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AI and the Humanities: Across the Princeton campus, an era of collaboration is underway.
With the launch of the Princeton Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence and the New Jersey AI Hub, over the last few years Princeton University has firmly established its presence at the forefront of artificial intelligence research — including transformative work in humanities scholarship.
From piecing together fragments of ancient texts with language models to exploring the future of human-robot interactions, Princeton scholars aren’t just exploring what AI can do for the humanities. They’re uncovering what the humanities can do for AI.
Already, AI tools are appearing in all facets of our society and culture. “It’s the world that our kids are going to inherit,” said Meredith Martin, professor of English, faculty director of Princeton’s Center for Digital Humanities (CDH) and a grant recipient from the international Schmidt Sciences Humanities and AI Virtual Institute. “We should try our hardest to put the humanities into every aspect of AI development, not only in the input data and the interpretation of the results,” she said.
Read on princeton.edu
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Research at Princeton report
University research underpins the advances that improve lives, grow the economy, and satisfy the innately human quest for knowledge.
Princeton is a liberal arts institution where research takes place across disciplines. The University stands out among the nation’s leading research institutions for its foundational commitment to scholarship for the benefit of humanity. Our world-renowned researchers and scholars lead groundbreaking discoveries, educate future generations of research leaders, and ensure that the fruits of scholarly endeavors are accessible for the benefit of all.
This report highlights the breadth and impact of research at Princeton. In the following pages, you will read about our exceptional research scholars, initiatives and facilities and see how investments in Princeton research are leading to discoveries with real-world impact in our region, for the nation and across the globe.
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From The Daily Princetonian: Letter to the Editor: For America’s 250th, we’re opening the Faculty Room
Samuel Kligman and Zach Gardner wrote recently in The Daily Princetonian encouraging that Nassau Hall — and in particular the Faculty Room — be opened for America’s 250th anniversary celebrations.
Princeton is offering numerous opportunities to celebrate America’s 250th across campus, including in Nassau Hall. The Office of Community and Regional Affairs, in partnership with the Office of the Provost, has begun planning for a Faculty Room “open house” concurrent with other programming hosted by community organizations during the first weekend of October 2026. We are excited to open the historic Faculty Room to guests as part of the festivities that weekend.
Read on dailyprincetonian.com
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Inclusive Princeton report spotlights programs and initiatives that support vibrant campus community
The 2024-25 Inclusive Princeton report is now available online, highlighting University programs and initiatives that seek to build a vibrant campus community where all faculty, students and staff can thrive.
The report spotlights how Princeton’s academic and co-curricular excellence is supported by creating an environment of opportunity and belonging for faculty, staff and students, where they can contribute to the University’s educational, research and service missions.
Read on inside.princeton.edu
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The Ronald E. Hatcher Science on Saturday Lecture series has been held for more than 40 years.
This annual series of lectures is given by scientists, engineers, and other professionals involved in cutting-edge research. Held on Saturday mornings throughout winter, the lectures are geared toward high school students. The program draws more than 300 students, teachers, parents, and community members. Topics are selected from a variety of disciplines.
On February 28, Lydia Lynch of Princeton University presents How Diet and Obesity Shape Our Immune System’s Ability to Kill Cancer.
Free and open to the public.
Saturday, February 28
9:30 AM
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, 100 Stellarator Road, Princeton
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PLOrk: Electronics and The Voice
As part of the Princeton Electronic Music Festival celebrating 20 years of the Princeton Laptop Orchestra, a mini-symposium will be held in the Lee Rehearsal Room. Panelists include: Eli Berman, Charmaine Lee, and Pamela Z. Alumna Lainie Fefferman will moderate the symposium.
Sunday, March 1
4:00 PM
Lee Rehearsal Room at Lewis Arts Complex
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M+Mx25
Media and Modernity: 25 Years of Thinking Through Mediation
The M+Mx25 exhibition offers a kaleidoscopic portrait of an ongoing experiment: the Media and Modernity program launched at Princeton University in 2000. M+M has operated as a single continuous 25-year seminar, bringing faculty and students from all over the university each week to a concrete and glass room in a brutalist building to explore the evolving entanglements of media and modernities in dialogue with a guest scholar or artist. Around a crowded table in room N-107, discussion is privileged over formal presentations, proximity over detachment, bodies over technologies.
M+Mx25 presents this concentration of ideas and people in a single room and the centrifugal force it generated outwards across disciplines, institutions, geographies, and technologies. Rather than presenting a unified narrative, the exhibition assembles M+M as a working archive: the partial, uneven, and cumulative traces of an ongoing collaborative experiment.
