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Princeton historian Elizabeth Ellis helps Versailles mark 300th anniversary of a state visit by Native American allies to France. The exhibition opens on November 25. https://bit.ly/48hH7Ro
Princeton historian helps Versailles mark 300th anniversary of a state visit by Native American allies to France
Historian Elizabeth Ellis is a key player in an exhibition opening Nov. 25 that brings to light the little-known diplomatic history. An academic symposium at the Paris museum MQB goes deeper.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
A study co-authored by Princeton's Jie Deng offers a new explanation for two enormous structures deep below Earth's surface that "defy conventional models of planetary evolution."
Why mysterious structures within Earth's mantle hold clues to life here
For decades, scientists have been baffled by two enormous, enigmatic structures buried deep inside Earth with features so vast and unusual that they defy conventional models of planetary evolution.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Found in Antarctica, old ice is helping scientists “ground-truth” their models to predict our climate future. 🧊 #OldestIce #ClimateScience eos.org/articles/new...
New Lessons from Old Ice: How We Understand Past (and Future) Heating - Eos
Fragments of blue ice up to 6 million years old—the oldest ever found—offer key insights into Earth’s warming cycles. Researchers are using these ancient data to refine models of our future climate.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The new Princeton University Art Museum intentionally avoids a "prescribed path" and encourages visitors to "wander at will until you see something that captures you and then stop": https://bit.ly/4i8ujRO
November 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Daniel Sigman's lab at Princeton was part of an international team of scientists whose work shows that ocean ecosystems might be more resilient than we thought, all thanks to the discovery of a rare isotope in microscopic fossils: https://bit.ly/4i5eFXd
November 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Engineers at Princeton University achieved a world-record milestone: a superconducting qubit with coherence time exceeding 1 millisecond, about three times longer than previous lab records and ~15× typical industry performance.

#Quantum #QuantumComputing #technology #Science
United States sets world record and pulls off a quantum computing feat with one‑millisecond qubit coherence
This week, a quiet materials tweak in a US lab signaled a different kind of leap. Engineers at Princeton University report a qubit that stays stable long
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November 23, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Postdoctoral researcher Inyoung Choeng explains why people like talking to chatbots so much, the emotional and relational dangers of these interactions, and what safeguards are needed to protect users.
How Chatbots Make Us Feel
An exploration of how AI is changing the way we feel — about ourselves and everything else.
whyy.org
November 22, 2025 at 12:33 AM
"Somebody once told me that if being a musician is about having something to say or having something to communicate, there’s only so much you can learn about doing that with an instrument in your hands."

Leland Ko '20, who studied German Literature at Princeton, talks about his career as a cellist.
On the Road to Carnegie Hall: Leland Ko ’20 Steps Into the Spotlight
The award-winning cellist talks about his musical evolution, the influence of a liberal arts education at Princeton, and what he hopes to discover onstage.The Music Department recently caught up with ...
music.princeton.edu
November 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
With ramifications for medicine, energy needs, and the sustainability of the nation's products and tech, Princeton's Paul Chirik has partnered with the National Institutes of Health for nearly a decade: https://bit.ly/4nYDwgM
November 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
A Princeton and University of Chicago study finds that rainfall causes more than 8% of deaths in Mumbai during the monsoon season — a figure ten times higher than listed in official statistics.
November 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
With a new grant from the National Science Foundation, researchers from University of Nebraska–Lincoln and Princeton University are exploring how to use bacteria to power artificial intelligence: https://bit.ly/47UYCb2
November 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Does graph theory converge with our everyday lives?

