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Our Students

Curious, Committed, Creative

Princeton students are driven by the desire to push the boundaries of knowledge and service on campus and around the world.

Student Profiles

Arielle Rivera, Class of 2023
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Through her senior thesis, Arielle Rivera, vice president of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, is exploring how Puerto Rico can make its electricity supply more resilient to climate disasters while meeting its ambitious energy goals.

Samuel Lyman, Graduate Student
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Inspired by the TV show "The West Wing," Samuel Lyman combined his love of politics and writing to become a speechwriter. Now he's working toward a master's degree in public policy at the School of Public and International Affairs.

Aneesha Manocha, Class of 2023
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Aneesha Manocha, selected as a Kanders Churchill Scholar, is studying electrical and computer engineering and plans to pursue a Ph.D. to model macro-energy systems.

Ella Gantman, Class of 2023
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Ella Gantman plays goalie on the women's varsity soccer team and  is concentrating in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and is pursuing a certificate in Spanish.

Kevin Tong, Class of 2023
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Kevin Tong, majoring in mechanical and aerospace engineering, aspires to design and build infrastructure to facilitate extended space travel.  

Susan Redmond, Graduate Student
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Susan Redmond, a graduate student in mechanical and aerospace engineering, is part of an interdisciplinary team studying cosmic microwave background radiation. From Antarctica, the team launched a solar-power research balloon into space.

Facts & Figures

  • 5,727

    Undergraduate enrollment

  • 96%

    Undergraduate students living on campus

  • 49.6%

    Undergraduate men

  • 50.4%

    Undergraduate women

  • 3,225

    Graduate enrollment

Students in the News

Noah James, Farzana Salik, Ethan Sample
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Sachs Scholarship awarded to two Princeton seniors, one Oxford student .

Noah James, Ethan Sample and Farzana Salik have been named recipients of the Daniel M. Sachs Class of 1960 Graduating Scholarship, one of Princeton University’s highest awards.

Jacobus Fellows: Cibinel, Hagos, Ren and Nguyen win Princeton’s top graduate student honor .

The Jacobus Fellows will be honored at Alumni Day ceremonies on Saturday, Feb. 22.

Pyne Prize awarded to Princeton Class of 2025 members Jennifer Nwokeji and Avi Attar .

The award is the highest general distinction conferred on an undergraduate. The students will be recognized at Alumni Day on Saturday. 

Princeton geoscientists propose an unexpected new screening tool for cancer .

Xinning Zhang and Ashley Maloney discovered that a geology technique shows promise in detecting cancer-like cells. If their preliminary results bear out, they may have identified a new signature for cancer, which could mean earlier diagnosis and better outcomes.

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