Each year, the World Economic Forum convenes in Davos, Switzerland, for hundreds of discussions among thousands of participants from around the world, including investors, business leaders, political leaders, economists, and journalists, on a wide range of global issues.At the 2024 meeting, held...
To commemorate Women’s History Month, the Afghanistan Policy Lab at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs has conducted interviews with eight courageous Afghan school-age girls in Afghansitan. These courageous individuals have been prevented from attending secondary school since...
Princeton University seniors Travis Kanoa Chai Andrade, Alison Parish, Meera Burghardt and Isabella Moscoe have been awarded fellowships from ReachOut 56-81-06, an alumni-funded effort that supports seniors to complete a public service project of their own design during the year after...
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 and...
To commemorate Women’s History Month, the Afghanistan Policy Lab at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs has conducted interviews with eight courageous Afghan school-age girls in Afghansitan. These courageous individuals have been prevented from attending secondary school since...
The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory’s (PPPL) plans to construct a state-of-the-art building, the Princeton Plasma Innovation Center (PPIC), are moving forward. PPPL recently received permission to use $10 million in funding from Princeton University to prepare the site and received a...
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 and...
To commemorate Women’s History Month, the Afghanistan Policy Lab at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs has conducted interviews with eight courageous Afghan school-age girls in Afghansitan. (Read Part 1 and Part 2.) These courageous individuals have been prevented from...
In the late 2010s, as she was finishing up her PhD work in French and francophone studies at Duke University, Sandie Blaise had an idea for a new kind of course.Blaise, whose academic research interests include francophone migration and cultural identities, began conceiving of a French class that...
The Office of International Programs, in collaboration with the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, is pleased to announce the winners of the 14th annual International Eye Photo Contest. This year, 27 photos were selected from 360 total submissions. The contest was open to...
“One of the highlights of my Princeton experience and of my life.” —John Patrick ’24“The memories created during this journey will be cherished for a lifetime.” —Mikaela Avakian ’24“One of the most significant highs of my time at Princeton.” —Gil Sander Joseph ’25“Transformational would be an...
The American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS) has named Elizabeth Levy Paluck one of eight fellows honored this year. The Princeton professor has previously been the recipient of a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship.Paluck, the Eugene Higgins Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs and...
Princeton University has announced support for a series of scientific investigations to boost crop yields, expand pharmaceutical shelf-life, and increase the accuracy of AI medical diagnostics through the University’s Intellectual Property (IP) Accelerator Fund.Each grant, of up to $100,000, is...
Princeton University junior Ella Weber has been awarded a Truman Scholarship, which provides funding for graduate studies in public service, as well as leadership training and internship opportunities within the federal government. Weber, a member of the Class of 2025, is one of 60 recipients...
Sheldon Garon has been awarded a European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant to direct a five-year collaborative project, “The Global War on Civilians, 1905-1945.”The project investigates the transnational circulation of knowledge and practices that culminated by World War II in...
Laura Zhang '26, a SPIA major, reflects on her IIP last summer with the Institute of Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Read the full blog post on the Office of Admission's Undergraduate Student Blog. To learn more about the International Internship Program (IIP),...
In 2022, Fung Global Fellow, Wesam Al Asali, now assistant professor at IE School of Architecture and Design, and Sigrid Adriaenssens, professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the Program in Mechanics, Materials and Structures at Princeton University, received a...
Princeton University graduates Aaron Eng ‘23 and Kanishkh Kanodia ‘23 were awarded the 2023 Global India Senior Thesis Prize by the M.S. Chadha Center for Global India (CGI). Eng’s thesis, “District-Level Modeling of Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Footprints for the Agricultural Sector in India,”...