“Sloan Fellowships Announced” (news item)

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<p>Alfred</a> P. Sloan Foundation</p>

<p>The winners of the 2008 Sloan Fellowships have been announced. </p>

<p>These fellowships are awarded to the young researchers who are the brightest rising stars in the sciences. This year, five Princeton faculty members were awarded Sloan Fellowships in recognition of their accomplishments and future potential. </p>

<p>In the words of the Sloan Foundation, “These awards are intended to enhance the careers of the very best young faculty members in specified fields of science. Currently a total of 118 fellowships are awarded annually in seven fields: chemistry, computational and evolutionary molecular biology, computer science, economics, mathematics, neuroscience, and physics.”</p>

<p>Nationally, Berkeley and MIT each had seven faculty members recognized, the highest number in the nation. Harvard followed with six and Princeton and UT Austin each received five. Princeton has a smaller number of faculty members in the sciences than the schools above it, making the number of its awards notable.</p>

<p>Institutions with Two or More 2008 Sloan Fellows:</p>

<p>7—Berkeley and MIT</p>

<p>6—Harvard</p>

<p>5—Princeton and UT Austin</p>

<p>4—Duke and Stanford</p>

<p>3—Georgia Tech, Northwestern, U. of Chicago, Yale</p>

<p>2—CalTech, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, NYU, Ohio State, SUNY Stony Brook, Texas A&M, UNC Chapel Hill, U. of Florida, U. of Illinois-Urbana, U. of Pennsylvania, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UCLA, UC San Diego </p>

<p>Princeton researchers who were awarded the fellowship are:</p>

<p>Prof. Roman Rafikov in physics<br>
Prof. Jason Petta in physics
Prof. Ulrich Muller in economics
Prof. Yueh-Lin Loo in chemistry
Prof. Joshua Shaevitz in physics</p>

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<p>Princeton has now provided information about the faculty members who have received this award. See:</p>

<p>Princeton</a> University - Five awarded Sloan Research Fellowships</p>