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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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Liechtenstein Institute’s Student-Led Simulation Holds Promise for U.N. Reform
At SPIA’s Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination (LISD), a student-led simulation is helping diplomats, students, and faculty members envision scenarios to foster a more accountable United Nations Security Council.
Behind the Research: Rory Truex ’07 Examines China’s Authoritarian Rule
In high school, a history teacher encouraged Rory Truex ’07 to study China in college. That trajectory led him to study abroad through Princeton in Beijing, then through the Princeton in Asia program, where he helped create the Summer of Service program for students to teach English in rural...
PLAS Students' Work Helped to Save a Dominican Man From Deportation
Winning an asylum claim in the United States is a complicated process of proving not just that your life is at risk in your country of citizenship, but that it is at risk in particular ways, both systematic and individual. It’s a tricky needle to thread, and that is part of why asylum grant...
Wastewater Sector Emits Nearly Twice as Much Methane as Previously Thought
Municipal wastewater treatment plants emit nearly double the amount of methane into the atmosphere than scientists previously believed, according to new research from Princeton University. And since methane warms the planet over 80 times more powerfully than carbon dioxide over 20 years, that...
How Princeton Seniors, Masheke and Taylor, are Shaping the Future of African Innovation
The New Venture Competition (NVC) is an opportunity for early-stage tech entrepreneurs based in Africa to learn, network, and compete for capital needed to launch their businesses. Investors, academics, students, and corporate sponsors across the African continent are encouraged to...
Princeton on ice: Documenting climate change at the ends of the Earth
At the northern and southern tips of our planet are tiny bubbles of air trapped for millions of years within polar ice. These microscopic time capsules hold a record of Earth’s atmosphere — and thus its climate history. “Ice is time, crystalized,” said Princeton environmentalist Anne...
U.S.-India science workshop celebrates innovation, explores zero-carbon future
In January, American and Indian scientists, policymakers and industry leaders convened in New Delhi, India, for a high-level workshop to address one of the most pressing issues of our time: getting to net-zero emissions.
Research Offers Unexpected Insights on the Emergence of the Bering Land Bridge
A new study shows that the Bering Land Bridge, the strip of land that once connected Asia to Alaska, emerged far later during the last ice age than previously thought. The unexpected findings shorten the window of time that humans could have first migrated from Asia to the Americas across...
The Pacific Ocean’s oxygen-starved ‘OMZ’ is growing, new Princeton research finds
Areas of low-oxygen water stretch for thousands of miles through the world’s oceans. The largest of these “oxygen minimum zones” (OMZs) is found along the Pacific coast of North and South America, centered off the coast of Mexico. Until recently, climate models have been unable to say...
Europe’s Proposed Climate Plan will Outsource Deforestation and Harm Biodiversity
Europe’s “Fit for 55” climate plan, through its bioenergy rules, outsources deforestation and sacrifices Europe’s opportunity for a beneficial land future.