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(08/08/22 4:47pm)
With over 7,500 confirmed monkeypox cases nationwide, some public health experts warn that college students may be at higher risk, and are appealing to school administrators to respond to what the Biden administration declared on Aug. 5 as a public health emergency. While the University has yet to issue any public statements regarding monkeypox, University Health Services (UHS) officials told The Daily Princetonian that preparations for a potential outbreak are currently underway.
(08/03/22 2:00am)
On Aug. 1, Princeton University joined 13 colleges and universities in filing an amicus brief that asks the Supreme Court to uphold Grutter v. Bollinger, which allows admissions policies to consider race and ethnicity as one factor among many in the holistic admissions process. Amici urged the Supreme Court to uphold four decades of the precedent established in Grutter v. Bollinger.
(07/28/22 7:35pm)
Effective immediately, students are “no longer required to submit asymptomatic test samples” for COVID-19, according to a memo from University administrators. The memo, which was sent out to the entire student body on July 28, also states that booster vaccines will no longer be required, marking a shift from previous policies.
(07/20/22 3:43am)
In an unanimous vote, the Princeton Town Council approved the designation of Prospect Avenue as a historic district at its July 11 meeting.
(07/10/22 1:05am)
On July 5, Princeton mathematician June Huh was awarded the Fields Medal — often referred to as the “Nobel Prize of Mathematics” — at the International Mathematical Union (IMU) Award Ceremony. The ceremony was held this year in Helsinki, Finland, as part of the virtual 2022 International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM). Huh is the first mathematician of Korean descent to win the medal.
(06/25/22 1:54am)
In a majority opinion penned by University alumnus Justice Samuel Alito ’72, the U.S. Supreme Court held Friday that the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion, overturning Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey. As news broke, many Princeton community members joined in the chorus of reproductive rights activists protesting the ruling across the nation, while some conservative alumni and professors lauded the decision.
(06/20/22 9:17pm)
A month after the University Board of Trustees voted to dismiss classics professor Joshua Katz following an internal report finding he violated University policies, questions around his dismissal still animate discourse both on campus and beyond as alumni, professors, and students in his field react to the controversial decision.
(06/17/22 11:30am)
A long-awaited University report, authored by the Faculty Panel on Fossil Fuel Disassociation, has proposed criteria for identifying companies from which the University may possibly divest holdings of its $37.7 billion endowment.
(06/08/22 1:31am)
On Sept. 11, 2021, Alejandro Zaera-Polo uploaded the first installment of a seven-part video series, titled “A Gonzo Ethnography of Academic Authority.” Over the course of nearly five hours, Zaera-Polo speaks to the camera, navigating viewers through myriad documents, screenshots, and images, all sourced from a 856-page file he authored.
(06/08/22 1:56am)
The building formerly known to campus as Marx Hall will now bear the name of Laura Wooten, a long-time University employee and the longest continuously serving election poll worker in the United States history, according to a University announcement on Monday, June 6.
(05/30/22 12:07am)
The University welcomed back almost 25,000 alumni and their families for Reunions from Thursday, May 19 to Sunday, May 22. The long weekend festivities marked the first Reunions since 2019 and since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
(05/27/22 5:31pm)
The annual Class Day event, headlined by keynote speaker Dr. Anthony Fauci, celebrated the achievements of the Class of 2022 on Monday, May 23.
(05/22/22 4:53pm)
In an annual address delivered to around 300 alumni, University President Christopher L. Eisgruber ’83 referenced press coverage of recent controversy surrounding classics professor Joshua Katz, taking the opportunity to reiterate the University’s free speech policy and allude to the possibility of a future statement from the University to “correct the record” on the matter. Eisgruber also discussed what he called a “chronic epidemic of mental illness” nationwide, views on climate change action and fossil fuel dissociation, and the future of financial aid at Princeton.
(05/20/22 11:19am)
President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 has recommended that classics professor Joshua Katz be fired from his tenured professorship after an internal investigation found Katz in violation of University rules, according to reports in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
(05/16/22 2:16am)
The University launched an internal investigation of Princeton Gerrymandering Project (PGP) Director and neuroscience professor Sam Wang for research misconduct and toxic workplace issues, the New Jersey Globe first reported on April 28.
(05/12/22 2:50am)
Princetonians for Free Speech (PFS) published a notice on their website on April 19 claiming that the University’s Committee on Conference and Faculty Appeal (CCFA) had upheld an appeal regarding a complaint initiated by eight University faculty members about the University’s treatment of Joshua Katz. The complaint argued the University had unfairly targeted classics professor Katz by including a segment about his controversial statement on the first-year orientation website To Be Known and Heard.
(05/13/22 2:51pm)
In the March issue of Nature Synthesis, chemistry professor Paul Chirik’s lab published a groundbreaking paper reporting photocatalytic, room-temperature synthesis of ammonia. The work, he told The Daily Princetonian, holds great promises for a more environmentally sustainable production of the molecule.
(05/06/22 4:46am)
At the final Council of the Princeton Community (CPUC) meeting of the spring semester, held on May 2, University officials said that separate isolation dorms would be eliminated heading into the fall semester. 1967 Hall will no longer be reserved for COVID-19 isolation, and students who test positive for COVID-19 will be encouraged to isolate in their dorms, marking a shift from the spring semester’s guidelines.
(05/06/22 2:32am)
The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) and the Liechtenstein Institute for Self-Determination (LISD) announced the creation of the Afghanistan Policy Lab on April 14. According to the announcement, the lab was formed to compose and advocate for policy recommendations for Afghanistan following the aftermath of the United States’ official withdrawal from Afghanistan in August of last year.
(04/29/22 5:35am)
A dormitory in New College East will be named Mannion Hall following a “major gift” from Martin Mannion ’81 and his wife, Tristin Mannion, per a University announcement. The dorm will open in the fall of 2022, along with the rest of the new residential college.