Faculty News
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.
Christopher L. Eisgruber named 20th president of Princeton University
By the Office of Communications · Posted April 21, 2013; 12:30 p.m.
Christopher L. Eisgruber, Princeton's provost for the past nine years, has been named the University's 20th president, effective July 1. He succeeds Shirley M. Tilghman, who last fall announced her intention to step down at the end of this academic year after completing 12 years in office.
FACULTY AWARD: Three win Guggenheim Fellowships
By Staff · Posted April 18, 2013; 01:16 p.m.
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.
FACULTY HONOR: Vanmarcke named 2013 Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers
By Staff · Posted April 15, 2013; 03:15 p.m.
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.
FACULTY AWARD: Devenport named Searle Scholar
By Staff · Posted April 8, 2013; 04:15 p.m.
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.
Princeton's Polyakov wins 2013 Fundamental Physics Prize
By Staff · Posted March 22, 2013; 11:30 a.m.
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.
FACULTY AWARD: Darley receives lifetime achievement award in psychology
By Staff · Posted March 19, 2013; 12:50 p.m.
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.
FACULTY AWARD: Gammie recognized for engaging underrepresented minorities in microbiology
By Staff · Posted March 5, 2013; 12:58 p.m.
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.