The new centers and facilities of the Princeton Neuroscience Institute and Peretsman Scully Hall make it possible to integrate the work of scientists and scholars from neuroscience and psychology. Their collaborations will reveal the structures of neurons in minute detail, trace the paths of neural circuitry, and map human responses to brain stimuli in real time, aided by the most advanced equipment and methods available. The institute is the home of the McDonnell Center for Systems Neuroscience, the Scully Center for the Neuroscience of Mind and Behavior, and the Bezos Center for Neural Circuit Dynamics. Peretsman Scully Hall houses the Department of Psychology.

“The Princeton Neuroscience Institute and Peretsman Scully Hall bring together a dazzling array of talent, expertise, and imagination to tackle one of our greatest scientific challenges—the exploration of the brain,” Eisgruber said. “Discoveries made here—illuminating the brain’s role in our thoughts, behavior, and well-being—will have a profound impact on society.”

Pictured in the glass-walled lobby at the conclusion of the ceremony are, from left: Lynn Bendheim Thoman ’77, James McDonnell III ’58, Libby McDonnell, Regina Kulik-Scully, John Scully ’66, President Eisgruber, Nancy Peretsman ’76, Emma Scully ’12, Robert Scully ’72, Florence Davis and Edward Matthews ’53 of the Starr Foundation, John McDonnell ’60 *62, and Anne McDonnell.