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Highlights
University statement on U.S. Department of Education letter regarding nondiscrimination practices
Princeton has long been committed to creating and maintaining a community where all can thrive, and stands by its representations to the Department and the public that it complies with all laws and regulations governing equal opportunity, non-discrimination and harassment. This work is core to the University’s teaching and research mission, and we are vigilant in our pursuit of equity in every aspect of our programs and operations. The University also stands by our statements about the prevalence of systemic racism and our commitment to reckon with its continued effects, including the racial injustice and race-based inequities that persist throughout American society. Attracting talent from every sector of society is crucial to our academic mission, and we will continue to lead on these issues.
Alumni Kwanza Jones and José E. Feliciano make Princeton history with major gift
Kwanza Jones and José E. Feliciano have made a major gift to Princeton University, a $20 million contribution that is the largest gift to date by Black and Latino donors, and one of a few extraordinary alumni commitments to the University’s strategic goal of undergraduate expansion, with the construction of two adjoining dormitories in one of the two new residential colleges being built at Princeton. In recognition of their philanthropy and leadership, the University will name two buildings in their honor. One of the dormitories will be named for Jones, a member of the Class of 1993, and the other will be named for her husband, Feliciano, a member of the Class of 1994.
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NEWS ITEMS
Ruha Benjamin and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor named Freedom Scholars
Ruha Benjamin, associate professor of African American studies at Princeton University, and Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, assistant professor of African American studies, have been named among the first cohort of Freedom Scholars, an initiative supporting progressive academics who are at the forefront of movements for economic and social justice. Freedom Scholars lead abolitionist, Black, feminist, queer, radical and anti-colonialist studies — critical fields of research that are often underfunded.
Wallace Best leads the Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies into a dynamic new era
Best, who specializes in 19th- and 20th-century African American religious history, is the first African American and the first male director of the program in its 38-year history.
Chemistry Ph.D. student Brooke Johnson shares her journey to Princeton
Brooke Johnson, a third-year graduate student at Princeton who works with Mohammad “Mo” Seyedsayamdost, was interviewed as part of the Department of Chemistry’s Profile series featuring its faculty and students.
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EVENTS
PRINCETON VIRTUAL EVENTS
Race in France Lecture series
October 5 - November 11th, 2020
Zoom Webinar
This lecture series, a complement to the new course FRE 334: Race in France funded by the 250th Anniversary Fund for Innovation in Undergraduate Education, explores questions of race in contemporary France and throughout the country’s history. Speakers include Debarati Sanyal (Berkeley), Annette K. Joseph-Gabriel (University of Michigan), Jennifer Yee (University of Oxford), and Rokhaya Diallo (journalist, writer, filmmaker).
Combahee Experimental: Black Women’s Experimental Filmmaking — Filmmaking in Troubled Times
October 7, 2020
6:00 PM ET
Zoom Webinar
The Program in Visual Arts presents a series of conversations and film screenings that celebrate the work of Black women filmmakers and their unique cinematic contributions to contemporary visual culture.
A Conversation with Selwyn Seyfu Hinds ’93
October 14, 2020
6:00 PM ET
Zoom Webinar
Join Lecturer in Creative Writing A.M. Homes for an informal talk and Q+A with award-winning author, editor, music scribe, producer and screenwriter Selwyn Seyfu Hinds ’93 (“Washington Black”, “Prince of Cats”).
DACA or Deportation: Immigrant Youth Leaders Speak on the Stakes for their Movement in the Nov. 3 Election
October 20, 2020
5:00 PM ET
Zoom Webinar
Two leaders of United We Dream, the largest youth organization with more than 400,000 members nationwide, will discuss how the movement has evolved and the prospects for Congress to pass a Dream Act with a path to citizenship for undocumented youth. They will talk about their organizing efforts for the November elections and what lies ahead for young immigrants depending on the outcome of the vote.
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Data Highlight
According to a survey by New America and Third Way, this summer 57 percent of college students said that having access to a stable, high-speed internet connection could be challenging if they continued their education online.
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National Research & News Highlights
Kevin Young Named as New Director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture
Kevin Young, who is currently the director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem has been named the new director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. He will begin his new role in January.
Phil Murphy makes Juneteenth a state holiday in N.J.
The Democratic governor held a live ceremony on Instagram to sign a bill into law, establishing the third Friday in June as Juneteenth Day in New Jersey.
Unmasking a “Troll”
A white, male assistant professor of chemistry at the University of New Hampshire is on administrative leave after apparently posing as a female, immigrant scientist of color on Twitter to criticize feminists, trans people, Black Lives Matter supporters and others.
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Contact
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