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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.

Welcome to the first Princeton Int'l crossword puzzle challenge! Please be sure to submit your completed grid to international.princeton.edu before April 15 to be registered in a contest to win a wifi-free translator device. Good luck!

Creative writing professor Aleksandar Hemon’s life was upended by war. In 1992, he was a 27-year-old journalist on an international visitors’ program in the United States when war broke out in his homeland of Bosnia.

Princeton Int’l spoke with Wantchekon about peaceful conflict resolution and the African School of Economics, a project helping to erase some of Africa’s colonial legacies.

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Adji Bousso Dieng recognized by The Africa Report
Adji Bousso Dieng, expert in artificial intelligence, has been recognized by The Africa Report magazine as one of 10 African Scholars to Watch in 2025.The list highlights 10 scholars from Africa whose work, both at home and abroad, has had significant impact.
Patrick Chamoiseau to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award for Fiction from the Center for Fiction
Medievalist William Chester Jordan receives Barry Prize for Distinguished Intellectual Achievement
William Chester Jordan, the Dayton-Stockton Professor of History, emeritus, and the director of the Program in Medieval Studies, has received the 2024 Barry Prize for Distinguished Intellectual Achievement from the American Academy of Sciences and Letters. He is among 10 recipients of the prize,...
Visual arts lecturer Lex Brown and historian Lucas Ramos awarded Rome Prize
Princeton faculty member Lex Brown, lecturer in visual arts and the Lewis Center for the Arts, and historian Lucas Ramos have been awarded the 2024-25 Rome Prize(Link is external) for independent research in the arts and humanities. Both are Princeton alumni. Recipients are invited to pursue...
Princeton SPIA Scholars Honored with Prestigious APS Awards
The American Physical Society has recognized two scholars at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (Princeton SPIA) for their contributions to the field of physics. Alex Glaser, an associate professor at Princeton SPIA and the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering...
Princeton’s John Hopfield receives Nobel Prize in physics
Princeton University professor John Hopfield has been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in physics(Link is external) “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.”He shares the prize with Geoffrey E. Hinton of the University of Toronto.
Appiah, Carter and Dunkley elected to Royal Society
Three members of the Princeton
Senior Shane Patrick receives Barry Scholarship for study at Oxford
Senior Shane Patrick has been awarded the John and Daria Barry Scholarship
"The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen" Is a Finalist for Italy's 2024 Cherasco Award in History
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Effie Rentzou awarded the title Chevalier in l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques
Effie Rentzou, professor of French and Italian, has been awarded the title of Chevalier in l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques. A prestigious decoration awarded by the French Government, the Order of the French Academic Palms honors Rentzou’s contributions to culture and the arts.According to the...