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Remembering Jorge Sarmiento, a "giant" in climate studies
56+ min ago (682+ words) Jorge'Sarmiento, the George J. Magee Professor of Geoscience and Geological Engineering, Emeritus, and a professor of geosciences, emeritus, died on May 5. His lifelong contributions to climate science were recognized with numerous awards and prizes, including a'Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 that was…...
Eight promising projects receive Schmidt Transformative Technology Fund awards
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (242+ words) The research teams supported through the Schmidt fund this year are poised to create powerful new research tools and to use AI and machine learning to accelerate discovery," said Princeton University Dean for Research Peter Schiffer. The fund enables researchers…...
Nine Princetonians win 2026 Breakthrough Prize honors, including inaugural Vera Rubin Prize
3+ week, 1+ day ago (822+ words) The'Breakthrough Foundation'named Albert Maguire of the Class of 1982 and'David Gross,'a 2004 Nobel laureate in Physics and Princeton's'Thomas D. Jones Professor of Mathematical Physics, Emeritus, as winners of two of its marquee prizes for outstanding scientific discovery. "The brilliant scientists who win…...
AI x Journalism: Transforming the News
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (257+ words) Thu, 3/26 " 4: 30 pm6: 00 pm " Chancellor Green Rotunda Humanities Council's Program in Journalism; Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy; Princeton Humanities Initiative Join the Humanities Council's Program in Journalism and the Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP) for this special event on…...
Fearless" graduate students are forging a new quantum frontier
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (910+ words) Laura Futamura (left) and Kalli Zervas (right) are graduate students in the inaugural cohort of Princeton's quantum science and engineering Ph. D. program. The program is part of Princeton's Quantum Initiative. Kalli Zervas was at a California art school when she…...
Major gift promises to accelerate Princeton University's leadership in quantum science
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (409+ words) A major gift from Andy Florance "86 and Heather Florance will support the'Princeton Quantum Initiative and will accelerate the next generation of quantum science research and discovery at Princeton University. Houck also serves as chief scientist for the Co-design Center for…...
AI and the humanities: Across the Princeton campus, an era of collaboration is underway.
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1721+ words) AI research projects across the humanities at Princeton are exploring (from left): premodern Chinese books; robotics in architecture; 13th-century Byzantine Greek texts; and music cognition (pictured: Amber Kao, a graduate student in music)." With the launch of the Princeton Laboratory…...
Princeton tapped as partner for new NSF-funded AI Materials institute
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (502+ words) Princeton University will be one of five higher education partners in a new National Science Foundation Artificial Intelligence Materials Institute (NSF AI-MI), marking a major investment in AI-driven materials discovery by the federal government. The $20 million institute, scheduled to open…...
Biomedical research is surging at Princeton University
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1204+ words) New insights into the link between cancer and metabolism. Stunning progress toward biomedical sensors that will revolutionize how doctors keep track of our health. Data-driven breakthroughs in understanding the complexities of human illness and well-being." "Biomedical research is surging at…...
Princeton Environmental Film Festival
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (194+ words) The Keeper Like rivers around the world, the Hudson " America's First River and the Birthplace of the American Environmental Movement " boomed as a growing human population used it for transportation, sustenance and, for many years, a dumping ground. The river…...