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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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Art Museum Mounts Survey of Acclaimed Photographer Samuel Fosso
The Princeton University Art Museum's current exhibition, Samuel Fosso: Affirmative Acts, is the first major U.S. survey of one of the most renowned contemporary artists based in Africa today. The exhibition—curated by Princeton University Professor Chika Okeke-Agulu with Silma Berrada,...
Europe’s Proposed Climate Plan will Outsource Deforestation and Harm Biodiversity
Europe’s “Fit for 55” climate plan, through its bioenergy rules, outsources deforestation and sacrifices Europe’s opportunity for a beneficial land future.
Princeton Establishes Energy Research Fund
Princeton University has established the Energy Research Fund to support fundamental and applied energy solutions research and foster collaboration with corporate partners. The fund provides up to $2 million of annual support, in part to offset research funding no longer available because of...
Compounding Climate and Social Hazards Result in Different Migration Patterns around the World
In agricultural communities, migration patterns are affected by the collective impacts of climate-related droughts and existing social vulnerabilities, often increasing migration within countries but also potentially limiting options for long-range, international migration.
Researchers Create Green Fuel with the Flip of a Light Switch
Researchers at Princeton and Rice universities have combined iron, copper, and a simple LED light to demonstrate a low-cost technique that could be key to distributing hydrogen, a fuel that packs high amounts of energy with no carbon pollution. The researchers used experiments and advanced...
Mpala Research Centre hosts U.S. Ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman ’77
During fall break, a group of senior Princeton academic leaders and administrators — with expertise in infrastructure, operations, information technology, safety and facilities — visited the Mpala Research Centre in Laikipia County, Kenya, and were joined by the newly sworn-in U.S. Ambassador to...
The global classroom: Princeton journalism class reports from Berlin on refugees and forced migration
“Forced migration has now topped 100 million people across the globe,” says NPR correspondent Deborah Amos, a Ferris Professor of Journalism in Residence at Princeton. “It is one thing to read that number, it is quite another to interview one victim and understand the...
Princeton senior Marie-Rose Sheinerman wins Rhodes Scholarship
Princeton University senior Marie-Rose Sheinerman has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship for graduate study at the University of Oxford. Sheinerman is among 32 American recipients of the prestigious fellowships, which fund two to three years of graduate study at Oxford. In a statement, Elliot...
Princeton’s Global History Lab reaches students on the margins
A virtual course brings together learners from across the globe — and gives them the tools they need to tell their own stories.
Princeton senior Marie-Rose Sheinerman awarded Rhodes Scholarship
Princeton University senior Marie-Rose Sheinerman has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship for graduate study at the University of Oxford.