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FACULTY AWARD: Princeton's Bernevig receives 2012 Blavatnik Award
By Staff · Posted May 21, 2012; 02:00 p.m.
Bogdan Bernevig, the Eugene and Mary Wigner Assistant Professor in Theoretical Physics in Princeton's Department of Physics, is among 11 researchers nationwide to receive a 2012 Blavatnik Award for Young Scientists from the New York Academy of Sciences.
Four faculty members honored for excellence in mentoring graduate students
By Michael Hotchkiss · Posted May 14, 2012; 03:10 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 4, on Cannon Green.
Oates and Pagels receive Behrman Award
By Staff · Posted May 7, 2012; 05:06 p.m.
Princeton professors Joyce Carol Oates and Elaine Pagels have received the University's Howard T. Behrman Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Humanities.
FACULTY AWARD: Four Princeton faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences
By Staff · Posted May 7, 2012; 10:30 a.m.
Four Princeton University faculty members are among the 84 new members recently elected to the National Academy of Sciences for noted and ongoing achievement in original research: William Bialek; Pablo Debenedetti; John Groves; and Nai Phuan Ong.
New Global Collaborative Networks projects selected
By Michael Hotchkiss · Posted May 3, 2012; 09:00 a.m.
Princeton University's Council for International Teaching and Research has selected four faculty proposals to receive funding for the creation of global network initiatives.
Toni Morrison receives Presidential Medal of Freedom
By Jamie Saxon · Posted April 27, 2012; 04:59 p.m.
Toni Morrison, the renowned author and the Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities Emeritus at Princeton University, was named by President Barack Obama a 2012 recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States.
FACULTY AWARD: Three Princeton faculty elected members of the American Philosophical Society
By Staff · Posted April 27, 2012; 10:30 a.m.
Princeton University faculty members Bonnie Bassler, Brent Shaw and Christopher Sims were among 35 new members recently elected to the American Philosophical Society (APS), the nation's oldest scholarly organization.
FACULTY AWARD: MacMillan, Bassler among 2012 Royal Society fellows
By Morgan Kelly · Posted April 23, 2012; 09:00 a.m.
Princeton University professors David MacMillan, the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry and chair of the department, and Bonnie Bassler, Squibb Professor of Molecular Biology, were among the noted scientists elected as fellows of the Royal Society in 2012.
FACULTY AWARD: Eight named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
By Staff · Posted April 17, 2012; 05:07 p.m.
Eight Princeton faculty members have been named fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. They are among 220 leaders in scholarship, business, the arts and public affairs elected this year in recognition of their contributions to their respective fields.
FACULTY AWARD: Four win Guggenheim Fellowships
By Staff · Posted April 12, 2012; 03:44 p.m.
Four Princeton faculty members have received 2012 Guggenheim Fellowships: Eve Aschheim, senior lecturer in visual arts in the Lewis Center for the Arts; Laura Landweber, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, for the project "RNA-mediated Epigenetic Inheritance and the Origin of Genetic Systems"; Melissa Lane, professor of politics, for the project "The Rule of Knowledge: Platonic Psychology and Politics"; and Eldar Shafir, the William Stewart Tod Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs, for the project "The Context and Psychology of Scarcity."
FACULTY AWARD: Arora wins ACM-Infosys Foundation Award
By Staff · Posted March 29, 2012; 04:08 p.m.
Sanjeev Arora, Princeton University's Charles C. Fitzmorris Professor in Computer Science, has been awarded the 2011 ACM-Infosys Foundation Award for work that brings new understanding to the ability to compute approximate solutions to a famous group of mathematical problems. The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is the world's largest educational and scientific computing society. The ACM-Infosys Foundation Award recognizes contributions by scientists and system developers to innovation that exemplifies the greatest recent achievements in computing.
FACULTY AWARD: Oates wins Blue Met Literary Grand Prize
By Staff · Posted March 28, 2012; 11:52 a.m.
Joyce Carol Oates, the Roger S. Berlind '52 Professor of Humanities and professor of writing in the Lewis Center for the Arts, has won the Blue Metropolis International Literary Grand Prize for 2012 that honors a lifetime of literary achievement. The prize is given annually by the Blue Metropolis Foundation and has an award of $10,000. Oates will receive the award in Montreal on April 21, 2012.
FACULTY HONOR: George appointed to federal commission on religious freedom
By Staff · Posted March 26, 2012; 09:00 a.m.
Robert George, Princeton University's McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and a professor of politics, has been appointed to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. The commission is an independent, bipartisan group that monitors freedom of religion abroad and provides policy recommendations; members are appointed by the president and leaders of both political parties in the Senate and House of Representatives. George was appointed Friday, March 23, by House Speaker John Boehner to serve a two-year term.
Shelton named Butler College master
By Ushma Patel · Posted March 9, 2012; 12:00 p.m.
Professor of Psychology Nicole Shelton has been named master of Butler College, one of Princeton's six residential colleges. She will begin her four-year term on July 1.
Paxson selected to be next president of Brown
By Ushma Patel · Posted March 2, 2012; 11:30 a.m.
Christina Paxson, dean of Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, has been selected to serve as the next president of Brown University. The Corporation of Brown University voted on her appointment in a special session March 2.
FACULTY AWARD: Botstein named 2012 Dan David Prize Laureate
By Staff · Posted February 29, 2012; 01:08 p.m.
David Botstein, Princeton's Anthony B. Evnin '62 Professor of Genomics, professor of moleculary biology and director of the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, was one of six researchers recently named 2012 Dan David Prize Laureates. The $1 million prize recognizes Botstein's important contributions to the understanding and mapping of the human genome. The prize is endowed by the Dan David Foundation and based at Tel Aviv University. It is presented yearly in honor of innovative and interdisciplinary research.
FACULTY AWARD: Deaton to receive BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
By Staff · Posted February 22, 2012; 04:27 p.m.
Angus Deaton, Princeton's Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of International Affairs and professor of economics and international affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, has been selected to receive the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the category of Economics, Finance and Management.
FACULTY AWARD: Three Princeton professors named 2012 Sloan Research Fellows
By Staff · Posted February 15, 2012; 12:00 a.m.
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has selected three Princeton University professors as 2012 Sloan Research Fellows: Gaspar Bakos, assistant professor of astrophysical sciences; Abigail Doyle, assistant professor of chemisty; and Benjamin Garcia, assistant professor of molecular biology.
Appiah awarded National Humanities Medal
By Karin Dienst · Posted February 13, 2012; 03:00 p.m.
Princeton University professor Kwame Anthony Appiah, an internationally renowned moral and political philosopher, has been awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama.
FACULTY AWARD: Obama to appoint Shafir to financial advisory council
By Staff · Posted February 2, 2012; 11:27 a.m.
President Barack Obama has announced his intention to appoint Eldar Shafir, Princeton University's William Stewart Tod Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs, to the President's Advisory Council on Financial Capability.
FACULTY AWARD: Harold Shapiro to receive Public Welfare Medal
By Staff · Posted January 17, 2012; 05:03 p.m.
Harold Shapiro, Princeton University's president emeritus and a professor of economics and public affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, has been awarded the National Academy of Sciences' Public Welfare Medal for his efforts to promote public understanding of controversial and complex scientific issues. The medal, to be presented at a ceremony April 30 in Washington, D.C., is awarded annually to honor extraordinary use of science for the public good and is considered the academy's most prestigious award.
FACULTY AWARD: Cava receives Humboldt Research Award
By Staff · Posted January 10, 2012; 12:00 p.m.
Robert Cava, the Russell Wellman Moore Professor of Chemistry at Princeton, received a Humboldt Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany.
Klaus appointed vice president for University Services
By Emily Aronson · Posted January 5, 2012; 10:00 a.m.
Chad Klaus, a member of Princeton University's Facilities Organization staff for 11 years, has been named vice president for University Services. The newly created position is part of a realignment of the responsibilities within Facilities and University Services to strengthen the University's capacity to manage its facilities and provide critical services to members of the campus community. Klaus' appointment is effective Jan. 5.
FACULTY AWARD: Bhargava, Rodnianski receive 2011 Fermat Prize for mathematical research
By Staff · Posted December 22, 2011; 12:00 p.m.
