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"Meet Princeton!" The Novogratz Bridge Year Program: Two Students in Conversation
Jan. 5, 2023

Novogratz Bridge Year Program alums Leila Owens '23 (India) and Nicole Williams '23 (Senegal) were featured on the "Meet Princeton!" podcast to talk about their Bridge Year experiences teaching and working with an NGO, favorite foods, changing perspectives and how they transitioned back to campus and Princeton.

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Princeton’s Novogratz Bridge Year Program will expand to six international locations
Dec. 7, 2022


Princeton’s innovative Novogratz Bridge Year Program will expand to six countries beginning in fall 2023, offering more incoming students the opportunity to participate in the tuition-free global service-learning program. Bridge Year will partner with new communities in Cambodia and Costa Rica, in addition to existing partnerships…

Dale Awards allow students to pursue independent post-graduation and summer projects
May 20, 2021

Princeton seniors Ysabel Ayala and Cierra Moore have received the Martin A. Dale ’53 Fellowship to spend a year after graduation pursuing a project of special interest to them. Kenji Cataldo, a member of the Class of 2020, received the fellowship last year.

The fellowship, created by 1953 Princeton alumnus Martin Dale, provides a $35…

Two Princetonians awarded Gaither Fellowship to work at Carnegie Endowment
May 3, 2021

Princeton University senior Nikhita Salgame has been awarded a Gaither Junior Fellowship, which gives graduating seniors an opportunity to work as research assistants to scholars at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Benjamin Press, a 2020 graduate, received the award in 2020.

They were among a select group of students…

Himelhoch, Lambert and Wayner awarded Truman Scholarship for public service
April 22, 2021


by the Office of Communications

Princeton University students Malka Himelhoch, Jessica Lambert and Claire Wayner have been awarded Truman Scholarships, which provide up to $30,000 toward graduate school and the opportunity to participate in professional development…

Four seniors awarded Labouisse Prize for international civic engagement projects
March 2, 2021

By Pooja Makhijani, Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies

Princeton University seniors Chisom Ilogu, Sarah Kamanzi, Leopoldo Solis and Lydia Spencer have been awarded the Henry Richardson Labouisse ’26 Prize to pursue international civic engagement projects for one year following graduation.

Ilogu, a…

Sachs Scholarship awarded to Princeton seniors Kang, Tahir; Oxford student Duffus
Jan. 20, 2021

Princeton seniors Jimin Kang and Aisha Tahir, and University of Oxford student Hannah Duffus have been named recipients of the Daniel M. Sachs Class of 1960 Graduating Scholarship, one of Princeton University’s highest awards.

Kang was named a Sachs Scholar at Oxford’s Worcester College;…

Novogratz Bridge Year Program launches Voices series
Oct. 22, 2020

The Novogratz Bridge Year Program is excited to announce the launch of Voices, a monthly interactive series of events designed to highlight the work and lives of community members in the locations where Bridge Year operates: Bolivia, China, India, Indonesia, and Senegal.

The first event,

Princeton junior Himelhoch awarded Truman Scholarship for public service
April 21, 2020

Malka Himelhoch ’21 was awarded the Truman Scholarship, making her one of 62 college students nationwide to join the 2020 cohort of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation’s prestigious annual fellowship.

Princeton University seniors Coley, Press win Pyne Prize
Feb. 13, 2020

Princeton University seniors Emma Coley and Ben Press have been named co-winners of the 2020 Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize, the highest general distinction conferred on an undergraduate.

Coley participated in Princeton’s Novogratz Bridge Year Program, spending…