Princeton University

Eight new members join Princeton Board of Trustees

Princeton University has named eight new members to its Board of Trustees, effective July 1. Enzo Kho, who was elected by the ...
Princeton University

Princeton in the service of a new nation

Both the sleepy colonial town of Princeton and The College of New Jersey — today’s Princeton University — played an outsize ...
Princeton University

Princeton is commemorating America 250 with exhibitions and events on campus and in the community

As Princeton marks its role in Revolution-era history, numerous public events are being held across campus and in the ...
Princeton University

Princeton joins powerhouse network for theoretical physics with major gift from the Leinweber Foundation

With this gift, Princeton will become the ninth member of the Leinweber network for theoretical physics, which is focused on ...
Princeton University

Senior thesis spotlight: A classics major applies modern criminology to accounts of ancient Roman bandits

Gabriel Duchovny, a midfielder on the Princeton men’s soccer team, has also tapped his facility with language to translate ...
Princeton University

Senior thesis spotlight: A scholarly look at black holes and relativity by a student whose other universe is jazz

Sophia Varughese has two passions: astrophysics and music. Her senior thesis is a scholarly look at black holes and ...
Princeton University

Michael Skinnider named a Pew Scholar

The program provides funding to early-career researchers “of outstanding promise.” Pew Scholars receive four years of funding ...
Princeton University

Senior thesis spotlight: Devising an LLM challenge combined her passions for computer science and linguistics

For her interdisciplinary thesis, Nora Graves compared two automated approaches for adding accent marks to text in the Yorùbá ...
Princeton University

Bede Liu, pioneer in digital signal processing and beloved mentor, dies at age 91

Liu’s pathbreaking research aided the transition from analog to digital processing of sound, images and video. His Ph.D. students went on to become leading figures in academia and industry.
Princeton University

Senior thesis spotlight: This chemical and biological engineer is exploring a potential solution to stubborn plastic waste

Chemical and biological engineering major David Frankel is exploring a potential solution to stubborn plastic waste, advised ...
Princeton University

Geomancy Step-by-Step

"Geomancy" is derived from the Latin "geomantia," which in turn is derived from the Greek for "divination by earth." The Arabic name for geomancy, "'ilm al-raml," means "the science of the sand." In ...