Princeton University’s Tweets

“Toni Morrison: Sites of Memory,” a revelatory

@PULibrary

exhibition curated by assistant professor

@amariewomack

, will anchor a series of programs that include an art exhibition, a 3-day symposium, performances and more, beginning February 22.

Princeton will explore Toni Morrison's creative process with an abundance of exhibitions and events

“Toni Morrison: Sites of Memory” opens at the Princeton University Library Feb. 22 and anchors the series. An art exhibition, newly commissioned performances, a landmark symposium, courses, and a...

For this class final, bring a wrench - Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment

10h

Many #PrincetonU classes culminate in a final exam, project or paper, but one

@AndlingerCenter

course did things a little differently. In Designing Sustainable Systems, students supplemented readings and lectures with power tools & plumbing equipment. 🔧

acee.princeton.edu

Students in "Designing Sustainable Systems" traded textbooks for power tools as they designed and built an energy-efficient outdoor study space.

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#PrincetonU’s second annual diversity, equity and inclusion report notes progress on recent faculty recruitment efforts, highlights important milestones and summarizes many events, programs and initiatives from the 2021-22 academic year.

Diversity, equity and inclusion report highlights many ways Princeton is working toward enriching...

The report summarizes a range of events, programs and initiatives launched during the 2021-22 academic year, and also includes demographic and climate data about students, faculty and staff.

National Science Foundation

@NSF

17h

Pass the eggs, please. #NSFfunded researchers

turned egg whites into a material that can cheaply remove salt & microplastics from seawater! This lightweight, porous material can be used for water filtration & more. bit.ly/3ZWtWjR 📸 Shaharyar Wani

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#PrincetonU will move the historic building at 91 Prospect Ave., home of the Office of the Dean for Research, currently scheduled for the week of Feb. 13.

University prepares to move historic 91 Prospect building

The structure will be relocated to a site across the street to make way for a state-of-the-art environmental science and engineering complex.

Celebrity chef

visited #PrincetonU to host a cooking class as part of Wintersession — teaching participants how to make his favorite quick-and-easy TikTok recipes. 👨‍🍳 📸: Sameer Khan / Fotobuddy

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Students participate in cooking class at Princeton

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Eitan Bernath making a dish during his cooking class

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A new study led by

researcher

reveals unexpected findings about human migration from Asia to the Americas across the Bering Land Bridge. ⬇️

Princeton research offers unexpected insights on the emergence of the Bering Land Bridge and the...

The work, published in late December in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, places human migration into a new context.

Jan 23

3️⃣ Princetonians are among the 16 scientists receiving the highest honors given by

@theNASciences

— recognizing extraordinary scientific achievements in a wide range of fields. 👏👏👏

Bryan, Buschman and McComas will receive prestigious honors from the National Academy of Sciences

The three Princeton scientists will receive their awards at a ceremony during the National Academy of Sciences’ 160th annual meeting.

Congrats to

assistant professor

, who has been awarded a five-year Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grant from the

@NSF

! 👏

Weichman receives NSF CAREER award

Marissa Weichman has been awarded a five-year Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grant from the National Science Foundation, the NSF’s most prestigious award in support of early-career...

Jan 22

Stephen Kim, associate director for communication and information at the

@PUArtMuseum

, delivers his thoughts about the urgency “to actually confront questions of racism and identity" for #YearOfTheTiger.

'You can't assume by looking at me that you understand my context.' Our new Year of the Tiger...

Stephen Kim, co-president of Princeton's Asian American employee resources group and associate director of communication and information at the Princeton Art Museum, opens our yearlong series...

Yi-Ching Ong, associate director at the Pace Center for Civic Engagement, explores the question of identity and what makes her proud to be an Asian American for our #YearOfTheTiger interview series.

'When I say I’m Asian American, I always hope that raises more questions than it answers.' Our Year...

In recognition of the Year of the Tiger, we are elevating the voices of Princeton's Asian and Asian American community. This month, we talk to Yi-Ching Ong, associate director at the John H. Pace, ...

Princeton University Library and 3 others

Wintersession Week 1 ✅

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A student applies materials to another to make a mold of their face

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#PrincetonU will move the historic building at 91 Prospect Ave., home of the Office of the Dean for Research. It will be rotated 180 degrees and moved across the street adjacent to 114 Prospect Ave.

University prepares to move historic 91 Prospect building

The structure will be relocated to a site across the street to make way for a state-of-the-art environmental science and engineering complex.

