Today’s Briefing: 

KEVIN KRUSE: Investigations into the alleged plagiarism by Professor of History Kevin Kruse at Princeton and Cornell have concluded and the accusations have been dismissed. He announced the decision via his Twitter account after a nearly four-month hiatus from the platform. Dean of the Cornell Graduate School and Vice Provost for Graduate Education Kathryn Boor explained that the investigation found no intent to plagiarize, and Kruse has expressed a desire to move on from the incident.

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GENIUS GRANT RECIPIENTS: On Wednesday, Oct. 12, Professor of Mathematics June Huh and Melanie Matchet Wood GS ’09, a mathematics professor at Harvard, were announced among the recipients of the 2022 MacArthur fellowship — colloquially known as the “Genius Grant.” Huh received the grant for “discovering underlying connections between disparate areas of mathematics and proving long-standing mathematical conjectures,” while Wood received the award for “addressing foundational questions in number theory from the perspective of arithmetic statistics,” according to their award statements.

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Read more from News:

• Princeton Caribbean Connection comes together to fundraise in wake of Hurricane Fiona
• Princeton professors consider potential threat of nuclear war from Russia
• Princeton scientists pinpoint several possible points of entry for COVID-19 spike protein

Opinion | U. Administrators: Dining pilot will test ideas for improving campus dining

• Campus conservatives in the POCC don’t deserve a monopoly on free speech
• I did Community Action this year. Here’s how it can improve.

From The Prospect:

• Student thesis play “Affecting Expression” explores letting go and unearthing identity
• First-year imposter syndrome, rejection cycles, and living in the moment

At Your Leisure:

• SPORTS: Princeton women’s volleyball won their matches against Cornell and Columbia this past weekend, finishing both games with a 3–0 win. Today, Oct. 14, Princeton will face off against Yale, the only other undefeated team in the Ivy League. On Saturday, Oct. 15, they will play against Brown. Both games will be available to stream on ESPN+.
• FEATURES: News and Features Contributor Sophie Glaser spotlights first-years' contributions to Divest Princeton, as students bring past experience with climate advocacy to the table. Glaser writes, “It didn’t take long for these first years to get involved — leading songs, organizing their peers, and giving speeches demanding that the University divest from fossil fuels.”
• PODCAST: Listen to a new episode of Daybreak, The Daily Princetonian’s daily news podcast.