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The 9th Annual Princeton Research Day: Now's the time to plan your presentation 
March 12, 2024

Princeton Research Day is an opportunity to polish your communication skills, add to your resume, and win prizes.

Alumni Day: Four graduate students and *78 alum among those honored
Feb. 26, 2024

Princeton gave top alumni honors to AI visionary Fei-Fei Li and renowned ornithologist and graduate alum John Fitzpatrick on Saturday, Feb. 24, during an Alumni…

Jacobus Fellows recognized for advancing scholarly knowledge
Feb. 22, 2024

Toscano, Montaño López, Smith, and Unger win Princeton’s top graduate student honor

Dean Priestley's spring message thanks students for remarkable commitment to scholarship and community
Feb. 6, 2024

"As Princeton scholars, we share endless curiosity and courage to learn and discover, better serve our world, imagine expansively, and think big... I want to remind us all to be inspired by our opportunities to do the work that we do."

From Eno Hall to Peru to eBird, John Fitzpatrick *78 helped lead the field of ornithology to new heights
Jan. 30, 2024

A flick of wings. The flutter of a heart. When a black-and-orange bird perched at eye level in a tree outside a home in the countryside near Saint Paul, Minnesota, little did the boy inside who spied it suspect that this chance encounter would lead to a revolution in birdwatching and conservation.

John Fitzpatrick *78, known today as …

President Eisgruber’s annual State of the University letter, 2024
Jan. 19, 2024

Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber on Thursday, Jan. 18, sent his annual State of the University letter to faculty, students and staff, calling Princeton “stronger than ever” and urging all Princetonians to serve as ambassadors for the University and for the value of higher education in America.

University Housing video previews Meadows apartments for graduate students
Dec. 22, 2023

A new video from University Housing provides a peek into the amenity-packed, apartment-style residences for graduate students set to open soon in the Meadows Neighborhood. 

Adding 600 beds, the Meadows complex will significantly expand the University’s inventory of graduate student…

Designing yeasts to make cleaner fuels earns grad student an innovation award at COP28
Dec. 12, 2023

Genetically reprogramming synthetic yeast strains to produce advanced biofuels has won Princeton graduate student José de Jesus Montaño Lopez a top prize at Prototypes for Humanity, a research convention held last month in Dubai.

Physicists ‘entangle’ individual molecules for the first time, bringing about a new platform for quantum science
Dec. 7, 2023

Congratulations to graduate students Yukai Lu (Electrical and Computer Engineering) and Connor Holland (Physics), co-authors with Lawrence Cheuk, senior author and assistant professor of physics, on their breakthrough work. Their paper was published in the journal, Science.

Princeton Graduate School will host Civic Science Fellow to explore diverse Ph.D. career paths
Dec. 1, 2023

Postdocs are encouraged to apply by December 15 for fellowship with GradFUTURES team.