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Susan Bindig, executive director of Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS), will step down from her position on April 30, 2024, after nearly three decades at Princeton. During her tenure, PIIRS has grown into the University’s primary center for international and regional studies, a home for cutting-edge research,…
Cognitive psychologist Elke Weber has been awarded a Frontiers of Knowledge Award in humanities and social sciences from the BBVA Foundation.
Dylan Epstein-Gross ’25 has been awarded a Goldwater Scholarship, an annual award which recognizes outstanding undergraduates interested in careers in the sciences, engineering, and mathematics.
The scholarship program was created as part of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation established by Congress in 1986 in honor of Senator Barry Goldwater. This year, 438 scholarship recipients were selected across the United States.
Yuno Iwasaki ’23 and Ananya Agustin Malhotra ’20 were named recipients of the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, a merit-based graduate school program for immigrants and children of immigrants. Soros fellows receive funding to support their graduate studies at institutions across the country and are “recognized for their achievements and their potential to make meaningful contributions to the United States across fields of study,” according to the fellowship.
Genrietta Churbanova, an anthropology major from Little Rock, Arkansas, has been named the Princeton Class of 2024 valedictorian. John Freeman, a classics major from Chicago, has been selected as the salutatorian.
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Maria Ressa ’86 featured as part of Fulbright Alumni: Lasting Legacies
Maria Ressa '86 has been recently featured as part of the Fulbright Program's "Fulbright Alumni: Lasting Legacies" series which showcases stories of notable program alumni.
Alyssa Sharkey Keeps a Finger on the Pulse of Health Equity Amid Historic Report
For the first time, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the United Nations Population Fund have produced a joint report analyzing global progress on maternal deaths, newborn deaths and stillbirths. Alyssa Sharkey, lecturer of public and international affairs, an affiliate in the Center...
Seeking a set of principles to rebuild the world order
In 1787, with the nascent United States of America in danger of going broke and falling apart, a group of delegates met in Philadelphia to revise the Articles of Confederation, the young country’s governing document. The Constitutional Convention instead resulted in an entirely new system of...
Assessment of How Climate Scientists Communicate Risk Shows Imperfections, Improvements
The hardest part, experts find, is communicating “unquantifiable” uncertainty Scientists have long struggled to find the best way to present crucial facts about future sea level rise, but are getting better at communicating more clearly, according to an international group of climate...
Graduates awarded 2023 Global India Senior Thesis Prize
Princeton University graduates Aaron Eng ‘23 and Kanishkh Kanodia ‘23 were awarded the 2023 Global India Senior Thesis Prize by the M.S. Chadha Center for Global India (CGI).
Workshop with the University of Tokyo Focuses on the International Relations of East Asia
For the second straight year, students and faculty from the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) and the Department of Politics joined those from the University of Tokyo for an international workshop in the Japanese capital. This year’s event focused on international alliances, with...
Niehaus Workshop Examines the Role of Diplomats and Bureaucrats in International Relations
Much of the work of interstate relations is ultimately carried out by bureaucrats. Individual officers within diplomatic, military, and intelligence bureaucracies, trade and investment agencies, and international organizations play vital roles in global commerce, cooperation, and governance....
SPIA’s Afghanistan Policy Lab Speaks on Taliban-Controlled Region During U.N. Counter-Terrorism Week
On June 22, the Afghanistan Policy Lab (APL) at Princeton’s School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) organized an event at the United Nations that brought Afghanistan to the international spotlight, as delegates from across the world convened in New York to discuss the pressing world...
Shane Campbell-Staton is Showing the World how Human Activity is Shaping Evolution Right Now
One night back in 2016, Shane Campbell-Staton couldn’t sleep. Doing what any person who feels inexplicably restless at 3 a.m. might do, biologist Campbell-Staton embarked down a YouTube rabbit hole. A few videos deep, he came across a clip about the tuskless elephants who live in Gorongosa...
Melissa Lane to Give Distinguished Lecture Series at London’s Gresham College
Melissa Lane, the Class of 1943 Professor of Politics at Princeton and director of the University Center for Human Values, will give an extended series of distinguished public lectures at Gresham College in London over the next three academic years, with the overall title of “Reimagining...