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Keith Wailoo

“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…

Layna Mosley

Mosley to Serve as Co-Editor-in-Chief of International Organization

Political scientist Layna Mosley joins Brett Ashley Leeds of Rice University to serve as co-editor-in-chief of International Organization (IO), a…

Sara McLanahan

Sara McLanahan, ‘Towering Figure’ in the Study of Family Structure and Inequality, Dies at 81

Sara McLanahan, a prominent sociologist whose work played a foundational role in the understanding of single parents and their children, died of…

Sebastien

Philippe Nominated For 2021 ‘Arms Control Person of the Year’

Sébastien Philippe, associate research scholar in the Program on Science and Global Security (SGS) at the Princeton School of Public and…

Zia Mian

Zia Mian Appointed to UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters

Zia Mian, a physicist and co-director of Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security (SGS), has been appointed to the U.N…

SINSI Summer 2022 Cohort

Princeton Students Named Scholars in the Nation’s Service During Initiative’s 15th Year

Fourteen students at Princeton University have been selected to join the Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative (SINSI), which funds graduate…

John Ikenberry

Book by G. John Ikenberry Named Among ‘Best of the Year’ by Foreign Affairs

A book written by international relations theorist G. John Ikenberry has been named among Foreign Affairs’ “Best of the Year.” It was also a finalist…

End of World

Virtual Reality Project on Nuclear Threats to Premiere at Sundance Film Festival

A virtual reality project executive produced by researchers at Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security (SGS) and Games for…

Miji Bell

Miji Bell Named Associate Dean for Public Affairs and Communications at SPIA

Miji Bell, a seasoned communications leader, is joining the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) as associate dean for public…

Harold James

Book by Harold James Named to Financial Times’ Best Books of 2021: Politics List

A book authored by historian Harold James has been named to the Financial Times’ Best Books of 2021: Politics list. "The War of Words: A Glossary of…

Wendy Kopp, Photo by Xanthe Elbrick

Teach For All Co-founder and CEO Wendy Kopp Named Baccalaureate Speaker

Princeton alumna Wendy Kopp, founder of Teach For America and co-founder and CEO of Teach For All, has been selected as the speaker for the…

SPIA alum

Two Alumnae Receive 2021 U.S. Clean Energy Education and Empowerment Award

Meghan Nutting MPA ’08 and Steph Speirs MPA ’14 were recognized by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for their outstanding leadership and…

Photo credit: Julian Zelizer published a biography on Jewish Icon Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. (Photo courtesy of Park Avenue Synagogue)

Julian Zelizer Publishes Biography on Jewish Icon Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel

Professor Julian E. Zelizer, a devout member of the Jewish community, published a new biography, “Abraham Joshua Heschel: A Life of Radical Amazement…

Zia Mian

Zia Mian Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society

Zia Mian, a physicist and co-director of the Program on Science and Global Security (SGS), has been elected a fellow of the American Physical Society…

Felten

Felten Advocates for Enhanced Data Security Before the U.S. Senate

On Oct. 6, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a hearing to discuss consumer privacy and data security. Edward…