From studying the culture of war to creating a theater piece featuring aerial choreography, Eamon Foley’s senior year at Princeton allowed him to experiment with and execute many of the ideas that had interested him for years. 

H. Vincent Poor, dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science at Princeton University for the past nine years and a leader in the field of wireless communications, will step down as the school’s eighth dean at the end of the next academic year, June 30, 2016.

The Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on the right of same-sex couples to marry, even as people on both ends of the political spectrum have cast doubt on the future of marriage as an institution.

Princeton Summer Theater will immerse audience members in multiple facets of myth and storytelling, presenting four mainstage plays and a children’s show in eight weeks. The season runs June 18 through Aug. 8 in Hamilton Murray Theater on the Princeton University campus.

Richard Myers, who has more than 25 years of experience in higher education administration with a focus on the intersection of strategic planning, budget and finance, and the enabling of academic initiatives, has been appointed vice provost for academic and budget planning at Princeton University. His appointment is effective Aug. 31.

Students of all ages and teachers from New Jersey and beyond will be engaged in a summer of learning on the Princeton campus, taking part in outreach programs on subjects ranging from leadership and entrepreneurship to computer science, music and journalism.

Construction of Princeton University’s Lakeside graduate housing complex is complete and students started moving in June 1. The 329-unit complex will be home to more than 700 residents. The complex of furnished and unfurnished apartments and townhouses, built on the former site of the Hibben and Magie apartments off Faculty Road near Alexander Street, will consolidate the Butler and Stanworth populations into a location that is closer to campus.

Sixteen Princeton University faculty members were transferred to emeritus status in recent action by the Board of Trustees. Transfers are effective July 1, 2015, except where noted.

Princeton E-ffiliates Partnership, an initiative that forges collaborations between industry and Princeton University experts, has entered a five-year agreement with ExxonMobil to pursue transformational innovations in the fields of energy and environment. 

The Princeton University Board of Trustees has approved the appointments of 17 faculty members, including six full professors and 11 assistant professors.

In studying the origins of the complex system for naming chemical compounds, Evan Hepler-Smith examines the fundamental ways in which scientific knowledge is made.

Bonnie Bassler, Princeton University’s Squibb Professor in Molecular Biology and chair of the Department of Molecular Biology, was named a 2015 Shaw Prize Laureate in life science and medicine June 1. Bassler will share the $1 million prize for her well-known work in quorum sensing, a widespread process that bacteria use for cell-to-cell communication.

Princeton University has named nine members to its Board of Trustees, effective July 1. 

The Princeton Entrepreneurship Advisory Committee (PEAC) has issued a report recommending a broad set of initiatives to enhance entrepreneurship at the University in a way that builds on Princeton’s commitments to liberal arts education, research and public service.

They filled tents, lawns, gardens, classrooms and the venerable stone arches and courtyards throughout the campus. They hugged, cheered and introduced new family members. They listened intently at panel discussions with faculty and alumni. And most of all, they celebrated Princeton traditions such as donning their class jackets — or anything in orange and black.

Princeton undergraduate students will be able to major in African American studies starting in the fall. The University’s Board of Trustees approved the new concentration Monday and gave the Center for African American Studies academic department status. The trustees also approved certificate programs in cognitive science, diplomacy and ethnographic studies.

Jill Dolan, the Annan Professor in English and professor of theater in the Lewis Center for the Arts, has been named Princeton’s next dean of the college. Dolan, who also directs the University’s Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies, is a distinguished scholar of theater and performance studies.

Princeton University awarded degrees to 1,268 undergraduates in the Class of 2015, three from former classes and 885 graduate students at its 268th Commencement Tuesday, June 2.