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Fall 2020 Information

Ongoing updates about the 2020-21 academic year are available on the University's Fall 2020 website.

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Robots and humans collaborate to revolutionize architecture

Two Princeton professors, architect Stefana Parascho and engineer Sigrid Adriaenssens, used industrial robots to create the striking and unique LightVault

Addressing humanity's environmental challenges.

Princeton University launches digital initiative to share expertise on some of the world’s most urgent problems.

Research

A Year of Forward Thinking kicks off virtual Forward Fest public conversation series with faculty experts and alumni.

The first Forward Fest Oct. 23-24 will focus on public health, justice and the 2020 election.

Academics

Campus Advocates will help promote University health and safety guidelines .

Princeton’s new Campus Advocate program will help support a safe campus environment amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Campus Advocates are redeployed staff who will work inside buildings to educate faculty, staff and students about the University’s health and safety guidelines.

University News

UPDATED: Princeton University Relief Fund announces contribution to support small businesses in Princeton affected by the pandemic.

The University’s initial $250,000 contribution and $100,000 challenge pledge to the Princeton Small Business Resiliency Fund helped raise more than $450,000 in grant funds; new round of applications to reopen November 1.

University News

Princeton endowment earns 5.6% return; continues to support financial aid, COVID-19 testing and daily University operations

Princeton Professor of Visual Arts Deana Lawson wins Hugo Boss Prize, first photographer to be awarded the prize

Princeton and Mpala scholars link obesity and disease to dramatic dietary changes

Five scholars join Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts

Princeton study suggests that monkeys, like humans, may have 'self-domesticated'

Quantum chemist Leslie Schoop wins 2020 Packard Fellowship

An update and overview of Princeton University’s ongoing efforts to combat systemic racism.

Princeton's continuing work to address racism includes scholarly and operational initiatives across the University.

University News

President Eisgruber's mid-semester update to the University community .

President Christopher L. Eisgruber's Oct. 19 message to the University community about the ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the factors relevant to planning for the spring semester.

University News

Upcoming Virtual Events

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CITP Seminar: A Modern, Privacy-Preserving Web

Oct 27

12:30 p.m.

Free and open to the public This event will be broadcast via Zoom. Speaker: John Wilander, WebKit privacy and security engineer, Apple Sponsor: Center for…

Fixing Bugs in Democracy: A Conversation with Beto O'Rourke

Oct 27

5:00 p.m.

Attention is focused on the national campaign, but down-ticket races will be crucial in the coming election, particularly in states like Texas. This November,…

Book Talk: "Trade Wars Are Class Wars: How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace"

Oct 28

12:15 p.m.

Free and open to the public This event will be broadcast via Zoom and registration is required. Speakers: Matthew Klein, Economics Commentator, Barron's and…

"AI for Good": A Conversation with Andrea Goldsmith, H. Vincent Poor and Thomas Siebel

Oct 29

12:00 p.m.

Andrea GoldsmithDean, School of Engineering and Applied Science Arthur LeGrand Doty Professor of Electrical EngineeringH. Vincent Poor Michael Henry Strater…

Combahee Experimental: Black Women’s Experimental Filmmaking — Experiments in Narrative

Oct 29

6:00 p.m.

Co-curated by award-winning multi-media artist Simone Leigh and Black feminist theorist of visual culture and contemporary art Tina Campt, this series of…

Asian American Studies Lecture Series: Karan Mahajan and Jenny Xie

Oct 29

7:30 p.m.

The Program in American Studies is hosting novelist Karan Mahajan (Brown U) and poet Jenny Xie ’08 (Lewis Center for the Arts) on October 29 at 7:30 p.m. via…

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