In Short: July/August 2026

Sixteen professors and advanced lecturers transferred to emeritus status at the end of the 2025-26 academic year after serving on the faculty for a combined 485 years. They are: Andrew Appel ’81, computer science; Charles Beitz *78, politics; Elizabeth Bogan, economics; Jill Dolan, English and theater; Harriet Flower, classics; Michael Flower, classics; Aaron Friedberg, politics and international affairs; Diana Fuss, English; Noreen Goldman, School of Public and International Affairs; Claudia Johnson *81, English; Derek Lidow ’73, Keller Center for Innovation in Engineering Education; Steven Mackey, music; Anne McClintock, gender and sexuality studies; Peter Ramadge, electrical and computer engineering; Helmut Reimitz, history; and Stephen Teiser *86, religion.

The postdoctoral researchers union is continuing to bargain with the University for an initial contract nearly two years after meetings between the parties began. On May 1, about 40 people rallied at Nassau Hall and delivered a letter, signed by more than 500 Princeton postdocs, denouncing the administration’s inaction. University spokesperson Jennifer Morrill said negotiations have “taken longer than usual” and attributed that in part to a delay in the postdocs’ first wage proposal. As of early June, tentative agreements had been reached on 14 of 45 negotiation points. “These are real issues that postdocs care about, that will make a difference in our lives,” postdoc Zara Albright told PAW.

Princeton University Library announced that Jon Stroop, a former deputy dean of libraries, will be the next university librarian, starting Aug. 1. Stroop succeeds Anne Jarvis, who is retiring after 10 years in the role. 

Senior lecturer Tess James is the new director of Princeton’s Program in Theater and Music Theater, succeeding Jane Cox, who led the program for a decade and will remain on the faculty. James, an award-winning lighting designer, has taught at the University since 2019. 

Katharine Strunk ’99, John Dabiri ’01, and Enzo Kho ’26 began four-year terms on Princeton’s Board of Trustees in July, according to an Alumni Association announcement. Strunk, the dean of the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education, and Dabiri, an engineering professor at Caltech, were elected by alumni. Kho, a former Undergraduate Student Government president, won the Young Alumni Trustee election, which was open to voters in the classes of 2024, 2025, 2026, and 2027. 

Lilia Burtonpatel ’27, an ecology and evolutionary biology major from Brookline, Massachusetts, and Ram Narayanan ’27, a physics major from Scarsdale, New York, will receive Goldwater Scholarships, awarded annually to students pursuing research careers in science, engineering, and mathematics. 

Annalisa Jenkins ’27, a Spanish major from Baltimore, and Carolina Pardo ’27, a philosophy major from Oklahoma City, were among 65 students awarded Udall Foundation scholarships for the coming academic year. The scholarships recognize a commitment to “careers in the environment, Tribal public policy, or Native health care,” according to the foundation.