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This Week in Princeton History for April 30-May 6
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, the College of New Jersey takes a step toward becoming a university, a woman is named Dean of the College for the first time, and more. May 1, 1989—The economics department is polling students…
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This Week in Princeton History for April 23-29
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, opponents and supporters of Richard Nixon clash, an undergraduate riot shocks the nation, and more. April 24, 1974—Students from the Attica Brigade in favor of Richard Nixon’s impeachment burn him in effigy in front…
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This Week in Princeton History for April 16-22
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, a young professor dies of AIDS, the Princetonian begins publishing every other day, and more. April 16, 1995—Assistant professor of English Walter C. Hughes, age 34, dies of AIDS.
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This Week in Princeton History for April 9-15
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, a group of undergraduate activists derail a segregationist group on campus, the Nassau Literary Review protests police abuse of firearms, and more. April 9, 1964—Activists in favor of integration carry out a coup in the…
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This Week in Princeton History for April 2-8
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, the Judicial Committee makes its first disciplinary decisions, the campus debates housing policies for same sex couples, and more. April 2, 1917—Senator Henry Cabot Lodge attacks Alexander Bannwart, Class of 1906, in the only…
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This Week in Princeton History for March 26-April 1
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, the debate team takes up women’s suffrage, a letter defends Russell Crowe’s behavior on campus, and more. March 26, 1957—Thanks to a local law prohibiting coin-operated games not requiring skill, the last of Princeton’s…
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This Week in Princeton History for March 19-25
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, Langston Hughes recites poetry, a third of the women in the Graduate School drop out, and more. March 19, 1877—At a temperance meeting on campus, nine students sign a pledge to abstain from alcohol.…
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This Week in Princeton History for March 12-18
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, Women Oriented Women are leaving stickers around campus to increase awareness of lesbianism, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter asks professors for advice, and more. March 12, 1969—About 500 disgruntled alumni calling themselves Alumni Committee…
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This Week in Princeton History for March 5-11
In this week’s installment of our ongoing series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, more than 150 people show up at a forum on sexual harassment, a Native American faculty member and an undergraduate support the occupation of Wounded Knee, and more. March 5, 1987—The Women’s Center sponsors…
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