Princeton’s Annual Giving campaign raised $66.7 million in 2023-24 and drew donations from 45% of undergraduate alumni, according to a University release. The participation rate dipped from 47.5% in 2022-23, and the amount raised declined for the second straight year, after an all-time high of $81.8 million in 2021-22. The Class of 1999 led all classes, contributing $8,631,999. Eight other major-reunion classes raised at least
$1 million each.
Professor Peter Sarnak was selected to receive the Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences “for his development of the arithmetic theory of thin groups and the affine sieve,” among other contributions, according to the award citation. Sarnak joined the Princeton faculty in 1991 and is also a professor of mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study. The prize, which includes a $1.2 million award, will be presented in Hong Kong on Nov. 12.
Fellow mathematics professor Noga Alon, a 2022 Shaw Prize honoree, won the Wolf Prize in Mathematics for his contributions to mathematical cryptography, combinatorics, and computer science. Laureates receive a $100,000 award.