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(04/12/24 6:37am)
In an email to the 27 Young Alumni Trustee (YAT) primary candidates obtained by the Daily Princetonian, the Class of 2024 selected three candidates to continue into the general election: Aisha Chebbi ’24, Sydney S. Johnson ’24, and Chioma Ugwonali ’24.
(04/08/24 4:12am)
On March 28, the Humanities Council’s Program in Journalism named Eliza Griswold ’95 its new director. This is the first change in leadership for the program since current director Joe Stephens founded the program in 2018.
(03/19/24 3:56am)
Content Warning: The following article includes mention of suicide.
(03/08/24 6:10am)
While current union drives for graduate students and postdoctoral workers have yet to be recognized by the University, Jeff Coley, the president of Service Employees International Union-175 (SEIU-175), reminded attendees of the Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) Labor Unions Panel of the five unions already operating on campus.
(02/27/24 4:54am)
Members of the Princeton University community received a TigerAlert on Friday, Feb. 23 about an email sent to multiple community members containing threats against the Jewish community on campus. According to the alert, members of other U.S. university communities received identical emailed threats.
(02/16/24 6:27am)
On Feb. 15, Princeton University announced the 2024 recipients of the Sachs scholarship. Alice McGuinness ’24, a senior in the history department, received the David M. Sachs Class of 1960 Graduating Scholarship, which enables recipients to study at Worcester College at the University of Oxford for two years. Nathalie Verlinde ’24, a senior in the molecular biology department, was awarded the Sachs Global Scholarship, which allows recipients to study at any foreign university or to pursue an independent program of study.
(01/30/24 5:14am)
On Jan. 24, New Jersey Transit (NJ Transit) proposed a 15 percent fare increase starting July 1, which will be indefinitely followed by annual 3 percent fare increases thereafter. According to NJ Transit's announcement of the proposal, the fare increase is an effort to close the $106.6 million budget deficit.
(11/21/23 2:32am)
Content warning: The following article contains links with graphic imagery.
(10/13/23 4:49am)
After Elizabeth Tsurkov, a graduate student in the Politics department, was kidnapped in March while conducting dissertation research in Baghdad, the University's processes for travel approval have been under the spotlight. In interviews with the Daily Princetonian, two graduate students discussed a culture where graduate students are primarily responsible for considering safety regarding travel plans related to research. The University responded by noting numerous resources graduate students can use to assess the safety of their travel, along with processes as a part of official travel approval.
(10/06/23 3:44am)
Princeton’s Operations Research and Financial Engineering (ORFE) department has described itself as a one-of-a-kind program that combines data-driven science with principles that can be applied to a wide range of fields, including finance, communications, and transportation. It is a department that prides itself on the study of “optimal decision-making under uncertainty.” Yet a failure in a different optimization problem — the optimal number of students to accept in 2020 — created a series of bottlenecks in the department.
(09/19/23 4:41am)
According to court documents, graduate student Xiyue Wang and his wife, Hua Qu GS ’21 settled their lawsuit against Princeton University on Aug. 1. The lawsuit was filed in the aftermath of Wang’s imprisonment in Iran while a graduate student at the University.
(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.
(05/08/23 4:49am)
Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Anthony Romero ’87 discussed the importance of the First Amendment at the final Princeton Progressive Law Society (PPLS) event of the 2022-23 academic year.
(05/03/23 5:18am)
Major topics were raised at the Council of the Princeton University Community’s (CPUC) final meeting of the academic school year, held on May 1 at 4:30 p.m. in the Frist Campus Center Multipurpose Room.
(04/25/23 4:16am)
Being accused of an Honor Code violation can be an extremely stressful and isolating experience. Amidst swirling rumors about a disciplinary incident in COS 126: Computer Science — An Interdisciplinary Approach, campus discussions on the procedures of the Committee on Discipline and Honor Committee have been renewed. In light of these discussions, The Daily Princetonian examined the history of an important part of the disciplinary process: Peer Representatives.
(04/06/23 4:09am)
“I am very grateful for the thesis extension given to seniors in SPIA. When the announcement was made, a collective sigh of relief could be heard from all SPIA seniors across campus,” Taryn Sebba ’23 said.
(03/27/23 2:47am)
Across campus and throughout the town of Princeton, normal activities paused as watch parties boomed in anticipation of Friday’s historic Sweet 16 match-up between the Princeton Tigers and the Creighton Bluejays.
(03/10/23 5:44am)
In light of recent unionization efforts from Princeton Graduate Students United (PGSU) and increased pressure on University administration to address them, The Daily Princetonian sat down with dean of the Graduate School Rodney Priestley on Wednesday, March 8 to discuss unionization and the Graduate School’s institutional response.
(02/25/23 4:03am)
A majority of the University’s more than 3,000 graduate students have signed union cards, according to Princeton Graduate Students United (PGSU).
(02/22/23 4:31am)
Amid a flurry of questions regarding the Princeton Graduate Students United (PGSU) efforts to unionize, the Graduate Student Government (GSG) voted to release a message of support for PGSU, at their meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 21 presided by GSG Vice President of Internal Affairs Allison Tang.