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“Research and education require not only that we speak, but that we listen to and learn from one another.". At his annual Orientation talk, President Eisgruber addresses incoming students on free expression, civil discourse and "conversations that matter."
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“Research and education require not only that we speak, but that we listen to and learn from one another,” the president told students at his annual Orientation talk on free expression.
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An annual tradition that dates to at least 1802, President Eisgruber welcomed new students to Princeton’s "community of scholars" during Opening Exercises.
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Opening Exercises is part of Orientation programming introducing students to academic, co-curricular and extracurricular life at Princeton. Classes begin Tuesday, Sept. 2.
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At the Pre-read Assembly this evening, #Princeton2029 will hear from "On The Fringe" author and Dean of the College Michael Gordin as he discusses the book with President Eisgruber. The book was chosen for new students to read this summer because it “invites conversation about
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President Eisgruber welcomed #Princeton2029 as new members of a scholarly community where people of every background should feel welcome to engage in vigorous discussion and debate, grounded in the University’s free speech protections:
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At 3pm, #Princeton2029 will march through FitzRandolph Gate for Opening Exercises. Get notified when the livestream starts:
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Professor Johannes Haubold, digital project specialist Leigh Anne Lieberman, and #PrincetonU's Papers of Thomas Jefferson have received grants from @NEHgov:
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Volcanoes that blast gases high into the atmosphere not only change global temperatures but also influence flooding in unusual ways, Princeton researchers have found.
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Major eruptions create distinct patterns of flooding depending on the location of the volcano and the dispersal of its plume. The patterns mostly divide along the line of the equator. When a volcan...
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Princeton remembers Erik Vanmarcke, an emeritus professor of civil and environmental engineering and a pioneer in structural safety who transformed the fields of structural reliability and risk assessment.
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His understanding of how forces like earthquakes and waves interact with buildings and bridges transformed the fields of structural reliability and risk assessment.
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The @DeptOfDefense's @AFOSR supports @PrincetonChem's Weichman Lab, broadening participation in the sciences by putting great new scientists out into the world:
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At @whyy, professor @LisaMargulis talks about the power of music to transport us to other places, connect us with other people, and where music is stored in the brain.
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There are songs that can transport us to memorable moments from our past, especially from our adolescence. Those memories are often vivid, conjuring up intense feelings about a first love, a broken...
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RT @techradar: Princeton engineers used neural networks and metasurfaces to bend ultrahigh-frequency beams around obstacles, tackling signa….
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Wireless beams can learn to curve around walls
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RT @princetonarts: The @Princeton Atelier has a new director! Congratulations Tina Campt who is also Princeton’s Roger S. Berlind ’52 Profe….
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Award-winning scholar Tina Campt is the new director of the Princeton Atelier at Princeton University beginning in July 2025.
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RT @arthur_spirling: It is a great honor to take on this role at a critical time for statistics, machine learning and data science. I hope….
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New this summer, the @princetonarts Princeton Production Workforce Training program provides training in theatrical tech work for New Jersey high school graduates, prepping them for entry-level roles:
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RT @PPPLab: Innovating today for the energy of tomorrow. ⚡@ENERGY's @SecretaryWright explored how PPPL delivers:.⚛️Limitless fusion energy….
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Secretary Wright emphasizes the role of national laboratories in advancing science research priorities
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Researchers at #PrincetonU are bending high-energy radiation around physical obstacles, opening the door to greater speeds and capacity for wireless data transmission.
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Like a football sent curving around an opposing team’s players and into their goal during a free kick, researchers are bending a type of high-energy microwave
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RT @princetonarts: Poet and professor, Ilya Kaminsky, named the new director of @Princeton's Creative Writing Program. Congratulations @ily….
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Poet Ilya Kaminsky named new director of the University’s Program in Creative Writing effective July 1, 2025.
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