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Spring 2021 Information

Please visit spring2021.princeton.edu and covid.princeton.edu for details and information about the spring semester 2021 and public health guidance.

Ning Lin with a hurricane superimposed behind her

Tempest in a laptop

Princeton University's Ning Lin uses synthetic storm models to help planners brace for the next big hurricane.

Princeton astrophysicists re-imagine world map, designing a less distorted, 'radically different' way to see the world.

Princeton Professors J. Richard Gott and Robert Vanderbei, in collaboration with David Goldberg of Drexel University, have designed a two-sided disk that minimizes the flaws of traditional flat maps.

Innovation

University plans to host outdoor Commencement at Princeton Stadium on May 16.

The Commencement ceremony would be held in compliance with public health and social distancing protocols.

University News

Four seniors awarded Labouisse Prize for international civic engagement projects

How we can use psychological principles to foster collaboration in the fight against COVID-19

Sixth annual Princeton Research Day goes virtual to celebrate research and creative work

Not JUST Data

Laugh, cry, click, share: Princeton virtual theater experience aims to disrupt stigma around mental illness

Cell mapping expert receives HHMI diversity fellowship with eight years of support

Big but affordable effort needed for America to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, Princeton study shows .

The new “Net-Zero America” study maps out state-by-state, sector-by-sector, and decade-by-decade what it would take for the U.S. economy to be fully decarbonized, and provides a blueprint for action in the 2020s.

Research

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Princeton Playbook public health campaign aims to limit spread of COVID-19 on campus.

The University's new public health campaign focuses on four principles or “plays”— Prepare, Protect, Participate and Persist — to help limit the spread of COVID-19 on campus and in the community.

University News

Upcoming Virtual Events

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Princeton-Rutgers ReproducibiliTea

Mar 3

3:00 p.m.

ReproducibiliTea is a journal club that was started at Oxford University and explores literature related to research transparency and reproducibility. Week 4…

Community

In-situ NMR of the Catalytic Depolymerization of Lignin Model Polymers

Mar 3

4:00 p.m.

Lignin (an aromatic macromolecule in biomass), the only renewable source of aromatics, is currently treated as waste and under-utilized. A more appealing and…

Chemical and Biological Engineering, Departmental Seminar

Qur'anic Study Circle - Virtual Event

Mar 3

5:00 p.m.

On Wednesdays 5 PM participate in the Qur'an Study Circle - together we will explore one of the most thematically rich surahs: Chapter Imran with a line by…

Special Events, Religious

Living the Gita: A Contemporary Bhagavad-Gita Study Group - Virtual Event

Mar 3

6:00 p.m.

All Princeton students (undergrad and grad students) and recent alum are welcome, and no experience with the text or with Hinduism is necessary. This study…

Special Events, Religious

Data Visualization with R

Mar 4

11:00 a.m.

Data Visualization with R (Intro to R graphics) is a hands-on workshop designed to introduce participants to the principles of visualizing data using R’s…

Community

Weekly Meditation - Virtual Event

Mar 4

12:30 p.m.

All are welcome to join this weekly meditation led by Dean Matt Weiner, Associate Dean of Religious Life. The link for this event is here. Meditation starts at…

Special Events, Wellness

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