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This will not be on the test: A new approach to learning quantum chemistry

The implications of quantum science are extraordinary, but sometimes intimidating. So “Chemistry 305: The Quantum World" takes a new tack: Teach the nuts and bolts of quantum mechanics until the midterm, then switch from problem sets and quizzes to a seminar-style exploration.

Jennifer Rexford named Princeton’s next provost.

Jennifer Rexford, the Gordon Y.S. Wu Professor in Engineering, will become Princeton’s provost in March following the departure of Deborah Prentice, who has been named Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.

University News

‘It’s almost impossible to perceive me as what I fully constitute.’ Our Year of the Tiger series continues..

Susan Baek, Class of 2023, is both a first- and second-generation Korean American, on her mother's and father's side, respectively. Growing up amid their two perspectives help shaped how she identifies today.

Diversity & Inclusion

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#VentureForward

Through the Venture Forward campaign, Princeton is making audacious bets on talent and potential that will have a transformative impact on the future of humanity.

Dare to Venture

University News

Princeton establishes Energy Research Fund

Debenedetti to step down after 10 years as dean for research

NYU and Princeton philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah named Baccalaureate speaker

New collaboration to probe physical reality’s quantum ‘glue’

Mpala Research Centre hosts U.S. Ambassador to Kenya Meg Whitman ’77

Portraits of distinguished Princetonians Ruth Simmons and Elaine Fuchs unveiled

New partnerships, programs and positions are part of Princeton’s ongoing commitment to combat systemic racism.

Princeton is providing an interim update on the University-wide and department-level initiatives launched during the 2021-22 year as part of the University's ongoing commitment to combat systemic racism. A full annual report will be released in the fall.

Diversity & Inclusion

Environmental research at Princeton is addressing the world's challenges.

Research groups across the University are making pivotal contributions across the spectrum of environmental issues. The Princeton Environmental Research portal tracks the full scope of activity arising out of more than a dozen different academic units, from physical, biological and applied sciences to art, architecture, psychology, policy and more.

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Baseball Conditioning

Nov 30

7:30 a.m.

Baseball

Athletics

Fall 2022 Painting Classes Show

Nov 30

185 Nassau Street

9:00 a.m.

The Program in Visual Arts presents new work by students in two fall painting courses taught by Colleen Asper and Pam Lins. Gallery open weekdays 9 AM to 6 PM.

Arts, Exhibitions

Fall 2022 Fabric Logics: Textiles as Sculpture Show

Nov 30

185 Nassau Street

9:00 a.m.

The Program in Visual Arts presents new work by students in “Fabric Logics: Textiles as Sculpture” taught by MJ Daines in which students have been…

Arts, Exhibitions

Healthier, Happier Joints: Improving Mobility for the “Flexibility Challenged” through Active Stretching Techniques

Nov 30

12:00 p.m.

Learn some proven techniques to improve your mobility and promote healthier joints. This class is primarily geared to help individuals with common problems,…

Athletics, Lectures

Carcerality and Modernity in Iran

Nov 30

12:00 p.m.

Until the turn of the 20th century, prisons as we know them today were virtually non-existent in Qajar Persia. Even by the mid-1920s, there were only a few…

Lectures, Language Talk - Persian

Leopoldo Maler | A Talk About Theater and Performance in the 60s and 70s

Nov 30

12:00 p.m.

In this conversation, artist Leopoldo Maler and art historian Agustín Díez Fischer will discuss Maler’s performances, films, and plays of the 1960s and 70s. As…

Talks, Discussions

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