Researchers from Princeton and the University of California-San Diego recently found that an immune-system protein called MHCI moonlights in the nervous system to help regulate the number of synapses, and could play an unexpected role in conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, type II diabetes and autism.
Read more about MHCI’s role in regulating synapses
The papers of Nobel laureate Toni Morrison are now part of the permanent library collections of Princeton, where the renowned author served on the faculty for 17 years.
Learn more about the acquisition and Morrison’s legacy
Princeton alumni spanning six decades returned to campus for three days of discussions, lectures, tours and social events at the “Coming Back: Reconnecting Princeton’s Black Alumni” conference.
Read more about the ‘Coming Back’ conference
Princeton’s Jason Schwartz addresses a range of difficult questions raised by the recent Ebola outbreak, including how nations such as the United States should respond in Africa and whether to deploy unproven treatments.
Read the Q&A about the tough ethical questions raised by the Ebola outbreak
Junior Aisha Oxley takes us on a trip down memory lane to a moment that she fondly remembers in her rendition of her poem “Soul Music.”
Watch the “Soul Music” video feature
Get an inside look at the Program in Dar es Salaam summer study abroad program, which takes students to Tanzania for eight weeks of intensive instruction in Swahili and an immersion in the daily life of the nation’s commercial capital.
Watch the Program in Dar es Salaam video feature
University physicists built a powerful imaging device called a scanning-tunneling microscope and used it to capture an image of an elusive particle that behaves simultaneously like matter and antimatter.
Read more about the hunt for the Majorana fermion
An exhibition on display in the Main Gallery of Firestone Library titled “Nova Caesarea: A Cartographic Record of the Garden State, 1666-1888,” displays maps, engravings and photographs showing New Jersey’s evolution from the 17th century to the present.
Read more about the Nova Caesarea exhibition
The Princeton faculty on Monday, Oct. 6, approved changes to the University’s undergraduate grading policy that include removing numerical targets and replacing them with grading standards developed and articulated by each department.
Learn more about the changes to the grading policy
Several members of the Class of 2015 share their experiences during the summer of 2014, as they undertook senior thesis research in a wide variety of fascinating locales.
Learn more about students’ summers spent working on their senior thesis research
At this year’s Community and Staff Day, activities included a Princeton football game, fireworks, a youth sports clinic and an information fair with University and community organizations.
Read more about Community and Staff Day
Increasing the number of women in decision-making groups isn’t necessarily enough to give them greater power, according to researchers at Princeton University and Brigham Young University.
Learn more about the influence of women in decision-making groups
Ramona Romero, a lawyer who has held senior positions in government and the private sector and who has been general counsel of the U.S. Department of Agriculture since 2011, will become general counsel at Princeton University effective Dec. 1.
Read more about Ramona Romero
University researchers have developed a new method to increase the brightness, efficiency and clarity of LEDs, which are widely used on smartphones and portable electronics as well as becoming increasingly common in lighting.
Read more about the new nanoscale structure improving LEDs
Thirty middle school students went back to school this fall enthused about science and technology after spending the summer at Princeton Community House STEM Summer Camp.
Learn more about the Community House STEM Summer Camp
Each month, Peyton Observatory opens its doors to the public and for guided viewings of the night sky.
Learn more about the public viewings at Peyton Observatory
The Princeton faculty on Monday, Sept. 15, approved changes in the University’s policies and procedures for addressing issues related to sexual misconduct.
Read more about the changes approved by the faculty
The recent detection of an elusive subatomic particle forged in the sun’s core was a crowning achievement in the 25-year international effort to design and build one of the most sensitive neutrino detectors in the world, a feat that directly involved Princeton scientists and engineers.
Learn more about the neutrino experiment
Princeton student-athletes spent a day with families from HomeFront for a picnic that included activities such as playing sports and face painting, giving back to the community that supports Princeton teams all year.