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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.To make that threat real for younger generations, artist...
The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) is proud to announce it will be the first university stop for the groundbreaking installation the bomb, which will be showcased at SPIA’s Bernstein Gallery from September 19 to October 25, 2024, as part of the exhibit “Close Encounters:...
The Program on Science and Global Security(external link) (SGS) has been awarded a two-year, $750,000 core support grant by Carnegie Corporation of New York. This new investment will support SGS in using scientific, technical, and policy research, education, and outreach to advance effective...
Low-orbit satellites could soon offer millions of people worldwide access to high-speed communications, but the satellites’ potential has been stymied by a technological limitation — their antenna arrays can only manage one user at a time.The one-to-one ratio means that companies must launch either...
Ever since the first Neanderthal bones were discovered, people have wondered about these ancient hominins. How are they different from us? How much are they like us? Did our ancestors get along with them? Fight them? Love them? The recent discovery of a group called Denisovans, a Neanderthal-like...
Bridge Year Peru alum Jennifer Shyue ’17 was recently highlighted by Princeton Alumni Weekly shining a spotlight on her journey into literary translation. Shyue’s experience in Peru sparked her interest in Latin American literature as well as a curiosity about translating Latin American writers...
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. ...
On Oct. 10, the Program in Contemporary European Politics hosted “Central Europe’s Transition-Related Democracy Deficit" with Piroska Nagy Mohacsi, visiting professor in practice at the Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa at the London School of Economics and Political Science. In her talk,...
Class of 2024 members Juliette Carbonnier and Collin Riggins are the latest recipients of the Martin A. Dale ’53 Fellowship, which funds yearlong independent projects for members of each senior class in the year following their graduation. The two students began their work this summer.The Dale...
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. Attendees included faculty, staff, students and visitors, who represented a wide swath of...
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. The event also featured talks by Ambassador Adalnio...
In February 2020, Noorin was a second-year computer science student at Kabul University. At the top of her class, she aspired to run Afghanistan’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. But in the four years since the Taliban returned to power, her parents, who diligently...
In 1787, with the nascent United States of America in danger of financial ruin and possible dissolution, a group of delegates met in Philadelphia to revise the young country’s governing document, the Articles of Confederation. The resulting Constitutional Convention produced an entirely new system...
In summer 2024, the Princeton in Beijing (PiB) summer language program returned to in-person instruction in China after a hiatus due to COVID-19, marking its 30th anniversary. Since its inception in 1993, PiB has provided over 4,500 students from Princeton and around the world the opportunity to...
When it comes to experience, it’s difficult to imagine someone more suited to the role of overseeing the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) than Trisha Craig. With a career in international academia and policy work, Craig brings to PIIRS experience in fostering...
By Artha Abeysinghe, This article recounts an activity that I did as part of the “Princeton in Pisa” program at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa.My friend Sicile and I went around Pisa, to find and ask people what they thought of graffiti and street art. The sun was not our friend...
Patrick Chamoiseau, Belknap Visiting Fellow in the Humanities Council and the Department of French and Italian, will receive the Lifetime of Excellence in Fiction Award from the Center for Fiction in New York City on December 10, 2024. Author of Texaco (Prix Goncourt, 1992) and many other...
During a trade mission to the United Kingdom, Gov. Phil Murphy extolled the dynamism of the New Jersey economy, citing Princeton University as a significant contributor.Craig Arnold, Princeton’s vice dean of innovation and University innovation officer, was in the audience in London on Nov. 7 when...
Class of 2024 members Juliette Carbonnier and Collin Riggins are the latest recipients of the Martin A. Dale ’53 Fellowship, which funds yearlong independent projects for members of each senior class in the year following their graduation. The two students began their work this summer.The Dale...
The week following Reunions in 1970 was a significant one. While most alumni returned to their homes on Sunday morning after an undoubtedly festive few days, a small group gathered at the Princeton Inn College, now known as Forbes, for the inaugural Alumni College. This on-campus gathering featured...