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How art by Audubon, Darwin and others influenced science: Insights from a Princeton course .
A Princeton seminar in American art disentangles the facts and fictions in early images of scientific inquiry. Students learn critical skills they can apply to contemporary images, as well.
Kristina Olson's keen scholarship is informing the conversation on gender identity .
A MacArthur Fellow and NSF emerging scientist award winner, Olson "is one of the world’s leading scholars of how gender identity develops in children, and — more generally — how children think about social groups,” said Ken Norman, chair of Princeton’s psychology department.
Robert Willig, ‘brilliant economist,’ inspirational teacher and devoted public servant, dies at age 75 .
Robert “Bobby” Willig, a longtime Princeton professor of economics and public affairs, a leader in the field of industrial organization and a former deputy assistant attorney general in the U.S. Department of Justice, died Oct. 21 in Princeton after a year-long battle with cancer. He was 75.
Princeton's History
- 1746College of New Jersey founded in Elizabeth, New Jersey, by the Presbyterian Synod
- 1896Name officially changed to Princeton University
- 1900Graduate School established
- 1969Trustees vote to admit women undergraduates
- 2001Financial aid policy changes, replacing loans with grants that do not need to be repaid
Visit Us
A visit to our beautiful campus will give you a good idea of what Princeton has to offer. Tours and information session are available throughout the year. A virtual tour also can serve as your guide.