http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/Selected stories featuring members of the Princeton University community.en-usPrinceton University Four Princeton University faculty members have been named recipients of the Graduate Mentoring Awards by the McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning and will be honored during the Graduate School's Hooding ceremony Monday, June 3, on Cannon Green.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S36/90/61S55/index.xml?section=peoplepeopleMichael Hotchkiss, Office of Communications2013-05-20T13:50-05:00 Princeton University President Shirley M. Tilghman has been elected by the American Society for Cell Biology to serve as the society's president in 2015. A member of the society since 1991, Tilghman received the Women in Cell Biology Senior Award in 2000. She will take office as president for a term of one year in January 2015.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S36/76/14G25/index.xml?section=peoplepeopleStaff2013-05-03T16:59-05:00 Three Princeton University faculty members are among the 84 newly elected members of the National Academy of Sciences. They are Manjul Bhargava, the Brandon Fradd, Class of 1983, Professor of Mathematics; Susan Fiske, the Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology, and professor of psychology and public affairs; and Juan Maldacena, a visiting lecturer with the rank of professor in physics.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S36/74/21K49/index.xml?section=peoplepeopleStaff2013-05-01T11:38-05:00 Eight Princeton faculty members have been named fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. They are among 198 leaders in scholarship, business, science, the arts and public affairs elected this year in recognition of their contributions to their specific fields.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S36/69/07E29/index.xml?section=peoplepeoplethe Office of Communications2013-04-25T12:44-05:00 Two Princeton University research projects — a new tool for visualizing drug therapy in the brain and a method for aiding the search for planets outside our solar system — have been selected to receive grants from Princeton's Eric and Wendy Schmidt Transformative Technology Fund.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S36/67/31K32/index.xml?section=peoplepeopleCatherine Zandonella, Office of the Dean for Research2013-04-24T11:30-05:00 Three Princeton faculty members have received 2013 Guggenheim Fellowships: D. Graham Burnett, professor of history, for his project "Minding the Eye"; Deana Lawson, lecturer in visual arts and the Lewis Center for the Arts, for a project photographing people in their everyday environments; and Colson Whitehead, lecturer in creative writing and the Lewis Center for the Arts, for fiction. http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S36/63/05A54/index.xml?section=peoplepeopleStaff2013-04-18T13:16-05:00 Erik Vanmarcke, a Princeton University professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been named a 2013 Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), an honor that puts him among the most prominent civil engineering professionals and educators in American history.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S36/60/46S22/index.xml?section=peoplepeopleStaff2013-04-15T15:15-05:00 Danelle Devenport, an assistant professor of molecular biology, has been named a 2013 Searle Scholar for her innovative research and her potential for making significant contributions to the biomedical sciences. Devenport and 14 others from universities and research institutes in the United States were selected for their exceptional promise in the fields of chemistry and biomedical sciences. Each Searle scholar will receive $300,000 to support research programs over the next three years.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S36/54/51G65/index.xml?section=peoplepeopleStaff2013-04-08T16:15-05:00 Alexander Polyakov, Princeton University's Joseph Henry Professor of Physics, was honored with the 2013 Fundamental Physics Prize for his lasting work in field and string theory. The $3 million prize was presented during a March 20 ceremony in Geneva by the Fundamental Physics Foundation.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S36/39/63C02/index.xml?section=peoplepeopleStaff2013-03-22T11:30-05:00 John Darley, the Dorman T. Warren Professor of Psychology and a professor of psychology and public affairs, has been chosen to receive the William James Lifetime Achievement Award for Basic Research, presented by the Association for Psychological Science in honor of its 25th anniversary. Darley is among 25 distinguished scientists being honored with lifetime achievement awards this year. The award is the association's highest honor, recognizing a lifetime of significant intellectual contributions to the basic science of psychology. http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S36/37/11M32/index.xml?section=peoplepeopleStaff2013-03-19T12:50-05:00 Alison Gammie, senior lecturer in Princeton University's Department of Molecular Biology, received the 2013 William A. Hinton Research Training Award from the American Society for Microbiology for her ongoing work to engage underrepresented minority students in microbiology and basic research.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S36/25/05G34/index.xml?section=peoplepeopleStaff2013-03-05T12:58-05:00 Sara McLanahan, the William S. Tod Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, has been selected to receive the 2013 Thomas C. Schelling Award from Harvard University. The award is bestowed annually to an individual "whose remarkable intellectual work has had a transformative impact on public policy." The award, which is accompanied by a $25,000 prize, will be presented May 2.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S36/21/52I95/index.xml?section=peoplepeopleStaff2013-03-01T10:49-05:00 João Biehl, the Susan Dod Brown Professor of Anthropology, has been selected to receive the 2013 J.I. Staley Prize for his book "Vita: Life in a Zone of Social Abandonment." The prize is given annually by the School for Advanced Research for a book that represents the best writing and scholarship in anthropology. The Staley Prize panel called the work "a landmark of anthropological writing, humanizing in the most literal sense." Biehl, who also co-directs the Program in Global Health and Health Policy, will receive the prize, which is accompanied by a $10,000 award, on Nov. 21 at the meetings of American Anthropological Association in Chicago.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S36/18/21Q32/index.xml?section=peoplepeopleStaff2013-02-25T14:42-05:00 Five Princeton University faculty members were among the 126 researchers from the United States and Canada named as 2013 Sloan Research Fellows by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S36/14/64E02/index.xml?section=peoplepeopleStaff2013-02-21T12:30-05:00 David Botstein, Princeton University's Anthony B. Evnin '62 Professor of Genomics and molecular biology and director of the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, was among 11 recipients of the inaugural Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S36/13/88E32/index.xml?section=peoplepeopleStaff2013-02-20T14:50-05:00 Princeton University assistant professor of geosciences Blair Schoene received the 2013 F.W. Clarke Award from the Geochemical Society. Presented since 1972, the award recognizes early-career scientists who make an outstanding contribution to geochemistry through research on a single topic.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S36/09/43M13/index.xml?section=peoplepeopleStaff2013-02-15T11:08-05:00 Edward Felten, a Princeton University professor of computer science and public affairs, was among 69 researchers nationwide elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Felten, who also directs the University's Center of Information Technology Policy and its Program in Information Technology and Society, was recognized for his contributions to computer-system security, and for his impact on public policy.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S36/07/00C77/index.xml?section=peoplepeopleStaff2013-02-12T17:30-05:00 Princeton University professors Asif Ghazanfar and Edward Taylor were among 18 researchers nationwide recognized by the National Academy of Sciences in 2013 for their achievement in the physical, biological and social sciences.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S35/75/79O89/index.xml?section=peoplepeopleStaff2013-01-07T13:00-05:00 Princeton University professors Yakov Sinai and Philip Holmes were honored by the American Mathematical Society for their contributions to mathematics.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S35/72/26K59/index.xml?section=peoplepeopleStaff2013-01-03T11:00-05:00 Guy Nordenson, a professor of architecture at Princeton and partner of Guy Nordenson and Associates, has been named by Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo to the NYS 2100 Commission, which is tasked with finding ways to improve the resilience and strength of the state's infrastructure in the face of natural disasters and other emergencies. Nordenson, who has been active in earthquake engineering, was the structural engineer for many buildings, including the Museum of Modern Art expansion and the New Museum in New York, the Jubilee Church in Rome, and the Santa Fe Opera House. The commission is one of three announced by Gov. Cuomo to improve New York's emergency response, preparedness and infrastructure to withstand natural disasters such as Hurricane Sandy.http://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S35/42/20E13/index.xml?section=peoplepeopleStaff, Office of Communications2012-11-29T15:00-05:00