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Community Profile, Policy Profile
November 12, 2022
#PolicyProfile: Bryson Rose MPP ’23
"In 2017, I went to Haiti and witnessed significant infrastructure challenges from the earthquake and from hurricanes. They're already a country that has experienced significant financial hardships, and that will be a continued way of life for countries like Haiti, Puerto Rico, and Cuba as we see the continued effects of…
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News
November 11, 2022
Michael Oppenheimer Writes Chapter in Greta Thunberg’s New Book
Princeton climate scientist Michael Oppenheimer first came to the attention of climate activist Greta Thunberg in 2019, the year of the children’s strike that made the Swedish teenager a household name across the globe. Thunberg’s team reached out to him after the release of an influential report on the world’s oceans that…
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News, Q&A
November 09, 2022
SPIA Reacts: Insights on the Implications of the U.S. Midterm Elections
There’s still much to unpack about what Election Day and the campaigns that preceded it mean for the U.S. election process, continued attempts to discredit legitimate elections in the world’s oldest democracy, and the future of the Democratic and Republican parties. Once all of the votes have been tallied, the composition of…
SGS conference with Zia Mian speaking
News
November 07, 2022
SGS Brings Impactful Conversations on Physics, Nuclear Weapons to Princeton’s Campus
Sixty years after the Cuban Missile Crisis, the threats posed by nuclear weapons are as relevant as ever. Since 2020, the Princeton School on Science and Global Security has brought together next-generation scientists and engineers from around the world to learn technical and policy perspectives on how to reduce and end the…
SGS conference with Zia Mian speaking
Dean's Dialogue podcast. Amaney Jamal headshot
Podcasts
November 04, 2022
Dean's Dialogue: Low-carbon Buildings From Plastic Waste (Kidus Asfaw MPA ’14)
Within 30 years, Africa will be home to nearly 25% of the global population. As such, it’s poised to become a global power and is the focus of current global development finance. Kubik, co-founded by Kidus Asfaw MPA ’14, is an environmental tech company turning plastic waste into low-carbon buildings. Kubik’s focus on building…
Dean's Dialogue podcast. Amaney Jamal headshot
Noah Bardash pictured on political campaign.
Community Profile, Policy Profile
November 04, 2022
#PolicyProfile: Noah Bardash MPA ’24
"In the aftermath of the 2016 election, I took a hard look at what I was doing with my time and where I saw my best avenues for making change. I started as an intern for then-Senator Claire McCaskill's campaign for reelection, and after I graduated from the University of Washington in 2018, I worked as a field organizer for the…
Noah Bardash pictured on political campaign.
Princeton HBCU collaboration logos
News
November 01, 2022
Princeton University-HBCU Partnerships Launch First Research Projects
Ten research collaborations between Princeton University faculty and their peers at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU) have been selected to receive support through the Princeton Alliance for Collaborative Research and Innovation (PACRI). These are the first projects to be launched through the groundbreaking…
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Christian Pollard
Community Profile, Policy Profile
October 28, 2022
#PolicyProfile: Christian Pollard ’23
“I grew up in rural Alabama on a cattle ranch in a town of, at the time, 409 people. Living in a rural area, it's virtually impossible to access healthcare. It would be months before I could see my doctor sometimes; if I needed to see a specialist, I’d have to travel an hour and a half away to Birmingham. I realized how unfair…
Christian Pollard
Uma Menon standing behind a SPIA banner.
Community Profile, Policy Profile
October 16, 2022
#PolicyProfile: Uma Menon ’24
“My first book, “Hands for Language,” was about my experience as a daughter of immigrants growing up in America and my identity as a woman of color. I grew up speaking Malayalam as my first language, and I think that set me on a path to have a strong sense of cultural appreciation. My family is from a state called Kerala, where…
Uma Menon standing behind a SPIA banner.
SPIA Reacts: Protests in Iran
News, Q&A
October 11, 2022
SPIA Reacts: Protests in Iran
More than three weeks after the death of Mahsa Amini while in the custody of Iran’s morality police, deadly anti-government protests continue across the country. World leaders have condemned the Iranian government’s actions, and the U.S. and Canada have released new sanctions against Iranian officials. As the civil unrest…
SPIA Reacts: Protests in Iran