On display March 3 to May 1
Exhibition opening panel discussion March 3 at 5:00 PM
Princeton University School of Architecture
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Pop-Up Talk: Curator Carolyn Laferrière
Curious about what goes on inside the Princeton University Art Museum walls? In this monthly series, Museum experts of all stripes share their work. This month, Curator of Ancient Mediterranean Art Carolyn Laferrière discusses the process of installing artworks in the new building. Afterward, head to the galleries to see the objects for yourself!
Friday, March 6
2:00 PM
Princeton University Art Museum
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VIS Book & Poster Show
An exhibition of innovative poster designs and artists’ books by the seniors and juniors in the Program in Visual Arts.
Free and open to the public.
On display through March 15
Gallery open weekdays 8:00 AM to 8:30 PM; weekends 9:00 AM to 8:30 PM
Hagan Gallery at 185 Nassau Street
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Princeton University Concerts presents
Tabea Zimmermann, Viola
Javier Perianes, Piano
It is no exaggeration to say that you have not heard the extraordinary power of the viola until you have heard Tabea Zimmermann play it. Regularly cited as the world’s greatest living violist, her revelatory performances have been sold-out triumphs on our past seasons. In a rare U.S. recital appearance featuring the long-awaited debut of Spanish pianist Javier Perianes, the duo brings a deeply retrospective program spanning the poetic lyricism of Schumann’s Fantasy Pieces and Brahms’ late second viola sonata, Britten’s melancholic tribute to Renaissance composer John Dowland in its seldom-performed original arrangement, and Shostakovich’s final composition, written weeks before the composer’s death. This is music at its most profound—played by instrumentalists at their most transcendent.
Tabea Zimmermann will also teach a public masterclass for Princeton University student violists on Friday, March 20 at 4:00 PM in Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall. No tickets or registration required to attend.
Purchase tickets for the concert on concerts.princeton.edu.
Thursday, March 19
7:30 PM
Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall
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Art for Families
Art in Motion
Saturdays are for young makers in the Creativity Labs! Build an expressive sculpture inspired by the work of artist Nick Cave.
Drop in anytime between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. to explore a work of art, play with different materials, and exercise your imagination. Come for fifteen minutes or two hours—whatever your schedule allows. All ages are welcome; no tickets or reservations required.
Nick Cave is a sculptor, choreographer, and dancer. His Soundsuit (2013) is not only a sculpture but also a costume that comes to life when worn. This week we invite participants to build sculptures that come alive with movement and sound. We provide the materials, you bring the creativity!
Saturday, February 28
10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Princeton University Art Museum
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Science Saturday
Trenton Free Public Library
Science Outreach offers Science Saturday programs in local libraries. In collaboration with the Trenton Public Library, the Ewing Library, the Lawrence Library, and the Princeton Public Library systems, Science Outreach hosts Science Outreach Saturdays for students in grades 2 - 8.
Science Saturdays take place monthly. Students will engage in different hands-on engaging science activities each month.
Registration is required. Register on mcl.org.
Saturday, February 28
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Trenton Free Public Library, 120 Academy Street
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Princeton University Concerts
Little Listeners: Time for Music
Imagine time as a big, blank piece of paper, just waiting for something magical! We can’t draw on time with crayons, but we can fill it with beautiful music! In this fun and playful program, we’ll discover how time makes music special. We’ll feel the steady beat (like music’s very own heart!), tap along to rhythms, and zoom fast or slow with tempo. Along the way, we’ll see how music can match our feelings—whether we’re happy, sleepy, or ready to dance! Let’s make time for music together!
For ages 3-6. Purchase tickets on concerts.princeton.edu.
Saturday, March 14
1:00 PM and 3:00 PM
Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall
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Images
AI and the Humanities - From L to R: images courtesy of Paul Vierthaler, Daniel Ruan, the Logion Project, and by Matthew Raspanti, Office of Communications
Inclusive Princeton - Photo by Matt Raspanti, Office of Communications.
Pop-Up Talk - Roman Imperial Period (ca. 30 BCE–476 CE), Proconnesus (modern-day Marmara Island), Turkey, Venus Pudica, ca. 2nd century CE. Princeton University Art Museum. Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund. Photo: Joseph Hu
Art for Families - Nick Cave, Soundsuit, 2013. Princeton University Art Museum. Gift of Joshua R. Slocum, Class of 1998, and Sara T. Slocum. © Nick Cave. Image courtesy Jack Shainman Gallery
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