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Teachers from New Jersey’s community schools gather at Princeton to exchange ideas and form alliances.  

The event, the first in a planned series, was organized by Princeton’s new Humanities Initiative and the Program for Community College Engagement.

Impact and Awe Research from Princeton University shows shockingly novel ways to treat illnesses like cancer. It provides incredible insights about the universe and the world.   It contributes to the safety, prosperity, and competitiveness of the country. Find out more:

 

PPH: An AI-powered method for answering important health and illness-related concerns

A miracle of engineering:  Underground “traffic” between plants and fungi was discovered.

The race to unlock the quantum realm is an international one. Take note of Princeton’s findings. (The link is external.)

Physicians from Princeton and New York join a new cancer research facility

On YouTube: Tracking groundwater’s long-distance, secret journey

The Princeton Arts Council staged the fourth annual event.   A comprehensive schedule of student music group concerts was organized by the Princeton Undergraduate Student Government at Maclean House.  

Princeton faculty members Christopher Skinner, Peter Singer, Kai Li, and William Bialek were elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.  

Upholding the value of free expression is challenging. We all have a responsibility to consider its significance and comprehend the obligations it places on us.

Promoting Freedom of Expression

An orientation seminar on free speech is offered to first-year students. In the fall of 2023, President Eisgruber had a conversation with Anthony Romero ’87, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union.

A global voice for free expression, PEN America (Link is external), has asked the institution to hold workshops on free speech and academic freedom on campus. Seminars for the Office of the College Dean and campus life workers have been held. Faculty and student events are scheduled.

The Rose Castle Society, which focuses on how people with various opinions may join despite their differences, comprises Princeton students from multiple backgrounds, religious traditions, and political philosophies.

Since 1970, no invited speaker has ever been yelled at or denied the opportunity to speak at Princeton, which welcomes speakers with diverse opinions.  

Everyone in the community is given the most incredible freedom to talk, write, listen, challenge, and learn since the institution is dedicated to free and open inquiry in all subjects.

Respect for one another improves free speech (The link is external.) The Daily Princetonian’s 2020 editorial piece by President Eisgruber

Universities should encourage serious, productive, and truth-seeking conversations about matters of importance. This means that, in addition to allowing people to express themselves freely, we should study essential questions rather than just any questions; we should follow guidelines and employ techniques that will help us separate strong arguments from weak ones; and we should treat each other with the decency and respect that enable us to gain knowledge from one another

Facility for Confocal Imaging (CIF)

Using confocal microscopy, researchers can view a wide range of materials, including monolayers, tiny creatures like developing fly and fish embryos, and extremely thick slices from the tissues of the brain and other organs.

Thanks to these technologies, scientists can see macro, cellular, and subcellular structures and function more clearly, with the best light microscope resolution available.

The lab has also updated several workstations with software programs for image processing, analysis, and 3D image reconstruction.