<p>Princeton faculty members did well in national awards announced this summer.</p>
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<p>2012 Presidential Science Awards</p>
<p>Blei</a>, Freedman receive presidential science awards</p>
<p>Two Princeton University professors have received the 2012 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their research careers. </p>
<p>David Blei and Michael Freedman, both of the Department of Computer Science, are among 96 researchers at American institutions selected by the Office of Science and Technology Policy within the Executive Office of the President based on the recommendations of 13 federal departments and agencies. Later this summer, Blei, Freedman and their fellow recipients will be presented with their awards during a ceremony in Washington, D.C. . . . (continued)</p>
<p>2012 Presidential Science Awards</p>
<p>5---MIT
3---Harvard, UC Boulder, UCLA
2---Princeton, Cornell, Penn, Caltech, Carnegie Mellon, Duke, GIT, Northwestern, Purdue, U. of Michigan</p>
<p>The Ivies were also represented by Brown and Yale, each of which had one award.</p>
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<p>2012 Simons Investigators</p>
<p>Four</a> Princeton researchers receive inaugural Simons Investigators award</p>
<p>Princeton University researchers netted four of the 21 inaugural Simons Investigators awards recently presented to outstanding scientists nationwide in mathematics, physics and computer science. Princeton received the most awards of any institution. The awards provide $100,000 annually for an initial five years to "undertake long-term study of fundamental questions," according to the New York-based Simons Foundation, which supports the award program; the awards can be renewed for an additional five years. Recipients of the award did not know they were being considered. . . . (continued)</p>
<p>Sanjeev Arora, the Charles C. Fitzmorris Professor in Computer Science.</p>
<p>Manjul Bhargava, the Brandon Fradd, Class of 1983, Professor of Mathematics.</p>
<p>Amit Singer, associate professor of mathematics and the Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics.</p>
<p>Frans Pretorius, professor of physics.</p>
<p>2012 Simons Investigators</p>
<p>4---Princeton
3---MIT
2---Caltech, Harvard</p>
<p>The Ivies were also represented by Columbia, Cornell, Penn and Yale, each of which had a single winner.</p>
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<p>American Chemical Society Fellows</p>
<p>Three</a> Princeton researchers named 2012 ACS Fellows</p>
<p>Three Princeton University professors were among 96 researchers nationwide selected by the American Chemical Society as 2012 ACS Fellows. Established in 2009, the fellows program recognizes excellence in chemistry research and teaching. The newest fellows will be honored in August at the society's national meeting.</p>
<p>The Princeton honorees are: Emily Carter, the Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment and a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and applied and computational mathematics; Richard Register, chair and the Eugene Higgins Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering; and Edward Taylor Jr., the A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Organic Chemistry, Emeritus, and senior chemist. . . . (continued)</p>
<p>2012 American Chemical Society Fellows</p>
<p>3---Princeton, Purdue
2---MIT, U. of Illinois, U. of Kansas, U. of Utah, U. of Wisconsin, UNC Chapel Hill</p>
<p>The Ivies were also represented by a new fellow from Brown.</p>