The Toulouse Mathematics Institute has awarded the 2011 Fermat Prize for mathematical research to Manjul Bhargava, Princeton professor of mathematics and mathematical physics, and mathematics professor Igor Rodnianski.
FACULTY AWARD: Six professors named 2011 AAAS fellows
By Staff · Posted December 21, 2011; 04:00 p.m.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has selected six Princeton professors as fellows for 2011: Bryan Grenfell from ecology and evolutionary biology; John Storey and Ned Wingreen in molecular biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics; and Pablo Debenedetti, William Russel and Alexander Smits from the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
FACULTY AWARD: Mackey receives two Grammy nominations
By Staff · Posted December 5, 2011; 11:30 a.m.
Steven Mackey, a Princeton professor of music, has received Grammy Award nominations for both composition and guitar performance in an ensemble. Mackey is nominated for Best Small Ensemble Performance and Best Contemporary Classical Composition awards for the 2011 recording "Lonely Motel: Music from 'Slide,'" a cycle of 11 Mackey compositions recorded in collaboration with singer Rinde Eckert and new–music sextet Eighth Blackbird. The Grammy Awards are presented by the Recording Academy and will be announced Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012, in Los Angeles, and aired live on CBS beginning at 8 p.m.
Downs named director of Facilities Finance and Administrative Services
By Christopher Lillja · Posted December 5, 2011; 11:00 a.m.
Timothy Downs has been appointed director of Facilities Finance and Administrative Services in Princeton University's Facilities Organization. His appointment was effective Nov. 1.
STAFF AWARD: Needham wins Bibliographical Society gold award
By Staff · Posted November 21, 2011; 12:15 p.m.
Paul Needham, librarian of the Scheide Library, Princeton, was awarded the Gold Medal of the Bibliographical Society at its meeting in London on Nov. 15. Founded in 1892, the Bibliographical Society is the senior learned society dealing with the study of the book and its history. From time to time, the society awards a Gold Medal for distinguished services to bibliography to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the development of the subject and the furtherance of the society's aims. Needham's award is the 40th made since the Medal Fund was established in 1929. Of these 40, Needham is the sixth American to receive the medal.
FACULTY AWARD: Kahneman receives Talcott Parsons Prize
By Staff · Posted November 10, 2011; 04:09 p.m.
Daniel Kahneman — the Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology, emeritus; a professor emeritus of psychology and public affairs; and a senior scholar in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs — has been awarded the Talcott Parsons Prize by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for his pioneering research in behavioral economics. The award, presented at a ceremony Nov. 9 in Cambridge, Mass., honors outstanding contributions to the social sciences.
FACULTY AWARD: Bassler to receive L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Award
By Morgan Kelly · Posted November 8, 2011; 01:00 p.m.
Princeton University professor Bonnie Bassler was among five scientists worldwide selected to receive the 2012 For Women in Science Award presented by UNESCO and cosmetics company L'Oréal. The award, now in its 14th year, recognizes women whose work...
Obama to nominate Princeton's Bassler for National Science Board
By Staff · Posted October 21, 2011; 12:18 a.m.
President Barack Obama will nominate Princeton University molecular biologist Bonnie Bassler to serve as a member of the National Science Board, which oversees the National Science Foundation, the major source of federal funding for scientific research.
Princeton's Sims wins Nobel in economics with visiting professor Sargent
By Ushma Patel · Posted October 10, 2011; 08:15 p.m.
A 40-year path of friendly arguments and groundbreaking studies of how governments weigh policies to deal with economic troubles has led a pair of prominent economists to share the 2011 Nobel Prize in their field. Princeton University professor Christopher Sims was honored along with Thomas Sargent, a New York University economist and visiting professor this semester at Princeton, for developing tools to analyze the economic causes and effects of monetary policy. Their work has revolutionized the field of macroeconomics and how it is applied by central banks and governments around the world.
1:10 P.M. OCT. 10 UPDATE - Princeton's Sims wins Nobel in economics with visiting professor Sargent
By Staff · Posted October 10, 2011; 01:10 p.m.
Princeton University professor Christopher Sims has been awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in economics along with Thomas Sargent, a New York University economist who is a visiting professor at Princeton, for developing tools to analyze the effect of monetary policy on the economy.
Nwabueze named University ombuds officer
By Eric Quiñones · Posted September 28, 2011; 12:00 a.m.
Wokie Nwabueze, who has managed conflict resolution, mediation and ethics issues in the corporate and nonprofit sectors, has been named Princeton University's ombuds officer.
FACULTY AWARD: Chang-rae Lee receives Dayton Literary Peace Prize
By Staff · Posted September 27, 2011; 12:18 p.m.
Chang-rae Lee, a Princeton professor of creative writing in the Lewis Center for the Arts, has been selected to receive the 2011 Dayton Literary Peace Prize in fiction for his novel "The Surrendered." Lee will receive the award, which celebrates the power of literature to promote peace, nonviolent conflict resolution and global understanding, and is accompanied by a $10,000 prize, at a ceremony on Nov. 13.
Garcia, Singer receive presidential science awards
By Morgan Kelly · Posted September 26, 2011; 07:00 p.m.
Two Princeton University professors have received the 2010 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their research careers.
Bartels transfers to emeritus status
By Staff · Posted September 19, 2011; 01:28 p.m.
Larry Bartels, Princeton's Donald E. Stokes Professor in Public and International Affairs, will transfer to emeritus status effective Jan. 1, 2012. The move was approved in recent action by the Board of Trustees.
FACULTY AWARD: Peter Brown wins international Balzan Prize
By Staff · Posted September 7, 2011; 01:33 p.m.
Peter Brown, Princeton University's Philip and Beulah Rollins Professor of History Emeritus, has been selected to receive the Balzan Prize for his research on ancient history, specifically the Greco-Roman world.
Stuart Schwartz, leader in electrical engineering at Princeton, dies
By Steven Schultz · Posted September 2, 2011; 10:20 a.m.
Stuart Schwartz, a pioneer of mathematical methods that led to techniques for efficiently transmitting information, and an instrumental force in building the Department of Electrical Engineering at Princeton University, died Saturday, Aug. 27. He was 72.
Krueger nominated to lead Obama's Council of Economic Advisers
By Staff · Posted August 30, 2011; 04:59 p.m.
President Barack Obama has nominated Princeton University professor Alan Krueger, a prominent labor economist, to be the chair of the Council of Economic Advisers.
Weiner selected as associate dean of religious life
By Emily Aronson · Posted August 24, 2011; 10:00 a.m.
Matthew Weiner, who has worked as an interfaith organizer for 20 years, has been named associate dean of religious life at Princeton University. His appointment is effective Sept. 1.
FACULTY AWARD: Troyanskaya and Wysocki named finalists for Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists
By Staff · Posted June 14, 2011; 01:00 p.m.
The New York Academy of Sciences has named Olga Troyanskaya, an associate professor of computer science and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics at Princeton, and Gerard Wysocki, an assistant professor of electrical engineering at Princeton, as finalists in the 2011 Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists competition. The annual Blavatnik Awards recognize innovative and interdisciplinary accomplishments in the life sciences, physical sciences, mathematics and engineering.
FACULTY AWARD: Ostriker wins Bruce Gold Medal for lifetime achievement
By Staff · Posted June 13, 2011; 09:00 a.m.
The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) has awarded Jeremiah Ostriker, professor of astrophysical sciences, the 2011 Catherine Wolfe Bruce Gold Medal for lifetime achievement in astronomy.
FACULTY AWARD: White House appoints Tienda to advisory commission
By Staff · Posted June 10, 2011; 09:00 a.m.
President Barack Obama has appointed Marta Tienda, Princeton's Maurice P. During Professor in Demographic Studies and a professor of sociology and public affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, to the President's Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics. Tienda was sworn in on May 26. The commission is tasked with advising Obama and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on how to improve educational opportunities and outcomes for Hispanics.
FACULTY AWARD: Four elected to American Philosophical Society
By Staff · Posted May 18, 2011; 09:00 a.m.
