Engineering’s Sujit Datta named to Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences
Tuesday, Jul 6, 2021
Biomedical Data Science
“Think like an expert”: Brain scans watch learning in action
Friday, Mar 26, 2021
What does learning look like inside the brain?
Can a brain scan reveal if a student is learning a tough curriculum or falling behind?
These and other questions prompted a team of Princeton neuroscientists to launch an ambitious experiment, scanning 24 students’ brains six times during the 2018 spring semester to quite literally watch them learn.
Forward Fest public conversation series continues as part of A Year of Forward Thinking
Tuesday, Mar 16, 2021
Princeton’s Forward Fest — a virtual public conversation series and a monthly highlight of the University’s yearlong A Year of Forward Thinking community engagement campaign — continues on Thursday, March 18, at 3:30 p.m., with a focus on Princeton’s growing interdisciplinary power in bioengineering.
Princeton IP accelerator selects seven projects for R & D funding
Friday, Mar 5, 2021
Inventions in biomedicine, drug development, solar energy, battery recycling, clean water and climate risk win out
Seven technologies that address some of society’s biggest challenges — from foolproof antibiotics to low-cost water purification — will receive support for research and development through Princeton’s Intellectual Property Accelerator Fund.
Clifford Brangwynne to lead Princeton Bioengineering Initiative
Wednesday, Nov 18, 2020
Clifford Brangwynne, professor of chemical and biological engineering, has been appointed the inaugural director of the Princeton Bioengineering Initiative. This initiative will support and expand the bioengineering activities already underway at the University, and ignite new directions in research, education and innovation at the intersection of the life sciences and engineering.
Princeton Announces Engage 2020, New Innovation and Entrepreneurship Conference
Wednesday, Oct 14, 2020
The mission of Princeton University will be brought to life in a new way through Engage 2020, the inaugural innovation and entrepreneurship conference scheduled for November 4-6, 2020. Presented by the Princeton innovation and entrepreneurship team and its campus partners, Engage 2020 will offer more than 50 live, online sessions of relevance to academia, business and industry, Princeton alumni, entrepreneurs, investors, foundations and the intellectually curious.
Princeton launches ‘A Year of Forward Thinking’ engagement campaign
Thursday, Sep 10, 2020
Princeton University has launched “A Year of Forward Thinking,” a community engagement campaign that invites Princetonians and others to join in a conversation focused on responding to the challenges facing the nation and the world.
Princeton faculty members receive grants for COVID-19 research from C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute
Tuesday, Jun 23, 2020
The C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute has awarded $5.4 million to 26 projects to accelerate artificial intelligence research to mitigate COVID-19 and future pandemics. Princeton faculty members Matthew Desmond, Simon Levin, Stefana Parascho, H. Vincent Poor, Corina Tarnita and Mengdi Wang are among researchers to receive funding for their projects.
AI tool gives doctors a new look at the lungs in treating COVID-19
Thursday, May 21, 2020
Spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic, Princeton researchers have developed a diagnostic tool to analyze chest X-rays for patterns in diseased lungs. The new tool could give doctors valuable information about a patient's condition, quickly and cheaply, at the point of care.
Three innovative projects selected to receive funding from the Schmidt Transformative Technology Fund
Monday, May 11, 2020
Three research endeavors aimed at fundamental challenges in health, information technology and water conservation have been selected for funding through the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Transformative Technology Fund.
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