A ribbon-cutting ceremony in Princeton’s High-Performance Computing Research Center on Sept. 30 kicked off the University’s official launch of its newest supercomputer, called Traverse, which joins four other distinct computing clusters available to the University research community.
International agreements and coordinated diplomatic pressures will be essential in avoiding indiscriminate use of artificial intelligence in lethal military conflicts, retired Gen. John R. Allen told an audience at Princeton University on Wednesday, Oct. 2.
More than 1,200 Princeton alumni and guests came to campus Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 3-5, for “Thrive: Empowering and Celebrating Princeton’s Black Alumni.” The gathering featured discussions with alumni, faculty and students, networking and social opportunities, performing arts showcases, entrepreneurship workshops and a startup showcase, and many ways to celebrate the Princeton community.
Additional coverage: How they’ve thrived since Princeton: Thomas sisters recall life as undergraduates in 1970s
Early in the morning on Tuesday, Oct. 8, Princeton physicist James Peebles got a call from Sweden. His first thought was, “When you receive a phone call that early in the morning, it’s usually something horrible — or it’s this!”
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Construction of “Double Sights,” an installation about the complex legacy of Woodrow Wilson, is nearing completion on Scudder Plaza adjacent to Robertson Hall, home of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. The University will mark the installation’s completion with a public discussion and dedication on Saturday, Oct. 5.
The Princeton University Art Museum has named Juliana Ochs Dweck to be chief curator, a new role occasioned by the Museum’s continuing growth. Dweck joined the Museum in 2010 and, prior to this appointment, served as the Museum’s Andrew W. Mellon curator of academic engagement. In her new role, effective immediately, she is responsible for providing intellectual and programmatic leadership for the Museum’s curatorial program, including guiding a team of 11 curators as well as curatorial and research assistants and interns.
Princeton faculty members Sarah Kocher and Andrew Leifer are among 60 researchers nationwide to receive 2019 New Innovator Awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The awards are part of the NIH Common Fund’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program, which supports investigators pursuing highly innovative, high-impact biomedical and behavioral research.
Afternoon light streamed through the windows of Chancellor Green Rotunda on Sept. 9, as faculty members, students and University staff celebrated the beginning of the fall semester with the 13th annual Humanities Colloquium, “Tradition, Critique & Imagination.”
It’s not uncommon to see a flock of birds, startled by some perceived threat, take to the air in a highly coordinated flight. Similar behavior can be observed in schooling fishes where each fish, mimicking the movement of its neighbor, turns, darts or zigzags away from a threat with uncanny precision. In both cases, it seems as if the respective groups — the flock and the school — are acting as a single, unified entity
When the Princeton Fire Department sounded the alarm for more volunteers, Princeton University responded to the call. In fact, University employees have responded to nearly 1,950 fire and rescue calls over the past 10 years as part of a unique partnership.
Double Sights, sculpture installation in progress, Scudders Plaza
Construction of “Double Sights,” an installation about the complex legacy of Woodrow Wilson, is nearing completion on Scudder Plaza adjacent to Robertson Hall, home of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. The University will mark the installation’s completion with a public discussion and dedication on Saturday, Oct. 5.
The ecological impacts of extreme weather, a national “climate park” in the New Jersey Meadowlands, and engineered nanoparticles that target groundwater pollutants are among the 13 projects funded by the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI) as part of its Water and the Environment Grand Challenge program. Totaling $1.01 million, the newly awarded undertakings explore an array of topics in multiple disciplines, from wastewater emissions and the role of climate change in spreading plant diseases, to nitrogen-hungry bacteria and a plan to capture carbon dioxide while mitigating mining runoff. The projects run from 2019 to 2021.
For Clare Gallagher, Princeton Class of 2014, the urgent cry of “all hands on deck” to combat climate change brings her to her feet. Literally. An ultramarathoner and trail runner, Gallagher discusses on the latest episode of “All for Earth” about how her career provides an intimate connection with fragile ecosystems that are under stress from climate change.
Every year, Princeton alumni from every decade, along with friends of the University, come together through Annual Giving to strengthen and expand Princeton’s mission of excellence, including the University’s commitment to service to humanity.
As a first-generation college student, Barbara Garcia had to figure out a lot of things on her own when applying for college. Her parents were Mexican immigrants who didn’t go to college and couldn’t help her navigate the application process, couldn’t help her study for the SATs or look over her application essays.
Garcia forged ahead and found out everything she needed to know herself. That resourcefulness was useful to her as a Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI) program participant at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), where she spent 10 weeks doing hands-on research on an advanced liquid centrifuge with physicist Erik Gilson.
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The implications of technology’s impact and reach were the subject of a broad conversation between Microsoft President Brad Smith and “The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah, who spoke before a capacity crowd Sept. 27 in Princeton’s Richardson Auditorium.
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https://paw.princeton.edu/article/sapping-our-attention
https://paw.princeton.edu/article/microsofts-smith-81-daily-shows-noah-discuss-technology-princeton-event
https://paw.princeton.edu/article/microsofts-smith-81-daily-shows-noah-discuss-technology-princeton-event
Edmund White, professor of creative writing in the Lewis Center for the Arts, emeritus, will be awarded the 2019 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters from the National Book Foundation.
Four portraits that capture the broad diversity of Princeton University’s distinguished graduates and pioneers were unveiled Sept. 20 in a ceremony held at Chancellor Green.
Princeton University has announced the creation of the Princeton Quantum Initiative to foster research and training across the spectrum from fundamental quantum science to its application in areas such as computing, sensing and communications.
This summer, the Graduate School embarked on a strategic planning process involving meetings with students and various University stakeholders to assess current professional development programs and resources across campus and to glean ideas that will make professional development an integral part of every graduate student’s experience at Princeton.