Alumni Day 2025
The 110th Alumni Day
More than 1,400 members of the Princeton community came back to campus to reconnect, honor alumni award winners, attend the Service of Remembrance, toast the 75th anniversary of the Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni and so much more! Relive the activities of Alumni Day by viewing the videos below.
“We have to be able to listen to other people who are saying different things and to learn from those people. Listening to opposing opinions, and sometimes questioning your own, offers a way forward.”
“The Princeton School of Labor Economics had a bunch of tenets: one was that we were supposed to focus on people. And if you studied economics … that was almost the last thing they talked about. So that was kind of unusual.”
Luncheon Program
Held in Jadwin Gymnasium, the Alumni Day luncheon program is the Alumni Council’s Annual Meeting. Hear updates from Alumni Association President Monica Moore Thompson ’89, President Christopher L. Eisgruber ’83 and Princeton University Art Museum Director James Steward, along with performances by the Roaring 20.
Service of Remembrance
Held during Alumni Day, this year’s Service of Remembrance honored the alumni, students and members of the Princeton University faculty and staff whose deaths were recorded by the University during 2024. Watch the service to hear the memorial address from Rev. Stanford Adams ’00.
Virtual Carnation
In memory and honor of beloved Princetonians, you can post a “virtual carnation” — a memorial message — honoring a departed loved one.
2025 Jacobus Fellowship Recipients
The Porter Ogden Jacobus Fellowship, Princeton’s top honor for graduate students, supports the final year of study and is awarded to students whose work has exhibited the highest scholarly excellence. Watch recipients Huy Tung Nguyen, Rama Hagos, Pietro Cibinel and Zhiyi “Allen” Ren discuss their research.
History of Alumni Day
First observed on Lincoln’s birthday in 1915, the day drew 100 alumni to what the PAW called “an intellectual pilgrimage” to Princeton. From 1916 to 1955, it was on Washington’s birthday; thereafter, it has been on the Saturday nearest February 22.
Nominations for Alumni Day’s Highest Honors
The Woodrow Wilson Award and James Madison Medal
Take a look back at the past recipients of the most prestigious awards presented at Alumni Day.