"I think that everyone has an identity that brings value when it’s connected to other identities." In our #YearOfTheTiger series, Susan Baek '23 discusses identity, anti-Asian racism, and meaningful steps that allies can take. 🐅

‘It’s almost impossible to perceive me as what I fully constitute.’ Our Year of the Tiger series...

Susan Baek, Class of 2023, is both a first- and second-generation Korean American, on her mother's and father's side, respectively. Growing up amid their two perspectives help shaped how she identi...

Mami Akiyama, assistant to the department chair of astrophysical sciences at #PrincetonU, shares how people can "be in solidarity" and "stay engaged" to counter anti-Asian American racism for our #YearOfTheTiger interview series.

Year of the Tiger: Out with a Roar

Looking back on our series as a new lunar new year dawns. Here, Mami Akiyama.

Princeton University and 2 others

Had a great time at

last night discussing public policy and my career with Dean

@AmaneyJamal

. Always fun to be back on campus and to speak with some very bright future leaders and policymakers. 💯

Princeton Alumni

@princetonalumni

During Lou Chen ’19’s first year at

Trenton plays, Lou Chen ’19 stays

, he could not shake the idea of organizing a youth orchestra. He helped establish Trenton Arts at Princeton, which brings Trenton students to campus for rehearsals, instruction from student volunteers & more.

alumni.princeton.edu

What started with Lou Chen ’19 and fellow undergraduates giving violin lessons to Trenton high school musicians has evolved into a comprehensive music and arts program that has united the Princeton...

As part of Wintersession activities,

@PrincetonSPIA

alumnus & Mayor of Dallas, TX

@Johnson4Dallas

*03 joined in conversation with SPIA dean

@AmaneyJamal

on Thursday to discuss leadership, Johnson's career in public policy and his time at #PrincetonU. 📸 Sameer Khan / Fotobuddy

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A view of the conversation between Mayor Eric Johnson and Dean Amaney Jamal

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In our Year of the Tiger interview series, #PrincetonU professor

@yibinkang

discusses identity, pride and what allies can do to help counter anti-Asian racism.

‘See the hope through the darkness.’ Our Year of the Tiger series continues with Yibin Kang.

Cancer researcher Yibin Kang grew up in a small Chinese village. He is now Princeton’s Warner-Lambert/Parke-Davis Professor of Molecular Biology. "Immigrants play a vital part in the stunning...

#PrincetonU's Yeh and New College West residential colleges have received a 2023

@AIA_NewYork

Design Award! 👏

Princeton’s Yeh and New College West residential colleges win 2023 New York AIA architecture award

Princeton Chemistry

@PrincetonChem

Princeton University and 4 others

So proud to announce that our own Marissa Weichman

@TheWeichmanLab

has been awarded an

@NSF

CAREER grant for her work in gas-phase polaritons. Story: bit.ly/3XlUr09 Congratulations Marissa and lab! #chemistry

Color head-and-shoulders image of Princeton Chemistry's Marissa Weichman, our newest CAREER grant awardee. (Photo DKC)

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Princeton’s technology accelerator fund celebrates 10 years of fueling innovations

"Being his mom has made me more curious about other people, their challenges and strengths, and how their minds work." Romy Riddick, VP of Human Resources, reflects on her son's autism diagnosis 21 years ago in #TellUsTigers: bit.ly/3QR4Q1y

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initiative — now celebrating its 10th anniversary — has funded the research behind 22 startup companies that are developing #PrincetonU discoveries into beneficial technologies and services.

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The Intellectual Property (IP) Accelerator Fund supports researchers who want to conduct extra studies to demonstrate that the discovery can meet a societal need.

engineering.princeton.edu

Sophisticated antenna arrays paired with high-frequency wireless chips act like superpowers for modern electronics, boosting everything from sensing to security. In his lab

@EPrinceton

's Kaushik Sengupta is working to expand those powers even further.

Princeton Engineering - New antennas and microchips help electronics blur the line between science...

Antenna arrays paired with high-frequency wireless chips help engineers make strides toward peering through matter, boosting communications in canyons of skyscrapers, putting a medical lab on a smart...

Emma Bloomberg Center at Princeton

@PrincetonEBC

Congratulations to all three Sachs recipients, but a special congratulations to Shaun Cason, Class of 2023, and the first decorated #MilitaryVeteran and the first #PrincetonU #TransferStudent to receive the Sachs award!

