Princeton University trustees Jan. 25 approved an 8.5 percent increase in undergraduate financial aid to $131.6 million in adopting the operating budget for 2014-15.

Learn more about the 2014-2015 operating budget

The University received 26,607 applications for admission to the Class of 2018, the third-largest applicant pool in Princeton’s history.

Read more about the application figures for the Class of 2018

Sanjeev Kulkarni, professor of electrical engineering and director of the Keller Center, has been appointed as the next dean of the Graduate School, effective March 31.

Learn more about Kulkarni’s appointment

Enhanced cybersecurity, non-scarring tattoo removal, 3-D photography and a laser-scanning device are projects selected for the Intellectual Property Accelerator Fund, which supports discoveries that have significant potential for further development into products or services.

Read more about the projects selected for the Intellectual Property Accelerator Fund

Princeton researchers are leading an experiment in Italy called DarkSide-50 that aims to find dark matter, a mysterious substance that makes up nearly a quarter of the universe but has never been seen.

Learn more about the search for dark matter

The annual celebration at the University included a keynote address by Omar Wasow, the presentation of the MLK Day Journey Award to Larry Spruill, music by the Princeton Studio Band from Princeton High School and more.

Read more about the King Day celebration

President Christopher L. Eisgruber is in Washington, D.C., today, attending a White House event on increasing college opportunity for low-income and disadvantaged students. As part of the summit, Eisgruber submitted a statement outlining initiatives the University may launch and build upon to further increase the number of low-income students enrolled at and graduating from Princeton

Learn more about Princeton’s commitment to socioeconomic diversity

Brimming with activity throughout the day, you can see another side of campus at night as it glows and moves in different ways after the sun goes down.

Watch the ‘Princeton at Night’ slideshow

Psychology professor Michael Graziano has developed a new theory of consciousness he calls the “attention schema theory” that can be explained in part by an orangutan puppet named Kevin.

Learn more about Graziano’s attention schema theory

Garnet Chan, the A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Chemistry, is going back to the quantum mechanical roots to understand how some of nature’s most impressive feats of chemistry take place and how they can be applied products benefiting society.

Learn more about Garnet Chan’s research

Comprised of students with diverse dance backgrounds, the Princeton HighSteppers perform on campus, host an annual step competition with other colleges and have even been featured on “The Today Show.”

Watch the “Princeton HighSteppers” video feature

Researchers have discovered that bacteria prevent layabouts from enjoying the fruit of others’ hard work by keeping food generated by the community’s productive members away from those microbes that attempt to live on others’ leftovers.

Learn more about bacteria’s sense of justice