The Venture Forward campaign is entering its final year, and it is already transforming the University in spectacular fashion.

Venture Forward is a mission-driven campaign. We’ve not set any internal or external dollar goals. Instead, we have focused intensely on gifts and initiatives that advance key priorities as defined in Princeton’s…

Princeton’s excellence depends on many factors, but foremost among them is the caliber of the professors who produce world-class research, educate our students, help to run the institution, and conduct searches to identify potential colleagues.

At Princeton, the most important guarantor of faculty quality is a committee known as “the…

For Opening Exercises on September 1, we gathered on the front lawn of Nassau Hall to welcome Princeton’s new transfer students and the Class of 2028. I invited students to carefully consider the meaning and value of liberal arts education as they pursue their Princeton journey, and to be inspired by the “transcendent” experience of Pre-read…

“Two Threats to the Ivy Athletics Model” was first published in the September 2024 version of the Princeton Alumni Weekly.

The Gary Walters ’67 Princeton Varsity Club Awards Banquet is among my favorite events during Reunions…

Commencement 2024: ‘Leaning into Life, at Princeton and Beyond’ was first published in the July 2024 edition of the Princeton Alumni Weekly.

On May 28, I had the honor of presiding…

"On Encampments, Free Speech, and ‘Time, Place, and Manner’ Rules on University Campuses" was first published in the May 2024 issue of the Princeton Alumni…

The post "Princeton Pre-read 2024: ‘The Worlds I See’" first appeared in the April 2024 edition of the Princeton Alumni Weekly.

When I took office in 2013, I established the Princeton…

"Speak Up for Princeton and for Higher Education" was first published in the March issue of the Princeton Alumni Weekly.

Seven years ago, I began writing annual letters on the state of the University, its progress toward strategic goals, and…

 "The Clean Energy Transformation Beneath Our Feet" first appeared in the January 2024 edition of the Princeton Alumni Weekly.

Seven years into the largest building program in Princeton University’s history, the main ribbon-cutting…

"Faculty Dinners at Lowrie House" first appeared in the December 2023 edition of the Princeton Alumni Weekly.

People often ask me what I like best about my job. The answer is easy: I enjoy meeting Princetonians of all types—undergraduates, graduate students,…