Sachs Scholarship awarded to two Princeton seniors, one Oxford student

Princeton seniors Shaun Cason and Anna Allport and University of Oxford student Isabelle (Izzy) Stuart have been named recipients of the Daniel M. Sachs Class of 1960 Graduating Scholarship, one of...

#PrincetonU seniors Shaun Cason and Anna Allport and

@UniofOxford

student Isabelle Stuart have been named recipients of the Daniel M. Sachs Class of 1960 Graduating Scholarship, one of the University’s highest awards. Congratulations 🎉

Sachs Scholarship awarded to two Princeton seniors, one Oxford student

Urban Lizards Share Genomic Markers Not Found in Forest-Dwellers

Lizards living in different cities have parallel genomic markers when compared to neighboring forest lizards, according to a new study.🦎 The research team featured #PrincetonU professor

@SCampbellstaton

. (via

@AAUniversities

)

aau.edu

Lizards living in different cities have parallel genomic markers when compared to neighboring forest lizards, according to a study NYU, Princeton, and Washington University in St. Louis.

#PrincetonU's historic Ferris Thompson Gateway — named for its donor, track-and-field athlete Ferris Thompson of the Class of 1888 — has been restored: bit.ly/3wcIQ7P

Workers from Anderson Ironworks missing decorative portions of the Ferris Thompson Gateway

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Black and white photo of the original Ferris Thompson Gateway

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Institute for Advanced Study (IAS)

@the_IAS

IAS welcomes Alex Day as Associate Director for Strategic Initiatives, Programming, and Partnerships. Day joins from

@Princetonalumni

and will seek to convene leaders from academia and beyond to expand and support Institute programs. Read more: ias.edu/news/2023/si-a

Arielle Rivera: Lighting Puerto Rico’s energy future

Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico in 2017, causing massive damage and long-lasting power outages for millions of people.

@ArielleRivera_

'23 lost touch with relatives living on the island and saw a major problem that needed fixing. (via

@AndlingerCenter

)

acee.princeton.edu

Rivera is working with Jesse Jenkins to explore how Puerto Rico can make its electricity supply more resilient to climate disasters while meeting its ambitious energy goals.

#PrincetonU kicked off Wintersession in style ❄️🐅 Over the next 2️⃣ weeks, the University community will come together for workshops, performances, and much more!

Tiger ice sculpture with the words, "Wintersession"

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Group of people gather near a food truck

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Princeton Alumni

@princetonalumni

#VentureForward: Lou Chen ’19 helped establish Trenton Arts at Princeton (TAP), which brings Trenton students in four artistic disciplines to

for rehearsals, workshops, guest performances from student groups, & one-on-one and group instruction from student volunteers.

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Princeton Men's Ice Hockey

TIGERS IN OT ‼️

takes down No. 12 Providence on a Jack Cronin game-winning goal in overtime. Ethan Pearson tallied 36 saves between the pipes for the Tigers. 🌿🏒

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New book 'Myth America' examines misinformation in U.S. history

#PrincetonU professors

@KevinMKruse

and

@julianzelizer

joined

@GeoffRBennett

to discuss their new book, "Myth America: Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past" for

@NewsHour

. 📖

pbs.org

In a new book, Kevin Kruse and Julian Zelizer assemble a team of fellow historians to push back on what they see as the biggest myths and rampant misinformation about major issues facing this country...

7️⃣

players have been selected to the

@IvyLeague

roster for the Japan-U.S. Dream Bowl in Tokyo! 🐅🏈 Find out which Tigers will be representing #PrincetonU: bit.ly/3iDdpk0

Princeton defensive back CJ Wall in action

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Jan 17

The most popular coral reefs in Hawaii are likely being degraded by the millions of tourists they attract each year, according to new #PrincetonU research (via

@abcnews

): abcn.ws/3CTSVdy 📸: Donald Miralle/Getty Images

Fish pass over a coral reef at Hanauma Bay in Honolulu

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The Ivy League and 5 others

Princeton WBB

@PrincetonWBB

Jan 17

13.3 points per game - ✅ 2.7 rebounds per contest - ✅ 48.6 percent shooting - ✅ 3-0 week - ✅ What a week for

@nat_strose

! bit.ly/3Xm1Woa #GetStops 🐯🏀

Madison St. Rose - Ivy Rookie of the Week

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