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Even for a Seasoned Traveler, International Internships Expand Horizons

Carrico “Carra” Torres ’14 was raised with a deep appreciation for the role of individual agency in the world. The daughter of two professional relief workers, she and her younger brother often accompanied their parents on trips from their home in northern New Mexico to overseas disaster relief sites.
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Graduate Students: The Next Generation of World-Class Scholars

Princeton’s Graduate School has been attracting some of the world’s most promising scholars for more than 100 years. These talented students collaborate with the University’s distinguished faculty, produce their own original scholarship, and teach undergraduates, all in preparation for taking their place in the classrooms, laboratories, boardrooms, and government halls of tomorrow.
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Schmidt Fund Awards to Advance Innovations in Drug Therapy and Search for Planets

Two Princeton University research projects—a new tool for visualizing drug therapy in the brain and a method for aiding the search for planets outside our solar system—have been selected to receive grants from Princeton's Eric and Wendy Schmidt Transformative Technology Fund.
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Christopher L. Eisgruber Named 20th President of Princeton University

Christopher L. Eisgruber, Princeton's provost for the past nine years, has been named the University's 20th president, effective July 1. He succeeds Shirley M. Tilghman, who last fall announced her intention to step down at the end of this academic year after completing 12 years in office.
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Princetonians Place Trust in the Next Generation

Peter Trent ’54 has more in common with today’s students than a penchant for orange and black. The scholarship he created allows him to extend a helping hand to an undergraduate each year -- just as one was extended to him.
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Generations Newsletter

Princeton Generations Spring 2013

Princeton Generations

Ideas and Strategies from the Office of Gift Planning
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Princeton's pioneering financial aid program allows students from all backgrounds and from all around the world to pursue their aspirations without being encumbered by debt. In this short video, five students and one alumnus describe the tremendous opportunities they've experienced through the help of financial aid.

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