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Arbel Griner Honored with GLIDE Research Awards
Aug. 21, 2023

Arbel Griner, an associate research scholar at Princeton’s Center for Health and Wellbeing, has received two prestigious awards from GLIDE, the Oxford-Johns Hopkins Global Infectious Disease Ethics Collaborative. The initiative aims to foster…

Ryo Morimoto weighs in on "Oppenheimer"
Aug. 10, 2023

Ryo Morimoto was quoted in the Los Angeles Times’ article “Critics say omitting the Japanese toll makes ‘Oppenheimer’ ‘morally half-formed’.” The film “Oppenheimer” is a Christopher Nolan blockbuster about the creation of the atomic bomb. Critiques say the film lacks representation of the…

Reflecting in Hiroshima, Japan on the anniversary of the bombing on August 6
Aug. 4, 2023

As part of the multi-year Princeton–University of Tokyo Strategic Partnership Project, “Policing, Public Space, and Democracy,” faculty members from the Center for Transnational Policing, Princeton Urban Imagination Center, and the Effron Center for the Study of America at Princeton University (Laurence Ralph, Aisha Beliso-De Jesús, and…

Ryo Morimoto Speaks on Oppenheimer and Nuclear Development with The Daily Princetonian
July 27, 2023

Assistant Professor of Anthropology Dr. Ryo Morimoto recently spoke with The Daily Princetonian regarding the new film Oppenheimer and our nation’s history with nuclear research. In the article, Morimoto discusses the involvement of Princeton University in the Manhattan Project and emphasizes that while J. Robert Oppenheimer is often…

Agustín Fuentes' work with National Geographic reveals burials of Homo naledi
July 13, 2023

Recent excavations by a team from National Geographic in collaboration with Professor Agustín Fuentes in the Rising Star Cave of South Africa have revealed burials of the extinct hominin species Homo naledi. The Rising Star Cave system is a treasure trove of archaeological and…

"Titration" wins at 2023 Latino and Native American Film Festival
June 27, 2023

Congratulations to Nuclear Princeton for their film, Titration: Radioactive Waste, Princeton, & the Navajo Nation, winner of the 2023 Latino & Native American Film Festival (LANAFF) Environmental / Social / Political / Justice Award.

This film seeks to unearth connections among uranium mining on the Navajo Nation…

Graduate Student Workshop in Anthropology, Athens
June 26, 2023

Graduate students and faculty from the Departments of Anthropology at Princeton University and Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences joined together for a three-day workshop in Athens during the first weekend of June. Stemming from a partnership between the two departments and the Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies, the workshop…

Garth launches Heirloom Gardens Oral History Project
June 22, 2023

On June 3rd and 4th, 2023, a team of Princeton students joined with students from Spelman College for a weekend-long workshop on conducting oral histories. This gathering marked the launch of the Heirloom Gardens Oral History Project, a collaboration between Princeton University, Spelman…

Kaelani Burja ’23 receives Martin A. Dale ’53 Fellowship
June 19, 2023

Congratulations to Kaelani Burja ’23 on receiving the Martin A. Dale ’53 Fellowship. The Dale Fellowship, created by 1953 Princeton alumnus Martin Dale, allows a senior to spend a year pursuing an independent project of extraordinary merit that will widen the recipient’s experience of the world and significantly enhance the recipient’s growth…

Amadeus Harte Awarded Stanley B. Burns M.D. Fellowship for the Study of Medical Photographic History at Yale
June 15, 2023

Third-year graduate student Amadeus Harte will be the inaugural recipient of the Stanley B. Burns M.D. Fellowship for the Study of Medical Photographic History, supporting the study of the history of medical photography at Yale University. 

The fellowship is offered by the Medical Historical…