Four Princeton faculty members have been elected to the American Philosophical Society. They were among 37 humanists, scientists, social scientists and leaders in civic and cultural affairs selected this year for their extraordinary intellectual accomplishments and leadership. Among those elected this April are the following Princeton faculty members: Natalie Davis, the Henry Charles Lea Professor of History, Emeritus; Carol Greenhouse, chair of the Department of Anthropology and a professor of anthropology; Paul Krugman, a professor of economics and international affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs; and Anne-Marie Slaughter, the Bert G. Kerstetter '66 University Professor of Politics and International Affairs in the Wilson School.
Ralph Lerner, former architecture school dean, dies at 61
By Jennifer Greenstein Altmann · Posted May 12, 2011; 05:45 p.m.
Ralph Lerner, a longtime faculty member and former dean of Princeton's School of Architecture, died of brain cancer May 7 in Princeton. He was 61.
Mbugua appointed University spokesperson
By Nick DiUlio · Posted May 6, 2011; 04:00 p.m.
Martin Mbugua, who has more than 17 years of experience in journalism and higher education communications, has been named University spokesperson at Princeton.
FACULTY AWARDS: Four elected to National Academy of Sciences
By Staff · Posted May 3, 2011; 03:00 p.m.
Four Princeton faculty members have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences this year. They are David Gabai, the Hughes-Rogers Professor of Mathematics; Sara McLanahan, the William S. Tod Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs; Loren Pfeiffer, senior research scholar in electrical engineering; and H. Vincent Poor, dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the Michael Henry Strater University Professor of Electrical Engineering. The inductees are among 72 new members and 18 foreign associates chosen in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. They will be inducted into the academy next April.
FACULTY AWARD: Benjamin Elman wins Mellon Distinguished Achievement Award
By Staff · Posted April 20, 2011; 02:00 p.m.
Benjamin Elman, the Gordon Wu '58 Professor of Chinese Studies and professor of East Asian studies and history at Princeton, has been selected by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as one of three winners of its Distinguished Achievement Awards. The awards, amounting to as much as $1.5 million each, are intended to honor scholars who have made significant contributions to humanistic inquiry.
FACULTY AWARD: Two win Guggenheim Fellowships
By Staff · Posted April 12, 2011; 11:06 a.m.
Two Princeton faculty members have received 2011 Guggenheim Fellowships: Michael Gordin, professor of history and the director of the Program in Russian and Eurasian Studies, for the project "Scientific Babel: Communication and Identity in Western Chemistry Since the Fall of Latin;" and Simon Morrison, professor of music, for the project "The Secret Archive of Prokofiev."
FACULTY AWARD: James Richardson wins Jackson Poetry Prize
By Staff · Posted April 7, 2011; 11:55 a.m.
James Richardson, a Princeton professor of creative writing in the Lewis Center for the Arts and a professor of English, has won this year's Jackson Poetry Prize. The $50,000 award, sponsored by the literary organization Poets & Writers, is given annually to honor an American poet of exceptional talent who deserves wider recognition
FACULTY AWARD: Holmes named industrial and applied math society fellow
By Cass Cliatt · Posted April 1, 2011; 09:00 a.m.
The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) has named Philip Holmes, Princeton's Eugene Higgins Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, to its 2011 class of fellows for his "extensive contributions to nonlinear dynamics."
Renowned ceramist, visual arts faculty member Toshiko Takaezu dies
By Staff · Posted March 11, 2011; 04:50 p.m.
Toshiko Takaezu, a renowned ceramist who helped shape Princeton University's Program in Visual Arts over her 25 years on the faculty and who created the bronze Remembrance Bell in the University's Memorial Garden, died March 9 of natural causes in a convalescent center in Honolulu. She was 88.
MacPherson selected to head communications at Princeton Plasma Physics Lab
By Staff · Posted February 22, 2011; 05:30 p.m.
Kitta MacPherson, an award-winning science writer, has been named director of communications for the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL).
FACULTY AWARD: Three professors elected to National Academy of Engineering
By Staff · Posted February 9, 2011; 09:00 a.m.
Alexander Smits and Richard Miles, professors of mechanical and aerospace engineering, and Christodoulos Floudas, professor of chemical and biological engineering, have been elected as 2011 members of the National Academy of Engineering.
FACULTY AWARD: Bassler and Reider win NAS awards for 2011
By Staff · Posted January 25, 2011; 09:00 a.m.
The National Academy of Sciences has honored Bonnie Bassler, Princeton's Squibb Professor of Molecular Biology, and Paul Reider, lecturer in the Department of Chemistry, with awards for extraordinary scientific achievements.
Robert Judson Clark, father of Arts and Crafts revival, dies
By Ian Cahir · Posted January 12, 2011; 06:16 p.m.
Robert Judson Clark, a Princeton professor emeritus of art and archaeology who was considered the father of the Arts and Crafts revival, died Tuesday, Jan. 4, at home in Lafayette, Calif., after a lengthy illness. He was 73.
FACULTY AWARD: Three professors named 2010 AAAS fellows
By Staff · Posted January 11, 2011; 09:00 a.m.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science has named David MacMillan, A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Organic Chemistry; N. Phuan Ong, Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics; and Michael Oppenheimer, Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs, as fellows for 2011.
FACULTY AWARD: Daubechies receives Steele Prize for mathematical achievements
By Staff · Posted January 7, 2011; 05:00 p.m.
Ingrid Daubechies, the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Mathematics and Applied and Computational Mathematics, has received the 2011 Leroy P. Steele Prize for a Seminal Contribution to Research. The award, which cited her pioneering data compression techniques, is presented annually by the American Mathematical Society. It is given for work that has proved to be of fundamental or lasting importance in its field. The prize was awarded to Daubechies Friday, Jan. 7, at the society's Joint Mathematics Meetings in New Orleans.
FACULTY AWARD: MacMillan receives Mitsui catalysis award
By Staff · Posted January 6, 2011; 09:00 a.m.
David MacMillan, the A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Organic Chemistry, has been named the winner of the 2011 Mitsui Chemicals Catalysis Award. The award was established in 2004 with the aim of recognizing researchers who have made outstanding achievements in catalysis science.
FACULTY AWARD: John Groves wins Remsen Award
By Staff · Posted January 3, 2011; 12:16 p.m.
John Groves, Princeton's Hugh Stott Taylor Chair of Chemistry, has been selected to receive the 2010 Remsen Award, given by the Maryland section of the American Chemical Society. He was cited for his wide-ranging contributions to bioinorganic chemistry, catalysis, enzymology and understanding of molecular mechanisms. The award is named in honor of Ira Remsen, the second president of Johns Hopkins University. Groves received the award in June at the section's annual meeting in Baltimore.
Bermann named new master of Princeton's Whitman College
By Staff · Posted January 3, 2011; 12:00 p.m.
Sandra Bermann, the Cotsen Professor of the Humanities and professor of comparative literature, has been named master of Whitman College and will begin her four-year term on July 1, 2011.
Inaugural Schmidt Fund awards enable innovative explorations in sensors and electronics
By Hilary Parker · Posted December 17, 2010; 03:00 p.m.
A project that could enable the development of revolutionary electronics and a separate project that could dramatically improve diabetes monitoring and treatment are the first two research efforts to be supported at Princeton University from the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Transformative Technology Fund. Google CEO and Princeton alumnus Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy, created the $25 million endowment fund at Princeton in 2009.
FACULTY AWARD: Economist Kiyotaki wins Ross Prize
By Staff · Posted December 10, 2010; 09:00 a.m.
Nobuhiro Kiyotaki, a Princeton professor of economics, has been selected to receive the Stephen A. Ross Prize in Financial Economics with his longtime collaborator John Moore of the University of Edinburgh and London School of Economics. Kiyotaki and Moore received the prize, announced Dec. 10 by the Foundation for the Advancement of Research in Financial Economics and accompanied by $100,000, for their influential 1997 paper on credit conditions and asset pricing
FACULTY AWARD: Goldberg and Levin are Einstein Visiting Fellows
By Staff · Posted November 22, 2010; 09:43 a.m.
Adele Goldberg, a professor of linguistics in the Council of the Humanities, and Thomas Levin, an associate professor of German, have been named Einstein Visiting Fellows at the Freie Universität Berlin. The two-year fellowships, which seek to promote the integration of top scholars from abroad in Berlin’s research and scientific fields, are accompanied by 150,000 Euros (about $200,000) a year.
