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Molecular biology major Ethan Ricardo Mandojana ’27 was awarded the Princeton Research Day Undergraduate International Research Award. The prize is sponsored by the Office of International Programs and recognizes the researcher whose project best...
Princeton University senior Brian Mhando has been awarded a Gates Cambridge Scholarship. The awards recognize students for “outstanding intellectual ability,” “leadership potential” and “a commitment to improving the lives of others,” among other...
Anne McClintock, the A. Barton Hepburn Professor in the Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies and the High Meadows Environmental Institute, recently participated in the Seventh Lisbon Architecture Triennale, “How Heavy Is a City?”, for which she is...
Paridhi Rustogi was delighted when she learned she’d been accepted to the 2025 GOOD-OARS International Summer School. A fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Geosciences and a fellow in the HMEI Climate and Environmental Sciences and...
Princeton University is proud to be included on the list of U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most 2020-2021 Fulbright U.S. Students. Each year, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) announces...
Princeton seniors Alice McGuinness and Nathalie Verlinde and University of Oxford student Jack Nunn have been named recipients of the Daniel M. Sachs Class of 1960 Graduating Scholarship, one of Princeton University’s highest awards.
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SPIA Reacts: Have Migrants Become 'Political Pawns'?
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis sent two planes of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard on Sept. 14, causing confusion on the Massachusetts island. A day later, Texas Governor Greg Abbott sent two buses of migrants to Vice President Kamala Harris' residence, sparking further political...
Every Day the River Changes: Jordan Salama '19's journey along the Magdalena River
The combination of Jordan Salama's personal drive, choices and chance encounters paved the way for him to have a life-changing experience that, through his passion and talent, he would ultimately share in his book Every Day The River Changes: Four Weeks Down the Magdalena. Jordan discusses his...
Carbon Dioxide Emissions More Costly to Society Than Previously Thought
Amulti-year study of the social cost of carbon, a critical input for climate policy analysis, finds that every additional ton of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere costs society $185 — far higher than the current federal estimate of $51 per ton. After years of robust modeling and...
Climate Change and the Ocean: Oxygen-poor Zones Shrank Under Past Warm Periods, Scientists Discover
In the last 50 years, oxygen-deficient zones in the open ocean have increased. Scientists have attributed this development to rising global temperatures: Less oxygen dissolves in warmer water, and the tropical ocean’s layers can become more stratified. But now, contrary to widespread...
Students Travel the World (Once Again) for Internships in Global Health
Wheels up! For the first time in two years, Princeton University students traveled both domestically and abroad for internships in global health. The Center for Health and Wellbeing (CHW) sponsored 91 opportunities for research, senior thesis projects, and other health-focused endeavors during...
Simon Gikandi and Chika Okeke-Agulu recognized by British Academy for their contribution to the humanities
Simon Gikandi, the Robert Schirmer Professor of English and chair of the Department of English, and Chika Okeke-Agulu, professor of art and archaeology and African American studies and director of the Program in African Studies, have been elected corresponding fellows of...
Religious Leaders Reduce Intimate Partner Violence in Uganda
Intimate partner violence — or abuse and aggression in a romantic relationship — is a pervasive global issue. In Uganda, a primarily Christian country in East Africa, 56% of women who’ve been married report being sexually violated by a current partner, according to Uganda Bureau of Statistics....
Ramaswami recognized for pioneering study of sustainable urban systems and environments
Anu Ramaswami, an interdisciplinary environmental engineer and leader on the topic of sustainable urban systems, has received the 2022 Steven K. Dentel AEESP Award for Global Outreach from the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP).
Fulbright recipient Joanna Georgiou ’22 will study advanced cancer drugs in South Korea
Joanna Georgiou knows first-hand what a difference successful cancer therapies make, having witnessed the ups and downs of her father’s prostate cancer over the past eight and a half years. “I've seen him literally be bedridden, but then he would try a new therapy, and all of a sudden, he is...
Princeton mathematician June Huh awarded prestigious Fields Medal by the International Mathematical Union
Princeton University mathematician June Huh was awarded today the 2022 Fields Medal, one of the most prestigious awards in mathematics, in recognition of his work in combinatorics. The International Mathematical Union (IMU) presents the medal every four years to researchers under the...