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In a year when the value of global engagement has been questioned, the University’s international community of faculty, researchers and students at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS), the Office of International...
Brian Kloeppel, hired in June as the inaugural director of the Mpala Secretariat, knows field research centers. As a professor of natural resource conservation and management at Western Carolina University, a role he held for 17 years, his time spent...
The Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) supports bold, collaborative projects that connect faculty research with the wider world. Through competitive grants of up to $75,000 over three years, PIIRS advances innovative...
Shamus Khan, the Willard Thorp Professor of Sociology and American Studies, studies America’s elite class through the lens of their schools and institutions. He, along with Humboldt University sociologist Daniel Bultmann, is now working on a PIIRS...
Fellowship Advising, a division within the Office of International Programs, assists undergraduates and recent alumni as they navigate the complex landscape of identifying and applying for fellowships, scholarships and grants, many of which support...
Around campus, they are affectionately known as "frequent flyers:" students who take a determined approach to finding creative ways to see as much of the world as they can through Princeton's offerings. Experiencing other cultures and perspectives...
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Dean Michael D. Gordin: 'Peaces, Like Wars, Are Made'
This issue of Princeton Int’l is devoted to “war and peace.” Armed conflict within and between groups and nations is so constant and so salient to our minds and news feeds that it becomes hard to recognize the peace we aspire to, whic
International Internship Prompts Reflection on Conflict Resolution
Princeton University undergraduates Alanys Rodriguez Cruz ’27 and Riley Yowell ’26 spent last summer exploring a potential legal career through Princeton’s International Internship Program (IIP), which places over 300 students in workplaces across 50 countries each sum
How Indigenous Knowledge Can Reshape Conservation
New article in Science argues that ancient ecosystem and multispecies expertise could lead to a new, integrated conservation science in the Amazon and beyond.
Mpala Research Centre Unveils its New Strategic Plan
Conservationist Paula Kahumbu *02 has fond memories of a rustic one-month research trip on a Kenyan riverbank near a cattle ranch in 1994.
Electric vehicle transition could create unwanted air pollution hotspots in China and India
Colton Poore, Andlinger Center for Energy and the EnvironmentDec. 12, 2024
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...
India’s Electoral Surprise
This past year was the election year. Globally, 64 countries and the European Union — representing a combined population of about 49% of the people in the world — held national elections in 2024.