From Nj.com: Princeton and Rutgers universities will join two health care giants in becoming the first tenants of The Hub, a technology and innovation complex planned for downtown New Brunswick. https://bit.ly/338n1rZ

Related coverage:

• ROI-NJ: Innovation central: Princeton, Rutgers, RWJBH and HMH announced as anchor tenants at The Hub
• My Central Jersey: Long-awaited New Brunswick ‘Hub’ redevelopment’s first tenants unveiled
• Planet Princeton: Princeton University to be first institutional tenant at Hub research and business incubator in New Brunswick

From The Daily Princetonian: New regulations allow for a minimum of 125 square feet of laboratory space per occupant, down from 160 square feet per occupant. https://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2020/11/princeton-covid19-research-reopening-level-2

From Town Topics: The Princeton University Art Museum has upcoming virtual events exploring Rembrandt, Latinx artists, and the study of human emotions in art and science. 

From ABC 7: Features The Poll Hero Project, founded in part by a group of Princeton students. Quotes students Kai Tsurumaki and Olivia Cao. https://abc7ny.com/politics/meet-the-poll-heroes-americas-next-generation-of-election-workers–/7358454/

From Popular Mechanics: Scientists say that while “domestication syndrome” has been theorized since the days of Charles Darwin, a new study is the first concrete data to show a link between group behaviors and physical signs of individual domestication. In the new paper, Princeton University researchers study the combination of a specific facial fur patch on marmosets with a vocal pattern they say corresponds to the patch. https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/animals/a34484237/monkeys-self-domestication-theory-experiment/

Related from The Daily Princetonian: U. study finds that monkeys may have self-domesticated like humans

The High Meadows Foundation, a philanthropic organization co-founded by Judy and Carl Ferenbach III, a member of the Class of 1964, has made a transformative gift to Princeton University that will support environmental research and educational initiatives through the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI), the University’s interdisciplinary center for environmental research, education and outreach. PEI has been renamed the High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI).https://www.princeton.edu/news/2020/10/29/major-high-meadows-gift-renames-princeton-environmental-institute

Additional coverage by Axios: Higher ed’s expanding climate push
Princeton University yesterday announced a “transformative gift” from the High Meadows Foundation, a philanthropy co-founded by an alum.

• The money will expand the school’s interdisciplinary environmental institute, with a focus on climate change, energy, biodiversity, food and water.
• The amount was not disclosed, but spokesperson Ben Chang said, “the gift will ensure that environmental research at Princeton will be supported into the next half-century and beyond.”