1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (960+ words) Six Princeton professors talk about favorite books and share what's on their summer reading lists " fiction, nonfiction, biography, science fiction, history, fantasy " including books by colleagues." This summer's mix includes some sci-fi and fantasy deep cuts, a Native botanist's meditation…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (1190+ words) Completing their terms as trustees on June 30 are: Yolandra Gomez, Class of 1988; Naomi Hess, Class of 2022; Yan Huo, a 1994 graduate alumnus; Carol Quillen, a 1991 graduate alumna; and Jackie Ying, a 1991 graduate alumna. Biographical information about the new trustees follows. Bradley,…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago  (1655+ words) In the 1770s, Princeton was a sleepy crossroads a hard day's ride up the King's Highway from Philadelphia. But that didn't stop the town and The College of New Jersey " today's Princeton University " from playing an outsize role in the founding…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago  (453+ words) The Princeton University Library exhibit "Nursery of Rebellion: Princeton and the American Revolution" is among the many campus and community events marking Princeton's role in Revolutionary-era history." As Princeton marks its role in Revolution-era history, numerous public events are being…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (1178+ words) Bede Liu, an emeritus professor of electrical engineering and a pioneer in digital signal processing, died on May 7. He was 91. "He was a highly impactful scholar and teacher " always thinking ahead of future needs and changing technologies," said colleague Peter…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (1138+ words) For her senior thesis, Sophia Varughese (left) explored the subject'that had first drawn her to astrophysics: black holes and relativity. Astrophysicist Neta Bahcall (right) advised her on the work. When Sophia Varughese came to Princeton, she expected to major in…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (743+ words) The Leinweber Forum for Theoretical Physics at Princeton will be an interdisciplinary hub, drawing researchers from the departments of physics, astrophysical sciences and mathematics as well as scholars across the University. Shown here at the blackboard is Princeton physics professor…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (839+ words) For her senior thesis, Nora Graves (center) compared two automated approaches to adding accent marks, or diacritics, to text in the Yor'b" language of Nigeria, working with thesis advisers Laura Kalin (left) and Christiane Fellbaum (right). Nora Graves has always…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (838+ words) Gabriel Duchovny, a midfielder on the Princeton men's soccer team, has also tapped his facility with language to translate from Italian two scholarly papers about the strategic innovations of Tottenham Hotspur soccer coach Roberto De Zerbi. Gabriel Duchovny is drawn…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (230+ words) This class discusses fundamental aspects of Earth's climate with a focus on the fundamental atmospheric processes that render Earth "habitable," and how they may respond to the forcing originating from natural (such as volcanoes) and anthropogenic (such as emission of…...