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Saien Xie wins fellowship supporting revolutionary approach to energy-efficient electronics

Xie, a materials engineer, won a 2024 Packard Fellowship for creating atomically thin materials. “Thinking and inventing down to an atomic level like Saien is doing, most spectacularly I should add, is the future,” said James Sturm, ECE department chair.

Mapping an entire (fly) brain: A step toward understanding diseases of the human brain

An international team of researchers and gamers, led by Princeton’s Mala Murthy and Sebastian Seung, mapped every neuron and every synaptic connection in an adult fruit fly's brain, building a comprehensive “connectome” that represents a massive step toward understanding the human brain.

Princeton launches digital access guides for more than 200 buildings

The free guides provide physical accessibility information for academic, administrative and residential college buildings, as well as parking and athletic facilities. The project is among several ongoing efforts to make the campus more accessible and inclusive. 

AI trailblazer Fei-Fei Li, Class of 1999, inspires incoming Princeton students at Pre-read Assembly

Li's book connects her personal story as a young immigrant and scientist with the origin stories of artificial intelligence. She urged students to make the most of Princeton's "buffet of intellectual possibilities and opportunities.”

Indigenous students hone their policymaking skills at the annual Santa Fe Indian School Leadership Institute summer academy

This summer, sixteen Indigenous high school students and recent graduates visited campus for the Santa Fe Indian School Leadership Institute's Summer Policy Academy, where the fellows studied how government policies affect tribal communities.

John Wilmerding, professor of art and archaeology, emeritus, and monumental force in American art, dies at 86

Wilmerding established in the Department of Art & Archaeology a leading program for the study of American art. His retirement in 2007 augmented the Princeton University Art Museum’s collection with momentous gifts honoring his legacy.

Mapping brain function, safer autonomous vehicles are focus of Schmidt Transformative Technology fund

Two projects — one that maps the function of the brain’s neuronal network in unprecedented detail and another that combines robotics and light-based computer circuits to create safe self-driving vehicles — have been awarded funding through Princeton’s Eric and Wendy Schmidt Transformative Technology Fund.

NJ AI summit spotlights an ‘extraordinary opportunity’ to lead in AI technology and its responsible development

Princeton welcomed 600 leaders from academia, business and government to campus to explore the rapidly evolving possibilities and challenges of artificial intelligence and to begin charting a course for New Jersey’s role in the future of AI.

New lecturers in chemistry, math and physics are helping to make the difference in foundational courses

Students arrive at college with varying levels of preparation for foundational STEM courses. The new Lecturer Corps is meeting Princeton's talented students where they are to support their success in chemistry, physics and math.

Eisgruber, municipal officials discuss University support of shared community interests

University President Christopher L. Eisgruber met Feb. 26 with the Princeton Mayor and Council. The University announced last month that it plans to contribute more than $50 million over five years to the municipality and local organizations. 

‘The Worlds I See’ by AI visionary Fei-Fei Li ’99 selected as Princeton Pre-read

The book connects Li’s personal story as a young immigrant and scientist with the origin stories of artificial intelligence. She will be honored with the University’s Woodrow Wilson Award during Alumni Day on Feb. 24.

Jacobus Fellows: Toscano, Montaño López, Smith, and Unger win Princeton’s top graduate student honor

The Porter Ogden Jacobus Fellowship, Princeton University’s top honor for graduate students, has been awarded to José de Jesús Montaño López, an engineeer using yeast to grow biofuels; Geneva Smith, a legal historian building the first archive of 'slave court' records; Pasquale Toscano, an English student analyzing epics through a disability lens; and Ryan Unger, a mathematician who disproved the third law of black hole thermodynamics.

Dean Jarrett’s selections for Black History Month, plus University events for learning and discovery

The dean of the faculty and author of ‘Paul Laurence Dunbar: The Life and Times of a Caged Bird’ suggests readings and film for enrichment. Campus events offer further opportunities to explore Black history.

Diversity, equity and inclusion report highlights ways Princeton builds community, supports success and belonging

"Princeton University's excellence depends upon attracting and supporting talented individuals from throughout our society and around the world," President Eisgruber writes in the University's third annual report.    

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