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The scholars span academic fields and will contribute to the University’s excellence and its diversity, broadly defined.

The American Sociological Association will honor Princeton professor Viviana Zelizer with its highest honor, the W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award.

About 25,000 alumni and guests returned to campus for their annual celebration, which continues through Sunday. 

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A new article cowritten by the daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King claims the credit score system is designed to hold back people of color.

Credit scores were designed to prevent lending discrimination, but some experts argue that the credit scoring system is still deeply flawed.

These scholars are poised to become leaders in their fields, said Dean of the Faculty Gene Jarrett, who called the fellows program “an outstanding demonstration of Princeton’s ability to attract the most promising researchers from all sectors of society and all parts of the world.”

Frederick Wherry, the Townsend Martin, Class of 1917 Professor of Sociology, will begin in his new role on July 1.

Readers raise fairness issues (“Why should I pay for your student loans?”) and offer alternatives.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer reached out to Tucker Carlson, Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch and other top Fox executives personally to ask them to stop…