Energy systems modeler Jesse Jenkins was named to the TIME100 Next list as a rising leader working to shape a better future for the planet.Jenkins, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, was recognized for his pivotal role...

It was a stroke of luck that Aimee Bronfeld decided to be very early to her first day on the job five years ago.As project specialist for the Center for Health and Wellbeing (CHW) at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (Princeton SPIA), she produces one of the University’s most...

The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (Princeton SPIA) hosted multiple events adjacent to the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York this month, creating opportunities for students, alumni, and faculty members to engage with U.N. representatives on a...

  Janet Currie, the Henry Putnam Professor of Economics and Public Affairs and the Co-Director of the Center for Health and Wellbeing(external link) at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA), has been honored as a...

For 75 years, the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs’ Master in Public Affairs program has produced an uncommonly close-knit community of alumni who provide mutual support and mentorship. One of the most recent examples is the...

he David and Lucile Packard Foundation has announced that Saien Xie is one of 20 researchers to receive a 2024 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering, intended for innovative, early-career scientists and engineers.The Foundation announced this year’s recipients on Oct. 15.Xie, an assistant...

Princeton University graduate student Sherry (Chiayi) Lee(Link is external), Classics(Link is external), began teaching spoken Ancient Greek at the Princeton Athens Center in 2022. The latest session of this innovative, immersive class was held from July 3-31. The class met for in-depth study at the...

Founded in 1603 by Federico Cesi, the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei is the world’s oldest scientific academy and counts Galileo Galilei among its first members.John Haldon is Shelby Cullom Davis 30’ Professor of European History, Emeritus.

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...

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. The trip was initiated, arranged for, and led by Wolfgang Danspeckgruber, founding director of...

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...