Today’s Briefing:
In the 2021 State of the University letter, President Christopher L. Eisgruber ’83 announced that the U.S. Department of Education (DE) has closed its investigation into the University for what it alleged to be non-compliance with the Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.
The event that originally prompted the DE investigation was a statement made by Eisgruber in a mid-September open letter, which outlined steps that the University should adopt to properly reckon with systemic racism.
“Racism and the damage it does to people of color nevertheless persist at Princeton as in our society, sometimes by conscious intention but more often through unexamined assumptions and stereotypes, ignorance or insensitivity, and the systemic legacy of past decisions and policies,” Eisgruber wrote in the mid-September letter.
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In a recent press release, the University declared that the formerly-known Department of Electrical Engineering (ELE) has been officially changed to the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) to better reflect the broad discipline of electrical engineering, in which computing serves as an integral aspect of the curriculum.
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Niraj Jha expressed his agreement with the renaming, underscoring how it aligns with the variety of courses and research within the department.
“Including both ‘Electrical’ and ‘Computer’ in the title better reflects what our department does,” he wrote in an email to The Daily Princetonian.
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In Opinion, Hannah Reynolds reflects on how the tumultuous nature of the COVID-19 pandemic has upended any semblance of normalcy for University students, introducing various stressors that have exacerbated students’ mental health and compounded to feelings of isolation.
Reynolds argues that, during these unprecedented times, the University must take proactive measures to prioritize both the physical and mental wellbeing of its students, who juggle academic demands, social obligations, and competitive extracurriculars in addition to grappling with the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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