FACULTY AWARD: Daubechies wins Franklin Award
By Staff · Posted November 9, 2010; 03:52 p.m.
Ingrid Daubechies, Princeton's William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Mathematics and Applied and Computational Mathematics, has been named a recipient of the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Electrical Engineering. Daubechies was recognized for her "fundamental discoveries in the field of compact representations of data, leading to efficient image compression as used in digital photography," according to the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, which bestows the award. She will be honored along with other medal recipients at the institute's awards ceremony in April.
Houck, Shaevitz receive presidential awards
By Staff · Posted November 8, 2010; 02:32 p.m.
U.S. President Barack Obama has named Princeton's Andrew Houck and Joshua Shaevitz as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the federal government on young professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers.
FTC appoints Princeton computer scientist Felten as chief technologist
By Chris Emery · Posted November 4, 2010; 10:35 a.m.
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has named Edward Felten, a Princeton professor of computer science and public affairs, as the agency's first chief technologist to help guide government policy in an era when technology has a growing influence on businesses and consumers.
FACULTY AWARD: Jones wins Packard Award
By Staff · Posted October 28, 2010; 04:36 p.m.
William Jones, an assistant professor of physics, has been named a 2010 recipient of a Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering. Jones was recognized for his research in astronomy, astrophysics and cosmology and for his work testing models of the genesis and evolution of the early universe. Each fellow will receive an unrestricted research grant of $875,000 over five years. The program supports "unusually creative professors early in their careers," according to the Packard Foundation.
FACULTY AWARD: Hal Foster wins arts writing award
By Staff · Posted October 27, 2010; 12:21 p.m.
Hal Foster, Princeton's Townsend Martin Class of 1917 Professor of Art and Archaeology, has been selected to receive the 2010 Clark Prize for Excellence in Arts Writing. Foster will receive the award, which honors individuals whose critical or art historical writing has had a significant impact on public understanding and appreciation of the visual arts and is accompanied by a $25,000 prize, at a ceremony on Nov. 19.
FACULTY AWARD: Nine faculty inducted into American Academy of Arts and Sciences
By Staff · Posted October 22, 2010; 06:00 a.m.
Nine faculty members have been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences: Carles Boix, professor of politics and public affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs; Adam Burrows, professor of astrophysical sciences; Lynn Enquist, the Henry L. Hillman Professor in Molecular Biology and a professor in molecular biology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute; Hal Foster, the Townsend Martin, Class of 1917, Professor of Art and Archaeology; David Huse, professor of physics; Chung Law, the Robert H. Goddard Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; James Marrow, professor of art and archaeology emeritus; Nolan McCarty, the Susan Dod Brown Professor of Politics and Public Affairs; and Wolfgang Pesendorfer, the Theodore A. Wells '29 Professor of Economics. The induction ceremony took place Saturday, Oct. 9, in Cambridge, Mass.
FACULTY AWARD: Couzin named to "Brilliant 10"
By Staff · Posted October 20, 2010; 04:14 p.m.
Popular Science magazine has named Iain Couzin, an assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, one of its "Brilliant 10" in its ninth annual listing of top young scientists. Couzin, who studies collective motion and decision-making in animal groups, was cited in the cover story of the magazine's November issue for revealing "the rules of groups and patterns in the natural world." The group of scientists younger than 40 was lauded for "dreaming up solutions to some of the world's most vexing problems."
FACULTY AWARD: American Physical Society honors four faculty
By Staff · Posted October 18, 2010; 04:48 p.m.
Four Princeton faculty members have been honored by the American Physical Society with national awards for 2011.
FACULTY AWARD: Three faculty honored by American Chemical Society
By Staff · Posted October 14, 2010; 09:45 a.m.
Three Princeton University faculty members have been honored by the American Chemical Society with national awards for 2011. Robert Cava, the Russell Wellman Moore Professor of Chemistry, will receive the society's award in inorganic chemistry sponsored by Aldrich Chemical Co., Inc. Francois Morel, the Albert G. Blanke, Jr., Professor of Geosciences, will receive the award for creative advances in environmental science and technology sponsored by the society's division of environmental chemistry. David MacMillan, chair of the Department of Chemistry and the A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Organic Chemistry, will receive the award for creative work in synthetic organic chemistry. That award also is sponsored by Aldrich. The three faculty members will be honored at an awards ceremony in March in Anaheim, Calif.
FACULTY AWARD: Charles Gentile wins Christopher Columbus Award
By Staff · Posted October 12, 2010; 02:59 p.m.
Charles Gentile, a researcher at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, is a recipient of the 2010 Homeland Security Award sponsored by the Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation and AgustaWestland North America. Gentile was among four honored during an Oct. 5 ceremony in Washington, D.C., for "cutting edge technology in the diverse arena of homeland security." Gentile received the $25,000 award in the field of Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Chemical and Explosive Attacks for his work in the development of the Miniature Integrated Nuclear Detection System which can rapidly identify radioactive materials.
FACULTY AWARD: Oppenheimer receives Heinz Award for climate change work
By Staff · Posted October 5, 2010; 10:04 a.m.
Michael Oppenheimer, the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs and director of the Program in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, has been awarded the Heinz Award from Teresa Heinz and the Heinz Family Foundation.
Four new Global Scholars set to visit campus
By Nick DiUlio · Posted September 16, 2010; 09:00 a.m.
International leaders in the fields of public health, Middle Eastern studies, Latin American history and U.S.-China relations will visit Princeton for terms starting in the academic years 2010-11 and 2011-2012 as the second round of participants in the University's Global Scholars Program.
Emily Carter, prominent scientist and engineer, selected to lead Andlinger Center
By Steven Schultz · Posted September 13, 2010; 10:00 a.m.
Emily Carter, a Princeton professor of engineering and applied mathematics, and eminent physical chemist, has been appointed the founding director of the University's Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment.
Princeton engineering professors named top young innovators
By Chris Emery · Posted September 2, 2010; 06:31 p.m.
Two Princeton engineering faculty have been named to Technology Review Magazine's list of the top 35 young innovators for 2010. Celeste Nelson, an assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering, and Michael McAlpine, an assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, were include in the magazine's annual TR35 list of innovative researchers under the age of 35.
Lindenstrauss wins prestigious Fields Medal for mathematics work
By Kitta MacPherson · Posted August 20, 2010; 07:02 p.m.
Elon Lindenstrauss, a Princeton professor of mathematics, has received one of this year's Fields Medals, widely considered to be the math world's equivalent of the Nobel Prize.
Two appointed to leadership posts in Office of Development
By Maria LoBiondo · Posted August 17, 2010; 03:00 p.m.
Two new members have been named to the Princeton University Office of Development's senior leadership team: Cynthia Albert Link has been named assistant vice president for capital giving, effective Sept. 13, and Kerstin Larsen will join the staff on Sept. 20 as director of development and of the Aspire campaign, a comprehensive fundraising effort that seeks to raise $1.75 billion by June 30, 2012.
Leighton named director of Davis International Center
By Karin Dienst · Posted August 12, 2010; 10:00 a.m.
Jacqueline Leighton, who has more than 15 years of experience in managing international programs and services, has been appointed director of the Davis International Center at Princeton. Her appointment is effective Wednesday, Aug. 18.
Langiulli named director of corporate and foundation relations
By Hilary Parker · Posted August 2, 2010; 11:00 a.m.
David Langiulli, an executive with more than 20 years of experience spanning the corporate and higher education sectors, has been appointed director of corporate and foundation relations at Princeton. His appointment was effective June 28.
Levin awarded Margalef Prize
By Carol Peters · Posted July 29, 2010; 05:58 p.m.
The Generalitat of Catalonia has awarded Simon Levin, Princeton's George M. Moffett Professor of Biology and professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, the Margalef Prize in Ecology and Environmental Sciences. The award recognizes individuals worldwide who have distinguished themselves in the field of ecology.
Socolow honored for environmental achievement
By Engineering Communications staff · Posted July 13, 2010; 12:03 p.m.
Robert Socolow, a Princeton professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, has received the Keystone Award for Leadership in the Environment, which recognizes contributions to solving society's environmental problems.
