Page 2 - Orange Key News Today

Princeton University celebrated the academic accomplishments of these exemplary student scholars at Opening Exercises on Sunday.

Members of Princeton University’s Class of 2022 celebrated the end of their undergraduate careers with a Class Day ceremony honoring their achievements and leadership on Monday, May 23.

Christian Potter and Claire Wayner have been named co-winners of the 2022 Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize, the highest general distinction conferred on an undergraduate. Previous award recipients include U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. The students will be recognized at Alumni Day on Feb. 19.

The Schwarzman Scholarship covers the cost of graduate study and living toward a one-year master’s program at Tsinghua University in Beijing. The Princeton winners are Class of 2022 members Amina Ahmad, Justin Curl and Katherine (Katie) Dykstra, as well as Class of 2018 graduate Edric Huang and Class of 2016 graduate Nicholas Keeley.

Stu Bloch, A.B. ’64, and his wife, Ambassador Julia Chang Bloch, are the driving force behind the University of Miami Distinguished Alumni Lecture Series, which returns on November 18. And for Stu, who has worked to promote positive change as an undergraduate and alumnus, it’s still all about the U.

Jamie Saxon, Office of Communications May 15, 2021 8:30 p.m. At Princeton’s virtual Class Day ceremony on Saturday, May 15, author, comedian and host of “The Daily Show” Trevor Noah urged seniors to foster friendships that create “home” wherever they are, to travel to challenge their worldview and to not let the lessons of compassion learned in the pandemic recede into history. “Comedy for me has always been that place where we can talk about the uncomfortable truths," Trevor Noah, ...

Beth Jarvie, Keller Center May 10, 2021 4:45 p.m. Princeton University was not on junior Raya Wards radar when she was deciding where to study. A spur-of-the-moment Orange Key tour — her mothers suggestion en route from their home in Georgia — shot Princeton to the top of her list. "A huge consideration for me was financial aid," Ward said. "And my tour guide spent at least ten minutes explaining the incredible support Princeton offers." On the flip side, when Ron Miasnik invited a hometown...