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Patricia Smith and Ilya Kaminsky named Academy of American Poets Chancellors .
Ilya Kaminsky, professor of creative writing at Princeton, and Patricia Smith, visiting professor of creative writing, have been named Academy of American Poets Chancellors. Smith will join the Princeton faculty effective Sept. 1.
Breakthrough laboratory confirmation of key theory behind the formation of planets, stars and supermassive black holes .
A novel PPPL device has now confirmed a 30-year-old theory about the puzzling formation of planets, stars and supermassive black holes.
Princeton graduate student Maura Coursey dies .
Maura Coursey, 28, a graduate student, died on Jan. 26 at her off-campus residence.
Princeton's History
- 1746College of New Jersey founded in Elizabeth, New Jersey, by the Presbyterian Synod
- 1896Name officially changed to Princeton University
- 1900Graduate School established
- 1969Trustees vote to admit women undergraduates
- 2001Financial aid policy changes, replacing loans with grants that do not need to be repaid

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