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Spring 2021 Information

Please visit spring2021.princeton.edu and covid.princeton.edu for details and information about the spring semester 2021 and public health guidance.

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Spring 2021 update: All enrolled students invited to campus

In a message to the University community, President Eisgruber writes that safety depends on vigilant compliance with public health guidance; most instruction will remain online.

Addressing humanity's environmental challenges.

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

Research

Eric and Wendy Schmidt endow new professorship of Indigenous studies at Princeton.

The endowed position expands interdisciplinary research and teaching focused on Indigenous communities around the world.

Academics

University News

How plants compete for underground real estate affects climate change and food production

Massive underground instrument finds final secret of our sun’s fusion

Princeton's Global History Lab receives grant to expand open-access virtual classroom for students worldwide, including refugee and migrant learners

Dean Cecilia Rouse to be nominated chair of Council of Economic Advisers by President-Elect Biden

COVID-19 shutdowns disproportionately affected low-income Black households

Basketball on the brain: Neuroscientists use sports to study surprise

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

UPDATED: Princeton senior Sophie Li wins Rhodes Scholarship for Hong Kong.

Princeton University senior Sophie Li, of Hong Kong, has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship for graduate study at the University of Oxford.

Academics

Upcoming Virtual Events

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Princeton Art Museum: Collecting Art 101

Dec 5

1:00 p.m.

Join three fine arts specialists as they share tips on how to begin and maintain your own art collection. Inspired by the virtual exhibition The Eclectic Eye:…

Silas Riener and Olivier Tarpaga: Princeton Dance Festival Reimagined, presented by the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Dance

Dec 5

8:00 p.m.

An exciting, innovative, reimagined virtual edition of the annual Princeton Dance Festival features six diverse, professional choreographers bringing their…

Princeton Art Museum Members Event "Expressing the Passions of the Soul: The Study of Human Emotions in Art and Science"

Dec 8

5:30 p.m.

Join Veronica White, curator of academic programs, and Alex Todorov, professor, University of Chicago Booth School of Business, as they reflect on his…

Forward Fest: Thinking Forward Arts & Humanities

Dec 17

4:00 p.m.

In the course of their work, humanities researchers and practicing writers and artists think about notions of time and being and the way we as humans deal with…

Forward Fest: Performing Arts Showcase

Dec 17

8:00 p.m.

As part of December’s focus on arts and humanities, Forward Fest will present a special performing arts showcase of student and faculty work. Get a first-hand…

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