Princeton University

“The most rewarding thing classics has taught me is how to really scrupulously read. Arguments in classics courses always felt like they had legs, because they were born from a real fidelity to the text.” Gabriel Duchovny '26, a midfielder on the Princeton men’s soccer team, tapped his facility with language to translate from Italian two scholarly papers about the strategic innovations of @SpursOfficial coach Roberto De Zerbi. His senior thesis, "Ancient Roman Banditry: A Modern Criminological Analysis," applies modern criminological theory to ancient Roman accounts of organized crime and earned Duchovny the John J. Keaney Prize, the classics department’s prize for the best senior thesis: bit.ly/4wAoi6B

"We grow seeds because seeds are the foundation of foodways." At the Princeton Seed Farm, Princeton faculty members, student volunteers and community partners are committed to preserving culturally meaningful seeds: bit.ly/3V04ybK

Alex Lombardi, an expert in cryptography, has won a CAREER award from the NSF. The award is a top honor for early career faculty and will support Lombardi's research on the theory and foundations of classical and quantum cryptography. bit.ly/4bzPM3Q

A major gift from graduate alumnus Yan Huo *94 has named Huo College, originally known as New College West: bit.ly/4faXQJt “Princeton sparked many opportunities and lifelong friendships for me, and I am grateful every day for what it made possible in my life," said Huo, who earned a master’s degree and Ph.D. in electrical engineering at Princeton. “Now, I am truly excited to see Huo College offer new generations of Princetonians the same opportunities to build lasting friendships and gain new knowledge. Hopefully, like me, they will look back at their time at Princeton with the same fondness and gratitude for how it shaped their lives."

What's on Professor Laura Kalin's summer reading list? 📚 “A Deadly Education” by Naomi Novik 📚 “Platform Decay” by Martha Wells 📚 “My Friends” by Fredrik Backman "My ideal place to read is the wicker couch on my front porch, curled up with a cup of tea and our two cats — Chaos, who is 18, and Rigatoni, 6, newly adopted." bit.ly/4vnHUcZ

During his return to campus at #PrincetonReunions after his historic @Jeopardy run, we put Jamie Ding '13's quiz show skills to the test against fellow @princetonalumni in a game we like to call: Can You Zing Jamie Ding? 💥

Grasshoppers may not spring to mind as paragons of graceful flight. But for a team of Princeton engineers, these gangly insects have inspired a new approach to robotic wings. bit.ly/4b8fTyM

How much fresh water is in the United States? It’s a tough question, since most of the water is underground, accessible at varying depths. Now, researchers at Princeton and @uarizona have answered this question in unprecedented breadth and detail: bit.ly/4w6HHfp

The importance of deep reading and critical thinking as our brains adapt to digital distractions and information overload is the subject of this year’s Princeton Pre-read book, “Reader, Come Home: The Reading Brain in a Digital World” by Maryanne Wolf. The Pre-read is a Princeton tradition started by President Eisgruber, who introduces first-year students to intellectual life on campus by selecting a book to read and discuss together. "'Reader, Come Home' addresses beautifully and persuasively what may be the single most important question for incoming students at Princeton University, why should we continue to read long, demanding books when short summaries are easily obtained?" Read more on why President Eisgruber selected this year's Pre-read: bit.ly/4yk2VYQ

The Princeton Pulse Podcast reveals how scientific research could hold the key to longevity. Breakthroughs in genetics, molecular biology, and genomics may help improve women’s reproductive health, slow down cognitive aging, and prevent certain diseases. tinyurl.com/2up7yvvr

"Attention is not just about neurons, or about the brain enhancing internal representations. Attention is a gateway to subjective experience itself." Princeton neuroscientist Michael Graziano writes that attention is the brain's most fundamental process. bit.ly/4wTksWn

Researchers at Princeton have harnessed AI to understand how drugs affect the dynamics of vital structures within the cell, introducing a tool that can map the shape of these structures to functional outcomes and shed light on important markers of health. bit.ly/4ycfvcz

🔭 Some 2800 scientists, including Princeton researchers, are involved in the @VRubinObs decade-long survey of the Southern Hemisphere sky, known as the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST). bit.ly/4y43Ex0

What's on Professor AnneMarie Luijendijk's reading list this summer? 📚 “The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Volume LXXXVIII” edited by A. Benaissa, W. B. Henry, et al 📚 “Communities of Violence: Persecution of Minorities in the Middle Ages” by David Nirenberg 📚 “Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration” by Matthew D.C. Larsen and more ➡️ bit.ly/4wAa2us

Princeton researchers have revealed new links between high-fat diets and aggressive breast cancer, demonstrating the important role fat plays in making some cancers more invasive. bit.ly/4vWdYWs

🐦 Princeton researcher Gerald Carter contributed to a new study on monk parakeets, which shows that when birds meet each other, they tend to "test the waters" and take time to get familiar with them — much like humans when making new friends. bit.ly/3JXzUhn

Summer Renovation: Brand-New Seats & Carpeting Coming to Princeton's Historic Matthews Theatre Original 1930s architectural elements to be carefully preserved and restored Read about it here -> newjerseystage.com/articles2/2026… @mccarter

👏 Princeton professors Andrea Bernstein, Ethan Kapstein and Sean Wilentz are among 24 recipients of this year’s Berlin Prize fellowship. bit.ly/4wAqFX1

What do comedian Steve Martin and @PrincetonMBB head coach Mitch Henderson '98 have in common? They're both using @fortellresearch, an AI-assisted hearing aid created by former Princeton roommates @MattHdeJonge '10 and Cole Morris '10: bit.ly/4aHrXa3 (via @pawprinceton)

Summer reads: Explore five books on money, inequality, taxation, trade and economic power, including works by @Princeton Professor @omzidar and graduate student @bhgreeley. Read this summer, then join us this fall for conversations with the authors. bit.ly/4b9qN7o