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Carolina Figueiredo GS named inaugural winner of Vera Rubin New Frontiers Prize

Carolina Figueiredo GS named inaugural winner of Vera Rubin New Frontiers Prize

Daphne Lewis and Haeon Lee
| NEWS | 3 hours ago
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Physics graduate student Carolina Figueiredo GS won $50,000 as the inaugural laureate of the Breakthrough Prize Foundation’s Vera Rubin New Frontiers Prize on April 18. She was the sole recipient of the prize in its founding year, chosen for her Ph.D. research at Princeton that unearthed “hidden relations among quantum field theories.”

Physics graduate student Carolina Figueiredo GS won $50,000 as the inaugural laureate of the Breakthrough Prize Foundation’s Vera Rubin New Frontiers Prize on April 18. She was the sole recipient of the prize in its founding year, chosen for her Ph.D. research at Princeton that unearthed “hidden relations among quantum field theories.”

Kings of the Ivy: No. 2 men’s lacrosse finally topples No. 4 Cornell 19–9 to claim tournament title

Kings of the Ivy: No. 2 men’s lacrosse finally topples No. 4 Cornell 19–9 to claim tournament title

Hayk Yengibaryan
| SPORTS | 4 hours ago

The Orange and Black earned their first win over the Big Red since 2018 and are now in pole position to secure the No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.

The Orange and Black earned their first win over the Big Red since 2018 and are now in pole position to secure the No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.

Fire in Wendell kitchen extinguished by student after smoke filled building

Fire in Wendell kitchen extinguished by student after smoke filled building

Nico David-Fox
| NEWS

A kitchen fire in Wendell Hall on Saturday night filled the building with smoke before a student used a fire extinguisher to put it out. Firefighters later arrived, cleared the smoke, and assessed damage, temporarily displacing at least one student whose room was affected.

A kitchen fire in Wendell Hall on Saturday night filled the building with smoke before a student used a fire extinguisher to put it out. Firefighters later arrived, cleared the smoke, and assessed damage, temporarily displacing at least one student whose room was affected.

Today in History: How Princeton’s most notorious freshman dorm cleaned up its act

Today in History: How Princeton’s most notorious freshman dorm cleaned up its act

Olivia Perry
| ARCHIVES | 3 hours ago
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Beer cans, broken windows, and a heater thrown from an upper entry. Brown Hall’s freshman class of 1967 left a stain on Princeton’s disciplinary record. But, fifty years and one renovation later, few current residents know the story.

Beer cans, broken windows, and a heater thrown from an upper entry. Brown Hall’s freshman class of 1967 left a stain on Princeton’s disciplinary record. But, fifty years and one renovation later, few current residents know the story.

A Yale report blamed universities for declining public trust. Princeton professors are divided.

A Yale report blamed universities for declining public trust. Princeton professors are divided.

Devon Rudolph
| NEWS
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Yale University recently released a report that publicly addressed what a faculty committee found to be shortcomings at Yale and across higher education — issues on which Princeton professors remain divided. The Daily Princetonian spoke with professors and Dean of the College Michael Gordin to discuss the implications of the report on Princeton.

Yale University recently released a report that publicly addressed what a faculty committee found to be shortcomings at Yale and across higher education — issues on which Princeton professors remain divided. The Daily Princetonian spoke with professors and Dean of the College Michael Gordin to discuss the implications of the report on Princeton.

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