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Thirteen Princeton students traveled to Kenya this summer as part of the Global Seminar “Technology for African Languages in the Digital Age,” spending six weeks studying Swahili, collecting and analyzing data in the country, and collaborating with...
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...
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. Fortenberry, from Philadelphia, is majoring in...
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.
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Global Seminar students help bring African languages to the digital age
Thirteen Princeton students traveled to Kenya this summer as part of the Global Seminar “Technology for African Languages in the Digital Age,” spending six weeks studying Swahili, collecting and analyzing data in the country, and collaborating with six students from Maseno University to build...
Chika Okeke-Agulu Helms an Innovative Hub Connecting Princeton With Africa’s Most Creative Minds
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. It might be too easy, though, for a visitor to overlook them. After all, the...
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.
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...
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...
Princeton SPIA Policy Workshop Tackles Climate Finance Challenges in Dakar
From the classroom to the Prime Minister’s office, MPA2 students delve into Senegal’s climate policy landscape to develop policy recommendations tailored to local realities.Context is key. That’s one of Devanne Béda-Geuder’s guiding principles in “Strengthening Urban Climate Adaptation and...
Fieldwork in Botswana Shapes Students' Global Policy Perspectives
During a trip to Botswana last spring, a group of four juniors from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs studying social protection policies in Southern Africa came face to face with a frustrated local farmer named Mma Mogaetsho. Although she had cultivated her family’s...
New Study Shows in Real-Time What Helps Wildlife Endure a Cyclone
Princeton Anthropologist Agustín Fuentes Helps with Potentially Game-Changing Find
A team of researchers including Princeton anthropologist Agustín Fuentes has found, deep in a cave system in South Africa, that an extinct, small-brained species of ancient human relatives buried their dead and used symbols, a discovery that could alter our understanding of human...
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...