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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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Mirabella Smith awarded Beinecke Scholarship for postgraduate study in politics
Princeton junior Mirabella Smith has been awarded a Beinecke Scholarship, which supports highly motivated students with exceptional promise to pursue Ph.D.s or other postgraduate degrees in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Smith, of Lake Elsinore, California, is a politics concentrator...
Jalen Travis awarded Truman Scholarship for public service
Princeton University junior Jalen Travis has been awarded a Truman Scholarship, which provides recipients with up to $30,000 toward graduate school along with professional development opportunities to prepare for careers in public service.
Princeton Research Activity Hits New Milestone
Princeton University marked the highest level of research activity in its history as measured by spending on research in areas ranging from cancer to climate change to pioneering quantum sciences. The University conducted research activities with associated expenditures of more than $404.4...
Tigers at the State Department are Helping to Forge International Climate Agreements
When the last session of week one ended at the 27th UN Climate Change Conference (COP27), held November in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, most diplomats retired to their rooms, keen to recharge after five long, draining days of negotiations. But for Sierra Woodruff ’11, a lead negotiator for...
Slavic Languages Prof Yuri Leving Among Others to Win 2023 Guggenheim Fellowships
Three Princeton faculty members have received 2023 Guggenheim Fellowships. They are Bridget Alsdorf, professor of art and archaeology; Yuri Leving, professor of Slavic languages and literatures; and Tali Mendelberg, the John Work Garrett Professor in Politics, director of the Program on...
‘How to Stand Up to a Dictator’ by Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa is the Class of 2027 Pre-read
Maria Ressa, Class of 1986, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2021 for her efforts to safeguard freedom of expression in the Philippines. Perhaps no one better understands that democracy is a fragile institution, and one that is too easily dismantled by disinformation.
Center for Global India brings Princeton’s South Asian community together to discuss law, citizenship and dissent
On March 2 and 3, 2023, visiting scholars, practicing lawyers, and Princeton faculty and students convened to discuss a new Indian law that links citizenship with religious identity for the first time in the nation’s history. “India is often celebrated as the world's largest democracy,...
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...
13th International Eye Photo Contest Winners!
The Office of International Programs, in collaboration with the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, is pleased to announce the winners of the 13th annual International Eye Photo Contest. This year, 21 photos were selected from over 250 total submissions.
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...