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New Jersey community college educators convene at Princeton to share ideas, build partnerships for the humanities
The event, the first in a series, was hosted by Princeton’s new Humanities Initiative and the Program for Community College ...
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Princeton dedicates building, unveils portrait in honor of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor ’76
Princeton University dedicated Sonia Sotomayor Hall in honor of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Class of 1976, at ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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K144 [Dearly Loved Children of Light]: Exhibition by Nathalie O. Barnes
A multimedia video installation of new work by senior Nathalie O. Barnes, an African American Studies major pursuing a minor in visual arts. Hurley Gallery open daily 10 AM - 8 PM. Free & open to ...
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‘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 ...
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Scientists map the half-billion connections that allow mice to see
After nine years of painstaking work, an international team of researchers on Wednesday published a precise map of the vision centers of a mouse brain, revealing the exquisite structures and ...