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Chartered in 1746, Princeton is the fourth-oldest college in the United States. The University has been led by 20 presidents, spanning colonial times to the 21st century. 2000s1900s1800s1700s1600s Nobel Peace Prize laureate

Maria Ressa '86 returned to campus to receive Alumni Day honors, along with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Julia Wolfe, Graduate School class of 2012 Supreme Court ruled to restore DACA after hearing lawsuit presented by Princeton, Microsoft and Princeton graduate Maria Perales Sanchez The first 13 transfer students are offered admission as part of a reinstated transfer program, which aims to especially encourage applications from students with low-income, military or community college backgrounds Nobel Laureates Toni Morrison and Arthur Lewis honored by the naming of Morrison Hall and the Arthur Lewis AuditoriumRead the announcementPrinceton issues a new planning framework, proposing the construction of two additional residential colleges and the Meadows Neighborhood.Read the framework Christopher L. Eisgruber named 20th president of Princeton Bridge Year Program begins with 20 students deferring admission for one year to engage in international serviceProgram in Latino Studies established Center for African American Studies (CAAS) established; trustees approve African American studies concentration, department in 2015Four-year residential college system launched with the opening of Whitman College Princeton launches the Office of Disability ServicesUniversity Center for the Creative and Performing Arts established (renamed the Lewis Center for the Arts in 2007), with a mandate to enhance the role of the arts in the University and community Princeton launches the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Center Shirley M. Tilghman named 19th president of PrincetonFinancial aid policy changes, replacing loans with grants that do not need to be repaidPrinceton confers its first honorary degree on a Native American, Kevin Gover '78, a Pawnee/Comanche 250th anniversary celebrated Center for Jewish Life established System of residential colleges established Third World Center founded (renamed the Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding in 2002) and Women's Center are founded Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC), a deliberative body of faculty, students, staff and alumni, is establishedMembers of the Class of 1970 are the first women to receive undergraduate degrees from Princeton (alumnae shown at 2015 Reunions); women also matriculate as members of the Classes of 1971, '72 and '73. Trustees vote to admit women undergraduates Carl A. Fields is appointed as assistant dean of the college, becoming the first African American to serve as dean at an Ivy League institutionSuzanne Keller becomes the first tenured female member of the faculty. Ph.D. degree awarded to a woman, T'sai-ying Cheng, for the first time Princeton appoints its first African American professor, Charles T. Davis Forrestal Campus established on U.S. Route 1; "Project Matterhorn" research in nuclear fusion begins there; in 1961 its name is changed to the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) Helen Baker, associate director of the Industrial Relations Section, is the first woman appointed to the faculty by the Board of TrusteesJames Everett Ward and Arthur Jewell Wilson Jr.

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Academic staff 1,068 (fall 2021)

Colors Black and orange

Campus Small city, 600 acres (2.4 km2)

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2022

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa '86 returned to campus to receive Alumni Day honors, along with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Julia Wolfe, Graduate School class of 2012

peace class

2020

Supreme Court ruled to restore DACA after hearing lawsuit presented by Princeton, Microsoft and Princeton graduate Maria Perales Sanchez

hearing

2018

The first 13 transfer students are offered admission as part of a reinstated transfer program, which aims to especially encourage applications from students with low-income, military or community college backgrounds

community

2017

Nobel Laureates Toni Morrison and Arthur Lewis honored by the naming of Morrison Hall and the Arthur Lewis Auditorium

2013

Christopher L. Eisgruber named 20th president of Princeton

2009

Bridge Year Program begins with 20 students deferring admission for one year to engage in international service

bridge international

2007

Center for African American Studies (CAAS) established; trustees approve African American studies concentration, department in 2015

2006

Princeton launches the Office of Disability Services

2005

Princeton launches the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Center

2001

Shirley M. Tilghman named 19th president of Princeton

1971

Third World Center founded (renamed the Fields Center for Equality and Cultural Understanding in 2002) and Women's Center are founded

world cultural understanding

1970

Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC), a deliberative body of faculty, students, staff and alumni, is established

university community faculty

1968

Carl A. Fields is appointed as assistant dean of the college, becoming the first African American to serve as dean at an Ivy League institution

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1964

Ph.D. degree awarded to a woman, T'sai-ying Cheng, for the first time

1955

Princeton appoints its first African American professor, Charles T. Davis

1951

Forrestal Campus established on U.S. Route 1; "Project Matterhorn" research in nuclear fusion begins there; in 1961 its name is changed to the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)

route research fusion laboratory

1948

Helen Baker, associate director of the Industrial Relations Section, is the first woman appointed to the faculty by the Board of Trustees

faculty

1947

The Student Hebrew Association is founded and holds the first Jewish service on campus, which is attended by Albert Einstein; a year later, the student organization joins the Hillel Foundation

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