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Princeton University senior Isam Mina has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship for graduate study at the University of Oxford. He is among two recipients chosen by The Rhodes Scholarships for Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine (SJLP) as 2026 Rhodes...
A new study in Science aims to understand the evolution and genomic diversity of human-biting mosquitoes, the insects responsible for transmitting many of the world’s deadliest diseases.
Curated by Professor Florent Masse, the festival brought leading French and Francophone artists, a partnership with Festival d’Avignon, and community participation. Princeton once again became a stage for international theater this fall as the Seuls...
The Department of French and Italian is proud to have supported the documentary Enrosadira, created by students Al Potter ‘27 (minoring in Italian) and Jansen Look ‘27 in the Italian Dolomites. As the students put it, “Our film is an artsy...
“Combined and Uneven Emancipation: Exploring Benefits and Pitfalls of Soviet Modernity,” an October 17-18 conference convened experts across social science and humanities disciplines to examine Soviet emancipation projects against the backdrop of the...
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New research reveals groundwater pathways across continent
Researchers from Princeton University and the University of Arizona have created a simulation that maps underground water on a continental scale. The result of three years’ work studying groundwater from coast to coast, the findings plot the unseen path that each raindrop or melted snowflake...
Research Record: Estimating the Collapse of Afghanistan’s Economy Using Nightlights Data
Princeton SPIA’s Research Record series highlights the vast scholarly achievements of our faculty members, whose expertise extends beyond the classroom and into everyday life.
Helping engineers design for waterways on a changing planet
For much of history, the past guided builders’ designs. In a stable environment, this usually worked. Roman aqueducts carried water for centuries, and China’s Grand Canal still helps transport river traffic. But in a changing climate, the past may prove insufficient.
Understanding Africa’s electric grid is key to growing it
Of the 733 million people who lack access to electricity worldwide, 600 million live in sub-Saharan Africa, according to data from the World Bank. The region’s current electrification pace must triple to bring energy access to this population by 2030.Among the barriers to expanding and improving...
Researchers use a powerful imaging technique to illuminate the colorful plumage of birds: A new study reveals the details of vibrant feathers in a rare hybrid bird-of-paradise
Researchers at Princeton University have used hyperspectral imaging, a powerful technique that captures pictures containing detailed information about the wavelengths of light reflected, to reveal new details about the plumage colors of a rare hybrid bird-of-paradise. By developing a...
How Indigenous Knowledge Can Reshape Conservation
New article in Science argues that ancient ecosystem and multispecies expertise could lead to a new, integrated conservation science in the Amazon and beyond.
Mosquito Genetics May Explain Why Zika Virus Outbreaks Are Rare in Africa – But Climate Change Could Shift the Balance
A new study reveals that Africa’s low rates of Zika virus outbreaks may be due to a surprising factor: the genetic makeup of local mosquito populations. Research by scientists at the High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI) at Princeton University, Institut Pasteur, and University of...
The Program on Science and Global Security Marks 50 Years of Nuclear Disarmament Efforts
Fifty years ago, India alerted the world there was a new player in the atomic arms race with its first nuclear weapons test, code-named Smiling Buddha. That same year, two Princeton University scientists launched something new, now known as the Program on Science and Global Security (SGS). The...
HMEI Biodiversity Challenge awards over $900,000 to projects exploring the challenges and pressures on the planet’s biodiversity
The High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI) has awarded five Princeton University researchers and their collaborators nearly one million dollars in inaugural funds from the Thomas A. and Currie C. Barron Family Biodiversity Research Challenge Fund, also known as the Biodiversity Challenge. ...