Princeton and Microsoft collaborate to tackle fundamental challenges in microbiology
Thursday, Nov 29, 2018
Princeton University has teamed up with Microsoft to collaborate on the leading edge of microbiology and computational modelling research.
Collaboration with Industry
Princeton Catalysis Initiative and Celgene sign 10-year, $6 million partnership
Tuesday, Nov 27, 2018
The Princeton Catalysis Initiative (PCI), an effort to accelerate interdisciplinary collaboration on catalysis — interpreted broadly — across the University and with industry, is flexing its muscles. PCI’s first industrial partnership, a 10-year, $6 million commitment from Celgene was signed Nov. 1.
Sophomore Fotopoulos on co-founding a startup at Princeton Innovation Center BioLabs
Thursday, Oct 11, 2018
Niko Fotopoulos, a Princeton sophomore, is a co-founder of Blackwell, a medical technology startup. The Blackwell team spent this past summer at Princeton Innovation Center BioLabs, the first undergraduate team to do so.
At Princeton Innovation Center BioLabs, New Jersey Gov. Murphy announces statewide innovation initiatives
Wednesday, Jul 25, 2018
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced on Wednesday, July 25, two initiatives to jump-start the state’s innovation ecosystem. He addressed officials and guests at Princeton Innovation Center BioLabs in Plainsboro, which formally opened in May.
Modern alchemists are making chemistry greener
Thursday, Jun 14, 2018
Ancient alchemists tried to turn lead and other common metals into gold and platinum. Modern chemists in Paul Chirik’s lab at Princeton are transforming reactions that have depended on environmentally unfriendly precious metals, finding cheaper and greener alternatives to replace platinum, rhodium and other precious metals in drug production and other reactions.
Princeton co-hosts university-industry partnership meeting
Friday, Apr 20, 2018
Princeton University's Office of Corporate Engagement and Foundation Relations (CEFR) and Cisco co-hosted UIDP26, the semi-annual meeting of the University-Industry Demonstration Partnership. The conference was held at Cisco's facility in San Jose, California April 16-19, 2018.
ROI-NJ: Princeton expands boundaries of already world-renowned research
Tuesday, Apr 10, 2018
In an interview with ROI-NJ, Princeton University Dean for Research Pablo Debenedetti stressed the need for stable federal funding for research; detailed the rising level of corporate funding for Princeton research and the University's expanding engagement with companies, including in New Jersey; and underlined the University's support for developing the innovation ecosystem in its home state.
Mix of biotech, data science in NJ is promising for better health and business growth, panel concludes
Tuesday, Oct 31, 2017
Companies and academic institutions of New Jersey have a unique opportunity to solve health care problems and grow new businesses at the intersection of biotechnology and data science, a panel of leaders from industry and academia concluded at a conference convened by Princeton University on Oct. 25.
Microsoft president Smith: World must ‘wake up’ to benefits and perils of artificial intelligence
Friday, Mar 2, 2018
Citing the enormous power of artificial intelligence to benefit but also disrupt society, Microsoft President Brad Smith on Thursday, March 1, called for standards of accountability and a “Hippocratic oath” among technologists to do no harm with the emerging tools.
“Will we ensure that machines remain accountable to people? Will we ensure that the people who design these machines remain accountable to other people?” asked Smith, a Princeton University alumnus and trustee, speaking to a packed audience of more than 500 people in McCosh Hall.
