In his biography “Paul Laurence Dunbar: The Life and Times of a Caged Bird,” selected as one of The New Yorker’s best books of 2022, Dean of the Faculty Gene Jarrett illuminates the complexities of ...
This February, the Princeton community is recognizing Black History Month with a range of events and educational programs spanning the month, all open to the public. Registration may be required in ...
Last spring, filming for Chistopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” stirred excitement at the Institute for Advanced Study and in Princeton’s East Pyne courtyard. The 1940s-era biopic, which opened with ...
Howard Greene was finishing his graduate work at Harvard in 1963 when he received a call from a dean. Sweeping social changes were underway in the ’60s, he was told. Princeton was looking for a couple ...
Princeton, New Jersey is steeped in history. Home to a key Revolutionary War battle, two signers of the Declaration of Independence and notably Albert Einstein. But it’s the town’s Black history ...
In her new book “Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want” (Princeton University Press), written during the pandemic, Ruha Benjamin asks readers: “What if the virus is not something simply to be ...