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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 14h

Congratulations to professor Olga Troyanskaya on receiving a Kyoto University Lectureship Award. The award recognizes Troyanskaya's pioneering contributions to bringing deep learning into functional genomics and establishing the foundation for modern AI-driven genomics: bit.ly/4rMXVZG

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 05/10/2026

In conjunction with Princeton 1776 Fest, the University welcomed the public to an open house of the Faculty Room inside Nassau Hall. A National Historic Landmark, Nassau Hall was a site of the Battle of Princeton in 1777 and served as the seat of government for the Continental Congress.

Two people inside the Faculty Room, one standing reading a paper handout and the other sitting reading a book

Large group of visitors inside the Faculty Room

Group of four people looking at a portrait of George Washington hanging on a wall inside the Faculty Room

Two people looking at portraits hanging up inside the Faculty Room

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 01/10/2026

Princeton professor Luc Deike has won an Experimental Physics Investigators Initiative award from The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. The award will support Deike’s research using a unique new facility housed in his lab to study cloud microphysics at cold temperature: bit.ly/4jFoM7U

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 29/09/2026

Princeton professors Ellora Derenoncourt and Elizabeth Ellis have been awarded 2026 MacArthur Fellowships: bit.ly/4hg0dgs Princeton graduate alum Kaiyu Guan *13, now professor at the University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, has also been named a 2026 #MacFellow.

The words: "Princeton professors Ellora Derenoncourt and Elizabeth Ellis awarded MacArthur ‘genius’ grants" with photos of Ellora and Elizabeth

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 25/09/2026

At Community Care Day, students, faculty, staff and the campus community came together for various activities with a goal of developing habits and practices for integrating self- and community care into their daily and weekly life.

participants hold up their water color art at the Princeton University Art Museum

students participate in yoga at the Class of 1986 Fitness and Wellness Center

community members create succulent potted plants

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 24/09/2026

A new colorful stone mosaic installed at the Princeton University Chapel honors Native and Indigenous stories, installed as part of efforts to expand the representations of faiths and belief systems in the communal space where the University community and public are welcome: bit.ly/4d1hyXX

a close-up of stones in various colors next to a photo of the artist adding pieces to the mosaic

a close-up of the colorful mosaic which shows animals, flowers, and other shapes

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 18/09/2026

After the passage of the 1765 Stamp Act, Princeton became a center of revolutionary thought and youthful activism. “Real and Remembered: Princetonians Caught Between Study and Revolution" explores campus and student experiences before, during and after the war: bit.ly/4fLX8nv

The words: "Real and Remembered: Princetonians Caught Between Study and Revolution"

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 17/09/2026

"We grow seeds because seeds are the foundation of foodways." At the Princeton Seed Farm, Princeton faculty members, student volunteers and community partners are committed to preserving culturally meaningful seeds: bit.ly/3V04ybK

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 16/09/2026

A new kind of predictive power gives scientists a new lens on organ development and opens the door to engineering healthy tissue or addressing disorders with greater control. More on the research led by professor Celeste Nelson: bit.ly/4fq5TUc

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 15/09/2026

Yale professor and constitutional scholar Akhil Reed Amar will deliver Princeton's Constitution Day Lecture "America at 250: From 'Created Equal' to Birthright Citizenship" on September 16: bit.ly/4yYKcld

A lecture poster titled "America at 250: From 'Created Equal' to Birthright Citizenship" featuring Akhil Reed Amar, a Sterling Professor at Yale Law School. The event is scheduled for Wednesday, September 16, 5:00 PM, at McCosh 50.

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 14/09/2026

The Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in the Humanities at Princeton will support 11 reading groups this year. Grad students and faculty from across the humanities and humanistic social sciences are invited to explore shared interests—from public memory to magical realism: bit.ly/3SItsiD

Joyce Carol Oates addressing an audience

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 11/09/2026

Today, the campus community gathered at the 9/11 Memorial Garden for the University's annual interfaith service to remember those who tragically lost their lives on September 11, 2001, including 14 Princeton alumni.

a bouquet of flowers underneath the remembrance bell

a bouquet of flowers surrounded by candles on top of the memorial stones

Linda Knights taps the bell with a mallet

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 11/09/2026

Remembering those who tragically lost their lives on September 11, 2001, including the 14 Princeton alumni whom we will #NeverForget.

