5,000 Years of Art, Reopening 10/31/25
Princeton University Art Museum will host a free, 24-hour open house for its highly anticipated new home. Inaugural special exhibitions include “Princeton Collects,” with major paintings donated in honor of the new building. The mosaics and other 'embedded' works are already in place.
Princeton joins new cancer research hub launched with Weill Family Foundation gift
Joshua Rabinowitz will direct Princeton’s role in the Weill Cancer Hub East, a collaboration with The Rockefeller University, Weill Cornell Medicine and the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research. Its aim is to make immunotherapy more effective for patients.
Spotlight on Princeton’s transfer students
Princeton’s growing community of transfer students brings a wealth of experiences and perspectives to campus. Many come from first-generation, lower-income, community college and U.S. military veteran backgrounds. Academic and extracurricular programs — enabled by the University’s endowment and donors’ generosity — support the success of transfer students while at Princeton and beyond. Meet some of our transfer students and learn more about transfer programs as this series rolls out on Princeton’s social media.
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Major Venture Forward gift from Devon and Pete Briger ’86 names environmental studies building
Briger Hall will house the High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI), the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) and the Department of Geosciences.
‘On the Fringe’ by Dean of the College Michael D. Gordin named Princeton Pre-read
The book uses history and philosophy to explore how to distinguish science from pseudoscience. Members of the incoming Class of 2029 will read it this summer as part of their introduction to the liberal arts tradition that awaits them.
Six Princeton faculty members and arts fellows, 9 alumni receive Guggenheim Fellowships
This year’s faculty and arts fellow recipients are Maria Chudnovsky, Thomas Conlan, yuniya edi kwon, Rhodri Lewis, Carolyn Rouse, and Peter S. Shin. Five graduate and four undergraduate alumni received Guggenheims.
Gananath Obeyesekere, an anthropologist of religion and ‘intellectual giant,’ dies at 95
“A person of big ideas and an even bigger humanistic imagination," Obeyesekere joined Princeton’s faculty in 1980 and transferred to emeritus status in 2000. He chaired the anthropology department from 1983 to 1988.
Astrophysicist Jeremiah P. Ostriker, pioneer of modern cosmology and ‘source of inspiration,’ dies at 87
Ostriker is responsible for groundbreaking discoveries that forever changed the way astronomers think about what the universe is made of, including the existence of dark matter.
Princeton graduates Max Gotts and Dora Zhao receive Soros Fellowships for New Americans
Soros fellows receive funding to support their graduate studies and are recognized for their achievements and their potential to make meaningful contributions to the United States across many disciplines.
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Research at Princeton University discovers surprising new avenues for tackling cancer and other diseases. It opens astonishing windows onto the world — and the universe. It helps secure the nation’s safety, prosperity and competitiveness. Learn more:
- PPH: An AI-driven approach to tackling big questions about health and disease
- An engineering marvel: Underground 'traffic' between fungi and plants, revealed
- A global race is on to unlock the quantum realm. Follow Princeton's research.
- Princeton geoscientists propose an unexpected new screening tool for cancer
- On YouTube: Tracing the hidden, long-distance journey of groundwater
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