The Princeton Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellows program, now in its fifth year, has selected 15 scholars for its 2024 cohort from disciplines spanning the humanities, engineering, the sciences and the social sciences. The program recognizes and supports outstanding scholars primed to make important contributions in their fields.

The Research & Development Council of New Jersey has awarded Brian Kernighan the Science & Technology Medal, the Council’s highest honor, for his groundbreaking work on computer programming languages. 

The Princeton Catalysis Initiative (PCI) hosted its sixth annual symposium this year, with research flash talks that drew Princeton faculty from a variety of fields as presenters and audience members, and attracted industry attention. …

Soon after the birth of her second child, Katie Silpe started freezing her breast milk for the period ahead when she would return to work. When she thawed the milk later, however, her baby refused to drink it. Detecting a noticeable change in both taste and smell, Katie realized her stored milk was unusable. 

More than half a million patent applications arrive at the U.S. Patent Office each year, but how many make it into tangible innovations that benefit society? On October 18th, researchers and entrepreneurs came together at Princeton University to find answers to this challenge at the first-annual meeting of the I-Corps Northeast Hub.

Princeton University opened its doors last week to the broader entrepreneurial community to engage with faculty members and their teams whose research provides solutions in technology, energy and the environment, health and more at the annual Celebrate Princeton Innovation event.

This year at the October 12 reception, Princeton's…

In recognition of the importance to society of innovative research and scholarship, the 2023 Dean for Research Award for Distinguished Innovation will be awarded to Peter Jaffé, William L. Knapp Professor of Civil Engineering and professor of civil and environmental engineering, and Shan Huang, professional specialist in civil and environmental engineering, for the development of bacterial approaches to eliminating harmful contaminants that are persistent in the environment.

The Princeton Catalysis Initiative (PCI) hosted its annual symposium of faculty “flash talks” late last month in an annual event that has become a premiere University forum for initiating collaborative research and attracting industry attention…

The Board of Trustees has reaffirmed the strategic planning framework guiding Princeton’s core commitments in teaching and research, while also identifying additional priorities to inform University decision-making in the years ahead. The updated framework is available on the…

The National Science Foundation has awarded a $52.66 million grant to fund a major infrastructure upgrade to the Simons Observatory in the Atacama Desert of Chile. Upgrades are expected to take about five years; the resulting facility will be known as the Advanced Simons Observatory (ASO).

ASO’s principal investigator is Mark Devlin of…