This summer, 72 college students from across the country are immersing themselves in research in labs at Princeton working with students, postdoctoral fellows, researchers and faculty members and discovering what it is like to be a scientist.
Learn more about the Summer Undergraduate Research Program
Rising sophomores Eddie Zhou, Charlie Jacobson, and James Siderius are developing an easy-to-use database that will put information about buildings and fire conditions at fire chiefs’ fingertips.
Read more about FireStop, a mobile database for firefighters
Every day, thousands of people from every facet of campus life go about their day amidst the bustle of numerous academic and social activities. While walking the University’s paths, it’s easy to overlook the smaller features and details that make up campus.
Test your knowledge with the ‘Princeton in the Details: A Campus Quiz’ video feature
The onset of the Great Recession and, more generally, deteriorating economic conditions lead mothers to engage in harsh parenting, such as hitting or shouting at children, researchers have found.
Learn more about the economy’s impact on parenting
Get an inside look at the array of activities the residential colleges, which regularly offer social programs to help foster close-knit communities, organized for students in 2012-2013.
The 2012-13 academic year marked the fifth year of the Weapons of Mass Construction, a community service initiative spearheaded by the Princeton Varsity Club.
Researcher Miranda Waggoner examines how the once-innocuous peanut went from a snack staple to the object of bans at schools, day care centers and beyond.
Read more about the contested peanut-allergy epidemic
Sociologist Robert Wuthnow and a team of researchers explore where small towns fit in 21st- century America, and determine that while their populations may be small, these communities continue to play a big role in American life.
The Art of Science exhibition on display at the Friend Center explores the interplay between science and art, featuring 43 images of artistic merit created during the course of scientific research.
Watch the ‘Art of Science 2013’ video feature
Academic study and extracurricular clubs allow students to form attachments based on shared interests and activities, and scenes of friendship at Princeton abound from the playing field to the dorm room.
Watch the ‘Friendship at Princeton’ video feature
The new Princetoniana website launched this month, celebrating the history, traditions and qualities that make the University distinctive.
Visit the new Princetoniana website
Learn about the course, “A Social and Multi-dimensional Exploration of Structures,” which included a weeklong field visit to Germany where students visited landmark shell structures and met with architects and engineers, and built models now on exhibition in the Friend Center.
Learn how multiple years of research, countless refinements and numerous long nights allowed Princeton researchers to bring an innovative and award-winning product to market.
Read more about the TAG Optics Lens 2.0
Tree-lined paths, Gothic archways and scenic streets are just a few of the many reasons students cite for the University’s booming bike culture.
Get a bike’s eye view of campus in the ‘Biking Princeton’ video feature
Former Princeton University President William G. Bowen was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama on July 10 at a White House ceremony for his contribution to deepening the nation’s understanding of and engagement with the humanities.
Learn more about the National Humanities Medal
Just a few weeks into her new job as the chief financial officer of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Kristen Fischer is settling into the challenging role of overseeing a budget of approximately $85 million and managing all financial operations of the lab.
Learn more about Kristen Fischer and her role at the PPPL
The trustees have scheduled a ceremony to publicly install Christopher L. Eisgruber as president at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 22 on the lawn in front of historic Nassau Hall. Everyone is welcome to attend.
Read more about the presidential installation ceremony
The Institute for Chocolate Studies (ICS) student club produces its own chocolate from “bean to bar,” ushering raw beans imported from far-flung locales such as Venezuela or Peru through a process of roasting, shelling, mixing, melting and cooling.
The 2012-13 Annual Giving campaign raised $57,019,138 — the second-highest total in Annual Giving history — with more than 61.1 percent of undergraduate alumni participating.
Learn more about the Annual Giving campaign
President Tilghman and members of the University community look back on her accomplishments over her 12 years as the 19th president of the University.