Robert George, the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence, professor of politics and director of the James Madison Program at Princeton, will receive a Leadership Award from the Heterodox Academy for championing a diversity of views on campus.

Nearly 200 people gathered at Princeton University on May 4, for the fourth annual Capital Region Minority Chamber of Commerce “Diversity Summit” to connect small minority-owned and women-owned businesses with institutions of higher education.

Princeton will commission eight new portraits of alumni and former faculty and administrators to reflect the diversity of the University community. The expansion of the University portrait collection already includes the portraits commissioned last year of Toni Morrison in Morrison Hall and of Sir Arthur Lewis in Robertson Hall.

Two award-winning design firms will collaborate to develop a master plan for Princeton University’s proposed Lake Campus. The project aims to transform University lands south of Lake Carnegie into a vibrant, mixed-use community that includes academic partnerships with external collaborators in an expanded innovation ecosystem.

Princeton scientists have identified more than 2,000 of these “super-Earths,” exoplanets that are larger than Earth but smaller than Neptune, the next-largest planet in our solar system. By studying how iron and silicon alloys respond to extraordinary pressures, scientists are gaining new insights into the nature of super-Earths and their cores.

Thousands of people from the University and local communities enjoyed activities, performances, food and more at the 48th annual Communiversity Artsfest celebration in downtown Princeton and on the Princeton University campus.

The CBS program “60 Minutes” featured Princeton President Christopher L. Eisgruber and several students Sunday evening, focusing on how Princeton and other colleges and universities are increasing college access and success for first-generation and low-income college students.

This spring, 12 Princeton undergraduates in the course “Inca Art and Architecture” learned firsthand the critical role that landscape can play in the structure of a civilization. One of several Princeton classes that incorporated a spring break excursion, the Inca course included a trip to Peru to visit Cusco, Machu Picchu and Lima.

Kyle Berlin, a Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures major from Arroyo Grande, California, has been selected as valedictorian of Princeton’s Class of 2018. Katherine Lim, a computer science major from Atherton, California, has been named the Latin salutatorian.

Ruling in a lawsuit brought by Princeton University, one of its undergraduate students and Microsoft, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., ruled that the federal government’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was unlawful.

The Graduate School has presented eight graduate students with its annual Teaching Awards in recognition of their outstanding abilities as teachers.

Princeton faculty members approved a plan to revise the University’s academic calendar and move fall semester final exams into December from January, among other changes.

Revise Your Ride (RYR) launched last fall to reduce single-occupancy vehicles driving to Princeton and parking on campus. More than 1,000 employees now participate in an alternative commuting program, with 600 joining since October.

Princeton President Christopher L. Eisgruber on Wednesday, April 18, joined other presidents and chancellors whose institutions are represented by the Association of American Universities in endorsing a statement affirming the value of free speech on campus.

The Princeton University trustees have accepted recommendations to name a publicly accessible garden between Firestone Library and Nassau Street for Betsey Stockton and to name the easternmost arch in East Pyne Hall for James Collins “Jimmy” Johnson.

“Sociology 207: Poverty in America,” an undergraduate course at Princeton, is examining the central aspects of poverty, spanning joblessness, housing and neighborhoods, crime and punishment, and survival and protest. The class is co-led by sociologists and poverty experts Matthew Desmond and Kathryn Edin.

United States Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey has been selected to deliver the keynote address at the University’s Class Day ceremony on Monday, June 4.

In a panel discussion held at Princeton, two “big chiefs” of New Orleans’ Black Indian groups explored the complex artisanship and deep-seated community of the Black Masking tradition of “dressing.” This process of creating elaborate ceremonial suits and aprons originated by African Americans almost 200 years ago.

Over spring break, more than 100 Princeton students explored critical social issues in communities across the U.S. and on campus through Breakout Princeton and Breakout Local with the Pace Center for Civic Engagement.

A daylong conference at Princeton on April 7, “Defending Democracy: Civilian and Military Responses to Weaponized Information,” brought together leaders from military, government and academic backgrounds to discuss information warfare and how to protect against its corrosive effects on democracy.