Q&A with Grace Sommers, Class of 2020 salutatorian
Paige AllenSommers said she looks forward to crafting her Latin-language commencement address — “maybe throwing in some jokes.”
Sommers said she looks forward to crafting her Latin-language commencement address — “maybe throwing in some jokes.”
“This huge amount of money is dropped on small businesses, and it's not making a dent,” University economist Christopher Neilson said about the CARES Act.
The Marconi Prize is widely considered to be the highest honor in telecommunications research, given to one or two individuals a year for “a significant and impactful scientific discovery or innovation that changed millions of lives.”
Despite 97 fewer applicants applying compared to 2019, the transfer student acceptance rate of 1.4 percent is still nearly four times smaller than the 5.5 percent acceptance rate for the Class of 2024.
The amended rules will require live hearings during which students accused of sexual assault will be able to cross-examine their accusers.
Bridge Year will be offered to the incoming Class of 2024, but most likely with a delayed start date to allow participants additional time to complete pre-departure tasks.
Students who take gap years this fall may not be guaranteed immediate return to the University, according to Dean Jill Dolan.
Adamson’s work focuses on understanding how somatic cells respond to DNA damage and mutations. Her lab hopes to achieve an understanding of how DNA damage affects cells as a whole, as opposed to past approaches that focus on individualized mechanisms of cell responses.
“...[F]or someone who’s been working on journalism since my time at Princeton and since the day I left the gates, it’s pretty great to win something like this,” Juliet Eilperin ’92 said.
Virtual learning is difficult. The Daily Princetonian reached out to every department to see what planning, if any, has been done to prepare for the possibility of an online fall semester.
University officials considered “whether to postpone the beginning of the academic term until later in the fall or even until January,” but decided against such a decision.
The Udall Scholarship is a national scholarship awarded to sophomores and juniors focused on Native American studies or environmental studies. It is awarded, on average, to 55 students a year.
In an email addressed to the IIP student cohort on Tuesday, April 28, the organizing team explained that the office was working with existing partners to launch new virtual options. It will be up to the partner organization to determine if the internship can be completed remotely.
Among the 260 individuals who earned over $1 million, only one was African American, one was Hispanic, and 30 were women, according to a source privy to recent information.
The purpose of a term extension for tenure-track faculty at the University is to “mitigate the effects of the current public health crisis on their research and professional development,” Hotchkiss said.
“The University is actively pursuing other partner organizations, especially those focused on helping local businesses,” noted a University spokesperson.
Princeton students have been using their time inside to hone their skills — TikTok dances, recipes, handstands, original music videos and plays — and develop new passions.
“The role of the commission is to provide the best possible advice that we can to Gov. Murphy as we begin to plan for the relaxation of the sheltering order that has been in place for some time now, and the steps that need to be taken to re-establish the economy in the state,” Tilghman said.
“The announcement is a recognition that the endowment has an impact on the climate,” Divest Princeton’s Tom Taylor GS said. “It is a recognition of that really basic premise, that groups like us have been talking about for a really long time.”
“What I want more than anything else is for us to go back in the fall, even if it means life on campus would change a bit, like everyone wearing masks,” said Emily Della Pietra ’23.