Levin and Pacala to receive ecological research awards
By Holly Welles · Posted July 12, 2010; 04:27 p.m.
Two members of the Princeton University faculty have been recognized for major contributions to ecological research.
Katz receives Phi Beta Kappa’s Fellows Award
By Staff · Posted July 2, 2010; 09:13 a.m.
Princeton legal scholar Stanley Katz has been honored with the 2010 Fellows Award by the Phi Beta Kappa Society. The award recognizes "an individual who has demonstrated scholarly achievement and excellence in his or her chosen field and who, by work and life, has exemplified the goals and ideals of Phi Beta Kappa.
Poet Smith selected for international arts honor
By Staff · Posted June 30, 2010; 05:59 p.m.
Tracy K. Smith, a poet and assistant professor of creative writing in the Lewis Center for the Arts, is one of six international artists who has been selected for the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, which pairs artists with leading figures in their fields for a year of individual mentoring and creative collaboration. Smith was chosen to be mentored by Hans Magnus Enzensberger, a provocative essayist who is often regarded as Germany's most important contemporary poet.
George honored with religious freedom medal
By Staff · Posted June 25, 2010; 04:45 p.m.
Princeton legal philosopher and constitutional scholar Robert George has been awarded the Canterbury Medal for outstanding achievement in the field of global religious freedom.
Ten Princetonians win ACLS fellowships
By Staff · Posted June 16, 2010; 03:55 p.m.
Two members of the Princeton faculty and eight graduate students have been awarded fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies, which funds humanistic research.
Cohen awarded prize for promoting interfaith understanding
By Staff · Posted June 16, 2010; 03:27 p.m.
Mark R. Cohen, Princeton's Khedouri A. Zilkha Professor of Jewish Civilization in the Near East, has been awarded the first Goldziher Prize, which recognizes work promoting understanding across religious faiths.
Bartels named fellow of American Academy of Political and Social Science
By Rebecca Anderson · Posted June 14, 2010; 09:35 a.m.
Princeton faculty member Larry Bartels has been inducted into the American Academy of Political and Social Science as the Robert A. Dahl Fellow.
Tilghman honored with international science prize
By Nick DiUlio · Posted June 10, 2010; 06:39 p.m.
Princeton President Shirley M. Tilghman, a world-renowned scholar and leader in the field of molecular biology, has been honored with the Henry G. Friesen International Prize in Health Research.
Princeton scientists win Shaw Prize for helping map the universe
By Kitta MacPherson · Posted May 27, 2010; 06:31 p.m.
Two Princeton University scientists have been recognized with a major international prize for their central role in a satellite experiment that has contributed to breakthroughs in better understanding the shape, makeup and age of the universe.
John Lewis, economist and former Wilson School dean, dies
By Rebecca Anderson · Posted May 26, 2010; 02:44 p.m.
John Lewis, a development economist and former dean of Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, died of natural causes on May 19 at the Stonebridge retirement community in Montgomery, N.J. He was 89. A public memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 27, at Prospect House on the Princeton campus.
French government honors Huet
By Jennifer Greenstein Altmann · Posted May 11, 2010; 08:30 p.m.
Princeton Professor Marie-Hélène Huet has been awarded the title of Officier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques (Officer in the Order of Academic Palms) by the French government for her contributions to culture and the arts.
Two elected to American Philosophical Society
By Ushma Patel · Posted May 7, 2010; 03:24 p.m.
Two Princeton scholars are among 37 people recently elected to membership in the American Philosophical Society.
George honored with national human rights medal in Poland
By Ushma Patel · Posted May 6, 2010; 04:39 p.m.
Princeton legal philosopher and constitutional scholar Robert George has been awarded the Honorific Medal for the Defense of Human Rights of the Republic of Poland, which recognizes outstanding achievement in the field of human rights.
Shapiro to chair InterAcademy Council's IPCC review committee
By Staff · Posted May 3, 2010; 01:20 p.m.
Harold T. Shapiro, an economist and president emeritus of Princeton University, has been selected by the InterAcademy Council (IAC), an organization of the world's science academies, to chair a 12-member committee to conduct an independent review of the procedures and processes of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The review was requested last month by the United Nations.
Appiah and Barkan receive Behrman Award
By Karin Dienst · Posted May 1, 2010; 10:00 p.m.
Professors Kwame Anthony Appiah and Leonard Barkan have received Princeton's Howard T. Behrman Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Humanities.
Philosopher Smith honored with Humboldt award
By Nick DiUlio · Posted April 29, 2010; 11:18 p.m.
Michael Smith, a Princeton professor of philosophy, has been selected to receive a Humboldt Research Award, which will support research in collaboration with colleagues in Germany.
Cohen, Fiske honored by American Psychological Association
By Nick DiUlio · Posted April 28, 2010; 09:35 p.m.
The American Psychological Association (APA) has chosen Princeton professors Jonathan Cohen and Susan Fiske to receive the annual Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award, its highest scientific honor.
Rodriguez-Iturbe elected to the National Academy of Sciences
By Steven Schultz · Posted April 27, 2010; 04:17 p.m.
Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe, an environmental engineer and pioneer in the field of ecohydrology, has been elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors in all areas of science.
Kevrekidis named fellow of industrial and applied math society
By Staff · Posted April 23, 2010; 04:47 p.m.
Princeton chemical engineer Yannis Kevrekidis has been named a fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics in recognition of his "research contributions in chemical engineering, applied mathematics and the computational sciences."
Canaday wins U.S. historical society book award
By Ushma Patel · Posted April 21, 2010; 11:12 a.m.
A book by Margot Canaday, an assistant professor of history at Princeton, has been awarded the Organization of American Historians' 2010 Ellis W. Hawley Prize, which is given each year for the best historical study of the economy, politics or institutions of the United States from the Civil War to the present.
Nine named fellows of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
By Nick DiUlio · Posted April 19, 2010; 06:58 p.m.
Nine Princeton faculty members have been named fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. They are among the 229 leaders in the sciences, the humanities and the arts, business, public affairs and the nonprofit sector elected this year in recognition of contributions to their respective fields.
Nine receive Guggenheim Fellowships
By Nick DiUlio · Posted April 16, 2010; 07:16 p.m.
Nine Princeton faculty members are among the 180 artists, scientists and scholars selected from a group of some 3,000 candidates for the 2010 Guggenheim Fellowships.
White receives Italian literary prize
By Staff · Posted April 15, 2010; 04:43 p.m.
Edmund White, author and professor of creative writing in the Lewis Center for the Arts, has been awarded the Premio Letterario Internazionale Mondello, one of Italy's most prestigious international literary prizes. White won the award for Best Foreign Author for his biography, "Rimbaud: The Double Life of a Rebel." The award will be presented to White in a ceremony in Palermo in May.
Frassica and Marrone-Puglia knighted by Italian consul
By Shani Hilton · Posted April 5, 2010; 03:13 p.m.
Princeton professors Pietro Frassica and Gaetana Marrone-Puglia have been awarded the title of "Cavaliere dell’Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana" ("Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic") by the Italian government.
Historian Davis wins Holberg Prize
By Staff · Posted March 16, 2010; 12:10 p.m.
Historian Natalie Zemon Davis, a Princeton professor emeritus, has been awarded the Holberg Prize, a major international honor established by the Norwegian parliament to recognize outstanding scholarly work in the arts and humanities, social sciences, law or theology.
Book critics honor Oates for lifetime achievement
By Jennifer Greenstein Altmann · Posted March 12, 2010; 11:16 a.m.
Author and Princeton professor Joyce Carol Oates has been awarded the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Book Critics Circle.
Botstein wins Albany Prize
By Kitta MacPherson · Posted March 10, 2010; 01:00 p.m.
David Botstein, director of the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics at Princeton University, has been named a recipient of the Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine for his leading role in mapping the human genome.
Seven awarded Sloan Research Fellowships
By Kitta MacPherson and Steven Schultz · Posted February 23, 2010; 03:16 p.m.
Seven Princeton scientists have been selected to receive 2010 Sloan Research Fellowships, highly competitive grants given to outstanding scholars who are conducting research at the frontiers of their fields.
