"Immigration bill to help keep STEM grad students in U.S. must include humanities and social sciences" first appeared in the June 2021 issue of the Princeton Alumni Weekly.

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My mother and her family fled Nazi Germany more than 70 years ago, barely escaping with their lives.  The America in which they settled had its own long and ugly history of anti-Semitism, but over time our country became far more tolerant and inclusive.

I now view with deep and personal distress the rising tide of anti-Semitism in…

Dear Princetonians,

On May 16, we completed an extraordinary semester by holding one of the most unusual Commencement ceremonies in Princeton’s history.  The proceedings in Princeton Stadium may have lacked the intimacy of the traditional events on Nassau Hall’s front lawn, but they were nevertheless deeply moving, joyous, and…

Tradition allows the Princeton president to share a few thoughts with our graduating students at Commencement.  I regard that as a great privilege in any year, but especially so in this one, when all of you have persevered valiantly and brilliantly to overcome unprecedented challenges.

By completing your studies amidst this awful…

Pre-Read 2021: Moving Up Without Losing Your Way was first published in the May 2021 issue of the Princeton Alumni Weekly.

When I talk to Princeton alumni about why they value their experience at this University, the phrase I hear…

Expansion is Coming  was first published in the April 2021 issue of the Princeton Alumni Weekly.

Our goal during the pandemic has been not only to navigate through it successfully but to emerge stronger than before. Two new residential colleges…

I join the Princeton University community and people everywhere in mourning the victims of last night’s horrific shootings in Atlanta.  Though the killings remain under investigation, these attacks come amidst a disturbing nationwide rise in violence, discrimination, and xenophobia directed against the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI)…

Returning to the Classroom first appeared in the March 2021 issue of the Princeton Alumni Weekly.

Teaching the freshman seminar “Free Speech in Law, Ethics, and Politics” in person. By Denise Applewhite

My freshman seminar, “Free Speech…

What Will Be Different in the 'New Normal'? first appeared in the February 2021 issue of the Princeton Alumni Weekly.

A conversation …

When George Shultz ’42 passed away this weekend, not long after celebrating his 100th birthday, Princeton lost an alumnus who brilliantly exemplified this University’s ideals of learning, integrity, and service to the nation and humanity.   

After graduating from Princeton, Shultz served in the Marine Corps during World War II.  He…