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Russia and Ukraine
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March 07, 2022
Ukraine — Global Ramifications
On March 4, the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs held a second live, virtual discussion about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, this time focusing on the Western response, how it affects global migration, and humanitarian-related perspectives on the conflict. Russia continues to try and seize key Ukrainian…
Russia and Ukraine
Paul Lipton
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March 03, 2022
Paul Lipton Named Senior Associate Dean for Academic Administration
Paul Lipton, a dedicated member of the dean’s senior leadership team at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA), has been named senior associate dean for academic administration, effective March 7. A longtime higher education administrator and educator, Lipton currently serves as associate dean of the…
Paul Lipton
Russia and Ukraine
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February 26, 2022
The Conflict in Ukraine
Russia deployed troops into neighboring Ukraine on Feb. 24 — an attack coming just days after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a “military operation” in the Donbas region of Ukraine, saying that Russia would intervene as an act of self-defense. Now, bombings and airstrikes are escalating, leading those in Ukraine to…
Russia and Ukraine
Elke Weber
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February 15, 2022
Weber Named Director of Fung Global Fellows Program
Elke Weber will be the next director of the Princeton Fung Global Fellows Program, an international effort based at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies. She will serve a two-year term, effective July 1, 2022. The Fung Global Fellows Program brings together international research scholars around a…
Elke Weber
Janet and Biden
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February 14, 2022
Currie Briefs White House on Lead Remediation
Janet Currie briefed President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and members of the President's economic team at a Feb. 8 meeting focused on the economics of infrastructure investments. Currie, the Henry Putnam Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, focused her remarks on the effects of lead exposure on outcomes for…
Janet and Biden
visiting lecturers
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February 09, 2022
Welcome, Visiting Professors and Lecturers!
Each semester, the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) invites visiting professors and lecturers to the School, who share their real-world expertise in the classroom. These scholars and practitioners focus on some of today’s most pressing national and global policy challenges — from national security and…
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Callout
News, Q&A
February 07, 2022
Q&A: Defining the Age: Daniel Bell
The sociologist Daniel Bell was described as one of the leading American intellectuals of the post-war era. He acutely defined the structural forces behind the transformation of the United States and other advanced societies in the 20th century. Bell’s ideas continue to provide profound insights in today’s world. This is what…
Callout
Hanjatiana Nirina Randrianarisoa and Chris Buckley
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February 03, 2022
Data Science Program Provides Analytical Tools to Newly Minted College Students From Diverse Backgrounds
In fall 2021, Princeton’s Empirical Studies of Conflict Project (ESOC), with support from the School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) and the Data-Driven Social Science Initiative, launched the ESOC Fellowship for Data-Driven Research, a program that prepares recent college graduates from underrepresented backgrounds…
Hanjatiana Nirina Randrianarisoa and Chris Buckley
Hooked, by Markus Prior, book cover
News, Q&A
January 24, 2022
Hooked: How Politics Captures People’s Interest (Markus Prior)
“Good citizenship” is often a consequence of political interest, and early adulthood may be the most formative time to develop political passion, according to a new book by Markus Prior, a professor of politics and public affairs at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. As people take a greater interest in…
Hooked, by Markus Prior, book cover
Keith Wailoo
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January 24, 2022
“Pushing Cool” by Wailoo Named a Finalist for 2021-22 Book Prize by the Association for the Study of African American Life and History
“Pushing Cool: Big Tobacco, Racial Marketing, and the Untold Story of the Menthol Cigarette,” a book written by Henry Putnam University Professor of History and Public Affairs Keith Wailoo has been announced as a 2022 Book Prize finalist, on behalf of the 2021-2022 Association for the Study of African American Life and History …
Keith Wailoo