During a trip to Botswana last spring, a group of four juniors from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs studying social protection policies in Southern Africa came face to face with a frustrated local farmer named Mma Mogaetsho. Although she had cultivated her family’s fields...

The Journal of Public and International Affairs recently published its 35th edition, featuring nine articles related to U.S. domestic policy, international relations, international development, and economic policy.JPIA is a student-run, peer-reviewed journal co-published by the Princeton School of...

Miqueias Mugge's new book, “Africanos Minas-Nagôs no Rio Grande do Sul (Mina-Nagô Africans in Rio Grande do Sul),” examines the historical presence of West Africans in the southern Brazil and their enduring legacy.On August 4, 2024, Mugge, academic research manager at Brazil LAB, and his co-author,...

A host of French theater-lovers, dignitaries and alumni united April 18-20 to celebrate L’Avant-Scène, a Princeton stronghold that for the last 20 years has bonded French-speaking students and faculty from all across campus through the dramatic arts. The weekend event—funded in part by a Humanities...

Now featured on the Office of Admission's Undergraduate Student Blog, Jasmine Hao '25 reflects on her experience studying abroad at ETH Zürich in Switzerland during the fall of her junior year. Hao shares insight into what drew her to pursue this opportunity as a student interested in...

Eight seniors have been named winners of the 2024 Spirit of Princeton Award, honoring Princeton University undergraduates for positive contributions to campus life.This year's winners include Archika Dogra who completed an internship through the International Internship Program (IIP) with City Taps...

Princeton University's M.S. Chadha Center for Global India (CGI) hosted the inaugural “Global India Frontiers Conference,” a multidisciplinary, pan-USA academic conference, on April 12 and 13, 2024. The event, a unique collaboration among Princeton's CGI, Harvard University's Lakshmi Mittal and...

In February 2020, Noorin was  a second-year computer science student at Kabul University. At the top of her class, she aspired to run Afghanistan’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. But in the four years since the Taliban returned to power, her parents, who diligently...

In 1787, with the nascent United States of America in danger of financial ruin and possible dissolution, a group of delegates met in Philadelphia to revise the young country’s governing document, the Articles of Confederation. The resulting Constitutional Convention produced an entirely new system...

In summer 2024, the Princeton in Beijing (PiB) summer language program returned to in-person instruction in China after a hiatus due to COVID-19, marking its 30th anniversary. Since its inception in 1993, PiB has provided over 4,500 students from Princeton and around the world the opportunity to...

When it comes to experience, it’s difficult to imagine someone more suited to the role of overseeing the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) than Trisha Craig. With a career in international academia and policy work, Craig brings to PIIRS experience in fostering...

By Artha Abeysinghe,  This article recounts an activity that I did as part of the “Princeton in Pisa” program at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa.My friend Sicile and I went around Pisa, to find and ask people what they thought of graffiti and street art. The sun was not our friend...

 Patrick Chamoiseau, Belknap Visiting Fellow in the Humanities Council and the Department of French and Italian, will receive the Lifetime of Excellence in Fiction Award from the Center for Fiction in New York City on December 10, 2024. Author of Texaco (Prix Goncourt, 1992) and many other...

During a trade mission to the United Kingdom, Gov. Phil Murphy extolled the dynamism of the New Jersey economy, citing Princeton University as a significant contributor.Craig Arnold, Princeton’s vice dean of innovation and University innovation officer, was in the audience in London on Nov. 7 when...

Class of 2024 members Juliette Carbonnier and Collin Riggins are the latest recipients of the Martin A. Dale ’53 Fellowship, which funds yearlong independent projects for members of each senior class in the year following their graduation. The two students began their work this summer.The Dale...

The week following Reunions in 1970 was a significant one. While most alumni returned to their homes on Sunday morning after an undoubtedly festive few days, a small group gathered at the Princeton Inn College, now known as Forbes, for the inaugural Alumni College. This on-campus gathering featured...

École du Louvre facade (Courtesy of École du Louvre website) A new partnership between A&A and the École du Louvre opens up exciting opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students beginning in January 2025. Undergraduate students are invited to participate...

“This course had some of the best classroom conversations I’ve ever experienced at Princeton,” said Magnus von Ziegesar ’25 of ART 456 “Contemporary Art: The World Picture” on international mega-exhibitions of contemporary art as a form of worldmaking taught by Professor Irene Small. Over fall...

Nine graduate students working on topics in ancient Greek art and archaeology. Seven days at Princeton University sharing research, exploring collections of Hellenic material at Princeton University Library and the Department of Art & Archaeology, and enjoying fellowship at the Seeger...