A bouquet of flowers placed under the Remembrance bell

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 10/09/2026

On Friday, September 11 at 12:00pm, alumni and University officials will lead a campus Service of Remembrance. The Memorial Garden and the annual service honor the 14 Princeton alumni who tragically lost their lives. All are welcome to attend the ceremony. Event details: bit.ly/3UKfJZa

9/11 Service of Remembrance
Memorial Garden
Friday, September 11, 2026
12:00 pm
Sponsored by Princeton Alumni Association and Office of Religious Life at Princeton

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 09/09/2026

Princeton undergrads share their experiences in the medieval studies minor — why they were interested in the field, their favorite courses, independent research topics, and more: bit.ly/4ynW27W

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 09/09/2026

Local students explore career pathways at Princeton University Art Museum through the Municipality of Princeton’s Summer Youth Employment Program: bit.ly/46x2qhv

Kat Strickland, Estefany Rodriguez Morrison, and intern Paloma Maya together in one of the Museum's Creativity

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 08/09/2026

Vice President for Campus Life W. Rochelle Calhoun, who has played a pivotal role in enriching the undergraduate and graduate student experience during a period of significant growth at Princeton, will retire at the end of the 2026-27 academic year: bit.ly/4iRRmCL

Portrait of Rochelle with the words: "W. Rochelle Calhoun to retire after more than a decade as vice president for campus life at Princeton University"

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 04/09/2026

As we bid farewell to summer, we will feel the heat from some of the hottest days again this winter due to our extensive geo-exchange system. Here's how it works: bit.ly/4i6ST7I

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 03/09/2026

Princeton University celebrated the academic accomplishments of its students with the awarding of undergraduate prizes to seven students at Opening Exercises: bit.ly/3UznalV

President Eisgruber and Dean Gordin with undergraduate academic prize winners Jake Tessnow, Eli Gold, Antonia Comaniciu, Noah Dorn, Divija Durga, Haruka Nabeshima and Isaac Badipe. Includes the words: "Undergraduate prizes awarded to seven Princeton students for academic achievement"

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 01/09/2026

At an Orientation session for incoming students, President Eisgruber was joined by Summer Lopez *08, co-chief executive officer of @penamerica.bsky.social, to discuss Princeton’s "bold and powerful commitment" to free expression: bit.ly/464tK6m

Photo of Summer Lopez with the words: “You can’t have freedom of assembly, you can’t have freedom of the press and freedom of religion and the other rights that we hold dear, without this foundational freedom.”

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 31/08/2026

At Opening Exercises for the Class of 2030, President Eisgruber emphasized the enduring power of a liberal arts education to prepare students for whatever the future may hold: bit.ly/4wXpws2

Class of 2030 banner being held by two students

Group of students sitting together during Opening Exercises

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 30/08/2026

The campus community welcomed Princeton's GREAT Class of 2030 with traditional Opening Exercises and the annual Pre-rade. 🧡🖤

a large group of Rockefeller College students cheer as they walk through FitzRandolph Gate

two Mathey College students make moose antlers with their hands

two Butler College students cheer for the camera

seven Whitman College students come together for a posed photo

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 30/08/2026

At the Pre-read Assembly this evening, #Princeton2030 will hear from "Reader, Come Home" author Maryanne Wolf as she discusses the book with President Eisgruber: bit.ly/4xsRLQL

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 27/08/2026

Molecular biologist Bonnie Bassler, the Andrew K. Golden University Professor at Princeton and @hhmi-science.bsky.social Investigator, has been named the 2026 recipient of the @royalsociety.org's Copley Medal, its oldest and most prestigious prize: bit.ly/4qZbRzH

