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July 06, 2022
Hellos, Goodbyes, Congratulations: 2022-23 Academic Year
Eight new full-time faculty members joined the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) for the 2022-23 academic year. SPIA also celebrates the long-term contributions of one faculty member who received a promotion to a new designation. All appointments and transfers are effective July 1, 2021, except where…
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Andreas Wiedemann's new book "Indebted Societies"
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July 06, 2022
“Indebted Societies” Wins Two Awards From American Political Science Association
A book by Andreas Wiedemann, assistant professor of politics and international affairs, received two awards from the American Political Science Association (APSA). The book received the 2022 William Riker Award for the best book in political economy published within the last three years, as well as the 2022 Best Book on Class…
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July 01, 2022
State Health and Value Strategies Program Awarded $10.6 Million Grant
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation awarded a $10.6 million grant to State Health and Value Strategies (SHVS), a program based at the Center for Health and Wellbeing at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA). The award reflects two years of continued funding. Led by Heather Howard, professor of the…
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June 27, 2022
SAOC Addresses Global Issues of Social and Racial Justice at Annual Symposium
Around 70 alumni returned to campus this spring for the annual Students and Alumni of Color (SAOC) Association symposium at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. This year’s theme addressed issues of social and racial justice from a global perspective, shining a spotlight on the global nature of oppression,…
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June 24, 2022
Roe V. Wade Is Overturned
Today, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark ruling that protected women’s rights to choose an abortion. The decision determines that there is no longer a federal constitutional right to an abortion, instead leaving the right to the discretion of individual states. Our experts commented on this historic…
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Bryan Grenfell
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June 22, 2022
Princeton Biologist Bryan Grenfell Wins Kyoto Prize
Princeton University’s Bryan Grenfell, the Kathryn Briger and Sarah Fenton Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Public Affairs, is one of three recipients of the Kyoto Prize in 2022. He won the basic science category, for “development of an innovative methodology for integrative analysis of pathogen evolution and…
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June 22, 2022
Carnegie Endowment and Princeton Launch Groundbreaking Initiative to Counter Threats to the Information Environment
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Princeton University announced today a year-long effort to design the Institute for Research on the Information Environment (IRIE), an international resource to study information ecosystems that can spur evidence-based policy solutions.  “The recent pandemic has only…
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Deborah Yashar
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June 21, 2022
Yashar Appointed Director of Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies
Deborah J. Yashar, professor of politics and international affairs, has been appointed director of the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) and the Donald E. Stokes Professor of Public and International Affairs. Her appointment is effective July 1, 2022. Yashar is a longtime Princeton faculty…
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June 14, 2022
SPIA and University of Tokyo Strengthen Ties Through Academic Workshop
The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs’ Center for International Security Studies recently co-hosted a workshop with the University of Tokyo Institute for Future Initiatives (IFI) in Tokyo.“Hanging Together? The United States and Japan in a Transforming East Asia and World Order,” was held at the Ito…
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June 13, 2022
Thirteen SPIA Seniors Inducted into Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society
Thirteen graduating seniors concentrating in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) were recognized for their academic achievements and inducted as members of the Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) national honor society on Class Day, Monday, May 23. The Princeton chapter’s newest members include Reade Ben,…
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