Princeton’s David MacMillan receives Nobel Prize in chemistry
Wednesday, Oct 6, 2021
Princeton University professor David W.C. MacMillan has been awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in chemistry “for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis.”
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Princeton’s Syukuro Manabe receives Nobel Prize in physics
Tuesday, Oct 5, 2021
Princeton University senior meteorologist Syukuro "Suki" Manabe has been awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in physics "for the physical modeling of Earth’s climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming."
Historian and writer Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor awarded a MacArthur Fellowship
Tuesday, Sep 28, 2021
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, a professor of African American studies at Princeton University, has been awarded a 2021 MacArthur Fellowship.
New Princeton Dean for Research initiatives aim to broaden inclusion in research, innovation and entrepreneurship
Thursday, Sep 23, 2021
A new innovation fund to enable research collaborations with faculty at minority-serving institutions, a distinguished lecture series focused on research and mentorship opportunities, and an initiative to build inclusive participation in innovation and entrepreneurship are the three cornerstones of Princeton’s Office of the Dean for Research inclusion and equity action plan.
White House appoints Goldsmith, Pacala and two Princeton alumni to panel of science advisors
Wednesday, Sep 22, 2021
The Biden administration has appointed Andrea Goldsmith, dean of Princeton University’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, and Stephen Pacala, Princeton’s Frederick D. Petrie Professor in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and associated faculty in Princeton’s High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI), to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).
Faculty experts will provide scholarly advice to inform dissociation process
Tuesday, Sep 21, 2021
A faculty panel has been established to provide impartial scholarly advice as the University works to develop and implement its dissociation process to advance action on climate change.
Designer and inventor Darell Fields and physicist Clifford Johnson named Presidential Visiting Scholars at Princeton
Wednesday, Sep 15, 2021
Darell Fields, a designer and inventor, and physicist Clifford Johnson have been named Presidential Visiting Scholars at Princeton University for the 2021-22 academic year. The visiting scholars program, which was established in fall 2019 and welcomed the first scholar in fall 2020, is intended to support visitors from academic or professional fields who can contribute to the University’s diversity, broadly defined.
New engineering and environmental studies facilities will support innovative research that benefits society
Tuesday, Sep 14, 2021
From addressing climate change to developing new ways of delivering vaccines, Princeton’s proposed engineering and environmental studies project will enable breakthrough teaching and research in the service of humanity while enhancing the public experience of the surrounding neighborhood.
New regional Princeton-led innovation hub to accelerate tech, enhance diversity in entrepreneurship
Wednesday, Aug 25, 2021
The NSF-funded Innovation Corps (I-Corps) hub, formed with partner institutions Rutgers and the University of Delaware plus affiliate universities throughout the region, will broaden diversity in entrepreneurship and cultivate startups in health care, energy and the environment, computing, artificial intelligence, robotics, advanced materials and more.
Princeton’s James Peebles given the ‘Great Immigrants’ award for contributions to physics
Thursday, Jul 8, 2021
Princeton University professor emeritus P. James Peebles has been named a recipient of the 2021 “Great Immigrants” award from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
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