Students in Noliwe Rooks' freshman seminar, "Our Struggling Schools: Race, Culture and Urban Education", explore how the problems confronting urban schools are linked to the social, economic and political conditions of cities.

This CAAS newsletter offers articles about our new civic internship program, the black alumni conference in October, the Baldwin lecture delivered by Shirley Tilghman (pictured on the cover), and student trips. (PDF format)

A conversation among Princeton faculty about race, racism, and the Obama presidency. With Julian Zelizer, Kevin Kruse, Larry Bartels, Imani Perry, Eddie Glaude, Jeffrey Stout, Daphne Brooks, and Douglas Massey.