Samuel Hynes, the Woodrow Wilson Professor of Literature, Emeritus, and professor of English, emeritus, died at home in Princeton on Oct. 10. He was 95.
https://www.princeton.edu/news/2019/10/21/samuel-hynes-highly-respected-scholar-critic-british-literature-and-world-war-ii
The reorganization seeks to streamline two critical areas within the department – advancement and external relations – and to provide the personnel and leadership needed to continue to provide the best student-athlete experience possible within today’s changing landscape of college athletics. The re-organization includes shifting of responsibilities for two senior administrators; hiring of a new senior level administrator, internal promotions, addition of new positions and updated reporting lines.
https://goprincetontigers.com/news/2019/10/16/general-princeton-athletics-announces-major-departmental-reorganization.aspx
The CPUC Committee on Naming is seeking suggestions for naming two more spaces on the Princeton University campus: Marx Hall and 36 University Place. The Board of Trustees recently asked the committee to consider ideas and recommend names for the two buildings.
https://www.princeton.edu/news/2019/10/16/university-committee-seeks-naming-suggestions-marx-hall-36-university-place
State-of-the-art computer codes and world-class expertise at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) will provide four of the first 12 collaborations under the newly created Innovation Network for Fusion Energy (INFUSE) program. The public-private partnerships, funded by the DOE Office of Science, are intended to speed the development on Earth of the fusion energy that powers the sun and stars.
https://www.pppl.gov/news/2019/10/public-private-infuse-projects-speed-fusion-development-housed-pppl
It is possible that no one at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory has deeper roots here than Bob Ellis. The son of a well-known physicist, Ellis has spent almost four decades designing and overseeing construction of components of some of the world’s biggest fusion experiments, from PPPL’s Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor and the National Spherical Torus Experiment-Upgrade, to the Joint European Torus in England and the Korean Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research fusion reactor in South Korea.
Princeton University has received national honors for its outstanding commitments to diversity and inclusion. The 2019 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award is given annually to U.S. colleges and universities by the magazine “INSIGHT Into Diversity.”
https://www.princeton.edu/news/2019/10/15/princeton-receives-national-award-outstanding-commitments-diversity-and-inclusion
Drawing from his own background working blue-collar jobs and his father’s experience working as a security guard at the Detroit Institute of Art, visual artist Mario Moore sought to shine a light on the African American men and women who work these types of jobs at Princeton.
https://www.princeton.edu/news/2019/10/15/fellow-work-artist-mario-moores-work-presents-black-campus-workers-new-light
Machines’ ability to learn by processing data gleaned from sensors underlies automated vehicles, medical devices and a host of other emerging technologies. But that learning ability leaves systems vulnerable to hackers in unexpected ways, researchers at Princeton University have found.
https://www.princeton.edu/news/2019/10/14/adversarial-machine-learning-artificial-intelligence-comes-new-types-attacks
The scientific verdict is unanimous: human survival depends on a planet rich in other species. Scientific consensus also warns that this life-support system is collapsing because of us.
https://allforearth.princeton.edu/episodes/
Princeton will launch a two-week Wintersession in January 2021 and students, faculty and staff are invited to help shape plans for the new program. The first Wintersession is scheduled for Jan. 11-24, 2021, as part of the University’s new academic calendar.
https://www.princeton.edu/news/2019/10/14/planning-princetons-new-wintersession-will-involve-campus-community
Starting with a small group of faculty in spring 2020, Princeton University will introduce Canvas, the learning management system (LMS) that will gradually replace Blackboard. The adoption of Canvas marks an exciting new chapter for teaching and learning at Princeton.
https://www.princeton.edu/news/2019/10/10/university-will-introduce-new-online-teaching-and-learning-system
Princeton University’s endowment earned a 6.2 percent investment gain for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2019. The endowment value stood at $26.1 billion, an increase of about $200 million from the previous year.
https://www.princeton.edu/news/2019/10/11/princeton-endowment-earns-62-percent-return
Rising 39 feet above Scudder Plaza and standing adjacent to Robertson Hall, the home of Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Relations, “Double Sights,” a marker that addresses Wilson’s complex legacy, was dedicated Saturday, Oct. 5.
Researchers from ETH Zurich, the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI), and the Free University of Brussels gathered nearly 1,000 publications and unpublished veterinary reports from around the world to create a map of antimicrobial resistance in low- to middle-income countries. They focused on the bacteria Escherichia coli, Campylobacter, Salmonella, and Staphylococcus aureus, all of which cause serious disease in animals and humans.
The twentieth century witnessed the triumph of democratic capitalism in the industrialized West, with widespread popular support for both free markets and representative elections. Today, that political consensus appears to be breaking down, disrupted by polarization and income inequality, widespread dissatisfaction with democratic institutions, and insurgent populism. Tracing the history of democratic capitalism over the past two centuries, Carles Boix explains how we got here—and where we could be headed.
https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691190983/democratic-capitalism-at-the-crossroads
Science is central to the regulation of risk. But who provides the science on which risk regulations are based? Through an in‐depth empirical analysis of domestic health and safety standards, this article shows how private actors use scientific information to acquire preferential outcomes. I develop a formal model delineating conditions under which firms will seek stricter standards on their own products, and I reveal how companies can acquire these outcomes through the strategic provision of information.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ajps.12450
Media coverage:
Many Americans do not interact with scientists on a daily basis — with the notable exception of the local TV meteorologist. These (usually) trained scientists are trusted personalities who reach millions of American homes every day. And they are the frontline in the battle of making the threat of climate change real, Ben Strauss, president and CEO of Climate Central, explains on the newest episode of the “All for Earth” podcast.