Story was originally published in the 2023 edition of Princeton University’s international magazine, Princeton International. When Aneekah Uddin, a senior majoring in computer science, was exploring semester-long study abroad opportunities, she initially browsed program offerings that were related...

Story was originally published in the 2023 edition of Princeton University’s international magazine, Princeton International. As China’s economy and global presence continues to grow and evolve amid escalating geopolitical tensions, there is an increasing need for future world leaders to better...

Story was originally published in the 2023 edition of Princeton University’s international magazine, Princeton International. As the last academic year came to a close at Princeton University, I was enveloped by a sense of homesickness. Although I was raised in Georgia, this homesickness stemmed...

This special summer study abroad program is custom-tailored for Princeton University students and offers eight weeks of full linguistic and cultural immersion, equivalent of RUS 101-102 or RUS 105-107 (transfer credit), at the Tallinn University in Estonia. Program details: Russian Summer Program...

Thirty policy experts and scholars from the United States, Western Europe, and the Middle East met at the SPIA in D.C. space in early November for a conference on the 50th anniversary of OPEC’s 1973-74 oil embargo. The two-day gathering, presented by SPIA’s Empirical Studies of Conflict project,...

When students from Princeton’s School of Public and International Affairs take what they have learned inside the classroom to the outside world, the knowledge becomes proof of concept. This year, nearly 70 SPIA students completed external internships — with federal, local, and state agencies,...

David S. Wilcove, who has been serving as acting vice dean of the School of Public and International Affairs since the start of the academic year, will assume the role on a permanent basis beginning in the 2024-25 year.Wilcove, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and public affairs and...

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has announced that Aleksandra Korolova, an expert in privacy, algorithmic fairness and technology policy, has been selected as a 2024 Sloan Research Fellow in computer science.The Fellowship recognizes creative early-career researchers in the sciences and social...

Feb. 20, 2024The Association of Asian Studies awarded the Joseph Levenson Prize to Gods of Mount Tai: Familiarity and the Material Culture of North China, 1000–2000 (Brill) by Susan Naquin, Professor of History and East Asian Studies, emerita. The book tells the story of the Lady of Mount Tai,...

The Derian Summer Internship is a faculty-mentored and community-informed research internship program administered by ProCES.Derian supports collaborations between faculty, undergraduate interns, and community experts. Interns support faculty in discipline-specific or discipline-spanning research or...

As a FIT concentrator pursuing a combined track in French and Politics, studying at Sciences Po has always been a dream of mine—and one that came to fruition last year through the gracious support of my professors and advisors at Princeton!Sciences Po (or L’Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris)...

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. McGuinness has been named as the Sachs Scholar at Worcester...

The prize recognizes the best non-fiction book on international affairs published in English. It is awarded annually by the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.Harold James is the Claude and Lore Kelly Professor in European Studies and professor of history and...

The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs recognized Princeton University for being one of the colleges and universities with the highest number of students selected for the 2023-2024 Fulbright U.S. Student Program. The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government's...

Former Federal Reserve Board Chair Ben S. Bernanke and current Fed Governor Lisa D. Cook will deliver keynote addresses at the 13th annual conference of the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy & Finance (JRCPPF).This year’s conference, “Macrofinance in the Long Run: New Insights on the...

The Department of German is excited to announce that the Princeton in Vienna courses for 2024 (GER 105G, GER 107G, and GER 313G) will be taught this summer in Vienna, Austria in collaboration with the Sprachenzentrum of the Universität Wien from July 7 to August 3, inclusive of travel. For more...

Modern agriculture is the most environmentally consequential activity that humans engage in. It has a profound impact on climate change, soil quality, water availability and risk of pandemics. However, agriculture itself is highly sensitive to climate change. In 2023, the Princeton Institute for...

Effie Rentzou, professor of French and Italian, has been awarded the title of Chevalier in l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques. A prestigious decoration awarded by the French Government, the Order of the French Academic Palms honors Rentzou’s contributions to culture and the arts.According to the...

On February 20, 2024, students enrolled in the first year seminar "Planet Amazonia" visited Firestone Library’s Rare Books and Special Collections Department. Alongside with instructor Miqueias Mugge and librarian Fernando Acosta-Rodríguez, they viewed rare historical materials produced in and about...

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...