By USA Daily Now 
Princeton University and its Department of Public Safety are intensifying efforts to locate LAUREN BLACKBURN, a 23-year-old student who went missing on April 19. BLACKBURN was last seen near the Firestone Library on campus around 6 p.m. on Saturday, according to university officials.
LAUREN BLACKBURN, a former staff writer for The Daily Princetonian, the university’s student newspaper, is described as a standout scholar. In 2019, he was selected as one of 2,500 students nationwide for the prestigious National Merit Scholarship before enrolling at Princeton.
In an email to the student body, Vice President for Student Life W. ROCHELLE CALHOUN urged the community to keep BLACKBURN in their thoughts. “I will share an update when we know more, but in