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.
2009
2009 Opening Exercises [Sep 13]2009 Commencement Address [Jun 2]
2008
To Boldly Go Where Men Have Gone Before: Women Scientists and Academic Leadership [Oct 29]2008 Opening Exercises [Sep 7]
2008 Commencement [Jun 3]
2007
Strategy or Happenstance: Science Policy in the U.S.A. [Nov 1]2007 Opening Exercises [Sep 16]
Education Without Borders: Internationalizing American Universities [Jul 11]
2007 Commencement [Jun 5]
2006
The Role of University Art Museums in the 21st Century [Dec 5]Coeducation and Leadership [Oct 17]
2006 Opening Exercises [Sep 10]
2006 Commencement [Jun 6]
A Question of Access [Mar 14]
Science: The Last Frontier [Feb 28]
2005
Strange Bedfellows: Science, Politics and Religion [Dec 1]2005 Opening Exercises [Sep 11]
2005 Commencement [May 31]
The Assault on Evolution [May 10]
Recruiting, Retaining, and Advancing Women Scientists in Academia [Mar 24]
2004
Address to the Stem Cell Institute of New Jersey [Nov 11]2004 Opening Exercises [Sep 5]
2004 Commencement [Jun 1]
From Recombinant DNA to Stem Cells [Mar 31]
2003
The Challenges of Educating the Next Generation of the Professoriate [Oct 23]2003 Opening Exercises [Sep 7]
2003 Commencement [Jun 3]
Biology in the Era of Complete Genomes [Apr 14]
Dealing with Foreign Students and Scholars in the Age of Terrorism [Mar 26]
2002
2002 Opening Exercises [Sep 11]2002 Commencement [Jun 4]
2001
2001 Installation [Sep 28]2001 Opening Exercises [Sep 9]