Faculty News
FACULTY HONOR: Ostriker named White House Champion of Change
By Staff · Posted June 19, 2013; 12:30 p.m.
Jeremiah Ostriker, Princeton University's Charles A. Young Professor of Astronomy on the Class of 1897 Foundation, Emeritus, is among 13 people to be honored at the White House June 20 as a Champion of Change, which recognizes those who use open scientific data to promote scientific and social progress. Ostriker will be recognized for his research and influence in theoretical astronomy, particularly the aspects of interstellar medium, galaxies, quasars and cosmology that can be approached best by large-scale numerical calculations. Ostriker was among the first to show the prevalence of dark matter in the universe and to explain it's role in the universe's expansion. He also helped initiate the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, which openly provided an enormous and diverse amount of astronomical data to the scientific community. The honoring ceremony can be viewed live on the White House website at 1 p.m. June 20.
FACULTY HONOR: Bassler elected associate member of European Molecular Biology Organization
By Staff · Posted June 18, 2013; 04:30 p.m.
Bonnie Bassler, Princeton University's Squibb Professor in Molecular Biology and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, was among 52 life-sciences researchers elected to the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO). Bassler and nine other researchers from outside Europe were named associate members of EMBO, which works to encourage promising researchers and foster a supportive, cooperative research environment in Europe. EMBO members provide suggestions and feedback on the organization's activities and help mentor young scientists.
FACULTY AWARD: Princeton's Witten named 2013 Pew Scholar
By Staff · Posted June 13, 2013; 04:16 p.m.
Ilana Witten, a Princeton University assistant professor of psychology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute, was named a 2013 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences for her ongoing work to identify the neural mechanisms behind working memory.
Eisgruber invites Class of 2017 to join him in reading Appiah book
By Michael Hotchkiss, Office of Communications · Posted June 12, 2013; 10:00 a.m.
Provost and President-elect Christopher L. Eisgruber has given members of Princeton's Class of 2017 their first assignment. Eisgruber, who will become president of the University July 1, has asked incoming freshmen to read the book "The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen" by Princeton professor Kwame Anthony Appiah as part of an introduction to the intellectual life of the University.
FACULTY AWARD: Homes receives Women's Fiction Prize
By Staff · Posted June 7, 2013; 02:50 p.m.
A.M. Homes, a lecturer in creative writing and the Lewis Center for the Arts, has been awarded the Women's Fiction Prize for her novel "May We Be Forgiven." The prize, previously known as the Orange Prize for Fiction, is given annually to the best novel of the year written in English by a woman. The award, which is accompanied by a £30,000 prize [around $46,600], was presented to Homes in London on June 5.
David S. Lee named provost of Princeton University
By Daniel Day, Office of Communications · Posted June 5, 2013; 09:30 a.m.
David S. Lee, professor of economics and public affairs and the director of the Industrial Relations Section at Princeton University, will become provost effective July 1.
Four faculty members honored for excellence in mentoring graduate students
By Michael Hotchkiss, Office of Communications · Posted May 20, 2013; 01:50 p.m.
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.
Burnham and Schäfer receive Behrman Award for the humanities
By Karin Dienst, Office of Communications · Posted May 6, 2013; 09:30 a.m.
Princeton professors Scott Burnham and Peter Schäfer have received the University's Howard T. Behrman Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Humanities.
FACULTY HONOR: Tilghman named president-elect of American Society for Cell Biology
By Staff · Posted May 3, 2013; 04:59 p.m.
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.
FACULTY AWARD: Three Princeton faculty members elected to the National Academy of Sciences
By Staff · Posted May 1, 2013; 11:38 a.m.
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.