Student work: Muslim life at Princeton

By Anhar Karim, Class of 2018 on April 21, 2016, 9 a.m.

Students and Princeton's Muslim chaplain, Imam Sohaib Sultan, discuss the tight-knit community developed by the Muslim Life Program and Muslim Students Association.

Sultan, an inspirational leader for the Islamic community at the University and within New Jersey, died April 16 of cancer. Faculty, staff and students from across religious affiliations, academic departments and administrative offices remembered Sultan for his warmth, compassion, dedication, humility and, in true Princeton spirit, his service to humanity.

Princeton’s Muslim Life Program celebrates more than a decade on campus .

Ramadan happens to coincide this year with the end of Princeton’s academic year, and it’s also the 10th Ramadan on campus hosted by the Muslim Life Program (MLP). The MLP has built a vibrant, diverse and inclusive community at Princeton since it was formally established in 2008.

Princeton University staff, faculty, others named honorary members by Class of 2020 .

Princeton University’s senior class have selected 13 individuals as honorary members of the Class of 2020. Every year, the graduating class inducts honorary class members to commemorate faculty, staff, alumni and others who have left a particularly profound impact on their class.

Princeton campus mourns victims of New Zealand mosque shootings .

Faculty, staff and students gathered on the lawn in front of Murray-Dodge Hall as Office of Religious Life chaplains extended sympathies to those affected by the attacks and to Muslims across the world.

June Huh shares New Horizons in Mathematics Prize .

June Huh, a visiting associate research scholar in mathematics at Princeton and a visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Study, will receive a 2019 New Horizons in Mathematics Prize.

Hindu and Muslim life coordinators named .

The Office of Religious Life has appointed coordinators for Hindu and Muslim life as part of efforts to enhance support for Princeton students from a variety of backgrounds. Vineet Chander has been named coordinator of Hindu life, a newly created position, and Sohaib Sultan has been appointed coordinator of Muslim life, both effective Aug. 15.

Princeton employees honored for special achievement, service and management leadership .

More than 500 Princeton University employees are being recognized for their dedicated years of service, along with six staff members who were named as President Achievement Award recipients and two employees who received the Donald Griffin ’23 Management Award winners.