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Susan Bindig, executive director of Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS), will step down from her position on April 30, 2024, after nearly three decades at Princeton. During her tenure, PIIRS has grown into the University’s primary center for international and regional studies, a home for cutting-edge research,…
Cognitive psychologist Elke Weber has been awarded a Frontiers of Knowledge Award in humanities and social sciences from the BBVA Foundation.
Dylan Epstein-Gross ’25 has been awarded a Goldwater Scholarship, an annual award which recognizes outstanding undergraduates interested in careers in the sciences, engineering, and mathematics.
The scholarship program was created as part of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation established by Congress in 1986 in honor of Senator Barry Goldwater. This year, 438 scholarship recipients were selected across the United States.
Yuno Iwasaki ’23 and Ananya Agustin Malhotra ’20 were named recipients of the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, a merit-based graduate school program for immigrants and children of immigrants. Soros fellows receive funding to support their graduate studies at institutions across the country and are “recognized for their achievements and their potential to make meaningful contributions to the United States across fields of study,” according to the fellowship.
Genrietta Churbanova, an anthropology major from Little Rock, Arkansas, has been named the Princeton Class of 2024 valedictorian. John Freeman, a classics major from Chicago, has been selected as the salutatorian.
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Princeton-University of Tokyo Strategic Partnership Celebrates In-Person Collaboration
September, the Princeton-University of Tokyo Strategic Partnership marked what its director James Raymo called “a full-scale resumption of face-to-face collaboration after a long interruption.”
Ramaswami recognized for pioneering study of sustainable urban systems and environments
Anu Ramaswami, an interdisciplinary environmental engineer and leader on the topic of sustainable urban systems, has received the 2022 Steven K. Dentel AEESP Award for Global Outreach from the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP).
Fulbright recipient Joanna Georgiou ’22 will study advanced cancer drugs in South Korea
Joanna Georgiou knows first-hand what a difference successful cancer therapies make, having witnessed the ups and downs of her father’s prostate cancer over the past eight and a half years. “I've seen him literally be bedridden, but then he would try a new therapy, and all of a sudden, he is...
SPIA and University of Tokyo Strengthen Ties Through Academic Workshop
The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs’ Center for International Security Studies recently co-hosted a workshop with the University of Tokyo Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI) in Tokyo.
Faculty Author Q&A: Thomas Conlan on “Samurai and the Warrior Culture of Japan”
Thomas Conlan is Professor of East Asian Studies and History, and Director of the Program in East Asian Studies. His book, “Samurai and the Warrior Culture of Japan, 471–1877: A Sourcebook” was published as an eBook in March 2022, and in print in April 2022 by Hackett Publishing...