In an address in Richardson Auditorium on Sept. 26, Mohamed Moncef Marzouki, president of the Republic of Tunisia, laid out the challenges that face an Arab nation as it struggles with a nascent democracy.
Learn more about Mohamed Moncef Marzouki’s lecture
Continuing a conversation that began with the launch of the Pre-read program, President Christopher L. Eisgruber sat down with about 20 undergraduates over lunch last Friday at Forbes College to discuss Kwame Anthony Appiah’s “The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen.”
Learn more about the Pre-read discussion
The Princeton Center at Tsinghua, expected to open in early 2014, will be located on the campus of Tsinghua University in Beijing to support faculty, students and staff studying and conducting research in China.
Learn more about the Princeton Center at Tsinghua
In this year’s Clash of the Colleges, incoming freshmen competed with their assigned residential college against the five other residential colleges in a number of events including relay races, karaoke, dancing and best college spirit.
Watch the ‘Clash of the Colleges’ video feature
Sunday’s installation ceremony included remarks from students, faculty, staff and guests, and a heartfelt address by President Eisgruber underscoring Princeton’s influence on him, and in turn, his devotion to the University. Following the installation, the University community gathered for a reception and concert.
Learn more about the installation ceremony, and view photo galleries and a video recording of the event
The installation of Christopher L. Eisgruber as the 20th president of Princeton University will be marked with a series of events Sunday, Sept. 22, including a ceremony, reception and concert.
A unique relationship between a specific group of tree species and a carbo-loading bacteria may determine how well tropical forests can absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, Princeton researchers find.
Learn more about how infectious bacteria contribute to a healthy forest
Photo by Marcos Guerra, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
The Office of the Dean for Research will roll out this fall the first in a series of competitive “innovation funds” meant to spur new and exploratory research in the natural sciences, collaboration between artists and scientists or engineers, and new partnerships with industry.
Read more about the new innovation funds
After freshmen arrived on campus, they participated in a number of activities to meet their peers, such as the International Orientation, outdoor and service trips, and official ceremonies including Opening Exercises.
Watch the ‘Welcome to Princeton, Class of 2017’ video feature
Princeton University continues to earn national and international recognition for its academic quality, outstanding undergraduate student experience and generous no-loan financial aid, including a No. 1 overall ranking by U.S. News & World Report.
Read more about University recognitions
William Russel, who has served as dean of the Graduate School since 2002, has announced that this will be his final year as dean. After a year’s sabbatical, Russel, the Arthur W. Marks ’19 Professor of Chemical Engineering, intends to transfer to emeritus status. He has been a member of the Princeton faculty since 1974.
Learn more about William Russel
In his first formal speech to students as president, Eisgruber expounded on the joys of collegiate life, the unanticipated possibilities that lie ahead and the ways in which honor shapes the Princeton experience and the individual.
Read more about Opening Exercises
Lessons in climatology and diamondback-terrapin turtles illustrate to teachers from all over New Jersey that questions are the answer to better teaching.
Learn more about the QUEST program
Gary D. Walters, the Ford Family Director of Athletics under whose leadership Princeton University student-athletes have won 214 Ivy League championships and 48 national team or individual titles since 1994, will step down at the end of the academic year upon completion of his 20th year as athletic director.
Read more about Walters’ tenure as athletic director
During the Laboratory Learning Program, 45 high school students were paired with faculty members to carry out research projects in science and engineering labs across campus.
Read more about the Laboratory Learning Program
Researchers at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have developed a new technique and device for rapidly pasteurizing eggs in the shell, which could lead to a sharp reduction in illnesses caused by egg-borne salmonella bacteria.
Learn more about the PPPL and USDA joint project
Princeton University student Tara Thean describes her journey from identifying her research topic to producing her first research findings on communication between bottlenose dolphins.
Read more about dolphin whistles and scientific collaboration
Numerous construction projects are underway on campus, from cutting-edge laboratories to renovations of historic structures.
Learn more about construction on campus
Princeton researchers were part of an international collaboration to produce stunning images of the Andromeda Galaxy using the new Hyper-Suprime Cam installed on the enormous Subaru Telescope atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii, helping scientists understand the evolutionary history and fate of the expanding universe.
Read more about the Subaru Telescope
In a newly constructed building behind Guyot Hall lies GIRI, an 8,000-pound machine capable of giving us new insight into the secrets trapped within the planet’s rocks.
Read more about the Princeton Grinder Lab