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John Hopfield to receive Nobel Prize in Stockholm this week

Princeton’s John Hopfield, the 2024 Nobel laureate in physics, is scheduled to receive 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, a celebratory look back, a commemorative video, and links to the upcoming Nobel Prize Award Ceremony livestream and Hopfield’s recorded Nobel Prize lecture.

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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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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.

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