Graduate student Michael Campanell has won a Lawrence Fellowship, resulting in a postdoctoral position at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory investigating a process he discovered that could keep material from the walls of a fusion facility from contaminating plasma gas fueling reactions.
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The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs offers a wide range of half-term courses each semester for graduate students examining public policy issues including health, inequality and nuclear policy, as they are being discussed across the world.
Learn more about the Wilson School’s half-term courses
Nine students have been named winners of the 2014 Spirit of Princeton Award, honoring them for their strong commitment to the undergraduate experience through dedicated efforts with student organizations, athletics, community service, religious life, residential life and the arts.
Read more about the winners of the 2014 Spirit of Princeton Award
Two new research technologies — a microscope for probing bacterial biofilms and an instrument to measure the properties of ultrathin plastics — have been awarded funding at through the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Transformative Technology Fund.
Learn more about the technologies that won Schmidt fund awards
Twenty-five high school students from around the United States have been named recipients of the 2014 Princeton Prize in Race Relations for their work to increase understanding and mutual respect among all races.
Learn more about the Princeton Prize in Race Relations
Experience a sampling of 15 undergraduate classes across campus spanning the humanities, natural sciences, social sciences and engineering — from intimate language courses to engineering laboratory sessions involving computer-controlled vehicles — all taking place in a single day.
Sample 15 courses with a day in the classroom
The University and the town of Princeton, N.J., have reached a seven-year agreement under which the University will make voluntary unrestricted financial contributions to the municipality totaling $21.72 million, and will also make one-time contributions valued at $2.59 million to several identified municipal projects.
Learn more about the agreement on voluntary contributions
Katherine Pogrebniak has been selected as valedictorian and Alexander Iriza has been named the Latin salutatorian.
Learn more about Katherine Pogrebniak and Alexander Iriza
Thirty to 40 percent of U.S. households live hand-to-mouth, but work by researchers at Princeton and New York universities found that most of those people aren’t poor.
Read more about the “wealthy hand-to-mouth”
Exploring the perceptions of status and race and the relationship between explicit and implicit beliefs, Obianuju Obioha’s senior thesis builds on previous research and examine how race and social status intertwine to affect people’s feelings toward others.
Read more about Obioha’s senior thesis
In honor of the Bard’s 450th birthday, this video shows some of the ways in which Shakespeare’s timeless embrace of the human condition continues to inspire students, faculty and alumni.
Watch the “Shakespeare at Princeton” video feature
Junior Mary Rosalie Stoner has been awarded a Beinecke Scholarship, which supports promising students in their graduate studies in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Stoner plans to pursue a master’s or doctoral degree in classics and hopes to become a professor.
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Held last week in Paris, the 2014 Princeton-Fung Global Forum brought University leaders and policymakers from around the world together for three days to discuss the future of higher education.
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President Christopher L. Eisgruber, United States Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, and President of Rutgers University Robert Barchi gathered April 15 for a signing ceremony to formally reinstate the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps program at Princeton in partnership with Rutgers.
Read more about the return of the NROTC program
At a media conference following her appointment as Princeton University’s Ford Family Director of Athletics, legendary Princeton student-athlete Mollie Marcoux said she is thrilled to return to the University that played a transformative role in her life as a scholar, athlete and leader.
Learn more about Marcoux’s appointment as director of athletics
Women from across Princeton University’s science and engineering departments gathered to discuss — and find solutions to — the challenges that female scientists face during the March 29 Women in STEM symposium in the Icahn Laboratory Atrium.
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President Eisgruber will ask incoming freshmen to read “Meaning in Life and Why It Matters” by Susan Wolf for the second year of the Princeton Pre-read, an introduction to the intellectual life of the University that centers on a book read by members of the freshman class and others in the Princeton community.
Learn more about the Princeton Pre-read
More than 2,000 people are expected to visit campus this month for Princeton Preview, giving newly admitted students and their families a chance to experience the University’s academic, residential and social offerings. The annual hosting program will be held Thursday, April 10, and Monday, April 28.
Learn more about Princeton Preview
Employees were honored for their hard work and dedication at the Service Recognition Luncheon, which included the presentation of the Griffin Management and President’s Achievement Awards.
Learn more about the Annual Service Recognition Luncheon
Katja Guenther, an assistant professor of history, interweaves her training as a physician, neuroscientist and historian to study the history of modern medicine and the mind sciences.
Read more about Guenther’s efforts to connect the sciences and humanities