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### Studentsâ military service brings valued perspective to Princeton SPIA classrooms
Their on-the-ground experience illuminates policy discussions at Princetonâs School of Public and International Affairs, adding nuance to conversations about the worldâs most pressing problems.
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### In this engineering and humanities âmashupâ course, students learn new ways of thinking from builders of the ancient world. Even Galileo weighs in.
The team-taught âHistorical Structuresâ offers an opportunity âto look for the ways that the humanities and the applied sciences inform one another,â says one of the co-instructors.
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Spotlight on Princetonâs transfer students
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Princetonâs 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 â enabled by the Universityâs endowment and donorsâ generosity â support the success of transfer students while at Princeton and beyond. Meet some of our transfer students and learn more about [transfer programs(Link is external) (Link opens in new window)](https://tvn-ebcao.princeton.edu/) as this series rolls out on Princetonâs social media.
* [Life as a transfer student at Princeton University(Link is external)](https://youtu.be/tSzpsUgxQt0)
* [Meet Precious Opaola â28(Link is external)](https://www.instagram.com/p/DEh1c68RBoj/?img_index=1)
* [Meet Tommy Guan â25(Link is external)](https://www.instagram.com/p/DFvD8wqx8t9/?img_index=2)
* [Meet Rubi Larancuent â27(Link is external)](https://www.instagram.com/p/DFNZCkNRXEA/?igsh=cmZ0NWN5aG9neG1l)
* [Meet Ridge Jaco â26(Link is external)](https://www.instagram.com/p/DE5j8VISSaO/?img_index=1)
University News
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### Princeton senior Joshua Yang awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarship
The awards give outstanding students from outside the United Kingdom the opportunity to pursue postgraduate study at the University of Cambridge. Yang is a philosophy major with a minor in journalism and plans to pursue an MPhil in Modern South Asian Studies.
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### U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan, Nobel laureate David Card recognized at Princeton Alumni Day
The 110th Alumni Day program underscored the Universityâs commitment to serving the nation and humanity.
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### Dean of Engineering Andrea Goldsmith to become president of Stony Brook University
Goldsmith, the Arthur LeGrand Doty Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has been dean of engineering at Princeton since September 2020, leading a period of major growth.
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Research Roundup
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Quantum fractal patterns visualized
Kevin P. Nuckolls, Michael G. Scheer, Dillon Wong, Myungchul Oh, Ryan L. Lee, Jonah Herzog-Arbeitman, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Biao Lian, and Ali Yazdani, Department of Physics
Nature
Feb. 26, 2025(Link is external)
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Distilling complex issues of solidarity in the context of migration and international law
Barbara Buckinx, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, and Amelia Frank-Vitale, Department of Anthropology and Princeton SPIA
AJIL Unbound (American Journal of International Law)
Feb. 24, 2025(Link is external)
](https://anthropology.princeton.edu/news/assistant-professor-amelia-frank-vitale-publishes-article-ajil-unbound)
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Analog-digital quantum simulator yields surprising insights
Dmitry Abanin, Department of Physics
Nature
Feb. 06, 2025(Link is external)
](https://phy.princeton.edu/news/new-hybrid-quantum-simulator-promises-unlock-many-quantum-mysteries)
Mapping an entire (fly) brain to understand our own brains
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For many heartbreaking diseases of the brain â dementia, Parkinsonâs, Alzheimerâs and others â doctors can only treat the symptoms. Itâs difficult to cure what we donât understand, and the human brain is almost hopelessly complex.
Now, the vast FlyWire team led by Princetonâs Mala Murthy and Sebastian Seung has made a major step forward by mapping a fruit fly brain. With NIH support, they have opened a pathway for detailed maps of the human brain âand the tailored treatments that could follow.â
* [Princetonâs full story on the breakthrough](/news/2024/10/02/mapping-entire-fly-brain-step-toward-understanding-diseases-human-brain)
* [On YouTube: A buzz through the FlyWire science(Link is external)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg7QM9VruKk)
* [BBC: âHuge leapâ to unlock human mind(Link is external)](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0lw0nxw71po)
Exceptional Faculty
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Princeton faculty members are all exceptional scholars in their disciplines who are expected to teach as well as engage in research. Faculty work closely with undergraduates in the supervision of junior year independent work and senior theses.
