Alumni Day 2022

Alumni Day on Feb. 19 was the first in-person alumni celebration on campus in two years. Mary Newburn ’97, president of the Alumni Association and chair of the Alumni Council, welcomed the audience to Richardson Auditorium.

Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Julia Wolfe *12 was awarded the Madison Medal. She shared audio clips from her albums, including “Anthracite Fields,” which was inspired by coal miners near her hometown in Pennsylvania.

President Christopher Eisgruber ’83 introduced the recipients of the Porter Ogden Jacobus Fellowships and Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize.

Claire Wayner ’22, a senior civil and environmental engineering concentrator pursuing certificates in environmental studies and sustainable energy, accepted the Pyne Prize.

Christian Potter ’22, a senior in the School of Public and International Affairs and president of the Undergraduate Student Government, accepted his Pyne Prize via video.

Maria Ressa ’86, the winner of the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize, traveled from the Philippines to accept the Wilson Award.

At the end of the program in Richardson Auditorium, the Katzenjammers a cappella group led the audience in the singing of “Old Nassau.”

“Three cheers for Old Nassau!”

Alumni Day 2022 in Richardson Auditorium

The band serenaded alumni as they exited Richardson Auditorium.

The winners of the 2021-22 Porter Ogden Jacobus Fellowships: Spencer Weinreich, Erin Kado-Fong and Zachary Teed

Maria Ressa ’86 met with fellow 2021 Nobel Prize winners, David MacMillan, the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry, and senior meteorologist Syukuro “Suki” Manabe.

The Asian American Alumni Association of Princeton and the Princeton Area Alumni Association cohosted a Year of the Tiger lunch at Lan Ramen Restaurant.

The Service of Remembrance in the University Chapel

The Princeton Chapel Choir performed at the Service of Remembrance.

Symbolic white carnations were placed in the memorial wreath to honor those Princetonians whose deaths were recorded in 2020 and 2021.

Mark your calendar for Reunions: May 19-22.