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In letter to students, Graduate School dean updates Community of Scholars on spring news and activities
Feb. 11, 2025

Dean Rodney Priestley sent his spring message with news and updates from the Graduate School to the University's almost 3,400 graduate students on Monday, February 11. The full text of the message is below.

Dear Graduate Students,

Welcome to the excitement of the spring semester. As we kick off the second half of the academic year,…

President Eisgruber's State of the University Letter, 2025
Jan. 30, 2025

Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber on Wednesday, Jan. 29, sent his annual State of the University letter to faculty, students and staff, highlighting the completion of significant projects on campus — including the Meadows Graduate Student Housing complex — and a commitment to transparency as the University works to ensure…

#GradAlums: Six Princeton graduate alumni win early-career presidential science awards
Jan. 22, 2025

Two current Princetonians and at least four researchers who are 2024 recipients of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) are Princeton graduate alumni. The scientists received their awards on January 14 from President Biden. PECASE is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on science and…

In campus talk, Eric Schmidt '76 urges students to tackle AI opportunities, challenges
Nov. 26, 2024

Former Google chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt ’76, whose Princeton education prepared him to help guide the information technology revolution, urged Princeton undergraduates and graduate students from a wide range of academic disciplines to tackle the “inconceivably large” opportunities and challenges that artificial intelligence now presents.

Princeton president to first-year graduate students: “Graduate education is a huge part of who we are”
Nov. 26, 2024

This semester, Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber was the special guest at a reception for first-year graduate students. The informal event for students to meet the president was hosted by Graduate School Dean Rodney Priestley at Wyman House, the dean's historic residence on the grounds of the Graduate College. 

Four graduate students chosen as Wind Institute Fellows to accelerate future of offshore wind, in New Jersey and beyond
Nov. 18, 2024

After a successful first year, the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment has selected four graduate students to participate in the second Princeton cohort of the Wind Institute Fellowship Program.

In collaboration with Princeton faculty, the…

#GradAlums: Nobel winner David Card *83 to receive top graduate alumni award; Supreme Court Justice Kagan honored with undergraduate award
Nov. 1, 2024

Princeton University will present its top awards for alumni to graduate alumnus David Card, emeritus professor of economics at the University of California-Berkeley, and undergraduate alumna Elena Kagan, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, and 

Card, who earned a Ph.D. in economics in 1983, will receive the…

Enhancing faculty mentoring of graduate students: A Q&A with Vice Dean Hendrik Lorenz
Oct. 22, 2024

Rodney Priestley, dean of the Graduate School, has written that mentoring is “essential” to the success of all graduate students, regardless of whether they are pursuing master’s or doctoral degrees — and he…

#GradAlums: ‘Many Minds, Many Stripes’ conference sets 2025 date to celebrate Graduate School alumni
Oct. 15, 2024

All Princeton alumni are invited back to campus for “Many Minds, Many Stripes: A Princeton University Conference for Graduate Alumni,” scheduled for Oct. 9-11, 2025. Beginning Oct. 16, focus groups will be hosted in nine cities and virtually to help inform conference programming.

The conference also coincides with the 125th anniversary of…

Princeton’s John Hopfield receives Nobel Prize in physics
Oct. 8, 2024

Hopfield's former graduate students, now leaders in academia and industry, speak of his inspiration, humility, and playful joy as a mentor