News and Features

Features

For a window into the history and experiences of different campus populations at Princeton University, check out the following videos which were prepared in conjunction with affinity conferences hosted by the Princeton University Alumni Association:

 

Press and Media


History

New walking tours uncover historical sites of Princeton University
The Princeton Packet, Oct. 6, 2018

Newly launched walking tours showcase notable stories of U.’s past
The Daily Princetonian, Sept. 20, 2018

(In)Visible Princeton walking tours reveal University’s nuanced history
Office of Communications, Sept. 13, 2018

African American life at Princeton is first in series of historical walking tours
Office of Communications, May 18, 2018

Photo Exhibit Adds to the Dialogue on Slavery and American Universities
Hyperallergic, July 5, 2018

Photo exhibit will show James Johnson’s 60 years at Princeton
Office of Communications, April 25, 2018
 

Portraiture

Four new portraits serve as 'visible expression of Princeton' today
Office of Communications, Sept. 25, 2019

Princeton will commission new portraits to update and diversify University collection
Office of Communications, May 3, 2018

University seeks recommendations for expanded campus portraiture collection
Office of Communications, Sept. 26, 2017
 

Public Spaces

Ceremony honoring James Johnson arch invokes ‘ancestors who can galvanize community'
Office of Communications, Oct. 24, 2018

Princeton’s complicated legacy: Reconsidering Woodrow Wilson, and recalling a slave named Jimmy Johnson
The Philadelphia Inquirer, Aug. 9, 2018

Trustees name garden for Betsey Stockton, arch for Jimmy Johnson
Office of Communications, April 17, 2018

Princeton to Name Two Campus Spaces in Honor of Slaves
The New York Times, April 17, 2018

‘HYPHEN’ exhibit in Chancellor Green will showcase diverse experiences of students, alumni
Office of Communications, May 1, 2018

Butler College Mural: ‘Multiple Layers of Princeton's History’
Princeton Alumni Weekly, April 25, 2018

Painting Princeton: Community mural highlights history, celebrates change
Office of Communications, April 19, 2018
 

Video

EVP Treby Williams introduces the work of the Campus Iconography Committee
November 9, 2016

Isometric’s Andy Chen ’09 and Waqas Jawaid ’10 lead a lecture and conversation about Princeton Iconography
November 9, 2016