Connecting artists and thinkers across continents
Princeton's Africa World Initiative hosted Nobel laureate in literature Abdulrazak Gurnah for a lecture and a classroom visit.
Expanding Native American and Indigenous studies and initiatives
The arrival of professor J. Kēhaulani Kauanui marks a key stage in University efforts to enhance research and scholarship, along with recognition and support for Native and Indigenous students and scholars.
Helping democracy flourish, across the aisle
Princeton SPIA’s Center for the Study of Democratic Politics invites voices from across the political spectrum to inform its scholarly pursuits. The University’s student-led Vote100 initiative encourages civic participation.
Read about both here, along with updates, analysis and scholarly events reflecting on the 2024 elections.
- CSDP welcomes speakers and perspectives from across the political spectrum
- Vote100 mobilizes students to register, vote, participate
- In PAW: 'Results of Tigers Running for Senate and House Seats'
- Nov. 11 event: 'The New President's Foreign Policy Challenges'
- Nov. 20 event: Election analysis with Amy Walter of ‘The Cook Political Report’
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Graduate student Xita Rubert wins Herralde Novel Prize for 'Los hechos de Key Biscayne'
She is one of the youngest recipients ever of the prestigious Spanish literary award.
Medievalist William Chester Jordan receives Barry Prize for Distinguished Intellectual Achievement
Jordan will also receive the American Historical Society's Award for Scholarly Distinction in January.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan ’81 and Nobel Prize-winning economist David Card *83 to receive top alumni awards.
Princeton University will present the honors at Alumni Day, scheduled for Feb. 22, 2025.
The Quantum Future: Meeting the Moment
Princeton’s quantum scientists and engineers are working to manipulate the strange behaviors of particles — mindbending realities like quantum entanglement and superposition — to advance knowledge and produce technologies in fields as far-ranging as computing, communications, medicine, energy, finance and cryptography. Our expanded Quantum Initiative and new Ph.D. program carry forward a spirit of discovery on our campus that reaches back to Einstein.
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