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AgustĂn Fuentes(Link is external)
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Anthropology
Fuentes studies the behavior, biology, and cultures of humans, our evolutionary ancestors, and other species we interact with, offering integrative insights that counter more simplistic narratives of the human experience.
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Frances Lee(Link is external)
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Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and Politics
Leeâs research on Congressional politics and policymaking helps the public and scholars understand and address pressing issues in American democracy.
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Howard Stone(Link is external)
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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Stoneâs fluid dynamics research connects engineering to chemistry, physics, and biology, with subjects including microdevices, swimming bacteria, flows of polymeric materials and respiratory virus transmission.
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Bonnie Bassler
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Molecular Biology
Bassler is a pioneer and global leader in discovering the astonishing ways that bacteria communicate. In January, she was awarded the National Medal of Science at a White House ceremony.
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Sigrid Adriaenssens(Link is external)
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Civil and Environmental Engineering
Adriaenssens is an engineering innovator, designing lightweight, elegant and resilient structures for sustainable buildings, bridges and other infrastructure.
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Ruha Benjamin(Link is external)
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African American Studies
Benjaminâs scholarship explores the relationship between technological innovation and social equity. She is the author of 2022âs âViral Justiceâ and 2024â˛s âImagination: A Manifesto.â
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Anne Cheng(Link is external)
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English
Chengâs âOrnamentalismâ advances a groundbreaking theory about Asiatic femininity in western culture and is an impetus for an upcoming exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum called Monstrous Beauty, opening March 2025.
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Janet Currie(Link is external)
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Princeton School of Public and International Affairs
Currie applies economics expertise to childrenâs health, development and well-being.
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Arvind Narayanan(Link is external)
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Computer Science and the Center for Information Technology Policy
Narayanan studies the societal impact of artificial intelligence and machine learning.
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Chika Okeke-Agulu(Link is external)
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Art and Archaeology
Okeke-Agulu is a celebrated artist, critic, curator and historian of African and African Diaspora art. He is director of Princetonâs Africa World Initiative.
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Marina Rustow
](https://www.princeton.edu/news/2022/02/01/marina-rustow-awarded-medieval-academy-americas-haskins-medal-astonishing-book)
Near Eastern Studies and History
Rustow uses machine learning to decipher thousands of Arabic and Hebrew fragments preserved in a medieval Cairo synagogue. A [new NEH grant(Link is external)](https://www.neh.gov/news/NEH-grant-awards-August-2024) supports an expansion of the project.
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Leonard Wantchekon(Link is external)
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Politics
2023 Global Economy Prize winner Wantchekon came of age as a pro-democracy student activist in Benin. He was a keynote speaker and co-host for the recent World Bank-UNÂ Refugee Agency conference on forced displacement.
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Princeton In the News
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Matthew Desmond - âPoverty, by Americaâ & What It Takes to Close the Poverty Gap
Featured: Matthew Desmond
The Daily Show
Mar. 03, 2025(Link is external)
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How AI is changing the world
Featured: Tom Griffiths, Arvind Narayanan
WHYY
Mar. 04, 2025(Link is external)
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Airplanes of the Future Could Be Fitted With Feather-Like Flaps
Featured: Aimy Wissa
Wired
Mar. 05, 2025(Link is external)
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#VentureForward
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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(Link is external)](https://alumni.princeton.edu/venture-forward)
Student Life at Princeton
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Princeton brings together undergraduate and graduate students from all backgrounds, and every corner of the earth, to share their experiences and perspectives with one another. Make your mark as part of our vibrant community.
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### [Disrupting Binaries: Exhibition by Schuyler Saint-Phard](/events/2025/disrupting-binaries-exhibition-schuyler-saint-phard-10)
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Hurley Gallery, Lewis Arts complex, 122 Alexander Street
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### [AI Lab Distinguished Lecture Series- Eric Xing](/events/2025/ai-lab-distinguished-lecture-series-eric-xing)
Mar 7
Maeder Hall, 002 Auditorium
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Mar 7
Chapel
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Our approach to learning combines the best aspects of a great research university and an outstanding liberal arts college.
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