Carolyn “Lindy” McBride has won two major grants to study how and why Zika-bearing mosquitoes feed almost exclusively on humans.

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A new study found that the social lives of sweat bees — named for their attraction to perspiration — are linked to patterns of activity in specific genes, including ones linked to autism.

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Wen Fong, a renowned art historian and alumnus who spent more than four decades on the Princeton faculty, died of leukemia Oct. 3 in Princeton, New Jersey. Fong was the Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Art History, Emeritus, and professor of art and archaeology, emeritus. He was 88.

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Sophomore Niko Fotopoulos is a co-founder of Blackwell, a medical technology startup.

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Princeton’s Mónica Ponce de León was awarded the 2018 Teaching Award of Excellence from the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA).

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The David and Lucile Packard Foundation announced Mary Caswell “Cassie” Stoddard as one of the 18 researchers to receive a Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering, targeted to innovative, early-career scientists and engineers.

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U.S. Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor recalled Princeton’s influence on their lives — from their undergraduate days to their legal careers — with fondness on Friday during the conference “She Roars: Celebrating Women at Princeton.”

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With high energy and humor, comedienne and actress Ellie Kemper, a 2002 alumna, entertains the audience at the “She Roars” alumni conference.

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Princeton University’s endowment earned a 14.2 percent investment gain for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2018. The endowment value stood at $25.9 billion, an increase of about $2.1 billion from the previous year.

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Clifford Brangwynne, an associate professor of chemical and biological engineering and Allan Sly, the Henry Burchard Fine Professor of Mathematics have been awarded 2018 MacArthur Fellowships.

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Benjamin Moll, professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University, was awarded the 2017 Bernácer Prize for his outstanding contributions in macroeconomics and finance.

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Celebrating women at Princeton, more than 3,300 alumni are registered to participate in the conference “She Roars” on campus this week.

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The 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded today to Princeton alumna Frances Arnold “for the directed evolution of enzymes.” Arnold graduated from Princeton University in 1979 with a B.S.E. in mechanical and aerospace engineering.

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Robert Venturi, a Princeton University alumnus who in partnership with his wife, Denise Scott Brown, was one of the most influential architects of the 20th century, died Sept. 18 at his home in Philadelphia. He was 93.

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The conference, “Accelerating Climate Action in the United States: What are we doing and what more can be done?” offered a platform to discuss and develop new ideas among scientific, government and community groups.

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Overpreparation for possible but unlikely events is a characteristic of much human decision-making, says Tom Griffiths, the Henry R. Luce Professor of Information Technology, Consciousness and Culture, who joined the Princeton faculty this summer.

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Five of the Department of African American Studies’ (AAS) first cohort of concentrators who graduated in June reflect on why they chose to major in African American studies.

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