Administration

Princeton Database Breached in Targeted Phishing Incident

The database kept by the University’s Advancement department contains information about alumni, donors, and other Princetonians

Princeton Endowment Earns 11% Return in 2025

Q&A: Peter McDonough on Trump and Higher Education

‘Princeton has been and remains better situated than most institutions to exalt principle over pragmatism,’ says Peter McDonough, now general counsel for the American Council on Education

Princeton to End Test-Optional Admissions in 2027

The University made the SAT and ACT optional during the pandemic in June 2020, but is now reversing that decision

Carbon Mitigation Initiative, BP End Partnership

Princeton Research Grants Partially Restored

President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 tells PAW, ‘We continue to talk to the Department of Energy about the fact that we think that all of these grants are in places where...

Princeton Expands Financial Aid Across Income Spectrum

Beginning this year, all costs will be covered for most families earning less than $150,000

Annual Giving Raises $68.4 Million

Final months of campaign overlapped with Princeton’s call for alumni to ‘Stand Up’ for higher education

Andrew Houck ’00 Named Engineering Dean

Prospect House Rooms Named for Pioneering Princetonians

University Concludes Bennett Event Investigation

A ‘non-University individual’ who disrupted the former Israeli prime minister was barred from campus

This Is How Princeton’s Endowment Works

Endowments are back in the news, and PAW is here with a Q&A to clear up any confusion

Princeton Braces for Budget Cuts, Possible Layoffs

Permanent cuts of 5% to 10% will be implemented over the next three years, according to a memo sent to faculty and staff

Campaign Calls on Alumni to ‘Stand Up’ for Princeton, Higher Ed

Outspoken Advocate Takes Unusual Path to Professorship

History professor Max Weiss says he was put on probation, then promoted to full professor

Faculty Vote Curbs Potential Statements

Pause Ordered on DOE Grant Cuts

Princeton Under Investigation for Suspected Price Fixing

As Eisgruber Speaks Out for Higher Ed, Princeton Community Digs In

Princeton Says Feds Are Suspending Research Grants

President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 tells faculty and staff in an email that the ‘full rationale for this action is not yet clear’

Princeton Advances Toward Net-Zero

Princeton Freezes Most Hiring as Eisgruber Warns of Federal Attacks on Higher Ed

University administrators are urging ‘holistic spending restraint’ in a time of uncertain federal funding

Trump’s DOE Threatens Princeton and Other Colleges

Princeton is on the list because a conservative activist filed a complaint a year ago regarding pro-Palestinian protests on campus

Tsurkov Family Has Renewed Hope Two Years After Kidnapping