Princeton professors elected to the National Academy of Engineering
By Chris Emery · Posted February 19, 2010; 10:25 a.m.
Two professors and the entrepreneur in residence in Princeton's engineering school have been elected members of the National Academy of Engineering, a professional society whose members are among the world's most accomplished engineers.
Biehl awarded Wellcome Medal for medical anthropology
By Staff · Posted February 18, 2010; 06:12 p.m.
João Biehl, professor of anthropology and co-director of the Program on Global Health and Health Policy, was awarded the Wellcome Medal for Anthropology as Applied to Medical Problems for his book "Will to Live: AIDS Therapies and the Politics of Survival."
Sociologist Portes wins Du Bois career award
By Ushma Patel · Posted February 12, 2010; 09:00 a.m.
Alejandro Portes, Princeton's Howard Harrison and Gabrielle Snyder Beck Professor of Sociology, is the 2010 recipient of the W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award from the American Sociological Association. A major honor in the field, the Du Bois award recognizes "outstanding commitment to the profession of sociology" and cumulative work that has "contributed in important ways to the advancement of the discipline."
Graves recognized for excellence in architecture education
By Jennifer Greenstein Altmann · Posted January 13, 2010; 02:32 p.m.
Michael Graves, Princeton's Robert Schirmer Professor of Architecture Emeritus, has been named the recipient of the Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education. The medal, from the American Institute of Architects and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, honors an individual who has made outstanding contributions to architectural education for a decade or more.
American Physical Society names three Princeton fellows
By Kitta MacPherson · Posted December 22, 2009; 05:29 p.m.
Two research physicists at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and a Princeton faculty member have been named fellows by the American Physical Society.
Taylor earns ACS accolades
By Hilary Parker · Posted December 21, 2009; 12:53 p.m.
Princeton chemist Edward Taylor, whose discoveries led to the development of the blockbuster anti-cancer drug Alimta, has been inducted into the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame and chosen to receive the 2010 Alfred Burger Award in Medicinal Chemistry from the American Chemical Society. Taylor also will be inducted into the ACS Division of Medicinal Chemistry Hall of Fame next year.
Tilghman awarded Du Bois Medal from Harvard
By Eric Quiñones · Posted December 18, 2009; 10:35 a.m.
Princeton President Shirley M. Tilghman has been awarded the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal, the highest honor bestowed by Harvard University's W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research, for her leadership in strengthening Princeton's commitment to African American studies.
AAAS selects three fellows at Princeton
By Kitta MacPherson · Posted December 17, 2009; 02:00 p.m.
Three members of the Princeton University faculty have been awarded the distinction of AAAS Fellow, an honor bestowed upon members of the science society by their peers.
Martonosi named fellow of leading engineering societies
By Chris Emery · Posted December 14, 2009; 09:00 a.m.
Margaret Martonosi, a Princeton professor of electrical engineering, has been named a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and of the IEEE, an international professional association for the advancement of technology.
Lindenstrauss selected for Fermat Prize
By Kitta MacPherson · Posted December 4, 2009; 09:54 a.m.
Elon Lindenstrauss, a Princeton professor of mathematics, has won the Fermat Prize for Mathematics Research for his work in number theory.
Groves wins Fischer Career Award in Porphyrin Chemistry
By Kitta MacPherson · Posted November 13, 2009; 10:00 a.m.
John Groves, the Hugh Stott Taylor Chair of Chemistry, has been selected to receive the 2010 Hans Fischer Career Award in Porphyrin Chemistry by the Society of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines.
Car wins IEEE Fernbach Award
By Kitta MacPherson · Posted November 12, 2009; 03:40 p.m.
Roberto Car, the Ralph W. Dornte *31 Professor in Chemistry at Princeton and a faculty fellow of the Princeton Center for Theoretical Science, has been named a winner of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society 2009 Sidney Fernbach Award.
Four Princeton professors honored by American Physical Society
By Ushma Patel · Posted October 22, 2009; 10:18 a.m.
Four Princeton professors have been recognized with awards from the American Physical Society.
Poor elected a fellow of the UK's Royal Academy of Engineering
By Chris Emery · Posted October 14, 2009; 07:55 p.m.
H. Vincent Poor, the dean of Princeton's School of Engineering and Applied Science, has been elected an international fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering of the United Kingdom, a professional organization composed of Britain's most eminent and distinguished engineers.
Gunn, Fuchs receive National Medals of Science in White House ceremony
By Staff · Posted October 7, 2009; 06:55 p.m.
James Gunn, the Eugene Higgins Professor of Astronomy at Princeton, received the National Medal of Science in a ceremony Wednesday, Oct. 3, at the White House.
Sigman, Zoli win MacArthur 'genius grants'
By Kitta MacPherson and Chris Emery · Posted September 22, 2009; 12:00 a.m.
Daniel Sigman, a Princeton University biogeochemist who has conducted pioneering work exploring the large-scale systems that have supported life on the planet throughout the millennia, has been selected as a 2009 MacArthur Fellow. Also chosen was Theodore Zoli, a 1988 alumnus and a visiting lecturer in Princeton's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering since 2003. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced that they are among 24 trailblazing artists, writers, scientists and others who each will receive a $500,000 no-strings-attached grant over a five-year period.
Gunn wins National Medal of Science
By Kitta MacPherson · Posted September 17, 2009; 03:57 p.m.
James Gunn, the Eugene Higgins Professor of Astronomy at Princeton University, has been chosen to receive a National Medal of Science, the nation's highest scientific honor, for his sweeping contributions to modern stargazing, from theory to observation to gadget-building.
Princeton engineering professor named top young innovator
By Chris Emery · Posted September 4, 2009; 01:51 p.m.
Andrew Houck, an assistant professor of electrical engineering and a past Princeton valedictorian, was named to Technology Review magazine's list of the top 35 young innovators for 2009.
Bartels honored by American Political Science Association
By Staff · Posted September 4, 2009; 01:45 p.m.
Princeton scholar Larry Bartels has received the American Political Science Association's 2009 Gladys M. Kammerer Award for his book "Unequal Democracy: The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age." The award is given each year for the best political science publication in the field of U.S. national policy.
Agawu honored with Harrison Medal
By Jennifer Greenstein Altmann · Posted August 31, 2009; 06:18 p.m.
Professor of music Kofi Agawu has been awarded the 2009 Harrison Medal from the Society for Musicology in Ireland.
Mathematical physics awards given to three faculty members
By Jennifer Greenstein Altmann · Posted August 31, 2009; 06:13 p.m.
Three Princeton faculty members received awards at the International Congress of Mathematical Physics, which was held in August in Prague.
Fischhoff named AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow
By Staff · Posted August 27, 2009; 12:26 p.m.
Ilya Fischhoff, a postdoctoral research associate in Princeton's Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, has received an AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowship and will be working at the U.S. Agency for International Development.
Carter elected to international academy
By Chris Emery · Posted August 18, 2009; 06:15 p.m.
Emily Carter, the Arthur W. Marks '19 Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Applied and Computational Mathematics, has been elected a member of the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science.
Car wins Dirac Medal
By Kitta MacPherson · Posted August 13, 2009; 09:36 p.m.
Roberto Car, the Ralph W. Dornte *31 Professor in Chemistry at Princeton and a faculty fellow of the Princeton Center for Theoretical Science, has been named a winner of the 2009 Dirac Medal for his significant contributions to physics.
Rigolot to be honored by Renaissance Society
By Jennifer Greenstein Altmann · Posted July 28, 2009; 06:03 p.m.
Francois Rigolot, Princeton's Meredith Howland Pyne Professor of French Literature, will receive the 2011 Paul Oskar Kristeller Lifetime Achievement Award from the Renaissance Society of America.
Three Princeton scientists receive Presidential Award
By Staff · Posted July 14, 2009; 03:57 p.m.
U.S. President Barack Obama has named three Princeton scientists as recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the federal government on young professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers.
Müller elected as a Royal Historical Society fellow
By Staff · Posted July 13, 2009; 05:14 p.m.
Jan-Werner Müller, an associate professor of politics at Princeton, has been elected a fellow of Britain's Royal Historical Society.
Shaevitz named as Pew Scholar
By Kitta MacPherson · Posted July 10, 2009; 02:53 p.m.
