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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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Princetonians provide support to Turkish and Syrian earthquake victims
In the hours, days and weeks since two major earthquakes devastated Turkey and Syria, with the death toll approaching 50,000, Princeton faculty, staff and students have been offering their assistance to the millions impacted in the aftermath. Through fundraisers, donation drives, awareness...
U.S.-India science workshop celebrates innovation, explores zero-carbon future
In January, American and Indian scientists, policymakers and industry leaders convened in New Delhi, India, for a high-level workshop to address one of the most pressing issues of our time: getting to net-zero emissions.
Willow Dalehite '22 and Ben Weissenbach '20 awarded Gates Cambridge Scholarships
Princeton University alumni Willow Dalehite of the Class of 2022 and Bennett Weissenbach of the Class of 2020 will head to the University of Cambridge in the fall as recipients of Gates Cambridge Scholarships. Dalehite and Weissenbach are among 23 U.S. winners of the scholarship.
Amazonian Indigenous Leader Davi Kopenawa Asks Princeton to Urgently Support the Struggles of the Rainforest’s Guardians
The urgency of the crises unfolding in the Amazon cannot be overstated: Illegal gold miners have contaminated the forest’s waterways, causing so many deaths by malnutrition and other maladies of the indigenous Yanomami people that Brazil’s new president has opened a genocide probe.
Senior Aneesha Manocha receives Kanders Churchill Scholarship for science policy
Aneesha Manocha, a senior studying electrical and computer engineering who plans to pursue a Ph.D. to model macro-energy systems, has been selected as one of this year’s two Kanders Churchill Scholars. As a Kanders Churchill Scholar, Manocha will spend a year studying at the University of...
Mpala Research Centre Appoints Winnie Kiiru as Executive Director
Winnie Kiiru, a widely admired wildlife biologist, conservationist and advocate for people-centered conservation became Mpala’s Executive Director Feb. 1.
Princeton Alumni Weekly Interview: Jack Finlay ’18 and his research on long COVID
Princeton Alumni Weekly recently published an interview with John (Jack) Finlay ’18 and his research focusing on one of the symptoms associated with long COVID — the loss of smell. Finlay published a paper in the Science Translational Medicine about his findings. Finlay pursued a master’s...
SPO Profs Visit West Africa to Explore Cape Verde During the Princeton in Portugal Program
This January SPO professors Nicola Cooney and Andrea Melloni visited the island of Santiago, Cape Verde (Cabo Verde - in Portuguese). The Repúblika di Kabu Verdi, a former Portuguese colony, is an archipelagic nation, located 350 miles off the western coast...
Venture Forward video series highlights Lou Chen ’19
Princeton University’s Venture Forward campaign featured Lou Chen ’19 and highlighted his work in organizing a youth orchestra in Trenton. As an undergraduate, Chen spent a semester studying abroad at the University of Oxford, Hertford College and was nominated for a Truman Scholarship. Chen...
Documentary by Azza Cohen ’16 acquired by The New Yorker
Cohen’s Stanford Documentary MFA thesis film titled “FLOAT!” was recently acquired by The New Yorker. The film is profiled and available for streaming on The New Yorker website. While at Princeton, Cohen participated in Bridge Year India and spent a fall semester studying abroad at SOAS in...