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In a year when the value of global engagement has been questioned, the University’s international community of faculty, researchers and students at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS), the Office of International...
Brian Kloeppel, hired in June as the inaugural director of the Mpala Secretariat, knows field research centers. As a professor of natural resource conservation and management at Western Carolina University, a role he held for 17 years, his time spent...
The Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) supports bold, collaborative projects that connect faculty research with the wider world. Through competitive grants of up to $75,000 over three years, PIIRS advances innovative...
Shamus Khan, the Willard Thorp Professor of Sociology and American Studies, studies America’s elite class through the lens of their schools and institutions. He, along with Humboldt University sociologist Daniel Bultmann, is now working on a PIIRS...
Fellowship Advising, a division within the Office of International Programs, assists undergraduates and recent alumni as they navigate the complex landscape of identifying and applying for fellowships, scholarships and grants, many of which support...
Around campus, they are affectionately known as "frequent flyers:" students who take a determined approach to finding creative ways to see as much of the world as they can through Princeton's offerings. Experiencing other cultures and perspectives...
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Ancient Black Pea Holds Promise for a Warming Himalaya
Ecologist Harman Jaggi first visited India’s cold desert Trans-Himalaya mountains to study snow leopards. But while climbing the steep, rocky slopes above the tree line, something else caught her attention: the black pea and barley powder that local hosts offered her to mix into tea. “It would...
Global Seminar Students Help Bring African Languages to the Digital Age
Thirteen Princeton students traveled to Kenya this summer as part of the Global Seminar “Technology for African Languages in the Digital Age,” spending six weeks studying Swahili, collecting and analyzing data in the country, and collaborating with six students from Maseno University to build...
C-PREE at the UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn: A Student Reflection
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat hosts two primary meetings each year: the Bonn Climate Change Conference typically held in June, and t
Vincent Chanethom's collaboration to develop a Canadian French Articulatory Corpus awarded an SSHRC, Insight Grant
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In disaster-prone Nepal, farmers sticking with agriculture amid climate risks
For small-scale farmers up against floods, droughts and other dramatic climate events, diversifying income sources can mean financial safety — a lifeline as crop-growing conditions destabilize.
Princeton SPIA Experts Provide Insight on Escalating Israel-Iran Conflict
Princeton Scholars Analyze the Implications for Regional Stability, Nuclear Risk, and Global Security.PRINCETON, NJ - As the conflict between Israel and Iran intensifies, faculty at the Princeton
Chika Okeke-Agulu Helms an Innovative Hub Connecting Princeton With Africa’s Most Creative Minds
On Chika Okeke-Agulu’s credenza, leaning against the wall of his office in Princeton’s Green Hall, are two powerful images: the cover of a vintage magazine and a photo that graces the cover of one of his recent books. It might be too easy, though, for a visitor to overlook them. After all, the...
Blending Study with Real-World Impact
In the late 2010s, as she was finishing up her PhD work in French and francophone studies at Duke University, Sandie Blaise had an idea for a new kind of course.
John Freeman '24: How Study Abroad Deepened My Understanding of Classics
Like most college students, I chose to study abroad for life experience and cultural exposure, not to mention scratching a few countries off my bucket list. As a Classics major interested in Greco-Roman antiquity, I was infatuated with the ancient Mediterranean, so I naturally gravitated towards...
Freshman Seminars Offer Deep Dives, Community — and, Occasionally, International Travel
There are certain things considered standard for first-year Princeton students: extra-long bed sheets, all-seasons attire for cross-campus treks, a laptop. But for some lucky students enrolled in freshman seminars with an international travel component, add to that list a passport and a healthy...