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...

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...

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...

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)...

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...

Often overshadowed by its larger neighbors in Latin America, Uruguay has quietly built a strong record of economic success, democratic stability, and environmental sustainability. Despite its smaller size compared to Brazil and Argentina, Uruguay now ranks as the second most productive nation in...

“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...

In the Brazil LAB, the South American country is taken as a nexis for thinking through issues that affect people in Brazil and globally, and are salient to established scholarship and nascent critical work. The LAB (Luso-Afro-Brazilian Studies) is a multi-disciplinary research and teaching hub for...

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...

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...

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...

Brazil’s most celebrated musician Caetano Veloso electrified a sold-out McCarter Theatre on Apr. 11, 2024. The concert was part of Veloso’s final tour in the United States.   Speaking to a multi-generational audience, Paula Abreu, director of public programming at McCarter, noted that Veloso’s...

Genrietta Churbanova, an anthropology major from Little Rock, Arkansas, has been named the Princeton Class of 2024 valedictorian. John Freeman, a classics major from Chicago, has been selected as the salutatorian. The Princeton faculty accepted the nominations of the Faculty Committee on...