• On February 13, 2020, Divest Princeton submitted a proposal to the Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC) Resources Committee requesting that the University divest its $26 billion endowment (now $37 billion) from all fossil fuel companies and related interests. Learn more about the process here.

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• Divest Princeton collects signatures for the Open Letter and endorsements of its campaign from thousands in the Princeton community. 

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• On May 10, 2021 the Resources Committee issued its recommendations.

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• On May 27,2021 the Board of Trustees issued a statement about the possibility of partial divestment and dissociation.

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• On September 20, 2021 President Eisgruber announced the creation of a  Faculty Panel on Dissociation Metrics, Principles, and Standards and an Administrative Committee who would further study the question of divestment and dissociation. Neither Divest Princeton nor current students were invited to be part of either body.​ In December, 2021 a feedback form was added to the University Dissociation webpage. 

 

• On February 16th, 2022, Divest Princeton filed a legal complaint with the New Jersey Attorney General, urging them to compel Princeton University to fully divest from fossil fuels.

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• On March 21st, 2022 the University published an Overview of Fossil Fuel Investment Policies of Peer Institutions

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• At the CPUC meeting on March 21st, 2022 the Administrative Committee made a presentation detailing previously unreleased information about Princeton's interactions with fossil fuel companies and investments in the industry: key slides

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• On April 18, 2022 160 Princeton faculty and staff signed a petition calling for immediate and full divestment 

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• On June 2nd, 2022 the report of the Faculty Panel was made public. ​On July 15th, 2022 Divest Princeton published its response.

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• On September 29th, 2022, Princeton announced divestment from publicly traded fossil fuel companies and dissociation from 90 companies. Divest Princeton was not mentioned in the statement. Divest Princeton released a press release later that day. ​Princeton's $700 million of private equity fossil fuel investments were not affected by the decisions and companies like BP and Shell continue to sponsor energy research on campus. Fossil fuel companies including Exxon are also still recruiting on campus.

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• One year later, Divest Princeton demands action and accountability from the Trustees and President Eisgruber in an Open Letter. 

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• February 2024 - Princeton completes endowment divestment of publicly traded oil and gas stocks; updates list of companies subject to fossil fuel dissociation to readmit TotalEnergies