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(02/23/24 7:52am)
James Li ’27, a member of Yeh College, passed on Feb. 16 after being struck by the Princeton Dinky shuttle at the Faculty Road crossing. He is remembered by friends for his wit and care and was a devoted student of languages and philosophy.
(12/20/23 4:05am)
First-year student Sophia Jones, a devoted ballerina remembered by family and friends for her love and affection, died on campus on Wednesday, Nov. 29. She was 18. A prospective molecular biology major and a member of Yeh College, Jones was a lifelong dedicated and passionate dancer who had a love for animals, teaching, and hoped to pursue pediatric medicine after graduating.
(11/06/23 5:43am)
Natalie Zemon Davis, a pioneer in the study of women, gender, and the marginalized in historical scholarship, died in her home in Toronto on Saturday, Oct. 21, at the age of 94.
(10/02/23 2:40am)
A new initiative established at Princeton aims to gather talent and devote resources toward the development of artificial intelligence (AI) for academic and research purposes.
(12/08/22 4:27am)
Anthony Grafton is a historian of Renaissance Europe and the Henry Putnam University Professor of History at Princeton, where he has taught since 1975. His most recent book, co-authored with Maren Elisabeth Schwab of the University of Kiel in Germany, is “The Art of Discovery: Digging into the Past in Renaissance Europe,” published by Princeton University Press in November.
(11/22/22 4:10am)
Misrach Ewunetie ’24, a junior in the Department of Sociology from Euclid, Ohio, died on Oct. 20 on Princeton University’s campus. Described by family and friends as a “precious, beautiful soul,” and a “role model, tutor, and best friend,” Ewunetie was remembered by those who knew her as a “great listener.” She was 20 years old.
(09/30/22 4:03am)
Princeton scientist Clifford P. Brangwynne, the June K. Wu ’92 Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, was awarded the 2023 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, one of the highest honors awarded to scientists conducting groundbreaking research in the biological sciences.
(09/16/22 3:00am)
Leah Platt Boustan ’00 is an economic historian and has been a professor of economics at Princeton University since 2017. Boustan’s most recent book, co-authored with Ran Abramitzky of Stanford University and published in May, is titled “Streets of Gold: America’s Untold Story of Immigrant Success.” Her research addresses over a century of American immigration and attempts to answer questions on American upward economic mobility, assimilation of immigrants, and the effects of immigrants on the American economy.
(08/03/22 3:42am)
Former Chairman of the Managing News Board of The Daily Princetonian, Robert H. Ruxin ’76, died on Sunday, July 17, at the age of 69.
(04/01/22 2:52am)
Acclaimed mathematician Dennis Parnell Sullivan GS ’66 was awarded the 2022 Abel Prize. One of the highest honors that can be bestowed upon a research mathematician, the honor is considered the equivalent of a Nobel Prize in the field of mathematics.
(02/15/22 4:07am)
Pioneering journalist Robin C. Herman ’73, who worked to dismantle gender barriers in sports journalism at The Daily Princetonian, The New York Times, and other publications, died on Tuesday, Feb. 1. She was 70.
(02/04/22 4:28am)
Investor and Princeton graduate alumnus Louis A. Simpson GS ’60, whose philanthropy endowed the Louis A. Simpson International Building and the Louis A. Simpson Center for the Study of Macroeconomics, died at his residence in Illinois on Saturday, Jan. 8. He was 85.
(10/11/21 4:02pm)
For the first time in history, five individuals affiliated with the University have been honored with the Nobel Prize in a single year, as graduate alumni David Card GS ’83 and Joshua D. Angrist GS ’89 shared the 2021 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
(10/07/21 3:14am)
For the second consecutive day, a Princeton University scientist was honored with the world’s highest distinction in their field of research, as David W. C. MacMillan, the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry, was awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
(09/24/21 1:54am)
Po-Shen Loh GS ’10 is a professor of mathematics at Carnegie Mellon University, where his research studies the intersection of probability theory, combinatorics, and computer science. A former silver medalist at the International Math Olympiad (IMO), Loh became the head coach of the U.S. IMO team in 2013. In 2015, under his coaching, the team finished as the overall winner for the first time since 1994, and went on to win again in 2016, 2018, and 2019.
(07/26/21 8:30pm)
Egyptian foil fencer Mohamed Hamza, a rising junior, upset two former world championship medalists on his way to a top-eight finish in individual men’s foil at the Tokyo Olympic Games.
(07/10/21 7:45pm)
Donald H. Rumsfeld ’54, a proponent behind the U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq who served twice as Secretary of Defense under President Gerald Ford and President George W. Bush, died on Tuesday, June 29th at his home in Taos, New Mexico. He was 88 years old.
(05/18/21 7:10pm)
Princeton student Kevin Chang ’23 died near his home in Troy, Mich., on April 28 at the age of 19, just two days before his 20th birthday. He was studying remotely from Troy this spring.
(04/30/21 12:41am)
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(04/23/21 2:11am)
University Muslim Life Coordinator and Muslim Chaplain Sohaib Nazeer Sultan, who helped forge a vibrant Muslim community at the University as one of the first full-time university Muslim chaplains in the United States, died of cancer at the age of 40 on Friday, April 16.