"There’s no question that the climate change increased the probability of really hot, nasty, even unprecedented summers around the world." Professor Michael Oppenheimer talks with @apnews.com about the impacts of climate change on heat waves, wildfires, and more.

This summer isn't breaking heat records — yet. Wait until El Nino kicks in, scientists say

With parts of the globe aflame in wildfires, deadly heat waves parking over cities, record hot oceans and a strengthening super El Nino, it seems like we’re baking through the hottest year on record.

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With technology first developed at Princeton, a radiantly cooled pavilion in Trenton is providing relief from the heat this summer. Meet Clearly-Cool 😎

Isles and Clearly-Cool demonstrate radiant cooling pavilion in Trenton garden during heat wave

New technology, developed with Princeton University, keeps people safe outdoors without enclosing them in air conditioning

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A study by Boston College and Princeton researchers found that in environmental, health, and technology crises, Americans are more persuaded to take action by scientists and public consensus than by leaders in government and industry.

Mobilizing action

Scientists and citizens are more persuasive in spurring Americans to action during certain crises, BC and Princeton researchers find

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Princeton classics professor Barbara Graziosi talks with @wbur.org about how "The Odyssey" compares to other adaptations.

How accurate is Christopher Nolan's 'The Odyssey'?

Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of “The Odyssey” is raking in an epic box office haul.

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What happens when uranium moves unnoticed through a global supply chain? A @uwmadisonneep.bsky.social and @princeton.edu study found large quantities of undeclared uranium have been exported from the Democratic Republic of the Congo via its cobalt supply chain, exposing a critical accounting gap.

Study reveals massive quantities of undeclared uranium are exported from the DRC - College of Engineering - University of Wisconsin-Madison

A study conducted by University of Wisconsin-Madison and Princeton University nuclear engineers has identified a major blind spot in nuclear accounting with global nuclear security implications. Accor...

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In this Spotlight, @princeton.edu Professor and CHW affiliate Amy Borovoy explores how various societies promote public health and social welfare. With a focus on Japan, her current work examines aging and end-of-life care through an anthropological lens. Read interview: tinyurl.com/wdcrkcka

Amy Borovoy Explores Aging, End-of-Life Care Through an Anthropological Lens

Princeton University Professor and CHW affiliate Amy Borovoy discusses her research on how societies promote the health and social welfare of their citizens.

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The Princeton Center for Complex Materials, a research center dedicated to pushing the frontiers of materials science, has been selected by the National Science Foundation for renewed investment to build on its success in research, workforce development and public outreach.

Princeton Engineering - Federal investment of $18 million builds on three decades of advances in materials science

The Princeton Center for Complex Materials (PCCM), a research center at Princeton University dedicated to pushing the frontiers of materials science, has been selected by the National Science Foundati...

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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.

Princeton Engineering - Tropical volcanic eruptions push rainfall across the equator

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 volcano’s...

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Research from Princeton & South China University of Technology shows that climate change and urbanization both play a role in storm-driven rain with the potential to lead to flooding and landslides. But, the importance of each depends on how close rain is to the city center: https://bit.ly/4wxIc2l

The Princeton University Art Museum was designed to include two active art conservation studios, where conservators Bart Devolder and Elena Torok study, prepare, and restore a variety of works for exhibitions. stateoftheartsnj.com/video/showin...

Showing the Work: The Conservation Studios at the Princeton University Art Museum - State Of The Arts - NJ

The brand new Princeton University Art Museum, was designed to include two active art conservation studios, where conservators Bart Devolder ...

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Researchers at Princeton University recently introduced a new approach for developing quantum computers that make fewer errors and whose errors are easier to detect and correct.

How quantum circuits based on neutral atoms could find and fix errors

Quantum computers, devices that process information by leveraging the laws of quantum mechanics, have been found to outperform classical computers in some advanced tasks. Instead of storing informatio...

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🔭 The monumental NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory has officially started a 10-year sky survey that will provide an "ultra-wide, ultra-high-definition time-lapse record of our Universe." Some 2,800 scientists, including Princeton researchers, are involved in the telescope’s decade-long survey.

Princeton collaborators celebrate start of observatory's ‘ultra-high-definition time-lapse record of our Universe’

Princeton researchers have played a major role in developing software pipelines to process the massive amounts of data the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory generates scanning the cosmos.

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Drawing on a new report, Princeton CITP’s Hilke Schellmann & Mihir Kshirsagar see two futures: one where we lose confidence in facts and settle into rumor, another where trusted producers hold the line. Which wins depends on whether newsmakers and technologists actually talk to each other, they say.

What It Now Takes to Establish a Fact

Hilke Schellmann & Mihir Kshirsagar from Princeton CITP on findings from a convening on information integrity, authentication and verification in the age of AI.

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Professors Eve Krakowski and Marina Rustow have received grants from @nehgov.bsky.social for projects connected with @genizalab.bsky.social, which studies a cache of more than 400,000 ancient paper and parchment documents recovered from a synagogue in Cairo.

Eve Krakowski and Marina Rustow awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities

The grants were part of a round of awards made to 81 humanities projects nationwide. The two Princeton grants are for projects connected with the University's Geniza Lab.

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Looking for a new place to explore this summer? The Art Museum’s calendar is packed with exhibitions, events and creative experiences for all ages.

