Selected Faculty Honors

Posted on December 16, 2019 by Catherine Zandonella

Memberships and Fellowships Association for Computing Machinery: Fellow Thomas Funkhouser, David M. Siegel ’83 Professor in Computer Science, Emeritus; senior scholar (2018) Academia Europaea: Foreign Member Douglas Massey, Henry G. Bryant Professor of Sociology and Continue Reading →

Quantum computing opens new realms of possibilities

Posted on December 9, 2019 by lmonnens

From improving cybersecurity to modeling chemical reactions Continue Reading →

Annual Research Report

Posted on December 9, 2019 by lmonnens

Research drives innovation which in turn benefits society, the economy and everyday lives. Princeton University is home to a thriving research and innovation ecosystem of faculty members, graduate and undergraduate students, and professional researchers. Each Continue Reading →

Fragile Fragments: Marina Rustow unpacks daily life in medieval Egypt

Posted on December 9, 2019 by lmonnens

Documents hidden for centuries in a Cairo synagogue storeroom help Rustow piece together the past. Continue Reading →

The Torture Letters: Laurence Ralph explores Chicago’s dark history

Posted on December 9, 2019 by lmonnens

In his new book, Ralph questions society’s tolerance for torture. Continue Reading →

Origin Story: Rewriting human history through our DNA

Posted on December 9, 2019 by lmonnens

Using “genetic archaeology,” Akey traces the intermixing of modern and extinct human lineages. Continue Reading →

Nobel Prize awarded for discoveries in cosmology

Posted on December 9, 2019 by lmonnens

Cosmologist Jim Peebles won the Nobel Prize in Physics for work that contributed to our modern understanding of the universe. Continue Reading →

Princeton appoints first vice dean for innovation

Posted on December 9, 2019 by lmonnens

Rodney Priestley, professor of chemical and biological engineering and a leading researcher in the area of complex materials and processing, has been named Princeton University’s inaugural vice dean for innovation, effective Feb. 3, 2020. Continue Reading →

Motion-capture technology assists in neuroscience studies

Posted on December 9, 2019 by lmonnens

A new technology can automatically track animals’ body parts in video to measure the behavior of animals. Continue Reading →

Deep learning detects mutations behind autism

Posted on December 9, 2019 by lmonnens

A Princeton-led team has decoded the impact of a new class of mutations in people with autism. Continue Reading →

People adapt to societal diversity

Posted on December 9, 2019 by lmonnens

The team examined 22 years of psychological, sociological and demographic data from more than 338,000 respondents in 100+ countries. Continue Reading →

AI accelerates fusion energy research

Posted on December 9, 2019 by lmonnens

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory are using AI to forecast disruptions that can halt fusion reactions. Continue Reading →

Finding the Lost Generation

Posted on December 9, 2019 by lmonnens

A new interactive website provides scholars and the public with insights into the Lost Generation, a group of writers and artists that came of age during World War I. Continue Reading →

How wetlands contribute to climate change

Posted on December 9, 2019 by lmonnens

Professor XinninZhang is exploring is why methane, a significant greenhouse gas, is increasing in the atmosphere. Continue Reading →

A small number of wells produce large emissions

Posted on December 9, 2019 by lmonnens

A team of Princeton researchers has found that, in one of the biggest gas-producing regions, most of these emissions come from a tiny subset of the wells. Continue Reading →

Popping the ideological bubbles of social media users

Posted on December 9, 2019 by lmonnens

Andy Guess studies the intersection of politics and social media. Continue Reading →

Mallika Randeria captures images of the quantum world

Posted on December 9, 2019 by lmonnens

As a graduate student, Mallika Randeria conducted experiments to peer deep into the world of quantum physics. Continue Reading →

Breaking new ground: Lauren Auyeung

Posted on December 9, 2019 by lmonnens

Inspired by the physical virtuosity of hip-hop and urban dance, Auyeung seeks to investigate the movement vocabularies of hip-hop in abstracted form. Continue Reading →

Deborah Vischak reveals the dynamics of ancient Egypt

Posted on December 9, 2019 by lmonnens

Deborah Vischak, a specialist in Egyptology, wants to change our perceptions about life in ancient Egypt. Continue Reading →

Polarization: What Everyone Needs to Know

Posted on December 9, 2019 by lmonnens

McCarty argues that the outcome of the 2016 election was not as surprising as first thought. Continue Reading →

The Prosthetic Tongue: Printing Technology and the Rise of the French Language

Posted on December 9, 2019 by lmonnens

Chenoweth explores how the emergence of printing technology in the 16th century led the French language to undergo a remarkable transformation. Continue Reading →

Cervantes’ Persiles and the Travails of Romance

Posted on December 9, 2019 by lmonnens

This edited volume explores Cervantes’ final novel and its treatment of concepts of race, ethnicity, nation and religion. Continue Reading →

BREATHE: A Letter to My Sons

Posted on December 9, 2019 by lmonnens

Perry issues an unflinching challenge to society to see black children as deserving of humanity. Continue Reading →

The Second Kind of Impossible: The Extraordinary Quest for a New Form of Matter

Posted on December 9, 2019 by lmonnens

This first-hand account traces the discovery of a crystal so bizarre that it was thought not to exist in nature. Continue Reading →

Exploring free speech and corporate power: Sydney Jordan

Posted on December 4, 2019 by lmonnens

Jordan found inspiration for her thesis from a course on free speech in the internet age. Continue Reading →

‘Fever’ and its meanings in English literature: Annabel Barry

Posted on December 4, 2019 by lmonnens

Barry’s thesis addresses the contradictions in Mary Wollstonecraft’s feminist philosophy. Continue Reading →

Fracking and public health: Benjamin Jacobson

Posted on December 4, 2019 by lmonnens

Jacobson studied whether fracking affects the health of children. Continue Reading →

Ornamentalism

Posted on November 26, 2019 by lmonnens

Cheng links the making of Asiatic femininity and a technological history of synthetic personhood in the West from the 19th to the 21st century. Continue Reading →

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