Residential College 7

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New College East
Residential college
Princeton University
Scully Building, Princeton University.JPG
A view across Poe Field from the future New College East
Coordinates40°20′33″N 74°39′17″W / 40.342411°N 74.654673°W / 40.342411; -74.654673Coordinates: 40°20′33″N 74°39′17″W / 40.342411°N 74.654673°W / 40.342411; -74.654673
Established2022
Sister collegeNew College West
Undergraduatesaround 500[1]

New College East (known as Perelman College and Residential College 7 until 2021) is the future seventh residential college at Princeton University. It is scheduled to be opened before September of 2022.[1] The construction of New College East will increase the undergraduate student body population by 10 percent, or 500 students. It aims to be LEED Gold certified.[2] Deborah Berke Partners are the architects of the new buildings.[3] A sister college, tentatively titled New College West, will also be built adjacent to New College East, and share the same dining facility.[2] New College West will house students displaced by the demolition of First College, which is to be replaced with Hobson College in 2026.[4]

Perelman family donation[]

The college was originally made possible by a $65 million gift from the Perelman Family Foundation, run by Debra '96 and Ronald Perelman.[5] Prior to the removal of the Perelman name in 2021, it would have been the first residential college at Princeton to be named after Jewish people.[6]

In June 2021, Princeton University removed the Perelman name from New College East after the Perelman Family Foundation ceased payments to the University under their gift agreement.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Eisgruber, Christopher. "State of the University 2020". Princeton University. Princeton University. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b "New Residential Colleges, including Perelman College". Princeton University Facilities. Princeton University. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  3. ^ Strauss, Eric. "Perelman gift to fund new residential college at Princeton". ROI-NJ. ROI-NJ. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  4. ^ "Home Page | Construction at Princeton". 2021-11-01. Archived from the original on 2021-11-01. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  5. ^ Adams, Susan. "The Billionaire Perelmans Give Princeton $65M". Forbes. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  6. ^ JTA. "Princeton is naming a residential college after Ronald and Debra Perelman". The Times of Israel. The Times of Israel. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  7. ^ Hess, Naomi. "Perelman name removed from Residential College 7". The Daily Princetonian. The Daily Princetonian. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
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