Summer at the Princeton University Art Museum

It’s a busy summer at the Princeton University Art Museum! The Museum’s inaugural season of exhibitions and events continues with something for everyone. Read on for highlights and new ways to add a l...

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The Revolutionary War directly impacted campus life at Princeton, with Nassau Hall occupied, classes disrupted, and students leaving to fight. A new exhibit highlights both the real and remembered Revolution at Princeton, 250 years later.

"Real and Remembered": Princetonians Caught Between Study and Revolution

After the passage of the 1765 Stamp Act, Princeton became a center of revolutionary thought and youthful activism. The war directly impacted campus life, with Nassau Hall occupied, classes disrupted, ...

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New research from Princeton and the University of Chicago shows that AI can develop prejudices in the hiring process faster than humans might.

AI can invent its own hiring bias — and it happens fast, new study finds

Researchers found AI models stereotyped job candidates more than humans did. A Phoenix jobs expert says AI interviews are already common here.

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Researchers at Princeton’s engineering school have developed a system for designers to mimic irregular natural structures like termite mounds — not only their microstructural patterns, but their mechanical properties as well.

Princeton Engineering - Hidden math link helps designers build fantastic shapes

Princeton engineers have developed a system for designers to mimic irregular natural structures like termite mounds or human bones — not only their microstructural patterns, but their mechanical prope...

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Bridge Year allows incoming first-year students at Princeton to spend none months engaged in community-based, service-learning experiences in varoius international locations.

'A life-changing opportunity': Alumni share how Bridge Year transformed their Princeton experience and continues to shape their lives

Bridge Year allows incoming Princeton first-year students to spend nine months engaged in community-based, service-learning experiences in different international locations.

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Congratulations to Ellen Zhong, Princeton University, for receiving the 2026 K.H. Kuo Award for Outstanding Young Scientist in Structural Biology www.bsc.org.cn/KuoSymposium...

Evolutionary biologists led by Princeton's Shane Campbell-Staton analyzed the genome of the anoles, a small lizard, and found various genes that have developed over time to help these critters save their own lives by gripping tighter onto trees and other objects in high winds. 🦎

Gene may help lizards get a grip in hurricane-force winds

“Huge” new study of Caribbean anole populations catches evolution in real time

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By approaching climate policy research with an engineering lens, Princeton's @weipengclimate.bsky.social develops models that show how behavioral and political realities influence policy around climate and energy transitions.

Wei Peng Explores the Human Side of Climate Policy | Princeton School of Public and International Affairs

Few people understand the human dimension at the heart of climate policy as well as Wei Peng.

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"We go back to the classics as a way of interrogating ourselves and our culture." Classics professor Johannes Haubold talks with Princeton Alumni Weekly about "The Odyssey" — why it still speaks to us, which parts of the movie did and didn't work, and how the epic poem is a universal story.

PAW Goes to the Movies: Classics Professor Breaks Down ‘The Odyssey’

Christopher Nolan’s hit film returns to one of Western literature’s oldest works: “There is something about The Odyssey that grips us very deeply,” says Johannes Haubold

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Studies led by Ludwig @princeton.edu’s Jenna AbuSalim & Joshua Rabinowitz show that plant fibers & proteins reprogram microbial metabolism to make healthful metabolites & suppress harmful ones & that many metabolites attributed to gut bugs are also made by mammalian metabolism. bit.ly/4vQ2Zgf

🐍 A team led by Princeton's @trsimoes.bsky.social studied a well-preserved snake fossil found in Brazil that's providing new insights into the origins of this "peculiar and yet highly diverse group" that "remains one of the biggest mysteries in vertebrate evolution."

Rare snake fossil offers new insight into the reptiles’ early evolution

One of the best-preserved early snake fossils, the Tametara mirim fossil dates back around 75 to 85 million years to the Cretaceous Period.

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New Jersey is home to some of the most transformative higher education institutions in the country, and when they work together, they can change lives — like Luke Hixson '26. #NationalNewJerseyDay

How a Fleet Marine Force Corpsman Became a Princeton University Student and Future Doctor

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Each year, Princeton University welcomes more than 550,000 visitors to campus. The University offers a wealth of free public resources such as the Chapel, Firestone Library and the Art Museum that enrich the cultural and intellectual life of the community and state. #NationalNewJerseyDay

Happy #NationalNewJerseyDay to the place we call home. Princeton University is proud to be a driving force in strengthening New Jersey's cultural and economic vitality.

21 Innovation Research Grants have awarded by Princeton Engineering in 2026, enabling engineering faculty members to take their research in bold new directions that address critical issues in technology, health and the environment.

Princeton Engineering - Innovation grants could help build a moon base, block food-borne illness, and map the brain

Claire White’s research group is investigating how to make cement from moon rock. This year, her team received support for research on lunar cement from Princeton’s School of Engineering and Applied S...

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A few months after winning the 5th-in-a-row Paralympic gold medal with U.S. sled hockey, Declan Farmer '20 won the 2026 ESPY Award for Best Athlete with a Disability. 👏

Declan Farmer wins Second ESPY Award for Historic Performance in Milan

The ESPYs also highlighted the gold-medal winning U.S. men’s and women’s Olympic teams.

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