As delivered at the New York Public Library.
Thank you for that introduction. I am honored by it, and by the opportunity to say a few words today about the extraordinary document that is the subject of this exhibition.
I am grateful to the New York Public Library, the New York State Archives, Barbaralee Diamonstein…
Hilary Parker ’01 became Princeton’s vice president and secretary in 2019. She is a key member of my leadership team and plays an important role in advancing the University’s strategic initiatives. I invited her to update PAW’s readers about one of the areas under her supervision, Princeton’s connections to the region around it. — C.L.E.…
"You have one of the hardest jobs in America,” alumni will sometimes say to me. That’s an exaggeration — but it’s true that university presidents face lots of challenges and that the last five years have been especially demanding.
I am confident, however, that I have one of the best jobs in America, not least because I get to share in so…
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It is a pleasure to say a few remarks to introduce an outstanding scholar and longtime friend, Professor Robert Post of the Yale Law School. Professor Post is among the nation’s most insightful constitutional theorists and one of its leading experts on both free speech and academic freedom. His talk this…
Conventional wisdom in America holds that the cost of college rises faster than inflation. That was once so — but it has not been true for a long time.
I was therefore glad when C-SPAN anchor Mimi Geerges gave me an opportunity to bust the myth. I appeared on C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” in early December.
She asked me why “a…
Eight years ago, in 2017, I began writing annual “State of the University” letters to provide updates about Princeton’s progress toward strategic goals along with my reflections on major issues relevant to higher education. The first of those letters summarized priorities from the strategic framework adopted by the Board of Trustees…
The Venture Forward campaign is entering its final year, and it is already transforming the University in spectacular fashion.
Venture Forward is a mission-driven campaign. We’ve not set any internal or external dollar goals. Instead, we have focused intensely on gifts and initiatives that advance key priorities as defined in Princeton’s…
Princeton’s excellence depends on many factors, but foremost among them is the caliber of the professors who produce world-class research, educate our students, help to run the institution, and conduct searches to identify potential colleagues.
At Princeton, the most important guarantor of faculty quality is a committee known as “the…
I am honored by the invitation to speak with you on this, the holiest of days in the Jewish calendar.
If I may, I would like to start on a personal note and tell you a bit about my family history.
My great-grandfather, Salomon Kalisch, was a lawyer in Breslau, Germany, and a prominent member of the Reform community in that city.
…For Opening Exercises on September 1, we gathered on the front lawn of Nassau Hall to welcome Princeton’s new transfer students and the Class of 2028. I invited students to carefully consider the meaning and value of liberal arts education as they pursue their Princeton journey, and to be inspired by the “transcendent” experience of Pre-read…