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Princeton University Menu Search Search Sites & People × Living Our Ethos of Service Matthew Desmond’s ’Poverty, by America’ ProCES course field-tests promising solutions, in collaboration with community partners. History and Sense of Place A new portrait of the pathbreaking actor and director José Ferrer ’33 joins a series illuminating the University’s broad diversity. Pursuing Excellence Genrietta Churbanova has been selected as Princeton Class of 2024 valedictorian. John Freeman is salutatorian. University News View All News Eight seniors win 2024 Spirit of Princeton Award for service, contributions to campus life The award recognizes students who have demonstrated a strong commitment to the undergraduate experience through efforts in student organizations, athletics, community service, religious life, residential life and the arts. Goldman, Muir and Rouse elected to National Academy of Sciences Princeton’s Noreen Goldman, Tom Muir and Cecelia Rouse were chosen in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Twelve Princeton alumni are also new members. DeLue and Singer receive Behrman Award for the humanities Princeton professors Rachael DeLue and Peter Singer have received the University’s Howard T. Behrman Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Humanities. View All News The Quantum Future: Meeting the Moment Princeton’s quantum scientists and engineers are working to manipulate the strange behaviors of particles — mindbending realities like quantum entanglement and superposition — to advance knowledge and produce technologies in fields as far-ranging as computing, communications, medicine, energy, finance and cryptography. Our expanded Quantum Initiative and new Ph.D. program carry forward a spirit of discovery on our campus that reaches back to Einstein. Follow our latest breakthroughs and meet our Forward Thinkers Exceptional Faculty Princeton faculty members are all exceptional scholars in their disciplines who are expected to teach as well as engage in research. Faculty work closely with undergraduates in the supervision of junior year independent work and senior theses. Arvind Narayanan Computer Science and the Center for Information Technology Policy Narayanan studies the societal impact of artificial intelligence and machine learning. Sigrid Adriaenssens Civil and Environmental Engineering Adriaenssens is an engineering innovator, designing lightweight, elegant and resilient structures for sustainable buildings, bridges and other infrastructure. Leonard Wantchekon Politics 2023 Global Economy Prize winner Wantchekon came of age as a pro-democracy student activist in Benin. Marina Rustow Near Eastern Studies and History Rustow uses machine learning to decipher thousands of Arabic and Hebrew fragments preserved in a medieval Cairo synagogue that open a new window onto premodern history. Ruha Benjamin African American Studies Benjamin’s scholarship explores the relationship between technological innovation and social equity. She is the author of 2022’s Viral Justice” and the new Imagination: A Manifesto.” Janet Currie Princeton School of Public and International Affairs Currie applies economics expertise to children’s health, development and well-being. 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