Thanks to You

“The Princeton community is so strong, and just the kindness and generosity that alumni have extended to me makes me want to do the same.”

“It is Princeton’s culture of giving back and working collectively to help not only fellow classmates but to better our community and the world that drew me to this University.”

“Princeton professors are just so confident in their students, and the wide-open doors of their labs allow me the freedom to mess around and experiment.”

“Princeton made me feel like I belong here. It felt like the right place to figure out who I was and what kind of person I was going to become.”

“I didn’t really realize until I came just how special the Princeton alumni community is. You develop these unique bonds, and treasure close friendships that last for a long, long time.”

Your gifts of endowed chairs help build a dynamic academic community that inspires creativity, innovation and collaboration. Princeton scholars engage with the major challenges of our time. Here are a few of their voices.

“I like to say I’m fixing the internet. I’m really interested in making the internet worthy of the trust society increasingly places in it.”

“Princeton has a very different feel — scientifically, academically — than other places. There are so many opportunities that come from bringing different perspectives together and discovering new things.”

“The data we’re collecting and the models that we’re building are leading to breakthroughs in understanding how memory works in the real world.”

“The reason why I came to Princeton to teach is that it’s a liberal arts college at its heart. It’s a liberal arts institution that’s defined by its intensity and its intimacy.”

“The readings I’m covering in class are at the frontier of research. There isn’t a textbook, but we’re reading some of the latest papers and journals in the fields.”