Announcements

University issues further COVID-19 guidance, accommodations and criteria for remaining on campus

Wednesday, Mar 11, 2020

by The Office of Communications

All classes to move online, all undergraduates to remain off campus except those meeting specific criteria

Undergraduate students received the important message below on Wednesday, March 11 from Jill Dolan, Dean of the College, and W. Rochelle Calhoun, Vice President for Campus Life. The latest University updates related to COVID-19 are available on the University's coronavirus website.

Dear Princeton Undergraduate Students,
Donia wins Moore Foundation award for aquatic symbiosis research

Wednesday, Mar 11, 2020

Mohamed Abou Donia is one of 15 recipients of an award from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation as part of the Symbiosis in Aquatic Systems Initiative investigator program.
Eisgruber named NJ influencer for University entrepreneurship, work with NJ business community

Friday, Feb 28, 2020

Princeton President Christopher L. Eisgruber has been named an ROI-NJ Influencer of higher ed in the publication's Power List 2020.
Braverman, Weinberg and Majumdar Receive Google AI Research Awards

Tuesday, Feb 25, 2020

Princeton professors Mark Braverman, Matt Weinberg and Anirudha Majumdar have been named recipients of Google AI's 2019 Faculty Research Awards.
It’s all in the delivery — nanoparticle platform could transform medical treatments

Wednesday, Feb 12, 2020

by Amelia Herb, Office of Engineering Communications

Optimeos Life Sciences, a startup founded by two Princeton University faculty members, has reached agreements with six pharmaceutical companies to develop therapeutics using a Princeton-developed drug delivery technology. The collaborations have the potential to improve the effectiveness of medications for the treatment of diseases, ranging from cancer to diabetes.
Rodney Priestley assumes new role as innovation leader at Princeton

Wednesday, Feb 5, 2020

As the University's innovation leader, Priestley, a professor of chemical and biological engineering, will oversee efforts to grow Princeton's culture of innovation as a means to further its teaching and research mission and enhance its impact on the world.
Statement by President Eisgruber on the release of Xiyue Wang

Saturday, Dec 7, 2019

by Princeton University

President Christopher L. Eisgruber issued this statement following the release of graduate student Xiyue Wang, who had been held in Iran since 2016:
Schmidt DataX Fund supports research projects that harness data science to speed up discovery

Monday, Nov 18, 2019

by Sharon Adarlo, Center for Statistics and Machine Learning

Nine data-driven research projects have won funding from Princeton University’s Schmidt DataX Fund, which aims to spread and deepen the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning across campus to accelerate discovery.

In February, the University announced the new fund, which was made possible through a major gift from Schmidt Futures.
President Eisgruber honored as innovation leader in New Jersey

Friday, Nov 15, 2019

by Corporate Engagement and Foundation Relations

Princeton President Christopher L. Eisgruber was recognized as the 2019 Educator of the Year by the Research and Development Council of New Jersey at the council's 40th annual Thomas Alva Edison Patent Awards. Eisgruber was honored for his leadership of the University's efforts to connect research to real-world problems and solutions.
Yibin Kang awarded American Cancer Society research professorship grant

Friday, Nov 1, 2019

by Courtesy of the American Cancer Society

Yibin Kang, Ph.D., the Warner-Lambert/Parke Davis Professor of Molecular Biology at Princeton University and the associate director for Consortium Research of Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, has been awarded an American Cancer Society Research Professorship, receiving a lifelong designation accompanied by a five-year $400,000 commitment.