On Tuesday, November 29, 2022, the Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC) Committee on Naming held a “listening session” for undergraduate students to discuss a petition advocating for the removal of the statue of John Witherspoon. Witherspoon served as President of the University from 1768 to 1794, and he was the sole clergyman among […]
As of November 28, 2022, the webpage of Princeton’s Office of International Programs lists “Palestine” as a country under its search functions for international internships. According to the site, Princeton offers a program at the Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability at Bethlehem University, which is located in the country of “Palestine.” The site does […]
On October 4, 2022, Alize Roberson, the Residential Life Coordinator (RLC) of Forbes, one of Princeton’s residential colleges, announced the commencement of bi-weekly study breaks titled “Melanin Mondays.” Roberson is one of the University’s newly hired Residential Life Coordinators (RLCs), whose appointments were announced on August 26, 2022 by the Office of the Dean of […]
On November 16, Undergraduate Student Government (USG) passed a “Resolution to Condemn and Combat Antisemitism.” The resolution calls on the Office of the Dean of Undergraduate Students (ODUS) to increase antisemitism trainings for undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, and staff. It also urges the Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity “to include statistics and other information […]
On Tuesday, November 8, 2022, Executive Director of Princeton’s Center for Jewish Life, Rabbi Gil Steinlauf ‘91, released a statement to all Residential College listservs via HoagieMail condemning Princeton Committee on Palestine’s (PCP) recent statement that called on the University to boycott Israel TigerTrek. Israel TigerTrek is a student-led trip that brings Princeton students to […]
Princeton University will offer a course titled “Black + Queer in Leather: Black Leather/BDSM Material Culture” in the Spring 2023 semester. The course will study how Black Queer BDSM material culture resists contextualization in relationship to biographical narratives. “Black + Queer in Leather” will be taught by Tiona Nekkia McClodden, a Princeton […]
On September 22nd, Dean of the College Jill Dolan, Senior Associate Dean of the College Claire Fowler, and Director of the Office of Disability Services Liz Erickson sent a memo to all faculty members outlining University policies for academic accommodations. The memo states that “Princeton University is committed to ensuring equal access to its educational […]
Image courtesy of Flickr.com Former Princeton University employee Kate McKinley filed a lawsuit against the University for its failure to accommodate her religious objections to various COVID-19 policies. She claims the University fired her as retaliation for a religious discrimination complaint she filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. In April 2021, Princeton […]
Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision that laws regulating abortion belong to individual states in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the University released a statement disapproving of the Court’s decision and supporting abortion as an “essential and fundamental right.” The statement was published in an email by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion […]
While the Boycott, Divest, Sanction (BDS) movement continues to gain momentum on college campuses, Princeton bucks the trend. Background For the second time in its history, Princeton University undergraduate students faced a BDS-aligned referendum for the Undergraduate Student Government (USG). Despite a close race, it did not win support from a majority of […]
In an April 22 email to USG President Mayu Takeuchi ‘23 and USG Secretary Charlotte Selover ‘25, Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber announced that the University will not dissociate from Caterpillar, as requested by Referendum No. 3, which aligned itself with the national Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement calling for the end of […]
On the heels of election controversies regarding the status of abstentions for the BDS-aligned Referendum No. 3, Princeton University Student Government (USG) considered an official appeal brought forth by USG treasurer Adam Hoffman ’23 and co-signed by four other senate members. On the evening of Monday, April 18, the USG senate called a meeting to […]
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