On her 40th birthday, Assistant Professor of Creative Writing Tracy K. Smith was awarded the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for poetry for her book “Life on Mars,” a collection of poems published in 2011.
According to the New York Daily News, the poems in “Life on Mars” are inspired by Smith’s father, who died in 2008.
Smith, who earned a bachelor’s degree at Harvard and went on to receive an MFA from Columbia, began teaching at the University in 2006 after posts at the City University of New York, the University of Pittsburgh and Columbia.
This semester, Smith is teaching a section of CWR 202: Creative Writing (Poetry). In the fall, she will teach a section of CWR 201: Creative Writing (Poetry).Read More
Students boogie in the breeze at spring Lawnparties
Luke Grippo and Devon RudolphSpring 2025 Lawnparties was celebrated in style with a performance from A Boogie wit da Hoodie. Despite a particular windy day for Lawnparties, students enjoyed the festivities.
Spring 2025 Lawnparties was celebrated in style with a performance from A Boogie wit da Hoodie. Despite a particular windy day for Lawnparties, students enjoyed the festivities.
Environmental studies building to be named after Devon and Pete Briger ’86
Katelynn LeeBriger Hall is located on the west side of the new Environmental Studies and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences complex, set to open in Fall 2025.
Briger Hall is located on the west side of the new Environmental Studies and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences complex, set to open in Fall 2025.
Princeton junior found dead after days of searches
Christopher BaoThe body of missing student Lauren Blackburn ’26 was found at Lake Carnegie on the morning of April 25, according to an email from Regan Crotty, Dean of Undergraduate Students.
The body of missing student Lauren Blackburn ’26 was found at Lake Carnegie on the morning of April 25, according to an email from Regan Crotty, Dean of Undergraduate Students.