Applications for Harvard Business School's PhD program are now open. They have free virtual opportunities for students to connect with doctoral staff to learn more about our PhD programs:
October 1 from 12pm – 1pm EST. Register…
Before returning to campus for the fall semester, 12 students had the unique opportunity to travel to Liechtenstein, Austria, and Germany to present original research on democracy and security. The trip was initiated, arranged for, and led by Wolfgang Danspeckgruber, founding director of the…
Undergraduate students across many disciplines, ranging from engineering to physics to sustainability, wrapped up a 10-week internship program this summer at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory …
Ethan Magistro’s senior thesis connects philosophy and space policy, using the concept of eternalism to explore ethical decision-making for the future. His passion for both fields has shaped his academic journey, which he will continue this fall in Princeton's Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative (SINSI).
The Tulane Journal of Policy & Political Economy is currently accepting article submissions for their next edition. Submissions may be strong papers written in or out of class, independent studies, and honors theses.
The Tulane Journal is an internationally…
In a world divided by conflict, academic collaboration remains a beacon of unity and hope. Nowhere is this more evident, perhaps, than the field of global health, where researchers share such goals as curing disease, addressing climate change, and promoting a healthier future for even the most vulnerable populations. That cooperative spirit…
"Ram Narayanan received the Freshman First Honor Prize, awarded each year in recognition of exceptional academic achievement as a first-year student.
Narayanan, of Scarsdale, New York, attended Horace Mann School in the Bronx. A member of New College West, he is considering majoring in physics and pursuing minors in…
Princeton's Computational Biology Research: Gateway to STEM, led by Professor Bridgett vonHoldt (Associate Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) and administratively supported by the Community College Engagement Program and Prison Teaching Initiative (McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning) helps students gain research experience in…
Natalia Lalin, from Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, delves into China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in her senior thesis, focusing on its impact on Sri Lanka and the concept of 'debt trap diplomacy'. Initially interested in neuroscience, Lalin’s passion for service led her to public policy.
(Story by Tom…
With a passion for solving coding puzzles and a love for the Italian language, Fernando Avilés-García develops an AI tool to analyze Dante's "Divine Comedy" for his senior thesis.
Once again, Princeton University is hosting undergraduates from Princeton and other universities in the second year of its Summer Research and Learning Village, a program that enables students to live, learn, and socialize in a proximate community on campus.
In 2023, the program’s inaugural year, the Village, which was…
Now on the engineering site is a story about students and recent grads in Princeton's TigerSats lab, who have designed and built novel satellite systems involving sensing, communications, flight mechanics, and ground testing. Story by Molly Sharlach; photography by Tori Repp.
For her senior thesis, Amélie Lemay worked with Ian Bourg, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and the High Meadows Environmental Institute. She developed complex simulations of how PFAS molecules, a critical class of environmental contaminants, move and interact at the interface of water and air (Photo by Sameer Khan)…
Want to relive the fun from PRD on May 9? Missed the event but would like to see what it was all about? Check out this recap article authored by Alaina O'Regan, which includes an incredible reel from the event created by Bumper DeJesus!
As a recipient of the Alex Adam ’07 Award, dance senior Storm Stokes spent the summer of 2023 pursuing movement research in L.A. and at international dance festivals in Italy, Germany, and Austria. Returning to campus, Stokes…
Art and Archaeology junior Audrey Zhang is pursuing a minor in Statistics and Machine Learning – and intersecting the worlds of art and AI in the process. For her independent work, Zhang fine-tuned a Stable Diffusion model using her own original artwork and found the neural network was surprisingly good at generating outputs…
Congratulations to senior Shane Patrick, who has been awarded the John and Daria Barry Scholarship for study at the University of Oxford!
Read more about his accomplishments here.
Genrietta Churbanova, an anthropology major from Little Rock, Arkansas, has been named the Princeton Class of 2024 valedictorian. John Freeman, a classics major from Chicago, has been selected as the salutatorian.
Churbanova is deeply engaged in scholarship related to Chinese and Russian relations. In addition to her anthropology…
Class of 2025 member and SPIA major Ella Weber has been awarded a Truman Scholarship for public service. Weber is from Crookston, Minnesota, and is a member of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara (MHA) Nation. She plans to use the Truman Scholarship to earn a J.D. with a certificate in Indian and Tribal Law from the University of North Dakota…
HMEI is hosting its eleventh annual HMEI Discovery Day on Tuesday, April 30, 2024 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Frick Chemistry Lab Atrium. Please take a…
The New Jersey Wind Institute Fellowship Program, sponsored by the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, is a new opportunity for graduate and undergraduate students to pursue research or projects focused on the offshore wind industry.
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The Novartis Science Scholarship recognizes the value of undergraduate research for science majors in developing skills and competencies beyond the classroom. By supporting students engaged in research, textbook and classroom lessons are reinforced. Scholarship recipients are offered a transformative experience.
BD is a global medical technology company that is advancing the world of health by improving medical discovery, diagnostics, and the delivery of care. The BD Advancing Health Scholarship reflects what the company stands for and their purpose of "Helping all people live healthy lives."
Scholarship recipients should demonstrate…
Congratulations to Princeton University seniors Travis Kanoa Chai Andrade, Alison Parish, Meera Burghardt and Isabella Moscoe, who have been awarded fellowships from ReachOut 56-81-06, an alumni-funded effort that…
The McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning is now accepting nominations for its inaugural 'Exemplar Mentor' awards for grad student and postdoc mentors! The awards will be presented at this spring's 'Centering Mentoring' Summit on 5/1/24 and involves a physical token of acknowledgement as well as a framed certificate…
Princeton University seniors Casey Beidel and Brian Sheng-Kai Li are the recipients of the 2024 Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize, the highest general distinction conferred on an undergraduate. They will be recognized at Alumni Day on campus Saturday, Feb. 24.
