The Fulbright Program recognized Princeton University as one of the colleges and universities with the highest number of recipients—including undergraduates, graduate students, and recent alumni—selected for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. 25 Princeton recipients were awarded Fulbright U.S....

Princeton Class of 2026 members Margaret Miao and Alex Tseng and recent alumni Gustavo Blanco-Quiroga, Kalena Blake and Alison Lee have been named Schwarzman Scholars and will attend a one-year, fully funded master’s degree program in global affairs at Tsinghua University in Beijing. This...

The 16th annual International Eye Photo Contest is now open! All Princeton undergraduates who participated in an international experience in the past year—whether through study abroad (semester or summer), internships, volunteering or research—are invited to share their best shots! The deadline for...

Class of 2026 members Maya Butani and Daniel Yu have been named Marshall Scholars to pursue two years of graduate study in the United Kingdom.The Marshall Scholarship allows “intellectually distinguished young Americans, their country’s future leaders” to study at the U.K. institution of their...

Princeton University senior Hadi Kamara has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship for graduate study at the University of Oxford.Kamara, of Alexandria, Virginia, is a politics major. A first-generation college student, he transferred to Princeton from Northern Virginia Community College in fall 2022...

Princeton University senior Isam Mina has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship for graduate study at the University of Oxford. He is among two recipients chosen by The Rhodes Scholarships for Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine (SJLP) as 2026 Rhodes Scholars. Other 2026 Rhodes Scholars, including...

Princeton Class of 2026 member Alison Fortenberry has been awarded a Beinecke Scholarship, which supports undergraduate students to pursue graduate studies in the arts, humanities and social sciences.Fortenberry, from Philadelphia, is majoring in African American studies with minors in religion and...

Princeton juniors Ammon Love and Alex Norbrook, and sophomore Carolina Pardo have been named Udall Scholars. They join a cohort of 55 scholars selected from 381 candidates nominated by 175 colleges and universities nationwide.The Udall Foundation awards scholarships to college sophomores and juniors...

Princeton University senior Mahya Fazel-Zarandi has been named an international Gates Cambridge scholar, joining senior Joshua Yang, whose award of a Gates Scholarship for U.S. students was announced earlier this year. The awards recognize students for “outstanding academic achievement” and “social...

Two Princeton seniors and three undergraduate alumni have been named Knight-Hennessy Scholars. Scholars receive up to three years of funding towards a graduate degree at Stanford University.This year’s recipients are Class of 2025 members Gil Joseph and Sabrina Nicacio, Class of 2021 member Jimin...

Ryan Moores '28 recently contributed a guest blog post featured on the Undergraduate Student Blog. He reflects on his experiences and the lessons learned in Indonesia as part of the 2023-2024 Novogratz Bridge Year Program. Read the full blog post on the Admissions website. The deadline to apply...

Kaivalya Kulkarni and Pranav Mathur, both members of the Class of 2026, have been awarded Goldwater Scholarships. This annual award recognizes “outstanding undergraduates interested in pursuing research careers in the sciences, engineering, and mathematics.” The two Princeton juniors are among 441...

Matt Lynn has been named the new director for the Novogratz Bridge Year Program, effective May 12, 2025. Matt will rejoin the Office of International Programs— having previously served as the assistant director for Bridge Year from 2019–2022— from his current role as associate director of engaged...

Princeton alumni Max Gotts, Class of 2024, and Dora Zhao, Class of 2021, were awarded the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, a merit-based graduate school program for immigrants and children of immigrants. Soros fellows receive funding to support their graduate studies at...

Leila Owens ’23 has been awarded a 2025-26 Luce Scholarship to spend a year in Southeast Asia working on issues related to climate technologies such as renewable energy and advanced wastewater treatment. Currently, Owens is a strategy analyst in Deloitte’s Government and Public Sector consulting...

Pia Sarah Haykel has been awarded the 2025 Michel David-Weill Scholarship to pursue a master’s degree in history at Sciences Po in Paris. Haykel is a history major pursuing a certificate in European Cultural Studies and a minor in Persian. The Michel David-Weill Scholarship was endowed in 2011...

 The Office of International Programs, in collaboration with the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, is pleased to announce the winners of the 15th annual International Eye Photo Contest.This year, 29 photos were selected from over 375 total submissions. The contest was...

Princeton University seniors Adriana Alvarado, Mahya Fazel-Zarandi, Celine Ho, Katie Horan and Joy Patterson have been awarded Princeton ReachOut 56-81-06 Fellowships, an alumni-funded effort that supports seniors to complete a public service project of their own design during the year after...

Princeton University senior Brian Mhando has been awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship. The awards recognize students for “outstanding intellectual ability,” “leadership potential” and “a commitment to improving the lives of others,” among other criteria. They cover the full cost of a...

Zahid R. Chaudhary is an associate professor in the Department of English and the interim director of the Program in South Asian Studies. His latest book “Paranoid Publics: Psychopolitics of Truth” was published in November 2025 by Fordham University Press.How did you get the idea for this...