Innovation News

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Princeton Pitch showcases growing community of entrepreneurship on-campus
May 27, 2022
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Princeton alumni and faculty startups shine at 2022 NYC Tiger Entrepreneurs Conference
May 27, 2022
Craig B. Arnold
Craig B. Arnold appointed vice dean for innovation
May 10, 2022
Megan Leinenbach
Student entrepreneur makes impact in women's health
May 6, 2022
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Our COVID-19 vaccines would not exist without this unsung Princeton technology
May 6, 2022
Students and researchers, many of them people of color, conduct research and academic work
Princeton partners with UNCF and HBCUs to expand research and innovation
May 4, 2022
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Health, environment and imaging are focus of this year’s Schmidt Transformative Technology Fund grants
April 28, 2022
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Innovation funds support advances in bioengineering, machine learning and materials science
April 26, 2022
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A Princeton data tool helps planners set climate priorities
April 21, 2022
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Materials symposium highlighted research and industry cooperation
April 21, 2022
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IP Accelerator Fund awarded to enhance impact of six new technologies
April 14, 2022
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A Princeton-Microsoft project is tracing the digital fingerprints of disinformation
April 1, 2022
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Hub kicks off first regional I-Corps program
March 3, 2022
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Deep-learning diagnoses: Edge AI detects COVID-19 from smartwatch sensors
Feb. 28, 2022
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Princeton joins new Air Force regional research hub
Feb. 28, 2022
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Princeton startup aims to fast-track lithium battery recycling
Feb. 10, 2022
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Princeton-Wharton Executive Education for entrepreneurial faculty
Feb. 2, 2022
Christina Pellicane
The art of innovation: Christina Pellicane
Jan. 25, 2022
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Annual Princeton Innovation conference highlighted University's initiative to transform research into societal benefit
Jan. 21, 2022
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Thawing the cold chain: Princeton technology for room-temperature delivery of vaccines and biological drugs selected to receive Science Center innovation funding
Jan. 20, 2022
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The next big thing from Princeton's MacMillan lab: an ‘improbable’ mechanism for a difficult chemical bond
Jan. 20, 2022
The crystal structure of Mak1 bound to the drug acarbose (black, red and blue stick structure).
Oral and gut microbes can inactivate an antidiabetic drug, Princeton scientists find
Dec. 21, 2021
Emily Carter
Carter recognized with Materials Theory Award
Dec. 17, 2021
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Priestley, Xu honored in Newsweek for invention of cost-efficient, solar-powered water filter
Dec. 17, 2021
Via videoconferencing, Peter Jaffé briefs Congress on “forever chemicals."
Jaffé briefs Congress on “forever chemicals”
Dec. 9, 2021
Yibin Kang in his lab
New cancer therapy from Yibin Kang’s lab holds potential to switch off major cancer types without side effects
Nov. 29, 2021
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Coronavirus researcher Cameron Myhrvold is using ‘spectacular’ new technologies to seek and destroy viral pathogens
Nov. 24, 2021
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Tech pioneers to headline Engage 2021 conference on innovation and entrepreneurship
Nov. 23, 2021
Kelsey Hatzell
Battery visionary Kelsey Hatzell on the power of interfaces
Nov. 16, 2021
Marcus Hultmark
Nanotech invention with potential to shrink industrial sensor costs wins New Jersey patent award
Nov. 3, 2021
Microplastic experiment with fluorescent particles
Project Plastic team builds winning venture during two Princeton Startup Bootcamps
Oct. 28, 2021
Several officials scoop dirt with shovels for the groundbreaking ceremony of The Hub
Provost Prentice speaks at groundbreaking of "The Hub", NJ innovation center in New Brunswick
Oct. 21, 2021
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Innovation Forum spotlights innovation from STEM to humanities
Oct. 13, 2021
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Princeton’s David MacMillan receives Nobel Prize in chemistry
Oct. 6, 2021
Syukuro Manabe
Princeton’s Syukuro Manabe receives Nobel Prize in physics
Oct. 5, 2021
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Empower 2021 conference looks to increase opportunities for Black entrepreneurs from throughout academia
Oct. 4, 2021
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New Princeton Dean for Research initiatives aim to broaden inclusion in research, innovation and entrepreneurship
Sept. 24, 2021
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With SEAS dean Goldsmith’s support, NJ lands hard-tech HAX accelerator in Newark, helping catalyze regional tech hub
Sept. 20, 2021
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New engineering and environmental studies facilities will support innovative research that benefits society
Sept. 15, 2021
Darell Fields and Clifford Johnson
Designer and inventor Darell Fields and physicist Clifford Johnson named Presidential Visiting Scholars at Princeton
Sept. 15, 2021
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Faculty to lead development of quantum simulators in major NSF-funded effort
Sept. 2, 2021
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New platform speeds up effort to turn crops into fuel
Aug. 30, 2021
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Device that exposes chemical threats brings top honors at OSA congress
Aug. 20, 2021
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Kayothera, cancer therapeutics start-up spun out of Princeton, wins BIO 2021 Start-up Stadium Competition
Aug. 10, 2021
Paul Chirik, Princeton’s Edwards S. Sanford Professor in Chemistry and Yoonsu Park, a postdoctoral research associate in the Chirik lab
Princeton chemists discover a key to greener food production
July 30, 2021
Princeton-led technology for room-temperature vaccines and biological drugs selected as finalist in Science Center QED research accelerator program
July 28, 2021
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Projects that blaze new trails in research will receive Dean for Research Innovation funding
July 22, 2021
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Shared prosperity is key to clean energy transition
July 14, 2021
Spencer Reynolds, Reynolds' 2021 Clio Award, and Rodney Priestley
Vice Dean for Innovation Priestley honored for contributions to grad student professional development
July 1, 2021
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Metropolis Project backs solutions for safer, more resilient cities
June 30, 2021