Selected Speeches
President Tilghman addresses a wide range of audiences and issues in the course of a year, but among her most important speeches are the ones she delivers at Princeton University’s Commencement and Opening Exercises in the spring and fall respectively. Her remarks on these occasions explore the basic values that define a Princeton education, as well as the opportunities and challenges confronting students as they enter and leave our University community. A sampling of other speeches also can be found below.
2011
November 13 Fostering Undergraduate Women's LeadershipSeptember 11 2011 Opening Exercises
May 31 2011 Commencement Address
May 4 Universities in the Service of the Imagination
January 25 Reflecting America: Diversity as an Educational Priority
2010
October 1 Bridging the Gender Gap in Science and TechnologySeptember 29 Science and Enterprise as a Social Good: The Role of Universities
September 12 2010 Opening Exercises
June 1 2010 Commencement Address
April 6 In Praise of the Liberal Arts
March 9 The Meaning of Race in the Post-Genome Era
January 5 The Future of Science Education in the Liberal Arts College
2009
October 29 Boom or Bust: Overcoming Whiplash in Science PolicySeptember 13 2009 Opening Exercises
June 2 2009 Commencement Address
2008
October 29 To Boldly Go Where Men Have Gone Before: Women Scientists and Academic LeadershipSeptember 7 2008 Opening Exercises
June 3 2008 Commencement
2007
November 1 Strategy or Happenstance: Science Policy in the U.S.A.September 16 2007 Opening Exercises
July 11 Education Without Borders: Internationalizing American Universities
June 5 2007 Commencement
2006
December 5 The Role of University Art Museums in the 21st CenturyOctober 17 Coeducation and Leadership
September 10 2006 Opening Exercises
June 6 2006 Commencement
March 14 A Question of Access
February 28 Science: The Last Frontier
2005
December 1 Strange Bedfellows: Science, Politics and ReligionSeptember 11 2005 Opening Exercises
May 31 2005 Commencement
May 10 The Assault on Evolution
March 24 Recruiting, Retaining, and Advancing Women Scientists in Academia
2004
November 11 Address to the Stem Cell Institute of New JerseySeptember 5 2004 Opening Exercises
June 1 2004 Commencement
March 31 From Recombinant DNA to Stem Cells
2003
October 23 The Challenges of Educating the Next Generation of the ProfessoriateSeptember 7 2003 Opening Exercises
June 3 2003 Commencement
April 14 Biology in the Era of Complete Genomes
March 26 Dealing with Foreign Students and Scholars in the Age of Terrorism
2002
September 11 2002 Opening ExercisesJune 4 2002 Commencement
2001
September 28 2001 InstallationSeptember 9 2001 Opening Exercises
