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Major gift from Mellody Hobson ’91 names new residential college .

Hobson College to replace the former Wilson College

Largest COVID-19 contact tracing study to date finds children key to spread, evidence of superspreaders .

Researchers from the Princeton Environmental Institute find the continued spread of novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 is driven by only a small percentage of those who become infected.

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Princeton Professor of Visual Arts Deana Lawson wins Hugo Boss Prize, first photographer to be awarded the prize

Quantum chemist Leslie Schoop wins 2020 Packard Fellowship

Michael Cook receives Middle East Medievalists Lifetime Achievement Award

Princeton chemist Mohammad Seyedsayamdost awarded a MacArthur Fellowship

Zimmerman wins 2020 Eppendorf and Science Prize

Undergraduate prizes awarded to seven students for academic achievement

Ruha Benjamin and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor named Freedom Scholars

Mathematician Logunov wins New Horizons Prize

Donia wins Vilcek Prize in biomedical science

Russakovsky recognized for fighting bias and advancing diversity in AI research

Service Recognition Program: Honoring Princeton employees for dedication and service

Astrophysicist Adam Burrows wins international prize for brown dwarf and exoplanet research

Bioengineer Clifford Brangwynne named 2020 Blavatnik National Awards laureate

Mathematician Codá Marques named 2020 Simons Investigator

Architecture dean Monica Ponce de Leon named ‘Great Immigrant’ for contributions to American society

Astrophysicist Jo Dunkley wins Tomassoni Chisesi Prize

Astrophysicist Kunz receives NSF award for research and for establishing plasma physics summer school aimed at attracting underrepresented students to field

Princeton senior Aguilar Guerrero wins awards for service on and off campus

Physics faculty members awarded Moore Foundation funding for quantum systems

Princeton’s Phi Beta Kappa chapter honors Haynes, Lloyd with teaching awards

Princeton seniors Oakland, Ott receive awards for leadership and service

Seniors Forte and Iyer recognized for their service to Princeton, Class of 2020

Four faculty members honored for excellence in mentoring graduate students

Ten students win 2020 Spirit of Princeton Award for service, contributions to campus life

Hal Foster and Esther Schor receive Behrman Award for the humanities

Marconi Prize honors Andrea Goldsmith as pioneer in wireless communications

Seven graduate students receive teaching and service awards

Four Princeton professors elected to National Academy of Sciences

Twelve Princeton faculty elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Britt Adamson named 2020 Searle Scholar for studies of genome editing