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overdeck
Mar 16, 2021
Princeton Researchers Awarded Funding for Cross-Disciplinary Education Research Projects
Researchers based at Princeton University will receive funding from the Overdeck Innovation Fund to work on innovative, cross…
Chris Neilson
Mar 12, 2021
Neilson Named 2021 Sloan Research Fellow
Christopher Neilson is one of 128 early-career scholars to be awarded a fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, which honors “the most…
rouse
Mar 03, 2021
Dean Rouse Confirmed by U.S. Senate as Chair of Economic Advisers
Cecilia Elena Rouse​, former dean of the ​Princeton School of Public and International Affairs​ (SPIA)​, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as chair of…
Amy Jeon. Photo by Denise Applewhite, Office of Communications.
Feb 15, 2021
Amy Jeon ’21 Named Cowinner of Pyne Prize
Princeton University seniors Paige Allen, Amy Jeon and James Packman have been named co-winners of the 2021 Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize, the…
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Jan 25, 2021
SPIA Seeks Summer Interns
The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs is seeking three interns for summer 2021: an editorial assistant/staff writer, a…
SINSI Cohorts 2021
Jan 20, 2021
Princeton Students to Support Federal Government as 2021 Scholars in the Nation’s Service
One dozen students at Princeton University have been selected to join the Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative (SINSI), which funds…
Robertson Hall and Scudder Plaza
Jan 07, 2021
Dean's Dialogue
An inside look at the School’s work on important campus initiatives by our Acting Dean Mark Watson.
Brent Henry
Dec 01, 2020
Brent L. Henry '69
Improving health care, especially for the disadvantaged, has long been the focus of Brent L. Henry ’69’s career. From the corporate world to the…
book covers for Deaths of Despair and Burning Down the House
Nov 20, 2020
Faculty Books Named to “100 Notable Books of 2020” by The New York Times
Books penned by Princeton School of Public and International Affairs faculty Anne C. Case and Sir Angus Deaton as well as Julian E. Zelizer were…
Alexander Glaser
Sep 28, 2020
Glaser Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society
Professor Alexander Glaser, a physicist by training, has been elected a fellow of the American Physical Society “for major contributions to advancing…
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Sep 23, 2020
Q&A: The Passing of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
                This week, many mourn the loss of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an advocate and…
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Sep 21, 2020
Middle-Aged Americans Report More Pain Than the Elderly
As people age, they tend to report more acute or chronic pain — a common sign of getting older. Yet, in the United States, middle-aged adults are…
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Sep 21, 2020
Mental Illness Treatment Varies Widely Among American Adolescents Within and Across ZIP Codes
Children are struggling with mental health issues more now than perhaps ever before, though the treatment available — therapy, drugs, or both —…
graphic for Overdeck Family Foundation
Sep 08, 2020
Funding Available for Innovative Education Projects and Programs
A fund offered through Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs will support creative, interdisciplinary research projects…
Leonard W.
Aug 24, 2020
Wantchekon Spearheads Efforts to Create A Pipeline for Black Students in Economics
  Leonard Wantchekon will co-lead a partnership between Hunter College and the African School of Economics (ASE) to address the…