Joshua Shaevitz, an assistant professor of physics and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics at Princeton, has been named a Pew Scholar for demonstrating excellence and innovation in his research.
Stewart receives Academy Award in Literature
By Jennifer Greenstein Altmann · Posted July 9, 2009; 02:39 p.m.
Susan Stewart, Princeton's Annan Professor of English, has been given an Academy Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, bestowed annually to honor exceptional accomplishment in any genre.
Rodriguez-Iturbe to receive Bowie Medal
By Chris Emery · Posted July 2, 2009; 02:46 p.m.
Princeton's Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe, the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, will receive the 2009 William Bowie Medal, the highest honor awarded by the American Geophysical Union.
Weinan E to receive Kleinman Prize for mathematics
By Staff · Posted July 1, 2009; 04:09 p.m.
Weinan E, a professor of mathematics and applied and computational mathematics at Princeton, has been selected by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) to receive the Ralph E. Kleinman Prize for his work connecting mathematics with applications outside the field.
Socolow to receive Frank Kreith Energy Award
By Staff · Posted June 24, 2009; 09:27 p.m.
Robert Socolow, a Princeton professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, will receive the American Society of Mechanical Engineers' Frank Kreith Energy Award for his pioneering contributions in energy research.
Blinder named fellow of American Academy of Political and Social Science
By Staff · Posted June 24, 2009; 09:24 p.m.
Princeton faculty member Alan Blinder has been inducted into the American Academy of Political and Social Science as the 2009 John Kenneth Galbraith Fellow.
Brinkman confirmed as director of DOE's Office of Science
By Kitta MacPherson · Posted June 23, 2009; 11:57 a.m.
William Brinkman, a senior research physicist in the Department of Physics at Princeton University, has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as director of the Office of Science in the U.S. Department of Energy.
Two faculty members named to Royal Society
By Kitta MacPherson · Posted June 22, 2009; 12:05 p.m.
Two members of the Princeton faculty have been named members of the Royal Society of Chemistry, a learned society based in the United Kingdom.
Obama taps Woodrow Wilson School's Leach '64 to lead NEH
By Staff · Posted June 4, 2009; 03:00 p.m.
NOTE: Leach's appointment was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Aug. 7. President Barack Obama has announced that he intends to nominate Jim Leach, a 1964 Princeton alumnus and current faculty member in the University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, to chair the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Two to receive Phi Beta Kappa teaching awards
By Eric Quiñones · Posted May 28, 2009; 12:20 p.m.
Sanjeev Kulkarni, professor of electrical engineering, and Anthony Grafton, the Henry Putnam University Professor of History, will be honored by the Princeton chapter of Phi Beta Kappa with its annual awards for excellence in undergraduate teaching.
Four professors honored for excellence in mentoring graduate students
By Ushma Patel · Posted May 20, 2009; 09:20 a.m.
Four Princeton faculty members have been named the recipients of Graduate Mentoring Awards by the McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning and will be honored during the Graduate School's hooding ceremony on Monday, June 1.
Portes elected to American Philosophical Society
By Staff · Posted May 14, 2009; 10:27 a.m.
Princeton sociologist Alejandro Portes is one of 35 newly elected members of the American Philosophical Society.
Seven faculty members among inaugural group of SIAM fellows
By Kitta MacPherson · Posted May 11, 2009; 09:45 a.m.
Seven Princeton faculty members have been elected to the inaugural group of fellows of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM).
Hopfield wins IEEE's Rosenblatt Award
By Kitta MacPherson · Posted May 8, 2009; 10:23 a.m.
John Hopfield, the Howard A. Prior Professor Emeritus in the Life Sciences, will receive the 2009 Frank Rosenblatt Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers for his seminal contributions to the understanding of information processing in biological systems.
Allen named recipient of Academy Award in Architecture
By Jennifer Greenstein Altmann · Posted May 5, 2009; 09:13 a.m.
Stan Allen, the dean of Princeton's School of Architecture, has been awarded an Academy Award in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Corngold and Harman receive Behrman Award
By Ruth Stevens · Posted May 2, 2009; 09:00 p.m.
Stanley Corngold, professor of German and comparative literature, and Gilbert Harman, the Stuart Professor of Philosophy, have received Princeton's Behrman Award for distinguished achievement in the humanities. They were honored at a May 2 dinner.
Gould honored by Royal Society for brain research
By Kitta MacPherson · Posted April 30, 2009; 10:11 a.m.
Elizabeth Gould, a Princeton professor of psychology, has been awarded the 2009 Benjamin Franklin Medal by the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce for her groundbreaking brain research.
Two elected to National Academy of Sciences
By Kitta MacPherson · Posted April 29, 2009; 10:42 a.m.
Two Princeton faculty members have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences this year. They are among 72 new members and 18 foreign associates chosen in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
Chyba, two alumni named to Obama's science and technology council
By Staff · Posted April 28, 2009; 12:42 p.m.
President Barack Obama has named Christopher Chyba, professor of astrophysical sciences and international affairs at Princeton, to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).
Five named to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
By Staff · Posted April 20, 2009; 01:17 p.m.
Five Princeton faculty members have been named fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. They are among 210 leaders in the sciences, the humanities and the arts, business, public affairs and the nonprofit sector elected this year in recognition of contributions to their respective fields.
Six receive Guggenheim Fellowships
By Eric Quiñones · Posted April 8, 2009; 05:59 p.m.
Six Princeton faculty members are among the 180 artists, scholars and scientists selected from nearly 3,000 applicants for the 2009 Guggenheim Fellowships.
White wins Academy Award in Music
By Jennifer Greenstein Altmann · Posted March 30, 2009; 10:54 a.m.
Barbara White, associate professor of music, has received an Academy Award in Music from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The award, given to White and three others, "honors outstanding artistic achievement and acknowledges the composer who has arrived at his or her own voice," according to the academy.
Appiah named president of PEN American Center
By Jennifer Greenstein Altmann · Posted March 27, 2009; 08:51 a.m.
Kwame Anthony Appiah, the Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy and the University Center for Human Values, has been elected president of the PEN American Center, the 3,400-member association of literary writers, editors and translators.
Obama chooses Princeton's Rouse for Council of Economic Advisers
By Staff · Posted March 11, 2009; 11:00 a.m.
President Barack Obama has selected Princeton's Cecilia Rouse, a well-known scholar of the economics of education, for his Council of Economic Advisers.
Krueger nominated as assistant treasury secretary
By Staff · Posted March 9, 2009; 02:06 p.m.
NOTE: Krueger's appointment was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 6. Princeton Professor Alan Krueger has been nominated to serve as assistant U.S. treasury secretary for economic policy, the White House announced March 8.
Princeton's Mirzakhani honored by American Mathematical Society
By Kitta MacPherson · Posted March 6, 2009; 11:23 a.m.
Maryam Mirzakhani, a professor of mathematics at Princeton, has been awarded the 2009 Leonard M. and Eleanor B. Blumenthal Award for the Advancement of Research in Pure Mathematics by the American Mathematical Society.
Nordenson honored by American Institute of Architects
By Jennifer Greenstein Altmann · Posted March 1, 2009; 05:36 p.m.
Professor of Architecture Guy Nordenson has been selected as one of six recipients of the American Institute of Architects' 2009 Institute Honors for Collaborative Achievement. The award recognizes and encourages the distinguished achievements of architects and others who have had a beneficial influence on or advanced the architectural profession.
Car honored with Humboldt award
By Kitta MacPherson · Posted February 16, 2009; 05:24 p.m.
Roberto Car, the Ralph W. Dornte *31 Professor in Chemistry at Princeton, has been selected to receive a Humboldt Research Award.
Brombert honored by French ambassador
By Ruth Stevens · Posted February 9, 2009; 12:31 p.m.
Princeton Professor Emeritus Victor Brombert was presented with the Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur (Legion of Honor) in a ceremony Feb. 6 at Maclean House.
Bassler earns Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences
By Kitta MacPherson · Posted February 3, 2009; 06:22 p.m.
Bonnie Bassler, the Squibb Professor in Molecular Biology at Princeton, will receive the eighth annual Wiley Prize in Biomedical Sciences.
