Academics

Outdoor lectures, themed suits, and the ecology of egg rolls: Professor Pringle gets inventive with online teaching

EEB students face the challenge of engaging in outdoor exploration during this online semester. But Associate Professor Rob Pringle is determined to bring the outdoors to his students. He delivers every EEB 321 lecture outside — rain or shine. 

Departments largely split on PDF policy for departmental requirements and prerequisites

Unlike in the spring, however, the University no longer requires that departments accept courses taken on a PDF basis, either to fulfill departmental requirements or prerequisites.

Unlike in the spring, however, the University no longer requires that departments accept courses taken on a PDF basis, either to fulfill departmental requirements or prerequisites.

U. Associate Professor of Chemistry Mohammad Seyedsayamdost named 2020 MacArthur Fellow

The MacArthur Foundation recognized Professor Seyedsayamdost’s research relating to disease and chemistry. In conjunction with the award, he will receive $625,000 in unrestricted grant funding for further research. 

The MacArthur Foundation recognized Professor Seyedsayamdost’s research relating to disease and chemistry. In conjunction with the award, he will receive $625,000 in unrestricted grant funding for further research. 

As humanities flounder, the HUM sequence faces a reckoning

The Humanities Sequence is a University staple. How is it adapting to become more critical of the Western canon it teaches? HUM students and professors share their perspectives on how the course has changed direction and where it still needs to go.

As U. departments begin releasing pass/D/fail policies for fall 2020, students face inconsistent requirements

Among the departments that have provided their academic plans for the fall, there is no grading option favored by a majority: optional PDF and mandatory A–F grading have been nearly equally adopted.

‘The early warning signs are not pretty’: Eviction Lab researchers study end of federal moratorium

Desmond believes the lab’s data leaves one thing certain: “Without stable shelter, everything else falls apart.” 

Katz defends ‘blunt words’ in op-ed, as Department of Classics removes condemnation from website

Katz wrote he was gratified that “Princeton’s leadership has done the right thing,” adding that he learned recently he is not under investigation by the University. 

Certain fall 2020 courses capped, canceled, moving to pre-recorded format

The lowered enrollment numbers are part of a broader University effort to “enhance the online learning experience and better facilitate interaction,“ according to Deputy Spokesperson Mike Hotchkiss.

In open letter, faculty call for anti-racist action, diversity in decision-making

“We call upon the University to amplify its commitment to Black people and all people of color on this campus as central to its mission, and to become, for the first time in its history, an anti-racist institution,” the faculty letter reads.

‘Tired of committees’: Students demand re-naming of Wilson School, reparations, and anti-racist curriculum

“The University heard these demands before,” said one petition signatory. “It’s all about applying pressure at this point.”

U. hosts panel on mentorship for underrepresented minorities in industry and academia

“I’m thrilled to be living through this moment,” said Dr. Marian Croak ’77, Vice President of Engineering at Google. “The tragic nature of what has spurred this movement is an opportunity for change.”

Math TA posted false solution online to catch students in violation of academic integrity

Through several obtained documents, the ‘Prince’ is aware of at least 21 students who were suspected of academic integrity violations in relation to an April MAT 202 problem set.

16 faculty members, 18 alumni elected to nation’s historic academies

University faculty members elected to the Academy this year include Professors Rubén Gallo, M. Zahid Hasan, Amaney Jamal, Ruby Lee, Margaret Martonosi, Tom Muir, Alondra Nelson, Eve Ostriker, Alexander Smits, James Stone, Leeat Yariv, and Muhammad Qasim Zaman.

In WRI 163: Contagion, class readings have become reality

Professor Carolyn Ureña always knew that the interdisciplinary study of infectious disease was important. Now, the rest of the world is catching on.

U. hosts SophCon, virtual orientation program for rising sophomores

The program took place from Monday, May 4, to Wednesday, May 6, through a series of three one-hour webinars that discussed Academic Advising and Career Exploration, Mental Wellness, Housing and Dining, and Residential Colleges.

Incoming SEAS Dean Andrea Goldsmith becomes first woman to receive Marconi Prize

The Marconi Prize is widely considered to be the highest honor in telecommunications research, given to one or two individuals a year for “a significant and impactful scientific discovery or innovation that changed millions of lives.”

Eisgruber told departments to prepare for an online semester. Here’s what they’re thinking.

Virtual learning is difficult. The Daily Princetonian reached out to every department to see what planning, if any, has been done to prepare for the possibility of an online fall semester.

Himelhoch ’21 awarded 2020 Truman Scholarship

“I’m interested in representing survivors of interpersonal violence who are religious and face all sorts of systemic injustices within their communities and are asked to give up those religious commitments to try to appeal to the secular justice system for help,” Himelhoch said.

Graduate School announces changes to grading, examination policies

Instead of enacting a graduate school-wide policy similar to the one enacted by the Dean of the College Jill S. Dolan, which established a P/D/F option for all undergraduate courses, the Graduate School will “defer to the faculty in departments and programs on whether and how best to adjust the timelines for their own requirements.”

41 courses will fulfill new ‘Culture and Difference’ requirement

The new requirement, which will go into effect for the Class for 2024, aims to expose students to a variety of cultures and experiences and allow them to explore these cultural practices across a wide range of disciplines.