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 26/08/2026

"Deep, immersive reading is at the heart of a Princeton education, but today, more than ever, that activity depends upon conscious and energetic commitment." President Eisgruber shares why he selected this year's Pre-read for the Class of 2030: bit.ly/4pI4vzz

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 24/08/2026

The store inside the new Princeton University Art Museum offers visitors a wide range of items including handcrafted items by regional artisans: bit.ly/3Rhs1qJ

Interior of Princeton University Art Museum

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 21/08/2026

New students and their families are all smiles on move-in day! 😃

a student and family members walk down the steps towards the check-in fair

a student and 3 family members hold up princeton signs

a new student and parent at the balloon arch

a parent takes a photo of a student in front of the Butler College banner

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 20/08/2026

The maritime writings and drawings of naval commander Sir John Narbrough have found a new home at Princeton University Library: bit.ly/4vWWrwE Dated 1669 to 1671, the manuscript, now bound in untreated calfskin, documents Narbrough’s travels from England to the shores of Valdivia, Chile.

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 18/08/2026

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 17/08/2026

Princeton professors Eve Krakowski & Marina Rustow received grants from the @nehgov.bsky.social for projects connected with Princeton’s @genizalab.bsky.social, which studies a cache of more than 400,000 ancient paper and parchment documents recovered from a synagogue in Cairo: bit.ly/4xxYmcj

The words: "Princeton professors Eve Krakowski and Marina Rustow awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities" with photos of Eve and Marina

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 14/08/2026

Professor @braphael.bsky.social explores how computational methods, particularly those in machine learning, are emerging as a way to reconstruct biological tissues: bit.ly/3TmBXzP

Raphael in front of a slide that says "Spatial analyses complicated by low coverage"

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 13/08/2026

Nathalie de Leon's cutting-edge work with diamonds is creating (comparatively) stable quantum states, using nitrogen vacancies, that are already useful for precision sensors. Read more about her work and the next big research breakthrough at Princeton: bit.ly/4xCDd0i

Alastair Stacey and Nathalie de Leon working with a piece of machinery

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 13/08/2026

The Princeton Plasma Physics Lab (PPPL) and Princeton University have launched a new graduate research initiative that formalizes joint advising and expands opportunities for graduate students in engineering, physics and related fields to conduct research at PPPL: bit.ly/4bhcDkT

The words: "Princeton PLasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) and Princeton University launch collaborative research in plasma science and technology program"

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 11/08/2026

Amid ongoing debates about the value of higher education and the contours of free speech in America, President Eisgruber argues that universities remain major assets for society as well as models of civil discourse in our polarized world: bit.ly/4biZNma

Dan Porterfield and President Eisgruber in conversation at Aspen Ideas Festival

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 10/08/2026

Princeton University faculty members have been awarded grants to lead projects in the Genesis Mission, a nationwide initiative encompassing 278 projects to harness artificial intelligence for scientific discovery: bit.ly/4h6ijBY

The words: "Princeton researchers awarded Genesis Mission grants from Department of Energy to lead projects that accelerate AI use for scientific discovery" with photos of the researchers: Hantao Ji, Egemen Kolemen, Josh Atkinson, and Jürgen Hackl

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 03/08/2026

Research from Princeton & South China University of Technology shows that climate change and urbanization both play a role in storm-driven rain with the potential to lead to flooding and landslides. But, the importance of each depends on how close rain is to the city center: bit.ly/4wxIc2l

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 27/07/2026

Each year, Princeton University welcomes more than 550,000 visitors to campus. The University offers a wealth of free public resources such as the Chapel, Firestone Library and the Art Museum that enrich the cultural and intellectual life of the community and state. #NationalNewJerseyDay

Interior of Princeton University Art Museum with people sitting and looking at art on the wall

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 27/07/2026

Happy #NationalNewJerseyDay to the place we call home. Princeton University is proud to be a driving force in strengthening New Jersey's cultural and economic vitality.