American Physical Society names three Princeton fellows
By Kitta MacPherson · Posted January 29, 2009; 08:38 a.m.
A research physicist at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and two Princeton faculty members have been named fellows by the American Physical Society.
Shapiro receives Clark Kerr Medal
By Staff · Posted January 28, 2009; 08:33 a.m.
Princeton President Emeritus Harold T. Shapiro has received the 2008 Clark Kerr Medal for Distinguished Leadership in Higher Education. He was awarded the medal at a private event in Berkeley, Calif., Jan. 27.
Princeton's Anne-Marie Slaughter to lead policy planning staff at U.S. State Department
By Staff · Posted January 27, 2009; 02:00 p.m.
Anne-Marie Slaughter has resigned as dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs to become director of the policy planning staff at the U.S. State Department.
Two faculty honored by British government
By Jennifer Greenstein Altmann · Posted January 26, 2009; 11:13 a.m.
Two Princeton faculty members have been awarded high honors by the British government. David Cannadine, the Whitney Oates Senior Research Scholar in the Council of the Humanities and a lecturer in the history department, has received a knighthood. Linda Colley, the Shelby Davis 1958 Professor of History, has been appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Chiang receives Presidential Early Career Award
By Chris Emery · Posted January 14, 2009; 03:31 p.m.
Mung Chiang, a Princeton engineering professor who studies the communications networks integral to modern society, has received a 2007 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from the White House.
AAAS selects three fellows at Princeton
By Kitta MacPherson · Posted December 24, 2008; 12:15 p.m.
Three members of the Princeton University faculty have been awarded the distinction of AAAS Fellow, an honor bestowed upon members of the science society by their peers.
Biehl wins anthropology book award
By Ushma Patel · Posted December 22, 2008; 05:42 p.m.
João Biehl, professor of anthropology, has received the Diana Forsythe Prize for his book "Will to Live: AIDS Therapies and the Politics of Survival."
Heller-Roazen wins literary studies prize
By Jennifer Greenstein Altmann · Posted December 18, 2008; 04:13 p.m.
Daniel Heller-Roazen, a professor of comparative literature, has received the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for Comparative Literary Studies from the Modern Language Association of America.
Aschheim receives Joan Mitchell Foundation Award
By Marguerite d'Aprile-Smith · Posted December 16, 2008; 02:22 p.m.
Eve Aschheim, senior lecturer in visual arts at the Lewis Center for the Arts, is one of 25 contemporary artists awarded a prestigious grant from the Joan Mitchell Foundation.
Zarnstorff, Prager earn Dawson Award
By Staff · Posted December 16, 2008; 02:05 p.m.
Michael Zarnstorff of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and Stewart Prager, who has been named the next director of the lab, have received the American Physical Society's 2008 Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics.
George receives Presidential Citizens Medal
By Staff · Posted December 10, 2008; 05:33 p.m.
Robert George, Princeton's McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence, received the Presidential Citizens Medal at a ceremony at the White House on Dec. 10. The medal, awarded in recognition of exemplary deeds of service to the nation, is one of the highest honors a president can confer on a civilian.
Historian Peter Brown selected to share $1 million Kluge Prize
By Ruth Stevens · Posted December 3, 2008; 11:33 a.m.
Peter Brown, Princeton's Philip and Beulah Rollins Professor of History, has been named a co-winner of the 2008 Kluge Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Study of Humanity.
Treisman wins Grawemeyer Award for Psychology
By Kitta MacPherson · Posted December 2, 2008; 10:00 p.m.
A Princeton University scientist whose work has explored how brains build meaningful images from a sea of visual information has won the 2009 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Psychology.
Princeton scientists win Blavatniks
By Kitta MacPherson · Posted November 26, 2008; 09:53 a.m.
Princeton researchers have garnered three of the top five Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists bestowed by the New York Academy of Sciences.
Gallo, Sanborn named Fulbright Scholars
By Staff · Posted November 26, 2008; 09:27 a.m.
Princeton faculty members Rubén Gallo and Keith Sanborn have received Fulbright Scholar grants to conduct research abroad this year.
Billington receives Distinguished Award of Merit for engineering achievements
By Chris Emery · Posted November 21, 2008; 01:30 p.m.
David Billington, a Princeton professor of civil and environmental engineering, has received the 2008 Distinguished Award of Merit from the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC).
Marrone-Puglia receives Rubbettino Prize
By Staff · Posted November 18, 2008; 05:52 p.m.
Gaetana Marrone-Puglia, a professor of French and Italian at Princeton, has been awarded the Fondazione Rubbettino First Prize for her work in editing the Encyclopedia of Italian Studies.
George named to international ethics body
By Staff · Posted November 14, 2008; 04:00 p.m.
Robert George, Princeton's McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence, has been selected as the U.S. member of the World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology.
Ashenfelter wins medal from Czech academy
By Staff · Posted November 6, 2008; 05:05 p.m.
Princeton economist Orley Ashenfelter has been given the Karel Engliš Medal for Merit in the Social and Economic Sciences, awarded by the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. Ashenfelter, the Joseph Douglas Green 1895 Professor of Economics, was presented with the medal at an awards ceremony in Prague earlier this year.
Appiah honored for work in racial, ethnic and religious relations
By Jennifer Greenstein Altmann · Posted November 4, 2008; 09:23 a.m.
Princeton professor Kwame Anthony Appiah has been awarded Brandeis University's first Joseph B. and Toby Gittler Prize, which recognizes outstanding and lasting contributions to racial, ethnic and religious relations.
Nelson, Petta awarded prestigious Packard Fellowships
By Staff · Posted October 31, 2008; 11:38 a.m.
Celeste Nelson, an assistant professor of chemical engineering, and Jason Petta, an assistant professor of physics, have been chosen to receive the highly selective David and Lucile Packard Foundation's Fellowships for Science and Engineering.
Yazdani named one of 'Brilliant 10' by Popular Science magazine
By Kitta MacPherson · Posted October 29, 2008; 10:54 a.m.
Popular Science magazine has named Princeton's Ali Yazdani, a professor of physics, one of its "Brilliant 10" in its seventh annual listing of top young scientists.
Holmes to receive 2009 Lyapunov Award
By Chris Emery · Posted October 27, 2008; 05:53 p.m.
Philip Holmes, the Eugene Higgins Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, has won the 2009 Lyapunov Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Choueiri elected president of the Lebanese Academy of Sciences
By Chris Emery · Posted October 20, 2008; 12:08 p.m.
Edgar Choueiri, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, has been elected president of the Lebanese Academy of Sciences.
Princeton's Paul Krugman wins Nobel in economics
By Eric Quiñones · Posted October 13, 2008; 06:40 p.m.
Princeton economist Paul Krugman, acclaimed in his field for insights into international trade patterns that overturned longheld theories about the global economy before he rose to popular distinction as a media columnist and commentator, has been awarded the 2008 Nobel Prize in economics.
Torquato honored as outstanding contributor to materials physics
By Kitta MacPherson · Posted October 7, 2008; 04:35 p.m.
Salvatore Torquato, a professor of chemistry at Princeton, has been selected to receive the 2009 David Adler Lectureship Award by the American Physical Society (APS).
Sorensen to receive national chemistry award
By Kitta MacPherson · Posted September 30, 2008; 10:32 a.m.
Erik Sorensen, the Arthur Allan Patchett Professor in Organic Chemistry at Princeton, has been recognized by the American Chemical Society (ACS) for his research excellence.
Princeton faculty win prestigious NIH awards
By Kitta MacPherson · Posted September 25, 2008; 01:14 p.m.
Four Princeton faculty members have been awarded grants from the National Institutes of Health for work deemed "high impact" by the federal medical research agency.
George earns Salvatori Prize from Heritage Foundation
By Staff · Posted September 25, 2008; 12:56 p.m.
Robert George, Princeton's McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, has received the Heritage Foundation's 2008 Salvatori Prize for American Citizenship.
Debenedetti receives chemical engineering honor
By Steven Schultz · Posted August 19, 2008; 12:40 p.m.
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers has selected Pablo Debenedetti to receive the 2008 William H. Walker Award for Excellence in Contributions to Chemical Engineering Literature.