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(11 hours ago)
Postdoctoral researchers at Princeton have won their union. The Princeton University Postdocs and Scholars (PUPS) X account posted the results to an election to decide if they will join a union with the United Auto Workers (UAW). According to PUPS, 484 postdocs voted in favor of unionizing while 89 voted against unionization.
(04/26/24 11:01am)
The sit-in in solidarity with Gaza on Princeton’s McCosh Courtyard has entered its second day. Student demonstrators remained on the courtyard undisturbed through Thursday night into Friday morning.
(04/16/24 2:29am)
Graduate students seeking to unionize filed for an election with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Friday afternoon, potentially making the University the last Ivy League school to have a recognized graduate student union.
(04/10/24 3:50am)
The University has recently announced, after a vote on Monday, April 1, that graduate students will now have seats on the Faculty Committee for the Graduate School.
(04/05/24 4:38pm)
An approximately 4.8 magnitude earthquake struck campus at approximately 10:25 a.m. on Friday, April 5. According to the United States Geological Survey, the epicenter of the earthquake was in Tewksbury, N.J., approximately 25 miles north of Princeton.
(04/01/24 5:12am)
In the third year of an expanded undergraduate class, the University offered admission to the Class of 2028 this past Thursday, March 28. March 28 was this year’s ‘Ivy Day,’ the day that most Ivy League schools release their regular decision results and is traditionally the day in which Princeton accepts the majority of the next year’s class.
(02/15/24 7:04am)
Princeton employees have donated nearly $20,000 to help Rep. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) in his bid to unseat incumbent Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), who was federally indicted in September for accepting bribes, in this year’s contest for the Senate. Tammy Murphy, Kim’s main opponent, has no donations to her current campaign where Princeton is listed as the contributor’s employer.
(02/02/24 4:46am)
Content Warning: The following article includes mention of student death. University Counseling services are available at 609-258-3141, and the Suicide Prevention Lifeline is available 24/7 at 988 or +1 (800) 273-TALK (8255). A Crisis Text Line is also available in the United States; text HOME to 741741. Students can contact residential college staff and the Office of Religious Life for other support and resources.
(01/29/24 6:38am)
Claudine Gay, the former President of Harvard University, resigned on Jan. 2 in the wake of plagiarism allegations levied against her and her controversial testimony in front of Congress. Gay’s resignation sparked a nationwide debate over leadership, integrity, and standards in higher education. The Daily Princetonian spoke to three Princeton alumni who have served in top administrative roles at other universities, including as presidents, to hear about their thoughts on Gay’s resignation and what it means for the world of higher education. They widely expressed that — despite the political motivations behind some of the criticism — Gay’s resignation was ultimately justified.
(12/05/23 5:51am)
On Friday, Dec. 1, high schoolers across America who matched with universities through the QuestBridge National College Match received good news, including a new class of students admitted to Princeton.
(12/05/23 5:59am)
The School of Architecture hosted “the first-ever barn-raising on Princeton University's campus,’ according to a flier sent to residential college listservs on Monday, Nov. 27. The event started, held in the backyard of the School of Architecture, at 12:45 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 1, where participants to join architecture students in “rais[ing] an actual barn.”
(11/14/23 5:27am)
A video circulated online and broadcast on Iraqi television networks appears to show Elizabeth Tsurkov GS for the first time since she was abducted in Baghdad in March of this year.
(11/13/23 4:56am)
On the evening of Nov. 1, residents of Whitman College found themselves locked out of their buildings as proxes were temporarily unable to open doors into the building. According to University Spokesperson Ahmad Rizvi, the temporary lack of access to the building was caused by “trouble with a component of the card reader system.”
(11/09/23 5:31am)
The Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood, located north of campus along Witherspoon and John Streets, is an area with rich historical and cultural significance as Princeton’s historically Black neighborhood. Yet over the last few decades, the Black population in Witherspoon-Jackson has declined.
(10/31/23 4:49am)
Editor's Note: This piece has been updated with comment from University administrators.
(10/30/23 3:54am)
Despite student advocacy against hiring externally, Princeton’s next Dean of the College may not be selected from Princeton’s existing faculty. Per a town hall event on Friday, Oct. 27, the open application will not give priority to Princeton employees, according to Brian Li ’24, a member of the search committee for Dean Jill Dolan's successor. Although the committee has maintained that there will be no bias towards applicants who have an affiliation with Princeton, trends for previous hiring of the Dean of the College show that those who work at Princeton have been favored in the process.
(09/27/23 2:09am)
Around 4:45 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 23, a large red oak tree was uprooted by a gust of wind and fell across Elm Drive, shattering windows in two bathrooms and two dorm rooms in Edwards Hall.
(09/19/23 4:56am)
At the first Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC) meeting of the 2023–24 academic year on Monday, Sept. 18, administrators addressed major campus concerns, sexual climate recommendations, new mental health resources, and campus construction updates.