The freshman seminar “The Dreamkeepers: Education Reform and the Urban Teaching Experience” is designed to help students develop an understanding of urban education, examine trends and address the challenges facing reform.
Learn more about the ‘Dreamkeepers’ seminar
A molecular biology major with a love for fashion design, senior Mary Adeogun recently held a photo shoot on campus, embracing Princeton’s efforts to support students’ to explore their interests.
Watch the ‘Outside the classroom: Fashion design’ video feature
Learn how senior Rund Abdelfatah’s journey through southern Spain inspired her thesis and pushed her to re-examine the way she thinks about her own identity as an American, a Palestinian, a Muslim and a woman.
Learn more about Rund Abdelfatah’s journey and senior thesis
Nine students have been named winners of the 2013 Spirit of Princeton Award, which honors undergraduates at Princeton University for their positive contributions to campus life.
Learn more about the Spirit of Princeton Award Winners
A recent update to Princeton University website now allows it to detect a user’s screen size, and will automatically adjust the display to provide an optimal user experience for browsers on desktops, laptops, tablets and phones.
A new analysis suggests that wind, not water, formed the roughly 3.5-mile high Martian mound known as Mount Sharp. If correct, the research could dilute expectations that the mound holds evidence of a large body of water, which would have important implications for understanding Mars’ past habitability.
Learn more about the origin of Mount Sharp
Get a glimpse into the spring semester junior independent work of students who are studying pavilions in the history of architecture with Visiting Lecturer in Architecture Hayley Eber.
When Danielle Pingue learned that nearly half of the 2.3 million people incarcerated in the United States are African Americans, it startled and ignited an interest in the then-sophomore, and inspired her senior thesis entitled “Partners in Crime: Non-Profits’ Promising Approach to Mass Incarceration Reform.”
Read more about Danielle Pingue’s senior thesis
The Council for International Teaching and Research has selected faculty proposals from Leonard Wantchekon and Maria DiBattista to create global networks to allow scholars to focus on interdisciplinary research in the humanities and experimental methods in political economy.
Learn more about the Global Collaborative Networks projects
Seniors Amy Ousterhout and Aman Sinha, and graduate student Daniel Strouse were among the 15 recipients of this year’s Hertz Fellowship for graduate studies in science, and will receive support for up to five years for studies in physical, biological and engineering sciences.
Learn more about the Hertz Fellowship
John Groves and Tyler Groff are leading projects — a new tool for visualizing drug therapy and a method for aiding the search for planets, respectively — that will receive grants from the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Transformative Technology Fund.
Learn more about the Schmidt Fund grants
Learn more about the projects awarded Schmidt Fund grants
Aman Sinha, a mechanical and aerospace engineering major from Ivyland, Pa., has been selected as valedictorian of Princeton University’s Class of 2013. Amelia Bensch-Schaus, a classics major from Swarthmore, Pa., has been named the Latin salutatorian.
Learn more about Aman Sinha and Amelia Bensch-Schaus
The four-day Princeton Arts Weekend festival featured hundreds of student performers and over 70 events, ending with the annual town-gown festival Communiversity and an evening of performances dedicated to President Shirley M. Tilghman and her passion for the arts.
Learn more about the Princeton Arts Weekend
Scientists at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and Princeton University are working to develop a new process that is capable of detecting warheads in nuclear weapons being dismantled without measuring or leaking classified information that could lead to proliferation.
Read more about the new nuclear detection process
Princeton neuroscientists will assume a leading role in revolutionizing our understanding of the human brain as outlined in President Barack Obama’s BRAIN Initiative.
Learn more about Princeton’s role in the BRAIN Initiative
Princeton Arts Weekend kicks off today and will be held through Sunday, April 28, to celebrate art and will honor President Shirley M. Tilghman and her commitment to the arts.
Learn more about the Princeton Arts Weekend
Meet Daniel Claro, visual resources curator for the School of Architecture, audiovisual specialist, webmaster and bass guitarist.
Read more about Daniel Claro
Christopher L. Eisgruber, Princeton’s provost for the past nine years, has been named the University’s 20th president, effective July 1.
Learn more about the announcement and President-elect Eisgruber
Senior Victoria Solomon has been awarded a Marshall Scholarship, covering the cost of graduate study and living expenses at a British University for up to two years. Solomon will pursue a master’s degree in medical electronics and physics, focusing on developing technological systems that can assist people with physical disabilities.
Learn more about the Marshall Scholarship
Almost 550 alumni, faculty, staff and students gathered to celebrate how Princeton and the nation have transformed during the past 50 years, and to discuss the progress the LGBT community still seeks.
Read more about the ‘Every Voice’ conference
