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Tech pioneers to headline Princeton conference on innovation and entrepreneurship
Nov. 24, 2021

Engage 2021, Princeton’s second annual innovation and entrepreneurship conference, happening online Dec. 1 and 2, will offer opportunities to learn about the transformation of discoveries into innovations that benefit society — from biomedicine and clean…

Effron Center for the Study of America established at Princeton through a major gift to the Venture Forward campaign
Nov. 15, 2021

The establishment of the center realizes Princeton’s vision for the future of American studies as articulated in the 2016 report of the Task Force on American Studies, and in subsequent planning by faculty and administrators.

Princeton joins national celebration of first-generation college students
Nov. 8, 2021

The national event recognizes students, faculty, staff and alumni who are among the first in their families to attend college and highlights the important contributions that first-gen students make within their…

Inaugural Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Report
Oct. 13, 2021
As part of the University-wide effort to combat systemic racism, Princeton has published its first diversity, equity and inclusion annual report.
New Indigenous initiatives ushered in at Princeton
Oct. 8, 2021

A land acknowledgment marker and memorial garden, an Indigenous student affinity space, and a fall seminar series welcoming leading Indigenous scholars, artists and activists to campus are among several new programs and initiatives at Princeton…

Designer and inventor Darell Fields and physicist Clifford Johnson named Presidential Visiting Scholars at Princeton
Sept. 15, 2021

Darell Fields, a designer and inventor, and physicist Clifford Johnson have been named Presidential Visiting Scholars at Princeton University for the 2021-22 academic year. The visiting scholars program, which was…

Twelve scholars named Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellows with aim to enhance diversity in academia
Sept. 15, 2021

Twelve scholars spanning engineering and the sciences, social sciences and humanities have been named Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellows at Princeton. The program aims to enhance diversity in academia.

Bloomberg Center summer programs empower FLI students for school success
Aug. 27, 2021

First-generation and lower-income (FLI) students across the country spent the summer preparing for a successful school year with support from Princeton’s Emma Bloomberg Center for Access and Opportunity.

President’s Blog: The Urgent Need for Action on Behalf of Dreamers
July 19, 2021

President Eisgruber shares his perspective on the urgent need for federal legislative action to protect Dreamers.

Read his newest blog post.

Imani Perry, Mario Moore and Visualizing the Battle Cry
June 21, 2021

This spring, Imani Perry, the Hughes-Rogers Professor of African American Studies and Mario Moore, visual artist and Princeton University Hodder Fellow  explored the links between the plight of Black soldiers during the Civil War and the state of racial justice and Black culture in modern-day America through their…