Princeton University undergraduates Alanys Rodriguez Cruz ’27 and Riley Yowell ’26 spent last summer exploring a potential legal career through Princeton’s International Internship Program (IIP), which places over 300 students in workplaces across 50 countries each summer. Their internships at the...

Conservationist Paula Kahumbu *02 has fond memories of a rustic one-month research trip on a Kenyan riverbank near a cattle ranch in 1994. She and 10 other graduate students slept in tents and spent their time researching, hauling water for camp, and cooking over an open flame. The scholars were...

To safeguard the Amazon and avoid planetary environmental catastrophe, Western science must engage Indigenous knowledge, combining science–based conservation approaches with the restoration and biocultural diversity practices of Indigenous peoples. So argue the authors of “Indigenizing Conservation...

Located in the bustling city of Battambang, Phare Ponleu Selpak is a Cambodian nonprofit that utilizes arts education as a means to heal the traumas of war and celebrate Cambodia’s rich cultural heritage. In the fall of 2023, Princeton’s innovative Novogratz Bridge Year Program — which provides...

Why are some cities more successful than others in reducing inequalities in areas such as housing, sanitation, and transportation? Ben Bradlow, assistant professor of sociology and international affairs, explores this topic in his debut book, “Urban Power: Democracy and Inequality in São Paulo and...

For years a potential disaster lurked in the internet’s encryption system, threatening the security of organizations and individuals worldwide. Princeton engineers have now squelched that threat, working with industry leaders to transform their research into a universal security standard that was...

Authors: Denise L. Mauzerall (Princeton), Shangwei Liu (Princeton), Yang Guo (Princeton), Fabian Wagner (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis), Hongxun Liu (Xi’an Jiaotong University), Ryna Yiyun Cui (University of Maryland, College Park) Title: Diversifying heat sources in China’s...

Energy systems modeler Jesse Jenkins was named to the TIME100 Next list as a rising leader working to shape a better future for the planet.Jenkins, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, was recognized for his pivotal role...

It was a stroke of luck that Aimee Bronfeld decided to be very early to her first day on the job five years ago.As project specialist for the Center for Health and Wellbeing (CHW) at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (Princeton SPIA), she produces one of the University’s most...

The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (Princeton SPIA) hosted multiple events adjacent to the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York this month, creating opportunities for students, alumni, and faculty members to engage with U.N. representatives on a...

  Janet Currie, the Henry Putnam Professor of Economics and Public Affairs and the Co-Director of the Center for Health and Wellbeing(external link) at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA), has been honored as a...

For 75 years, the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs’ Master in Public Affairs program has produced an uncommonly close-knit community of alumni who provide mutual support and mentorship. One of the most recent examples is the...

he David and Lucile Packard Foundation has announced that Saien Xie is one of 20 researchers to receive a 2024 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering, intended for innovative, early-career scientists and engineers.The Foundation announced this year’s recipients on Oct. 15.Xie, an assistant...

Princeton University graduate student Sherry (Chiayi) Lee(Link is external), Classics(Link is external), began teaching spoken Ancient Greek at the Princeton Athens Center in 2022. The latest session of this innovative, immersive class was held from July 3-31. The class met for in-depth study at the...

Founded in 1603 by Federico Cesi, the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei is the world’s oldest scientific academy and counts Galileo Galilei among its first members.John Haldon is Shelby Cullom Davis 30’ Professor of European History, Emeritus.

These days, it’s all too common to see a front-page story about a foreign government’s influence operation — secret attempts to sway the opinions of another country’s citizens through social media campaigns, paid advertising, hacking, direct emails, or SMS text messaging.In August, the FBI confirmed...

Before returning to campus for the fall semester, 12 students had the unique opportunity to travel to Liechtenstein, Austria, and Germany to present original research on democracy and security. The trip was initiated, arranged for, and led by Wolfgang Danspeckgruber, founding director of...

The generations of Americans who remember fallout shelters and “duck and cover” air raid drills is rapidly aging, and the threat of nuclear warfare — while as urgent as ever, if not more so — is a distant concern for most young adults today.To make that threat real for younger generations, artist...

The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) is proud to announce it will be the first university stop for the groundbreaking installation the bomb, which will be showcased at SPIA’s Bernstein Gallery from September 19 to October 25, 2024, as part of the exhibit “Close Encounters:...

The Program on Science and Global Security(external link) (SGS) has been awarded a two-year, $750,000 core support grant by Carnegie Corporation of New York. This new investment will support SGS in using scientific, technical, and policy research, education, and outreach to advance effective...