Princeton University is committed to supporting students with disabilities and is fully in compliance with the federal American with Disabilities Act (ADA). Recently, as part of a compliance review, the Department of Justice (DOJ) assessed University policies and practices relating to students with mental health disabilities. DOJ did not make any findings of non-compliance, but asked Princeton to update its policy language to better explain University procedures and options available to students with disabilities, which Princeton has agreed to do.

Princeton University has joined a founding group of 30 of the nation’s most respected colleges and universities in a new initiative that aims to expand substantially the number of talented low- and moderate-income students at America’s top-performing undergraduate institutions with the highest graduation rates.

Monkeys known as macaques possess the vocal anatomy to produce “clearly intelligible” human speech but lack the brain circuitry to do so, according to new research.

The cold day could not subdue the warmth with which friends, colleagues and family recalled the long life and lasting influence of President Emeritus William G. Bowen during a celebration of his life in the University Chapel on Dec. 11. Bowen, who served as Princeton’s 17th president from 1972 to 1988, died Oct. 20 at age 83.

Anne Holton, a Princeton alumna whose career has focused on advocating for families and children in Virginia, has been selected as the speaker for the University’s 2017 Baccalaureate ceremony.

Princeton seniors Jacob Cannon, Preston Lim, Samuel Maron, Emery Real Bird, Molly Reiner and Kevin Wong have been named Schwarzman Scholars. The Schwarzman Scholarship covers the cost of graduate study and living toward a one-year master’s program at Tsinghua University in Beijing.

The Community College Faculty Program (CCFP), formerly the Mid-Career Fellowship Program, is an opportunity for New Jersey community college faculty members and administrators to audit Princeton courses in their areas of expertise.

One of the cornerstones of Princeton’s focus on international research and learning has been its strategic partnerships with universities in Germany, Japan and Brazil. The partnerships with Humboldt University, University of Tokyo and University of São Paulo were established four years ago as part of Princeton’s ongoing internationalization efforts.

Kevin Heaney, acting vice president for development has been named the University’s first vice president for advancement. KyuJung Whang, vice president of infrastructure, properties and planning at Cornell University, has been named Princeton University’s next vice president for facilities.

A glass is a curious material in between liquid and solid states of matter, but eventually glass always yields to its solid proclivity by settling into the ordered patterns of a crystal. Or so it was thought. Princeton University researchers have developed a computational model for creating a “perfect glass” that never crystallizes — even at absolute zero. 

Energy and environmental experts gathered at Princeton University Nov. 11 for the Princeton E-ffiliates Partnership‘s Fifth Annual Meeting to grapple with fundamental questions about how to build a stronger infrastructure and propose solutions for providing and using energy and water more efficiently.

Nearly 50 graduate students from around the country and beyond gathered at Princeton University for “Athena in Action: A Networking and Mentoring Workshop for Graduate Student Women in Philosophy.”

This academic year, Esther Schor, a professor of English, is team-teaching the yearlong course “Interdisciplinary Approaches to Western Culture,” also known as the Humanities Sequence. For the past five years, she has been conversing with Esperantists (in Esperanto) around the world to research her new book, “Bridge of Words: Esperanto and the Dream of a Universal Language” (Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt, 2016). The book is a full history of the constructed language — from its linguistic mechanics to its core ideals that have survived into the digital age.

The eighth annual Celebrate Princeton Invention event honored over 350 Princeton faculty members, staff researchers and students who over the past year have made discoveries or advances in the natural sciences and engineering that have the potential to be developed into technologies valuable to the public.

Each fall and spring break Princeton University students travel across the country to learn about critical social issues and engage in thoughtful dialogue and action as part of Breakout Princeton.

During a discussion with Princeton town officials Wednesday, Nov. 9, Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber focused on shared values between town and gown and how leaders can continue to work together to further common goals.

Princeton University now has one of the highest percentages of Pell-eligible students among the nation’s most selective colleges and universities, with 21 percent of the freshman Class of 2020 eligible for the federal grants that are awarded to low-income students. The percentage of Pell-eligible freshmen is triple that of the Class of 2008.

A team of scientists and engineers led by Princeton researchers recently reported the successful operation of a new instrument for the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii that will allow astronomers to make direct observations of planets orbiting nearby stars.

The newly formed Committee on Naming that will advise the Board of Trustees has launched a website to seek public comment on a new name for West College and a potential name for the atrium of Robertson Hall.

Princeton University’s tradition of deep commitment to the humanities has long been connected to Greece and Hellenic culture, from antiquity to the present. On Tuesday, Nov. 1, the University added a formal home base for Princeton scholars in Greece with the opening of the Princeton University Athens Center for Research and Hellenic Studies.