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(11/17/20 2:52am)
The University has updated the criteria that determine which students may apply for spring emergency housing. Students who face unsafe or hostile conditions on account of “social identity” or “protected characteristic(s)” will now be eligible to apply.
(11/13/20 1:02am)
On Nov. 2, the University announced that campus laboratories can partially re-densify, with a minimum of 125 square feet per occupant. Researchers must continue to use personal protective equipment (PPE), as well as follow strict social distancing guidelines.
(11/12/20 11:39pm)
On Nov. 12, the Ivy League Council of Presidents made the unanimous decision that they will not be conducting athletic competitions for winter sports for the 2020–2021 academic year.
(11/12/20 12:35am)
The Spanish and Portuguese department has canceled its summer abroad programs in Argentina, Portugal, and Spain, citing concerns surrounding international travel.
(11/11/20 1:55am)
During the Nov. 9 Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC) meeting, Deputy Dean of the College Elizabeth Colagiuri announced that the University has not lengthened next semester’s spring recess, which will run from March 13-16.
(11/10/20 9:15pm)
In a memo sent to all faculty members on Tuesday, Dean of the College Jill Dolan announced University support for two formats for undergraduate courses — hybrid or online — for the spring 2021 semester.
(11/10/20 1:41am)
The Daily Princetonian has been tracking COVID-19 cases in the town of Princeton as well as in the University. Tracked cases for the town span from early April to present day, while University cases have been tracked since the beginning of the fall semester on Aug. 31, 2020.
(11/03/20 3:56am)
A second round of applications for grant funding from the Princeton Small Business Resiliency Fund (PSBRF) opened on Nov. 1, 2020, after the organization disbursed a first round of grants in September.
(11/02/20 3:47am)
When students returned home in the spring, the University took the extraordinary step of amending standard academic policy. Several such modifications remain in place this semester, with students able to take any course on a pass/D/fail (PDF) basis and the number of courses taken via PDF not counting toward students’ typical four-course limit.
(10/26/20 10:36pm)
Researchers at the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab (PPPL) have created a device capable of keeping surfaces continuously disinfected. The patent-pending invention, developed by Charles Gentile and Ken Silber, uses room-temperature plasma to disinfect surfaces without sanitizer or human labor.
(10/27/20 3:21am)
Just a week after Princeton High School (PHS) reopened for the first time since March, one student and two teachers tested positive for COVID-19, prompting the district to cancel in-person classes at the high school until Nov. 9.
(10/22/20 10:37pm)
Grace Rosenberg ’23 was sitting on the outdoor patio of a restaurant in August when she felt a sinking sensation in her gut.
(10/23/20 4:19am)
On Monday, University President Chrisopher Eisgruber ’83 wrote that the University is “preparing for the possibility that we will be able to welcome back significantly more undergraduate students in the spring.”
(10/22/20 12:02am)
With plans for the spring semester expected in the first week of December, over 250 parents of University students are petitioning Nassau Hall to invite the entire student body back to campus.
(10/22/20 1:12am)
A University-led study published earlier this month in the journal Physical Review Fluids shows how particle droplets travel through common speech habits in the absence of a face mask. Given that speech droplets are a significant source of COVID-19 transmission, this research bears particular relevance to the ongoing pandemic.
(10/20/20 9:40pm)
Employees from various University departments took on new roles starting Monday, Oct. 19 as part of the University Services’ Campus Advocate Program.
(10/19/20 7:29pm)
“In light of what we have learned from our experience and data from other colleges and universities, we are preparing for the possibility that we will be able to welcome back significantly more undergraduate students in the spring,” University President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 wrote in a mid-semester update to the campus community today.
(10/18/20 10:12pm)
Last week, Princeton Mayor Liz Lempert and the Princeton Council encouraged local residents to download “NJ COVID-19 Alert,” a contact tracing app developed by New Jersey to ramp up COVID-19 mitigation efforts throughout the state.
(10/14/20 10:20pm)
Organizers for Princeton Mutual Aid (PMA), a community network created during the COVID-19 pandemic to help locals in need, utilized the creativity of the Princeton community during their storytelling fundraising event “Giving and Taking.”
(10/14/20 2:06am)
From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 14, and Thursday, Oct. 15, the University will host a blood drive to benefit the American Red Cross. The drive will be held at the Carl A. Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding.