Quantum science, particle physics and nanoscale motors awarded support from Eric and Wendy Schmidt Transformative Tech Fund
Catherine Zandonella, Office of the Dean for Research
May 11, 2021 10 a.m.
Three projects that aim to pioneer new discoveries with the potential to transform entire fields of inquiry and propel innovation have been awarded funding through the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Transformative Technology Fund.
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Denise Applewhite, Office of Communications
New quantum materials that promise to propel the communications of the future, an AI-driven search to uncover the fundamental laws of physics, and a project to build biomolecular motors have been selected for funding through the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Transformative Technology Fund.
Princeton employees honored for special achievement, service and management leadership
by Anita Fresolone and Gloria Rosanio, Office of Human Resources
April 22, 2021 1:06 p.m.
On March 25, President Christopher L. Eisgruber (center) hosted a virtual ceremony for the 2020 President Achievement Award (PAA) recipients. Row 1: Joyce Bell, executive assistant, software and application services, Office of Information Technology; Robin Izzo, executive director, Environmental Health and Safety; Connie Brown, department manager, Department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering; Row 2: Lianne Sullivan-Crowley, vice president for Human Resources and PAA selection committee member; Darryl Johnson, logistics coordinator, shipping, receiving and loading dock, Department of Physics. Row 3: Sohaib Sultan, coordinator for Muslim life, Office of Religious Life, who was named a PAA recipient, prior to his passing on April 16; Hector Mejia, technology specialist 2, enterpr
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Premium Content At Coledale beach on the 27th of February 1966, 14-year-old Bob Myatt witnessed a terrifying yet incredible site. A boy around the same age as him was pulled from the water by surf lifesavers with a 2.5m great white shark s jaws still clamped onto his right leg. The boy, Raymond Short, had been swimming when the shark grabbed his left thigh then let go. As Ray started swimming to shore, the shark swallowed his leg up to his knee. Raymond Short was attacked by a shark at Coledale beach in 1966 when he was 13. And so began Bob s 54-year-long obsession with sharks. As a registered researcher with the Global Shark Attack File (GSAF) which records attacks around the world, he has helped collate an incredible list of every shark attack in Australia since the First Fleet arrived in 1788.