May 13, 2020

COVID-19 is only the latest epidemic to strike Princeton — here’s how the University handled others

The change recognizes challenges students face in the pandemic 

Seniors will graduate in virtual ceremony, return for special Commencement in 2021

The University decided seniors can't withdraw and come back next year

“Nobody should be tortured, no matter what they’ve done”

In 1985, Bruce Price ’63 wrote a list of 333 Latin words unchanged over 2,000 years

Princeton Portrait: Richard Stockton 1748 (1730–1781)

Powell focused particularly on the Fed’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak

The virus relies on human social habits that can be changed

The tradition of Princeton-branded cans started in the ’30s

“If legacies matter, it is how our lives help shape the history of mankind”

“I began to notice the details that made our little campus ecosystem hum”

Alumni find novel ways to keep performing and creating from a distance

“Resistance has continued, only in a different form,” writes journalist Mary Hui ’17

Democracy in a world of bullies

“People have every right to be afraid”

“How is your life, I wanted to ask”

“Like everyone else, I sometimes find the news overwhelming”

“Humans are adaptive. We find ways to connect.”

“I see few patients improving”

“I try to remember the individuals who make up these statistics”

Environment and circumstances can play a big role in accomplishing goals, Pachisia says

“I always loved what the riverfront means to our city”

Weber became one of the few non-athletes in the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame

The COVID-19 pandemic may make the need clear, Geyman says