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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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Princeton SPIA Faculty Offer Reactions to Trump Immigration Policies
With President Trump signing 10 administrative orders on immigration in his first week in office and pledging mass deportations and significant changes to border security, faculty at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs are providing expert insights into the situation.
New research reveals groundwater pathways across continent
Researchers from Princeton University and the University of Arizona have created a simulation that maps underground water on a continental scale. The result of three years’ work studying groundwater from coast to coast, the findings plot the unseen path that each raindrop or melted snowflake...
Helping engineers design for waterways on a changing planet
For much of history, the past guided builders’ designs. In a stable environment, this usually worked. Roman aqueducts carried water for centuries, and China’s Grand Canal still helps transport river traffic. But in a changing climate, the past may prove insufficient.
Research Record: Weather Changes Linked to Undocumented Migration and Return Between Mexico and the United States
Princeton SPIA’s Research Record series highlights the vast scholarly achievements of our faculty members, whose expertise extends beyond the classroom and into everyday life.If you’d like your work considered for future editions of Research Record, click here and select “research project.”
High Meadows Environmental Institute, Lewis Center for the Arts and The Civilians theater company announce second-year Next Forever artist commissions
Playwrights Kate Douglas and Kate Tarker are participating in one-year residencies at Princeton to develop their commissioned pieces exploring how dynamic storytelling can engage vital environmental subjects.
Senior Shane Patrick receives Barry Scholarship for study at Oxford
Senior Shane Patrick has been awarded the John and Daria Barry Scholarship
Princeton IP Accelerator funding supports four energy and environmental technologies
A sensor that detects planet-warming gases, a laser-engraved ceramic tile engineered for evaporative cooling, and a method to improve the nutrition and production of worldwide agriculture are among the energy and environmental innovations awarded funding from the
Paluck honored by American Academy of Political and Social Science
The American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS) has named Elizabeth Levy Paluck
A Good Way to Cool a Sweltering Urban Canyon? Put A Lid on it
Researchers at Princeton’s engineering school found that placing a specially designed lid over a box can dramatically increase the airflow from wind blowing across the upper surface. It is not just a parlor trick. The information could help clean and cool urban canyons in cities like New York...
Rapidly Intensifying Tropical Cyclones Likely to Increase Flood Hazard in the North Atlantic as Climate Warms
Many of the most devastating tropical cyclones (TCs) in history, including Hurricanes Andrew (1992) and Katrina (2005), underwent a process known as rapid intensification (RI). Defined by a wind speed increase of at least 30 knots (35 mph) within a 24-hour period, RI can be difficult to predict...