SNS Visitor FAQ

ID cards allow access to all buildings, your housing, and your office. Visitor ID Cards can be picked up at the reception desk in Fuld Hall. The reception desk is located to the right upon entering the main doors of Fuld Hall.

If you arrive between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, you may collect your packet from the receptionist on duty.

If you arrive after 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday or at any time on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday, you may collect your packet from the Public Safety Officer on duty. If the Public Safety Officer is not present at the reception desk when you arrive, you may use the telephone on the desk in the lobby to contact him by dialing 5460. If you reach a voice mail box, please leave a message. The public safety officer will come to Fuld Hall generally within 15 minutes of a call.

If you have a problem with your ID card, contact Public Safety at 1-609-947-5940, or by email at publicsafety@ias.edu

Select the appropriate WiFi on your device:

• IAS – register as guest or with IAS login. Go to https://ibportal.ias.edu/ if it does not connect automatically.
• eduroam – your institution login or IAS login

For more details check the wireless user guide or the general SNS IT webpage at https://www.sns.ias.edu/computing. You can also contact our IT department directly helpdesk@sns.ias.edu or x8030.

Printer locations and instructions can be found at https://www.ias.edu/sns/computing/printing.

Reimbursement requests received more than 120 days after the DATE OF TRAVEL cannot be reimbursed.For travel expenses pre-purchased, the expense must be within three months (90 days) of the travel date. All expenses can be submitted together immediately after the trip has taken place. See forms below and speak with one of our Academic Assistants for details about reimbursements. 

• Travel Reimbursement Guidelines - guidelines on what expenses IAS may reimburse
• Request for Travel Reimbursement - form used to submit all expenses
• Direct Deposit Request - requires a domestic bank account

Currency Conversion for Reimbursements

Receipts for foreign currency must be converted to USD. Current exchange rates can be obtained from the OANDA Currency Converter. On this calculator, use the interbank rate of 3% (which is the typical credit card rate) and use the date of the purchase. Please include a PDF file for the conversion of each receipt with your reimbursement request.

https://www1.oanda.com/currency/converter/

If there is a maintenance issue during normal office hours (Mon.-Fri. 8:30am-4:30pm), please contact hsgmaint@ias.edu and copy your academic assistant. (Astrophysics - Amanda, Physics - Lisa, Physics & Biology - Audrey) 

Off-hour emergencies: During evenings, weekends, and holiday closings, emergency maintenance needs should be reported to the Public Safety Officer on duty in Fuld Hall (ext. 8241).

Yes, for location and details see https://www.ias.edu/living-ias/campus-housing/laundry

• a campus phone, dial the four-digit extension.
• an outside line, dial 9. All outside calls require a 1 before the area code.
  • Domestic call, you would dial 9-1-Area Code-XXX-XXXX
  • International call, you would dial: 9 – 011 – Country Code – Phone#
• DO NOT dial 911 (this number is to report an emergency to local police). If you dial 911 in error, please do not hang up. Explain to the dispatcher that this number was dialed in error.

The dining hall is located in Marilyn and James Simons Hall for lunch and breakfast, Monday through Friday. Simons also have a small stock of groceries. Rubenstein Commons offers light breakfast and lunch Monday-Friday. Wednesday-Friday evenings the bar is open in Rubenstein with a select dinner menu.

Details, hours, and menus are online on the Dining Services page. Please note you will need to make your own dining arrangements on weekends and outside operation hours. One thing to be aware of is that the Institute is a little distance from downtown Princeton, and the nearest restaurant is a 20-30 minute walk away. If you don't want to walk you could call for a taxi/Lyft to take you downtown, where you can find a restaurant.

• Public Safety
• Transportation
• Princeton Area
• Other Campus Resources

There are a couple of fax machines available: BH-118 (609) 951-4425, BH-144 (609) 951-4402, or BH-272 (609) 951-4489.

Visitor parking is available at Princeton University in the Stadium Drive Garage. This parking garage is within walking distance to Jadwin Hall and Peyton Hall.
https://transportation.princeton.edu/parking/visiting-campus-events/visitor-parking

Visitors coming to the University on weekdays from 7 AM to 4 PM are welcome to park in Stadium Drive Garage. Frequent TigerTransit service is available from the garage to stops on Washington Road, Nassau Street, and University Place. Click for more information on TigerTransit routes and schedules.

Visitors parking in the garage are asked to register for a daily visitor permit. Registration can be done online in advance or at the garage during arrival.

COVID-19 VACCINE MANDATE LIFTED

The Institute strongly recommends that those living and working on campus stay up-to-date with all CDC recommended COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters then eligible.  We no longer require proof of the vaccine series and booster.  The vaccine mandate that was endorsed in 2021 is no longer in effect. 

See our procedure page for details: https://www.ias.edu/covid-19-procedures. 

IAS does not provide childcare. Below are links to organizations that screen and background check their providers.

https://www.care.com/

https://www.jovie.com/locations/nj/princeton/jovie-of-princeton.html