Princeton University professor John Hopfield has been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in physics(Link is external) “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.” 

Building on a decade of rapid growth in innovation and entrepreneurship, Princeton has launched the Office of Innovation, a bold step to facilitate, cultivate and elevate the University’s expanding innovation pursuits.

Celebrate Princeton Innovation, the University’s annual salute to faculty and other researchers who are patenting their discoveries, creating start-up companies or exploring other ventures, will be held on campus Thursday, Oct. 10.

The Office of Innovation will host the event from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Frick chemistry building atrium. Attendees will be able to meet faculty inventors and representatives of innovative research programs who will discuss and demonstrate their work.

Princeton representatives joined Gov. Phil Murphy and the New Jersey delegation on a recent trade mission to Canada to explore cross-border economic opportunities between the state and the provinces.

A selection of new or upgraded instruments to propel discoveries in the natural sciences and engineering will be installed and made available for researchers at Princeton through the University’s Provost and Dean for Research Transformative Equipment Initiative.

A congressionally mandated study led by Professor Emily A. Carter has released a comprehensive roadmap for research and policies to enable large-scale recycling of carbon pollution into high-demand, useful products like fuels and construction materials.

Inspired by the architecture of human bone’s tough outer layer, engineers at Princeton have developed a cement-based material that is 5.6 times more damage-resistant than standard counterparts. The bio-inspired design allows the material to resist cracking and avoid sudden failure, unlike conventional, brittle cement-based counterparts.

The Research & Development Council of New Jersey has recognized four Princeton Engineering researchers for their pioneering contributions to innovation.

The Office of the Dean for Research has announced the continuation of the Princeton IP Accelerator Fund, a program to award development gap funding to Princeton investigators, thereby fostering and advancing the development of nascent technologies emanating from University labs into commercial development and, ultimately, the global marketplace.

Christine Galib, former senior director of entrepreneurship and innovation for the Ion in Houston, has been named director of the regional photonics research and economic development “engine” based at Princeton University and funded by the National Science Foundation.