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Four graduate students awarded Jacobus Fellowships, discuss research and future plans
Philip Decker GS, Victor Geadah GS, Sayash Kapoor GS, and Eliana Rozinov GS were awarded the 2025–26 Porter Ogden Jacobus Fellowship, the University’s top honor for its graduate students. The fellows were honored at Alumni Day on Feb. 21. The fellowship is awarded to one Princeton Ph.D. student each in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering divisions for their scholarly excellence.
Eating clubs update visitor policies in line with new Princeton COVID-19 regulations
Following the Feb. 1 update to University COVID-19 policies, which saw a loosening of the restrictions on indoor event capacities and an expansion of the categories of approved visitors, eating clubs have adjusted their policies to allow students to bring guests for meals and club events. Under updated University , “undergraduate and graduate students who reside in residential dormitories may sponsor visitors” who comply with the University’s vaccination policy.
SPIA hosts Department of Justice officials for panel on civil rights, police misconduct
Three officials from the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division spoke at the University on Tuesday, March 22 about their work investigating and combating system abuse in policing. At the panel hosted by the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA), the speakers discussed examples of their investigations and reform efforts, such as in the Baltimore, Md. and Ferguson, Mo. police departments, which have faced intense public scrutiny in recent years.
‘Such a pivot’: Students express concern following Princeton memo on uptick in COVID-19 cases
On Feb. 18, Dean of the College Jill Dolan and Vice President for Campus Life W. Rochelle Calhoun sent a memo to the undergraduate student body addressing the recent spike in undergraduate COVID-19 cases. The memo, which urged students to “take good care to limit your exposure to avoid testing positive for COVID[-19]” in advance of midterms week, has sparked controversy on campus, as some students have argued the email was insensitive and placed an unfair burden on students who test positive.
Princeton clarifies post-Thanksgiving COVID-19 restrictions, eating clubs respond
In an email sent by Vice President for Campus Life Rochelle Calhoun on Nov. 30, the University provided additional details about COVID-19 guidelines for undergraduate students. These new policies come following a University announcement on Nov. 27 introducing campus-wide policy changes amid a semester-high rate of COVID-19 cases. The new policies affect social gatherings, eating clubs, and international travel.
‘Princetoween’ sends students to McCosh, Princeton Medical Center
Over Halloween weekend, colloquially referred to as ‘Princetoween’ among students, McCosh Health Center admitted a significant number of students for excessive intoxication and transported some to local hospitals, including Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center (PMC), for care.
Princeton to lead Northeast Innovation Hub with $15M NSF grant
Supported by National Science Foundation (NSF) funding, a new innovation hub led by the University will aim to accelerate entrepreneurship, scientific research, and socioeconomic impact. On Aug. 25, the NSF announced the establishment of its Innovation Corps (I-Corps) Northeast Hub, one of five new federally funded hubs. Each hub will be allocated $3 million per year for five years and will expand by adding new affiliates each year.
‘Eyes on Eisgruber’: Art exhibition draws attention to activists’ demands
Through an art exhibition displayed outside of Nassau Hall earlier this month, several student activist groups pressured the University administration to act on previously-submitted demands.
Four seniors awarded $30K Labouisse Prize Fellowship
Princeton seniors Chisom Ilogu ’21, Sarah Kamanzi ’21, Leopoldo Solis ’21, and Lydia Spencer ’21 have been awarded the Henry Richardson Labouisse ’26 Prize. The prize, which grants each recipient $30,000 to pursue international civic engagement projects in the year following graduation, is administered by the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS).
Jealous of the international student experience, East Coast residents call for 4 a.m. classes
The following content is purely satirical and entirely fictional. This article is part of The Daily Princetonian’s annual joke issue, which you can find in full here. Don’t believe everything you read on the Internet! 4 a.m. classes, 8 a.m. movie nights, 7 a.m. Lawnparties. These were all cited during a recent Undergraduate Student Government (USG) meeting, where representatives voiced concerns from domestic students that international students have an advantage when it comes to remote learning.
Program in Ethnographic Studies no longer accepting certificate students
The Department of Anthropology recently announced that it will no longer be accepting students for enrollment in the Program in Ethnographic Studies certificate.
Liu, Potter run for USG president, appearing beside four contested races, two referenda on next week’s ballot
Allen Liu ’22 and Christian Potter ’22 have begun campaigning for the position of Undergraduate Student Government (USG) President, with voting to begin next week. The 2020 Winter Election will take place Nov. 23–25. The ballot will also include contested races for Vice President, Sustainability Chair, Treasurer, and Class of 2024 Senator, in addition to referenda addressing class on Election Day and fossil fuel divestment.
Departments largely split on PDF policy for departmental requirements and prerequisites
When students returned home in the spring, the University took the extraordinary step of amending standard academic policy. Several such modifications remain in place this semester, with students able to take any course on a pass/D/fail (PDF) basis and the number of courses taken via PDF not counting toward students’ typical four-course limit.
PART II | 'Resurfacing History': A Look Back At the Black Justice League's Campus Activism
Through archival research and activists’ testimony, this two-part series recounts the 2015 protest that sparked a reckoning with institutional racism at Princeton. For the first installment of this two-part series, click here. “Removing Woodrow Wilson’s name was not our first demand. It was not our fourth demand,” Joanna Anyanwu ’15 GS told the ‘Prince.’ Wilson was not at the core of the BJL’s early campaigns.
Black Student Experience Committee reconvenes online
After being put on hold due to the pandemic, the Black Student Experience Committee — chaired by Tennille Haynes, the director of the Carl A. Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding — has reconvened this semester. Vice President for Campus Life W. Rochelle Calhoun first organized the committee as one of two working groups to study Black and LGBTQ+ students’ experiences at the University. Calhoun deferred comment to Haynes.
Best becomes first Black, first male director in Gender and Sexuality Studies program history
Wallace D. Best, a professor of religion and African American Studies, was appointed director of the Gender and Sexuality Studies (GSS) program last month. Best is the first Black and the first male director of the program in its 38-year history. The transition comes after the previous director Regina Kunzel, Doris Stevens Professor in Women’s Studies, completed a predetermined five-year term in the position that ended in July 2020.
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