Princeton Alumni Weekly

06/01/2026

Princeton has reversed its stance on fossil fuel investments, saying that its long-term goal of a net-zero endowment may include engaging with energy companies that “will necessarily play a significant role in the clean-energy transition we want for our nation and for the Earth.”

Princo, the University’s investing arm, also announced it aims to achieve a net-zero endowment portfolio by 2046, the year Princeton has targeted for reaching net zero in campus greenhouse gas emissions.

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Princo’s president also announced the University will aim for a net-zero endowment portfolio by 2046

05/30/2026

Conan O’Brien told Harvard’s graduating class this week: “AI cannot replace you. It’ll be too busy replacing those creeps from Princeton.”

No hard feelings, Conan. In fact, we think you look pretty good in orange and black.

(Image is AI generated, since poor Team Coco doesn’t have a Princeton hoodie.)

05/29/2026

Dating at Princeton has always been tricky, but somehow today’s students have found new ways to complicate it. There’s been a shift toward algorithm-driven matches, blurred definitions — ever been in a situationship? — and courtship managed down to the calendar invite. Still, some things haven’t changed: the intimacy of a small campus, shared living spaces, and the inevitability of awkward breakups.

PAW explored the dating scene with three seniors on the latest PAWcast. Read the edited feature story and listen to the podcasts:

Three seniors spill the tea on what it’s like to look for love on campus these days

05/29/2026

The June issue of PAW is now online, featuring a resurgence abroad of the Princeton-born Ivy Style, plus the alumni who built a magical Shakespeare theater in the Hudson Valley and a conversation with graduating seniors about Princeton’s dating culture. (Spoiler alert: It’s complicated.)

Read more at paw.princeton.edu

05/28/2026

Spiritual and intellectual searching is the subject of Christopher Beha ’02’s new book, “Why I Am Not an Atheist: The Confessions of a Skeptical Believer.”

Named one of The New Yorker’s Best Books of 2026, it follows Beha as he recounts his journey out of and back into faith, while working through some of the oldest questions humans face: Does God exist? What does a meaningful life look like? And how do we actually go about living one?

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Beha says he hopes Why I Am Not an Atheist invites readers to think

05/26/2026

Zavier Foster ’26 says it was “crazy” to see people in the class jacket he designed during Princeton’s Reunions Weekend. The surreal feeling of the moment was especially notable because his design was not the original winner.

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Foster’s jacket was chosen after the original winner was accused of using AI to create the design

05/26/2026

Princeton valedictorian Daniel Yu ’26 has had a front-row seat to issues of justice in our current political moment.

An African American studies major who researched anti-trans violence for his senior thesis, he spoke on the PAWcast about what it was like writing about a topic changing in real time and why he wanted to use his valedictory address to challenge his class to ask themselves: “What is the vision for the world that we are trying to enact through our work?”🎓🐅

Listen here, or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Soundcloud:

‘I think my recognition speaks less to me as somehow exceptional or special and more to the tireless, patient, endlessly generous work of everyone in my department and in my community’

05/26/2026

During , Jordan Thomas ’18 asked Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor ’76 a very Princeton question for the current political moment: When humanity, empathy, and decency seem lacking among people in power, what does it mean to be “in the service of humanity”?

Sotomayor famously added that bit to Princeton’s unofficial motto, “In the nation’s service,” in a 2016 Alumni Day speech. And through a winding story, she explained it to Thomas and the hundreds of other alumni who braved the cold and rain to see her speak.

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AlumniJustice Sonia Sotomayor ’76 Urges Acts of Care as Service to Humanity Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor ’76 marches in the 2026 P-rade. Kevin Birch By Elisabeth H. Daugherty Published May 23, 20263 min read Copied to clipboard On Saturday morning of Reunions weekend, Jordan Thomas ’1...

05/25/2026

Princeton men’s lacrosse bounced back from an early 3-0 deficit with a dominant 11-0 run in the first half of NCAA championship game against Notre Dame on Monday and captured the program’s first national title since 2001 with a 16-9 victory.

It was an astonishing performance for the No. 1-seeded Tigers, who picked up 29 ground balls to 11 for the No. 2 Irish in the first half. That translated into a considerable advantage in possessions and scoring chances. Princeton outshot Notre Dame 33-15 in the half. 🥍🐅

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The Tigers finish on top for the first time since 2001

05/23/2026

Rain couldn’t keep these Tigers from marching in the 2026 P-rade! 🧡🐅🖤