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Princeton Research Day puts spotlight on innovative work across University
Princeton Research Day is a collaborative initiative by the offices of the Dean of the College, the Dean of the Faculty, the Dean of the Graduate School and the Dean for Research, with support from the Office of the Provost. Sixty graduate alumni, 50 undergraduates and 70 faculty, staff and community members served as judges for the event, and more than 150 volunteers helped everything run smoothly for the presenters and hundreds of attendees. The event was held on May 10, 2018.

Photo by Nicole Guglielmo

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Princeton offers admission to 13 students in reinstated transfer program
Princeton University has offered admission to 13 transfer students for entry in fall 2018, the first transfer admissions since the University reinstated its transfer program. The renewed program is aimed at especially encouraging applicants from low-income, military or community college backgrounds.

Photo by Denise Applewhite, the Office of Communications

Article by Michael Hotchkiss, the Office of Communications

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Welcome website for Class of 2022 available
Incoming students and their families can find important information about attending Princeton via the welcome website Your Path to Princeton.

Your Path to Princeton provides students with an introduction to the undergraduate experience and helps them forge connections with the University before they arrive on campus. The website serves as a central information portal for first-year students, giving them access to frequently asked questions, blogs written about campus and academic life by students and staff, information about move-in and Orientation, and other important University resources.

Photo by Denise Applewhite, the Office of Communications

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Faculty passes calendar reform, fall exams to move to December in 2020
Princeton faculty members approved a plan Monday, April 23, 2018 to revise the University’s academic calendar and move fall semester final exams into December from January, among other changes.

The calendar revisions to the Rules and Procedures of the Faculty were developed by the Ad Hoc Committee on Calendar Reform, chaired by Aarti Gupta, professor of computer science, and staffed by Elizabeth Colagiuri, deputy dean of the college.

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Kyle Berlin named valedictorian, Katherine Lim selected as salutatorian
Kyle Berlin, a Spanish and Portuguese languages and cultures major from Arroyo Grande, California, has been selected as valedictorian of Princeton’s Class of 2018. Katherine Lim, a computer science major from Atherton, California, has been named the Latin salutatorian.

Kyle Berlin on left (photo by Denise Applewhite, Office of Communications)

Katherine Lim on right (photo by Danielle Alio, Office of Communications)

Article by Karin Dienst, Office of Communications

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