Princeton professor and expert in the field Maria Chudnovsky joins the "The Joy of Why" podcast from @quantamagazine.bsky.social to answer the question.
How Does Graph Theory Shape Our World? | Quanta Magazine
Maria Chudnovsky reflects on her journey in graph theory, her groundbreaking solution to the long-standing perfect graph problem, and the unexpected ways this abstract field intersects with everyday l...
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November 21, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Princeton professor of creative writing @poetpatriciasmith.bsky.social has won the 2025 @nationalbook.bsky.social Award for Poetry for “The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems.” Congrats!
Patricia Smith wins National Book Award for Poetry for ‘The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems’
“The Intentions of Thunder” includes poems from Smith’s nine collections, as well as new and previously uncollected poems that traverse every facet of life, encompassing history, current events and th...
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November 20, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Princeton engineers have built a superconducting qubit that lasts 3x longer than today's best versions, marking a major step toward practical quantum computers.
Princeton puts quantum computing on the fast track with new qubit
Princeton engineers have built a superconducting qubit that lasts three times longer than today’s best versions, marking a major step toward practical quantum computers.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Professor Chang's talk is covering activity-based sensing and using chemical reactivity to decipher biology at the atomic scale.
November 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Closing out our #ChemSciSymposium for 2025, Professor Chris Chang is presenter with our Chemical Science Lectureship prize by our symposium chair, Professor Tom Meade!
November 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
After analyzing the DNA sequences from 357 modern and 22 historic specimens, new research led by @yukihaba.bsky.social and @lindymcbr.bsky.social at @science.org uncovers the true, ancient origin of the "London Underground mosquito."
Ancient origin of an urban underground mosquito
Understanding how life is adapting to urban environments represents an important challenge in evolutionary biology. In this work, we investigate a widely cited example of urban adaptation, Culex pipie...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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I took my @princeton.edu Policy Advocacy Clinic students to Washington State as part of their research on solitary confinement. We met with @chriswblackwell.bsky.social in prison, whose writing brings solitary to life, and we attended symposium of families w/ loved ones in prison. All very powerful
November 19, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Princeton remembers David Bellos, Meredith Howland Pyne Professor of French Literature, and professor of French and Italian and comparative literature who was a renowned scholar of French fiction and celebrated translator.
David Bellos, renowned scholar of French fiction and ‘totally brilliant translator,’ dies at age 80
His work grappled with the tricky nature of interpreting between languages and embraced the potential of language itself to help us understand the human condition.
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November 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Mitchell Duneier, chair of the Department of Sociology who teaches a course on Bruce Springsteen's America, pens an op-ed at @nytimes.com about @brucespringsteen.net's father Doug, their complicated relationship, and the culture of working-class masculinity.
Opinion | Bruce Springsteen's Father Complicates a Powerful American Narrative
He had a good factory job that helped him raise a family. But it didn't save him from despair.
nyti.ms
November 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
New AI developed in collaboration with the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab enhances the way scientists can monitor and control the plasma inside a fusion system and could help keep future commercial fusion systems a reliable source of electricity.
New AI enhances the view inside fusion energy systems
A new AI can fill in missing sensor data for fusion systems, offering even more detail than the real-world sensor could have provided. The AI, known as Diag2Diag, could prove essential for commercial ...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
A Princeton and University of Chicago study finds that rainfall causes more than 8% of deaths in Mumbai during the monsoon season - a figure 10x higher than listed in official statistics.
Climate Change and Rising Sea Levels to Worsen Urban Health Risks in Mumbai, Study Co-Led by Princeton and University of Chicago Reveals
A Princeton and University of Chicago study finds that rainfall causes more than 8% of deaths in Mumbai during the monsoon season - a figure ten times higher than listed in official statistics.Rainfal...
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November 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Princeton remembers David Bellos, renowned scholar of French fiction and celebrated translator who was the author of 28 book-length translations and nine scholarly books about storied French writers and literature.
David Bellos, renowned scholar of French fiction and ‘totally brilliant translator,’ dies at age 80
His work grappled with the tricky nature of interpreting between languages and embraced the potential of language itself to help us understand the human condition.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Congratulations to #NOVAGrad Hadi Kamara, a 2022 alum and Princeton senior, on earning a Rhodes Scholarship for graduate study at Oxford!

A first-gen student and veteran, he hopes his journey inspires other non-traditional students.

🔗 Read more: https://bit.ly/3X0Vapb
Princeton senior Hadi Kamara wins Rhodes Scholarship
Kamara, a politics major, is a first-generation student who transferred to Princeton from Northern Virginia Community College after serving first at the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command and t...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM