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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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U.S.-India science workshop celebrates innovation, explores zero-carbon future
In January, American and Indian scientists, policymakers and industry leaders convened in New Delhi, India, for a high-level workshop to address one of the most pressing issues of our time: getting to net-zero emissions.
Princetonians provide support to Turkish and Syrian earthquake victims
In the hours, days and weeks since two major earthquakes devastated Turkey and Syria, with the death toll approaching 50,000, Princeton faculty, staff and students have been offering their assistance to the millions impacted in the aftermath. Through fundraisers, donation drives, awareness...
Willow Dalehite '22 and Ben Weissenbach '20 awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarships
Princeton University alumni Willow Dalehite of the Class of 2022 and Bennett Weissenbach of the Class of 2020 will head to the University of Cambridge in the fall as recipients of Gates Cambridge Scholarships. Dalehite and Weissenbach are among 23 U.S. winners of the scholarship.
Amazonian Indigenous Leader Davi Kopenawa Asks Princeton to Urgently Support the Struggles of the Rainforest’s Guardians
The urgency of the crises unfolding in the Amazon cannot be overstated: Illegal gold miners have contaminated the forest’s waterways, causing so many deaths by malnutrition and other maladies of the indigenous Yanomami people that Brazil’s new president has opened a genocide probe.
Senior Aneesha Manocha receives Kanders Churchill Scholarship for science policy
Aneesha Manocha, a senior studying electrical and computer engineering who plans to pursue a Ph.D. to model macro-energy systems, has been selected as one of this year’s two Kanders Churchill Scholars. As a Kanders Churchill Scholar, Manocha will spend a year studying at the University of...
Mpala Research Centre Appoints Winnie Kiiru as Executive Director
Winnie Kiiru, a widely admired wildlife biologist, conservationist and advocate for people-centered conservation became Mpala’s Executive Director Feb. 1.
Princeton Alumni Weekly Interview: Jack Finlay ’18 and his research on long COVID
Princeton Alumni Weekly recently published an interview with John (Jack) Finlay ’18 and his research focusing on one of the symptoms associated with long COVID — the loss of smell. Finlay published a paper in the Science Translational Medicine about his findings. Finlay pursued a master’s...
SPO Profs Visit West Africa to Explore Cape Verde During the Princeton in Portugal Program
This January SPO professors Nicola Cooney and Andrea Melloni visited the island of Santiago, Cape Verde (Cabo Verde - in Portuguese). The Repúblika di Kabu Verdi, a former Portuguese colony, is an archipelagic nation, located 350 miles off the western coast...
Venture Forward video series highlights Lou Chen ’19
Princeton University’s Venture Forward campaign featured Lou Chen ’19 and highlighted his work in organizing a youth orchestra in Trenton. As an undergraduate, Chen spent a semester studying abroad at the University of Oxford, Hertford College and was nominated for a Truman Scholarship. Chen...
Documentary by Azza Cohen ’16 acquired by The New Yorker
Cohen’s Stanford Documentary MFA thesis film titled “FLOAT!” was recently acquired by The New Yorker. The film is profiled and available for streaming on The New Yorker website. While at Princeton, Cohen participated in Bridge Year India and spent a fall semester studying abroad at SOAS in...