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Our Students

Curious, Committed, Creative

Princeton students are driven by the desire to push the boundaries of knowledge and service on campus and around the world.

Student Profiles

Arielle Rivera, Class of 2023
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Through her senior thesis, Arielle Rivera, vice president of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, is exploring how Puerto Rico can make its electricity supply more resilient to climate disasters while meeting its ambitious energy goals.

Samuel Lyman, Graduate Student
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Inspired by the TV show "The West Wing," Samuel Lyman combined his love of politics and writing to become a speechwriter. Now he's working toward a master's degree in public policy at the School of Public and International Affairs.

Aneesha Manocha, Class of 2023
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Aneesha Manocha, selected as a Kanders Churchill Scholar, is studying electrical and computer engineering and plans to pursue a Ph.D. to model macro-energy systems.

Ella Gantman, Class of 2023
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Ella Gantman plays goalie on the women's varsity soccer team and  is concentrating in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and is pursuing a certificate in Spanish.

Kevin Tong, Class of 2023
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Kevin Tong, majoring in mechanical and aerospace engineering, aspires to design and build infrastructure to facilitate extended space travel.  

Susan Redmond, Graduate Student
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Susan Redmond, a graduate student in mechanical and aerospace engineering, is part of an interdisciplinary team studying cosmic microwave background radiation. From Antarctica, the team launched a solar-power research balloon into space.

Facts & Figures

  • 5,727

    Undergraduate enrollment

  • 96%

    Undergraduate students living on campus

  • 49.6%

    Undergraduate men

  • 50.4%

    Undergraduate women

  • 3,225

    Graduate enrollment

Students in the News

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Service

Five Princeton seniors awarded ReachOut 56-81-06 Fellowships for public service .

The alumni-funded effort supports seniors to complete a public service project of their own design during the year after graduation.

Princeton continues to expand commitments to support and promote mental health and well-being .

The opening of the new Frist Health Center, lower copays for counseling, and expanded TigerWell programs are among recent well-being initiatives that support students to thrive and engage fully in learning, research and service.

Students' military service brings valued perspective to Princeton SPIA classrooms .

Their on-the-ground experience illuminates policy discussions at Princeton's School of Public and International Affairs, adding nuance to conversations about the world’s most pressing problems.

Princeton senior Joshua Yang awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarship .

The awards give outstanding students from outside the United Kingdom the opportunity to pursue postgraduate study at the University of Cambridge. Yang is a philosophy major with a minor in journalism and plans to pursue an MPhil in Modern South Asian Studies.

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