Former Princeton professor Michael Woodford and Stanford economist Robert E. Hall won the 2026 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Woodford, who taught at Princeton from 1995 to 2004, became the 19th Princeton affiliate to win in the Economics category. 

Former Princeton professor Michael Woodford and Stanford economist Robert E. Hall won the 2026 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Woodford, who taught at Princeton from 1995 to 2004, became the 19th Princeton affiliate to win in the Economics category.