Packed Reunions features a service project and grand P-rade
“My joints hurt — no bones about it,” read a pill-shaped sign carried by a member of the Class of 1963 during the annual P-rade.
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“My joints hurt — no bones about it,” read a pill-shaped sign carried by a member of the Class of 1963 during the annual P-rade.
It has been a dominant year for Princeton athletics. After being ranked the No. 14 athletic program in the country, Princeton not only boasts the best undergraduate education in the world, but the best athletic program in the Ivy League. In terms of the performance of teams, there was no shortage of success for Princeton.
Princeton’s 276th commencement ceremony marked the end of three days of graduation festivities, with speakers urging students to go on to lead considerate and conscientious lives.
The Tigers, in addition to lots of team success, had a year filled with notable individual accomplishments and accolades. From a National Football League draft pick to the end of a wrestling championship drought, here are some of the best individual performances of 2022–23.
Students gathered on Cannon Green, wearing their class jackets despite warm weather, to celebrate Class Day, where Congresswoman Terri Sewell ’86 returned to campus to urge students to serve their communities.
On May 26, over a hundred alumni piled into McCosh 50, nearly filling the largest lecture hall on campus, to listen to a panel of alumni lawyers, activists and law professors discuss the Supreme Court entitled “Constitutional Controversies: The Supreme Court’s Impact on American Society.” Panelists agreed that affirmative action would be struck down, but expressed the view that it would not significantly change college admissions.
With a looming Supreme Court decision that experts predict will strike down affirmative action, University President Christopher L. Eisgruber ’83 maintained that the University will find ways to achieve a diverse campus in an annual address to alumni delivered during Reunions.
Kwame Anthony Appiah, a University professor and ethicist, spoke at the Baccalaureate ceremony for the Class of 2023, speaking about the role of attention, both to oneself and the world, to live an ethical life. The theme connected to using a Princeton education for a life of service to others.
A special issue celebrating the Class of 2023
Mutemwa Raphael Masheke ’23 triumphed in the final round of this year’s Young Alumni Trustee (YAT) election. Despite higher visibility, this year’s election did not see a significant increase in typically low turnout.
50 Years of Coeducation
Caring for friends like Maura Coursey requires better harm reduction for drug use
The University’s camera expansion project has begun — and includes cameras inside of residential entryways, despite earlier University statements suggesting that installation would take place on building exteriors.
Voting for the Class of 2023 Young Alumni Trustee (YAT) came to an end on Wednesday, and the new student representative will be announced on May 26. But what does a YAT do?
On May 15, the University announced Katie Callow-Wright as the University’s next executive vice president (EVP). The position is Princeton’s highest non-academic post.
Ellen Bernstein ’73, a psychology major, was a member of the first class of women admitted to Princeton in 1969. Though she had initially been interested in “more progressive [schools] ... Brandeis, Swarthmore, and some of the women’s colleges on the East Coast,” when she found out that Princeton was implementing coeducation, she sent in an application and was later accepted with some financial support.
Nancy Weiss Malkiel joined the Princeton faculty as an assistant professor in history in 1969, the same year that women were first admitted to Princeton on track to graduate. From 1982 to 1986, she served as the founding master of Mathey College. From 1987 to 2011, she served as Dean of the College. She currently serves as a professor of history emeritus. Malkiel is the author most recently of “‘Keep the Damned Women Out’: The Struggle for Coeducation,” a study of the decisions that went into coeducation at elite institutions of higher education in the period from 1969 to 1974.
Hodding Carter III ’57, a journalist, State Department spokesman during the Iran hostage crisis, and former University trustee died on May 11, after suffering complications from a series of strokes. He was 88.
A proposed affordable housing development in Princeton is facing opposition from local residents who cite the historic nature of the neighborhood and the size of the proposed developments.
Editor’s Note: This piece has been updated after PGSU clarified they have not firmly settled on seeking voluntary recognition.