Karin Dienst

Four Princeton University faculty members received President’s Awards for Distinguished Teaching at Commencement ceremonies Tuesday, June 5. 

With cheers and applause, members of the University community celebrated the unveiling of Princeton’s revised informal motto at a ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 22. “In the Nation’s Service and the Service of Humanity” read the words carved in the stone medallion set in the crossroads of the walkways on the front lawn of Nassau Hall — a new historic marker for a University that is continually evolving.

Speaking to graduates at Princeton University’s 269th Commencement on Tuesday, May 31, President Christopher L. Eisgruber called for a commitment to engaged discourse and a renewal of civic culture.

The Princeton Writes Staff Essay Contest inspired stories from across campus. The contest was cosponsored by Princeton Writes, a program in the Office of Human Resources dedicated to strengthening the practical communication skills at the University, along with the Office of Alumni Affairs and the Council of the Humanities.

Umbrellas, ponchos — and smiles — were in abundance as Princeton University celebrated its 268th Commencement on a rainy Tuesday morning, June 2.

Mónica Ponce de León, a pioneering educator and award-winning architect, has been selected as the next dean of Princeton University's School of Architecture. Her appointment is effective Jan. 1, 2016.

In her final Commencement address June 4 as president of Princeton University, Shirley M. Tilghman reflected on the Princeton experience and urged graduates to lead lives of purpose and service.

In 2011, Wendy Laura Belcher, an assistant professor of comparative literature and African American studies, spent a year in Ethiopia on a Fulbright fellowship researching ancient manuscripts illuminating the lives of women now regarded as saints in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, which dates back to the fourth century.

Making a stand for a liberal arts education in today’s difficult economic climate, Princeton University President Shirley M. Tilghman urged graduates at the University’s 265th Commencement Tuesday, June 5, to bring to the fore the talents they have developed as they embark on the future.

Princeton University scholar Benjamin Elman has studied the history of East Asia for most of his intellectual life. Instead of getting easier, it has become more complicated — which for him is a good thing. Elman’s ongoing interest is to re-examine our understanding of China and Japan by rethinking how the history of East Asia has been told, especially in the West, but also in China, Japan and Korea.