Viviana Zelizer receives highest award from American Sociological Association
By Daniel Day The American Sociological Association (ASA) recognized Viviana Zelizer, the Lloyd Cotsen ’50 Professor of Sociology, for her pioneering contributions with its highest honor, the W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award.…
Ecologist Jeanne Altmann and ethicist Peter Singer honored with Frontiers of Knowledge Awards
By Liz Fuller-Wright and Daniel Day Two Princeton professors, Jeanne Altmann and Peter Singer, have been awarded 2023 Frontiers of Knowledge Awards by the BBVA Foundation. The awards recognize basic research and creative work worldwide…
Four engineering professors receive Moore Foundation experimental physics awards
By the Office of Engineering Communications Four Princeton University researchers — Nathalie de Leon, Julia Mikhailova, Barry Rand and Jeff Thompson — have won a Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Experimental Physics Investigators Initiative award.…
Bryan, McComas and Buschman receive prestigious honors from the National Academy of Sciences
By Liz Fuller-Wright Three Princetonians are among the 16 scientists receiving the highest honors given by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). These major awards recognize extraordinary scientific achievements in a wide range of fields…
Patricia Smith and Ilya Kaminsky named Academy of American Poets Chancellors
By Jamie Saxon Patricia Smith, professor of creative writing in the Lewis Center for the Arts, and Ilya Kaminsky, professor of creative writing, have been named Academy of American Poets Chancellors. Chancellors serve six-year terms…
Alsdorf, Leving and Mendelberg receive 2023 Guggenheim Fellowships
By Jamie Saxon Three Princeton faculty members have received 2023 Guggenheim Fellowships. Bridget Alsdorf, professor of art and archaeology, was awarded the Guggenheim in the field of fine arts research. Her research specializes in European…