The University has established a strategic partnership with the University of São Paulo, Brazil, that will offer faculty and students at both institutions increased access to research and learning opportunities. The move comes on the heels of the signing of a similar agreement with Humboldt University in Berlin, and Princeton also is finalizing an agreement with the University of Tokyo.

More than 350 Princeton University students and community members wearing white sat around long, linen-covered tables outside Robertson Hall. The gathering, dubbed “Dîner Inn Blanc,” was an informal way for people of different backgrounds to strike up conversations and get to know each other.

As Princeton Borough and Princeton Township started recovering from the havoc caused by Hurricane Sandy, about 150 first responders working during the storm were provided with free meals by the University’s Dining Services. Local residents whose homes lost power were invited to warm up, recharge phones and other electronic devices and use wireless Internet service at a hospitality center on campus.

The American Mathematical Society selected 19 Princeton professors to be among its inaugural class of Fellows. The class includes 1,119 researchers from more than 600 institutions worldwide.

The Presidential Search Committee is inviting members of the University and local communities to a series of open forums on the search for Princeton’s next president. Members of the committee will be present to hear views and suggestions about the search.

As communities across the East Coast continue to recover from Hurricane Sandy, Princeton University faculty, staff and students are helping organize relief efforts for affected individuals. A Hurricane Sandy supplies drive will collect nonperishable food, clothing, blankets and other items through Nov. 16.

The course examines how campaigns affect voters. The primary focus is on the nature of modern campaigns and their impact on people’s reasoning and voting behavior. Students get an overview of different explanations of how people make voting decisions and how people’s voting behavior is best understood.

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Gáspár Bakos, a Princeton University assistant professor of astrophysical sciences, was one of 16 researchers nationwide to receive a 2012 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering. Bestowed by the California-based David and Lucile Packard Foundation, the fellowships are meant to support early-career research with limited funding or reporting requirements. Each fellow will receive a grant of $875,000 over five years.

Princeton University on Friday, Oct. 19, expressed its gratitude to more than 1,000 alumni and friends who contributed to the success of its recent fundraising campaign by showcasing Aspire’s impact. The five-year campaign ended on June 30 after raising $1.88 billion, exceeding its goal of $1.75 billion.

The committee conducting the search for Princeton University’s next president has created a website to provide information about the search and to invite comments and suggestions. The committee will be undertaking other outreach efforts, including open forums and other meetings, both on campus and off. One open forum will take place as part of the regularly scheduled Nov. 12 meeting of the Council of the Princeton University Community.

The 2012 edition of Rights, Rules, Responsibilities, Princeton University’s core policy document, has been posted online. The document is intended to provide a concise reference and guide for all members of the Princeton University community.

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While the 500 acres of Princeton University’s park-like campus provide ample opportunities for quiet strolls close to home, more than 800 acres of forests, arboretums, wildlife preserves, war memorials and lakes lie within a 15-minute walk of campus.

Read more about the parks.

The Princeton University Board of Trustees has approved the appointments of seven faculty members, including two full professors and five assistant professors.

Read more about the faculty appointments

“Meme,” a book by Susan Wheeler of Princeton University’s creative writing program is one of 20 books nominated for the National Book Award.

Read more about Wheeler’s poetry book 

Medicines could be made to have fewer side effects and work in smaller doses with the help of a new technique that makes drug molecules more resistant to breakdown by the human liver,  researchers based at Princeton University have found.

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A new exhibit at the Princeton University Art Museum offers an intimate glimpse at the exceptionally painted chocolate-drinking cups of a single Maya center located in modern-day Guatemala. “Dancing into Dreams: Maya Vase Painting of the Ik’ Kingdom” opened a fourth-month run over the weekend.

A center based at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has won a highly competitive $12.25 million grant to develop computer codes to simulate a key component of the plasma that fuels fusion energy. The five-year DOE award could produce software that helps researchers design and operate facilities to create fusion as a clean and abundant source of energy for generating electricity.

Elizabeth Paluck, an assistant professor of psychology and public affairs, is pursuing research in New Jersey middle schools and Nigerian markets as she explores how peoples’ actions are affected by what they sense about the beliefs of those around them.