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Working in communications for the Office of the Dean of the Faculty, I have written press releases on University Professorships, the Faculty Distinguished Service Award, Barry Prize winners, the Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellow cohort,  Princeton University Public Lectures, interviewed junior faculty, and redesigned the office's faculty apply page and visitors' page. I have also created the Howard T. Behrman Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Humanities page.

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Meet Benjamin Eysenbach: Exploring AI decisionmaking through reinforcement learning

Benjamin Eysenbach, assistant professor of computer science, designs algorithms so that AI agents can solve problems that humans don’t know how to solve. These AI agents learn through trial and error, rather than mimicking human actions. In this Q&A, Eysenbach discusses his research and its application for the future of AI.Eysenbach joined Princeton Computer Science in 2023. He received his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University and spent a number of years at Google Research before and during his...
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American Philosophical Society elects three Princeton professors

The American Philosophical Society was founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin for the purpose of “promoting useful knowledge.” Election to the American Philosophical Society honors extraordinary accomplishments in all fields spanning STEM and the humanities. Since its inception in 1743, the APS has welcomed 5,896 members who continue to do this important work as pioneers and changemakers in their fields, according to the organization's website.Daniel Garber is the A. Watson Armour, III, University...
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Four lecturers awarded professional development leave to pursue projects to enhance student learning

Four Princeton lecturers have been awarded professional development leave to pursue projects that will allow them to enhance teaching and learning for their students as part of a new initiative that will begin in the 2026-27 academic year.The Professional Development Leave Program for Advanced Lecturers, administered through the Office of the Dean of the Faculty, offers a limited number of competitive, one-semester professional development leaves for full-time senior lecturers, University lectur...
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Bonnie Bassler named University Professor

Bonnie Bassler, whose pioneering research on the molecular mechanisms used by bacteria for intercellular communication has shown lifesaving potential, has been named University Professor, Princeton’s highest honor for faculty.Bassler’s appointment as the inaugural Andrew K. Golden University Professor is effective Sept. 29. As the Squibb Professor in Molecular Biology since 2007 and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator since 2005, she has been widely recognized for her research in quor...
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Anthony Grafton receives Barry Prize for Distinguished Intellectual Achievement

Anthony Grafton, the Henry Putnam University Professor of History, Emeritus, has received the 2025 Barry Prize for Distinguished Intellectual Achievement from the American Academy of Sciences and Letters (AASL). He is among 10 recipients of the prize, awarded at a Nov. 12 ceremony at Decatur House in Washington D.C.“Through his outstanding scholarship on the history of scholarship, Anthony Grafton has held up a mirror of penetrating insight to the academic enterprise itself,” the academy said in...
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Peter Jaffé named Distinguished Faculty Service Award Recipient

Peter Jaffé, the William L. Knapp ’47 Professor of Civil Engineering and professor of civil and environmental engineering (left), receives the 2026 Distinguished Faculty Service Award from Gene A. Jarrett, dean of the faculty, at Prospect House. Photo by Laura Pedrick PhotographyThe award recognizes faculty who have made exceptional contributions in service to Princeton not only within but also beyond their academic departments. It was established to better steward, recognize and honor the facul...
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Fifteen scholars named Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellows

Fifteen scholars will join the Princeton Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellows program for its 2025 cohort, from disciplines spanning the humanities, engineering, sciences and social sciences.The program, now in its sixth year, recognizes and supports outstanding scholars primed to make important contributions in their fields. By bringing together scholars across academic fields, the program allows them to deepen their disciplinary expertise while testing out new ideas from other discipline...
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Meet the Faculty: Peter Kelly — Revealing patterns between ancient and modern literature

Peter Kelly, assistant professor of classics, explores the conversation between art and literature in both ancient and modern times, illuminating their relationship to contemporary environmental and political concerns. In this Q&A, Kelly elaborates on his work as a practicing poet and discusses how creativity and cross-disciplinary engagement drive the study of classics forward and inform our modern ways of knowing.Kelly joined Princeton’s Department of Classics in 2022. He received his Ph.D. fr...
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Eight faculty members join the American Academy of Science and Letters

Eight Princeton faculty members were invested into the American Academy of Science and Letters (AASL) on Nov. 12 at a ceremony at Decatur House in Washington, D.C. The ceremony welcomed 65 new members, including Anthony Thomas Grafton, the Henry Putnam University Professor of History, Emeritus, who was awarded the 2025 Barry Prize for Distinguished Intellectual Achievement.According to its website, AASL “promotes learning and honors outstanding scholarly excellence and intellectual courage in th...
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10 faculty members awarded preceptorships

Recognizing the career-changing potential that defines one’s formative experiences within the academy, Princeton supports promising junior faculty in the humanities and social sciences through competitively awarded preceptorships. Established following Princeton’s bicentennial in 1946 through University funds and by University donors, preceptorships offer additional research support to honorees. Princeton offers a limited number of preceptorships in two categories: Bicentennial Preceptorships ex...
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Three faculty members awarded Cotsen fellowships

Princeton faculty members Basile Baudez, Margot Canaday and Tamsen Wolff have been awarded the Sophie and L. Edward Cotsen Faculty Fellowship for 2025-28 in recognition of their distinguished careers in teaching and scholarship at Princeton.Established in 1990 by a gift from Lloyd Cotsen ’50, the fellowships support the development and teaching of new undergraduate courses, or other distinctive contributions to the undergraduate teaching program at Princeton. Awardees receive a grant of $5,000 p...
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Beth Lew-Williams awarded Bancroft Prize

Beth Lew-Williams, professor of history, has been awarded a 2026 Bancroft Prize, the most prestigious book prize for American history for her publication, “John Doe Chinaman: A Forgotten History of Chinese Life Under American Racial Law.”Lew-Williams’ book, which was published in 2025 by Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, reveals the depth of anti-Chinese discrimination beyond federal exclusion and tells the stories of those who refused to accept a conditional place in American life.The...
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Yiyun Li receives Carnegie Medal for memoir

Yiyun Li, the Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities, professor of creative writing in the Lewis Center for the Arts, was awarded the 2026 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in nonfiction for her memoir, “Things in Nature Merely Grow.”The Carnegie Medals, established in 2012, recognize the best fiction and nonfiction books for adult readers published in the U.S. in the previous year and serve as a guide to help adults select quality reading material. They are the first single-book awards...
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Martin and Henderson receive grants from Schmidt Science

Meredith Martin, professor of English and director of the Center for Digital Humanities, and Peter Henderson, assistant professor of computer science and Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, have received major grants from Schmidt Sciences for applications of artificial intelligence.Schmidt Sciences recently announced it has awarded $11 million for up to 23 teams of researchers around the world to develop and apply artificial intelligence to archaeology, history, literature and...
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Ileana Cristea named 2025 Catherine E. Costello Award Recipient

Ileana Cristea, the Henry L. Hillman Professor of Molecular Biology, was named the 2025 Catherine E. Costello Award recipient for Exemplary Achievements in Proteomics by US HUPO.Cristea’s research sits at the interface between virology and proteomics. Her lab investigates mechanisms of cellular defense during infection with human viruses.A member of the executive board and the education committee of US HUPO, Cristea is also a past member of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry education co...
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Elie Bou-Zeid receives American Meteorological Society award

Elie Bou-Zeid, professor of civil and environmental engineering, has received the Helmut E. Landsberg Award from the American Meteorological Society (AMS) for his “outstanding contributions to understanding urban climates and transports, including the development of large-eddy-simulation models.”This honor is given to an individual or team for exemplary contributions to the fields of urban meteorology, climatology, or hydrology, according to the organization’s website. The award also includes ac...