President Eisgruber shares his reflections on the Juneteenth holiday and takes a deep-dive into the new book On Juneteenth by Harvard University Professor Annette Gordon-Reed in his newest blog post.
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Wednesday, Jun 2, 2021
Princeton University is excited to add Juneteenth as a standing University holiday. We hope to create opportunities and spaces for University community members to engage in conversation and programming, highlighting the significance of Juneteenth. To increase awareness and understanding, staff have the opportunity to receive a copy of Annette...
Princeton adopts plan to support more diverse-owned businesses, broaden pool of University suppliers
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
The multi-year plan builds on the existing supplier diversity program in the Office of Finance and Treasury.
Monday, May 3, 2021
A professorship in Indigenous studies, grant programs for anti-racism research and new partnerships with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) are some of the initiatives launched this academic year as part of...
Wednesday, Apr 28, 2021
In a recent blog post, President Eisgruber addresses the use of human remains from the 1985 MOVE bombing in Philadelphia by a visiting professor from the University of Pennsylvania.
Friday, Apr 23, 2021
Princeton University’s longtime Muslim Chaplain Imam Sohaib Sultan, an inspirational leader for the Islamic community on campus and within New Jersey, died April 16 of bile duct cancer. He was 40.
Monday, Apr 19, 2021
A proposal presented by the Program in Linguistics to establish a sequence in American Sign Language (ASL) that fulfills the University’s A.B.
Monday, Apr 19, 2021
As our country continues to grapple with this crisis in light of the recent deaths of 20-year-old Daunte Wright in Minneapolis and 13-year-old Adam Toledo in Chicago, several Princeton faculty members and alumni are appearing in virtual public conversations and using opinion pieces, media appearances, and social media conversations to help...
Monday, Apr 19, 2021
As the trial of Derek Chauvin comes to a close, and as the nation continues to grapple with a spate of violence and killings over the last few weeks, Princeton is offering resources to the University community, including virtual spaces for processing and discussion. Events such as these challenge us as a community, and also can take a toll on...
Monday, Apr 19, 2021
With the goal of enhancing and expanding Princeton University’s fundamental commitment to the college success of talented students from first-generation, lower-income and underrepresented backgrounds, Bloomberg Philanthropies has...
