Ruth J. Simmons named 2021 Baccalaureate speaker
The University has announced that Ruth J. Simmons, president of Prairie View A&M University, a historically Black college, will deliver the keynote address at the 2021 virtual Baccalaureate ceremony.
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The University has announced that Ruth J. Simmons, president of Prairie View A&M University, a historically Black college, will deliver the keynote address at the 2021 virtual Baccalaureate ceremony.
The University’s Office of Undergraduate Admission has announced that it will pause the standardized testing requirement for the 2021-22 application cycle.
The White House has appointed Joshua Geltzer ’05 as special assistant to the president and special advisor to the homeland security advisor on countering domestic violent extremism.
The traditional date for high school seniors to learn about their Princeton admission decision, often referred to as “Ivy Day,” usually falls on the weekend of March 28. But an increase in applicants has led the Ivy League, including the University, to push the decision day back to April 6.
Two University seniors and one Oxford University student have been awarded the Sachs scholarship, one of the University’s highest awards.
On Jan. 20, the University announced that 12 students have been chosen for the Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative (SINSI), a program that funds undergraduate summer internships and graduate fellowships in the federal government.
Elementary, middle, and high school students in the Princeton community are researching and contributing potential names to the renaming of Princeton Unified Middle School, formerly known as John Witherspoon Middle School.
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Reid Zlotky ’23 is suing the University in federal court, arguing the institution unfairly charged full tuition for virtual instruction in the spring 2020 semester.
In the fourth payment of a six-year program, the University will mail checks to about 700 local homeowners. The payments follow a 2016 settlement agreement, which resolved a lawsuit challenging the University’s property tax exemptions.
Late last month, Facebook announced that a number of external academics, including Andrew Guess, assistant professor of politics and public affairs at the University, will help the social media giant better understand its impact on the 2020 election.
Of the 4,107 COVID-19 tests University Health Services (UHS) administered in its second week of asymptomatic testing on campus, one graduate student tested positive. This result marks the first reported positive case for a student on campus since March 31.
Fewer than 300 undergraduates have moved into campus dorms, beginning a semester of virtual coursework, dining hall dinners, and occasional walks to Powers Field for COVID-19 testing.
Over 550 students and alumni are calling on the University to divest from the U.S. prison system and publicly disclose its endowment holdings.
As the summer draws to a close and November nears, public attention has turned to the upcoming presidential and congressional elections. But while the country focuses on the national stage, two Princeton groups are concentrating their attention at the state and local levels.
The Trump administration is rejecting new applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, defying a federal court order.
Frist Campus Center and Firestone Library will open in some capacity this fall, Dean of the College Jill Dolan said at a webinar for parents and families on Tuesday, July 28.
Shortly after University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 asked the University’s senior leaders to identify how they could confront racism, the Office of Sustainability posted a draft of initial anti-racist action items. The Office invited feedback on 19 proposals written in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.
Several alumni have accused the Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education of censoring questions critical of Israel during a webinar in late June, which featured Dr. Mitchell Schwaber ’86, Director of the National Center for Infection Control of the Israeli Ministry of Health.
Zagster shut down their bike share services in Princeton due to the adverse impact of COVID-19 on the business, according to an email sent to users on June 1. The company disabled rides, terminated all rider accounts, and will remove the bikes and stations in the Princeton community, including those on campus.