui marks a key stage in University efforts to enhance research and scholarship, along with recognition and support for Native and Indigenous students and scholars.
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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.
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