The Pyne Honor Prize, established in 1921, is awarded to the senior who has…
Princeton seniors Alice McGuinness and Nathalie Verlinde and University of Oxford student Jack Nunn have been named recipients of the Daniel M. Sachs Class of 1960 Graduating Scholarship, one of…
Princeton scientists are peering into the smallest corners of matter using an exceptional collection of sophisticated microscopes — some so big they fill a room. These remarkable instruments have established the University as a world leader in microscopy and led to countless discoveries.
Read more…
The Office of the Dean for Research
s traditional science writing internship is broadening to become a Research Communications Internship, emphasizing the goal of communicating about exciting progress across all areas of academic research.
The focus is still on science and technology but will include topics across the…
Hudson Institute Political Studies offers top undergraduates a Summer Fellowship in political theory and practice that broadens and deepens the understanding of public policy and American political principles.
The Fellowship combines rigorous study of politics and political thought through week-long seminars led by master…
Learn more about the Keller Center's Haerther fellowship program, dedicated to bridging the gap between the liberal arts and engineering, through this feature of lecturer Alice Kogan's course last semester…
The Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment recently published a story highlighting Lilianna Gittoes, a senior undergraduate concentrating in operations research and financial engineering (ORFE).
Gittoes’ story is a testament to the transformative experiences offered at Princeton. While she entered the…
Princeton Class of 2024 member Sam Bisno has been selected as a George J. Mitchell Scholar. This year, 12 students nationwide were awarded Mitchell Scholarships by the US-Ireland Alliance.
Read more about his accomplishment here.…
Three Princeton seniors and one alumnus have been named Schwarzman Scholars for 2024 and will receive a scholarship for a one-year master’s program at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
The Princeton winners are:
Senior Genrietta Churbanova, an anthropology major who is also pursuing minors in Russian, East…
The Geminid meteor shower will light up the sky this week, peaking Thursday night.
Earlier this year, Princeton’s Wolf Cukier, an undergraduate and lead author on the paper, and Jamey Szalay, research scholar at the Princeton space physics lab, demystified the origin of these unusual meteoroids, finding that they were likely…
Coordinated by the MU Office of Undergraduate Research, the Summer Undergraduate Research Program hosts 50+ students from institutions across the nation. Interns in…
Gain research skills this summer as part of the Rutgers SURF program!
Info session: Dec 12th at 8 pm EST; You can register here!
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute is pleased to announce that applications for The CHOP Research Institute Summer Scholars Program (CRISSP) are now open.
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SURA has officially opened applications for its annual Stanford Research Conference (SRC).
This event serves as a distinguished platform for undergraduates nationwide to showcase their research, foster connections with fellow researchers, and engage with esteemed leaders in the research community.
This year, SRC…
Congratulations to senior Sam Harshbarger, who has just won the Rhodes Scholarship.
The Rhodes Scholarship is a competitive fellowship only awarded to 32 U.S. scholars annually to pursue graduate studies at the University of Oxford.
At Princeton, Harshbarger is concentrating in history while also pursuing minors in…
Ilana Witten, a professor in the Princeton Neuroscience Institute and a Class of 2002 alumna, has been selected to receive a Director’s Pioneer Award from the National Institutes of Health.
In addition, alumna Christina Kim of the Class of 2011 won a Director’s New Innovator prize.
The awards are part of the…
The Tulane Journal is an internationally recognized undergraduate publication focusing on original student research in politics, economics, and public health. Submitted articles are reviewed by a 50-person faculty-review panel, and those that are accepted are published in print and online. Previous editions have received…
Interested in the latest research-related events, opportunities, and news - check out the October issue of Highlights from the Office of Undergraduate Research, and…
Applications for the Johns Hopkins University’s fifth annual Richard Macksey National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium are open now!
The Macksey Symposium brings together undergraduate students…
This summer, Princeton University students took on some of the world’s most critical public health challenges – from fighting AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, to curbing antimicrobial resistance and understanding the drivers of climate change. Princeton’s Center for Health and Wellbeing (CHW) sponsored 88 opportunities for students to pursue…
Before Professor Seema Jayachandran became Amichai Feit’s senior thesis advisor, Feit knew her as a famous development economist he followed on Twitter.
“I remember seeing a news story that she was hired at Princeton, and thought it was a really big deal,” he said. “So, I shot her a follow on Twitter.”
Flash forward several…
Jovan Aigbekaen, an electrical and computer engineering major, focused his senior thesis research on developing technology to improve mobile measurements of air quality and geolocating them to sites like highways, buildings, parking lots and green spaces.
By developing technology to sync images with air quality data, he hopes that…
Inquisitive by nature, Darius Rudasingwa Ganza, a rising senior studying chemical and biological engineering, has always been curious about the possibility of engineering new materials that could change the way the world works. “I’m always thinking to myself, ‘let me see what this or that idea is…
Senior Elisabeth Rülke has spent the past year using lasers and flawed diamonds — tiny wafers of diamond with flaws the size of a single atom — to develop a quantum sensor.
Unlike quantum computers, which are still more theoretical than practical, quantum sensors are already in use. Rülke and her adviser, quantum physicist
Rachel Sturley — an English major who has also completed all her required pre-med coursework — focused her senior thesis on how writers and artists at the turn of the 20th century portrayed their own experiences with illness on the page and on the canvas.
Sturley paved the runway toward her senior thesis — and conquered those pre-med…