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Princeton University professor John Hopfield has been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in physics(Link is external) “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.”
He shares the prize with Geoffrey E. Hinton of the University of Toronto.
Before returning to campus for the fall semester, 12 students had the unique opportunity to travel to Liechtenstein, Austria, and Germany to present original research on democracy and security.
On September 13, Brazil LAB kicked off its fall programming with “United States-Brazil: 200 Years of Diplomatic Relations,” a two-day symposium. Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, the ambassador of Brazil to the U.S. delivered the keynote address.
On Tuesday, September 3, the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) celebrated the start of a new academic year with a welcome reception for returning and new visiting scholars.
These days, it’s all too common to see a front-page story about a foreign government’s influence operation — secret attempts to sway the opinions of another country’s citizens through social media campaigns, paid advertising, hacking, direct emails, or SMS text messaging.
In August, the FBI confirmed that the Iranian government was behind a hacking scheme to breach and subsequently leak confidential information about both the Trump and Harris presidential campaigns. Last week, the FBI reported that the operation is likely ongoing.
The generations of Americans who remember fallout shelters and “duck and cover” air raid drills is rapidly aging, and the threat of nuclear warfare — while as urgent as ever, if not more so — is a distant concern for most young adults today.
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Progress Made on Sophisticated Sensors for the International ITER Fusion Facility
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has recently made significant progress on two crucial sensors, or diagnostics, for ITER the multinational facility under assembly in France to study plasma that can heat itself and sustain its own fusion reactions. ...
Three Princeton seniors and one alumnus have been named Schwarzman Scholars
Three Princeton seniors and one alumnus have been named Schwarzman Scholars for 2024 and will receive a scholarship for a one-year master’s program at Tsinghua University in Beijing. The Princeton winners are Class of 2023 members Genrietta Churbanova, Thomas Hughes and Oluwatise Okeremi, and...
Faculty Author Q&A: Ekaterina Pravilova on “The Ruble”
Ekaterina Pravilova is Rosengarten Chair of Modern and Contemporary History, professor of history, and director of the Program in the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies. Her book, “The Ruble. A Political History” was published in June 2023 by Oxford University Press.
Bridge Year Students Emily Chen and Andrei Florian featured on podcast by Gap Year Radio
Current Bridge Year India participants Emily Chen and Andrei Florian were recently featured on a podcast hosted by Gap Year Radio for an episode that focused on mindful volunteering. Emily and Andrei reflected on their Novogratz Bridge Year program experience so far including their community...
SPIA Political Scientist Delivers Detailed Account of Nuremberg’s Asian Counterpart
SPIA political scientist’s sprawling, detailed history of the Nuremberg trials’ lesser-known Asian counterpart has earned glowing reviews and a spot on numerous year-end best-of lists.
ESOC Conference Examines Causes and Effects of 1973-74 Oil Embargo
Thirty policy experts and scholars from the United States, Western Europe, and the Middle East met at the SPIA in D.C. space in early November for a conference on the 50th anniversary of OPEC’s 1973-74 oil embargo.
Princeton's Digital Witness Lab Will Investigate How WhatsApp Misinformation Affects Elections Abroad
Across the globe, social media and modern hyperconnectivity has had indelible and often insidious repercussions for democracy. Princeton’s Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP) has been scrutinizing tech’s societal implications since 2005. Last year, CITP launched the Digital Witness...
2023 edition of ‘Princeton International’ online
The Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS), in conjunction with the Office of International Programs and the Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs and Operations launched the 2023…
Mpala Research Centre's 10-Year Plan Expands Opportunities
The Mpala Research Centre in northern Kenya has been an important international Princeton partner since 1994 when George Small ’43 set up a research center on what was a cattle ranch. The center comprises 48,000 acres of semi-arid savannah and has allowed students and researchers, from Princeton...
Challenges to Democracy: Backsliding and Autocratization
This piece originally appeared in the 2023 Princeton Int'l magazine. Read the magazine here.Democracy is under stress in long-established democracies and authoritarian politics is on the rise. This trend contrasts with recent history. The world experienced its longest and deepest democratic wave...