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A cross-disciplinary collective seeks nature-based solutions for protecting the world’s most important biome.

Princeton University graduates Beatriz Alcala-Ascencion ‘25, Gustavo Blanco-Quiroga ‘25, Thomas Coulouras ‘25 and Alan Plotz ‘25 were awarded the Henry Richardson Labouisse 1926 Prize to pursue international civic engagement projects for one year following graduation.

Princeton Class of 2026 member Alison Fortenberry has been awarded a Beinecke Scholarship, which supports undergraduate students to pursue graduate studies in the arts, humanities and social sciences.

Six exceptional scholars from around the world will come to Princeton University this fall to begin a year of research, writing and collaboration as the 13th cohort of Fung Global Fellows.

Four scholars from disciplines spanning political science, sociology and anthropology have been named to the inaugural cohort of PIIRS Postdoctoral Fellows Program.

Princeton juniors Ammon Love and Alex Norbrook, and sophomore Carolina Pardo have been named Udall Scholars. They join a cohort of 55 scholars selected from 381 candidates nominated by 175 colleges and universities nationwide.

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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. ...
New Study Unveils the Human and Scientific Dimensions of IPCC Sea Level Rise Projections
A study led by Indiana University, Bloomington and Princeton presents an unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at the collaborative process that determines the IPCC’s sea level rise projections and the social dynamics shaping climate assessments.
Global Warming Will Worsen Winter Air Pollution in Northern India
High concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) in India have severe impacts on public health. While high PM2.5 levels are primarily due to intensive local emissions, they can be further worsened by meteorological patterns known as atmospheric stagnation, which trap pollutants close to...
Research Record: Weather Changes Linked to Undocumented Migration and Return Between Mexico and the United States
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.If you’d like your work considered for future editions of Research Record, click here and select “research project.”
SPIA’s Center for the Study of Democratic Politics helps democracy flourish across the aisle
As America has reflected in recent years on the strength of our democracy in an era of hyperpartisanship, a former deputy chief of staff to Donald Trump and a former chief of staff to Nancy Pelosi have both visited Princeton’s campus at the invitation of the University’s Center for the Study of...
The Princeton Pulse Podcast Spreads SPIA Research to 65 Countries
It was a stroke of luck that Aimee Bronfeld decided to be very early to her first day on the job five years ago.As project specialist for the Center for Health and Wellbeing (CHW) at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (Princeton SPIA), she produces one of the University’s...
SPIA Undergrads Successfully Advocate for Extension of UN Program on Racial Justice in Law Enforcement
Princeton SPIA undergraduate students helped to successfully advocate for the United Nations Human Rights Council to extend the mandate of a program that seeks to advance racial justice in law enforcement around the world.