Two Princeton University professors, David MacMillan of the Department of Chemistry and Linda Colley of the Department of History, have become knight and dame in honors from Queen Elizabeth II announced by the British government this week.   Their honors entitle them...

Within 30 years, Africa will be home to nearly 25% of the global population. Experts argue it could someday become a global power, making it the focus of global development finance. Is there a way for Africa to capitalize on the moment and deliver prosperity to citizens? This question was the focus...

Around the world, hundreds of millions of acres of land are being abandoned due to what’s known as “rural outmigration,” or people leaving for urban centers. Some people leave in search of economic prosperity. Others are forced out due to conflict or the effects of climate change. Together with...

A tortoise from a Galápagos species long believed extinct has been found alive and now confirmed to be a living member of the species. The tortoise, named Fernanda after her Fernandina Island home, is the first of her species identified in more than a century. The Fernandina...

On World Refugee Day, June 20, 2022, the Office of Religious Life’s Religion & Forced Migration Initiative (RFMI) launched a new website that houses multiple projects that have been under development by RFMI since its formation in 2018. Under the leadership of Katherine Clifton, ORL coordinator...

The Arabian Peninsula experienced extreme dry conditions in the 6th century CE that — combined with political unrest and war — destabilized the region’s ruling power and ushered in nearly a century of upheaval and conflicts that reshaped the Middle East, according to new research led by researchers...

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 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 age...

Princeton professors Elliott Lieb and Mark Braverman were among those honored today for significant contributions to mathematics and affiliated fields by the International Mathematical Union (IMU) in Helsinki, Finland. Lieb, the Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics, Emeritus, and Professor...

Princeton faculty member Syukuro “Suki” Manabe has been honored as one of America’s “Great Immigrants” by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Every Fourth of July, Carnegie Corporation of New York celebrates naturalized citizens who have enriched and strengthened the nation and democracy...

Deborah J. Yashar, professor of politics and international affairs, has been appointed director of the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) and the Donald E. Stokes Professor of Public and International Affairs. Her appointment is effective July 1,...

Princeton University’s Bryan Grenfell, the Kathryn Briger and Sarah Fenton Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Public Affairs, is one of three recipients of the Kyoto Prize in 2022. He won the basic science category, for “development of an innovative methodology for...

Protecting land and water is essential to preserving habitats for wildlife and mitigating harmful climate change effects. This is why many countries — as well as the U.S. federal government and state of California, have pledged to protect 30% of all land and water by 2030, also known as the “30x30”...

The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs’ Center for International Security Studies recently co-hosted a workshop with the University of Tokyo Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI) in Tokyo. “Hanging Together? The United States and Japan in a Transforming...

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). Ramaswami, Princeton’s Sanjay...

This conference will bring together an international group of scholars who have worked on Princeton’s FLAME project, as well as leading scholars on the late antique and early medieval economy worldwide (4th-8th centuries CE). Over three days, speakers will present new findings centered on the...

Politics professor Mark R. Beissinger has long specialized in the topics now under international scrutiny as Russia invades Ukraine, with his scholarship covering revolutions and nationalism in the Soviet Union and post-Soviet states. He has written five books on these subjects,...

This seminar on Rita Segato will explore the transdisciplinary and pioneering work of one of the most important figures of the Latin American critical scene. The four-course meetings will be led by students, professors, and other members of our university community who are interested in...

As the Russian attack on Ukraine persists, Princetonians are showing their support for Ukraine, its citizens and those impacted by the conflict here and abroad. Through statements, rallies, fundraisers, direct aid, pledging acts of kindness and sponsoring displaced scholars, the Princeton community...

“Streams to the river, river to the sea.” If only it were that simple. Most global carbon-budgeting efforts assume a linear flow of water from the land to the sea, which ignores the complex interplay between streams, rivers, lakes, groundwater, estuaries, mangroves and more. A study co-led by...