Residential College 7

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]

New College East
Residential college
Princeton University
A view across Poe Field from the future New College East
Coordinates40°20′33″N 74°39′17″W
Established2022
Sister collegeNew College West
Undergraduatesaround 500[1]

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The college was originally made possible by a $65 million gift from the Perelman Family Foundation, run by Debra '96 and Ronald Perelman.[5] Prior to the removal of the Perelman name in 2021,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. Eisgruber, Christopher. "State of the University 2020". Princeton University. Princeton University. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  2. "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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