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 23/07/2026

Three of the four 2026 Fields Medalists are Princeton alumni: Yu Deng *15, John Pardon ’11 and Jacob Tsimerman *11. The medal, awarded every four years to researchers under 40 years old, is one of the most prestigious awards in mathematics: bit.ly/4vKrdbK

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 20/07/2026

Princeton classics professor Barbara Graziosi is teaming up with computer scientists to develop AI-based tools to fill in the gaps of fragmented ancient texts written on stone, papyrus and parchment. Learn more about the humanities at Princeton: bit.ly/4vi0rY2

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 17/07/2026

Community college faculty and staff from across New Jersey gathered at Princeton to discuss a question central to their work: how can they help more community college students successfully transfer to selective four-year colleges and universities? bit.ly/4vzxvea

Logos of all 18 New Jersey Community Colleges with the text: "The inaugural Community College Transfer Pathways Institute at Princeton University was for educators and staff from all 18 New Jersey community colleges to learn about transfer student opportunities to highly selective schools that provide generous financial aid."

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 17/07/2026

"I was holding Thomas Jefferson’s letters, holding George Washington’s letters, every week." Undergrad students had a unique opportunity over the last year, assisting in the curation of a landmark #America250 exhibit at Princeton University Library: bit.ly/41UpFzB

Photos of the Declaration of Independence and a cannon ball

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 17/07/2026

This weekend is the last chance to see Princeton Summer Theater's production of "The 39 Steps" — a "farcical, fast-paced mystery" adaptation of Alfred Hitchcock's 1935 classic: bit.ly/4fF6KjP

Promotional poster for "The 39 Steps" post-show talkbacks at Princeton Summer Theater. July 17 discussion with Johnathan Fredman, and a talk on women in 1930s comedy on July 18 with Maria A. DiBattista. The events are at Hamilton Murray Theater.

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 17/07/2026

A new study from Princeton, the Smithsonian Institution, the Mpala Research Centre and many partner institutions has documented a "co-extinction" connection between the largest animals in the savanna with some of the smallest: bit.ly/3SMNrMC

The words: "Princeton scientists identify first experimental evidence of a ‘co-extinction’ connection: Without elephants, dung beetles disappear" with a photo of a dung beetle

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 16/07/2026

Princeton University researchers led by Celeste Nelson have discovered a new way to study embryonic organs — using energy. By mapping mitochondria across the space of a developing tissue, they were able to predict where that tissue would fold to create complex shapes: bit.ly/4ydwCL6

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 16/07/2026

What's Professor @chikaokekeagulu.bsky.social reading this summer? 📚 “Who Owns Beauty?” by Bénédicte Savoy 📚 “Atlas’s Bones: The African Foundations of Europe” by D. Vance Smith 📚 “America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation’s Anniversaries” by @esglaude.bsky.social bit.ly/4gDelR1

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 15/07/2026

From piecing together fragments of ancient texts with language models to exploring the future of human-robot interactions, Princeton scholars aren’t just exploring what AI can do for the humanities. They’re uncovering what the humanities can do for AI: bit.ly/3MRUa58

Photo of premodern Chinese books; robotics in architecture; 13th-century Byzantine Greek texts; and music cognition with a photo of graduate student Amber Kao and the words: "AI and the humanities: Across the Princeton campus, an era of collaboration is underway"

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 14/07/2026

Scientists at the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab have harnessed the power of AI to wrangle the many complex variables involved in bringing potentially limitless fusion energy to the electrical grid: bit.ly/3SNipEw

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 13/07/2026

Since 2009, more than 370 undergrads have participated in Bridge Year, a tuition-free program that allows incoming students to spend nine months engaged in community-based service-learning experiences in five international locations: bit.ly/4p9kWoD

a collage with photos of a student working on dying fabric, a student in front of a mountain, a student working with cacao, five people standing together and smiling

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Princeton University @princeton.edu · 10/07/2026

Princeton geoscientists have discovered that a geology technique shows promise in detecting cancer-like cells. If their preliminary results bear out, they may have identified a new signature for cancer, which could mean earlier diagnosis and better outcomes: bit.ly/4aA7oMQ

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