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News May 29, 2026 Princeton SPIA Hooding Ceremony and Class Day Emphasize Service, Community At the Class of 2026 Master’s Hooding and Awards Ceremony, held Monday in McCarter Theatre, Amaney Jamal, dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, cited former President Barack Obama’s observation that service “embodies our sense of shared values and reflects our drive to serve a cause beyond our own” and praised the School’s master’s degree graduates for making “the courageous decision to pursue the public interesting over self-interest.”“In coming to Princeton SPIA to study public affairs and public policy, you rejected the cynicism and nihilism of naysayers,” she said. “Instead, you chose commitment, leadership, and… News May 28, 2026 SPIAccolades — May 2026 Atif Mian and Noreen Goldman have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. The organization, founded in 1780, honors exceptional leaders in academia, the arts, industry, policy, research, and science and has included such members as Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, John F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King, Jr..Mian is the John H. Laporte, Jr. Class of 1967 Professor in Public Policy and Finance, a professor of economics and public affairs, and director of the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance. His research focuses… News May 27, 2026 ‘The Accelerator’ Initiative at SPIA Develops Tools for Studying the Modern Information Environment Data is the bread and butter of academic research. But when it comes to the major digital platforms of the day, where many people are spending the bulk of their time, researchers do not have access to robust, independent tools that help them study or understand the conversations taking place.Enter The Accelerator, an initiative at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs to build public-interest infrastructure that allows researchers to better understand the “information environment” – or the places and platforms where information is exchanged.When that environment was largely analog – with ideas exchanged in newspapers or on… View All SPIA Reacts View All News January 22, 2026 Princeton SPIA Faculty Raise Important Questions About Immigration Enforcement Actions Across U.S. Faculty Provide Analysis on Legality, Unintended Consequences, and Implications of ICE RaidsPRINCETON, NJ – Faculty from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs are raising questions that policymakers and the media should consider as the Trump Administration escalates the deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to cities across the United States. They call into question the constitutionality of immigration enforcement tactics, the global consequences of these actions, and the societal costs. Barbara Buckinx, Research… News January 05, 2026 Princeton SPIA Faculty React to U.S. Capture of Venezuelan President Maduro Faculty Provide Analysis on Legality, International Implications, and Venezuela’s Future PRINCETON, NJ – Following the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by the United States, faculty from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs are sharing expert perspectives to provide context and clarity on the potential implications for Venezuela and Latin America, the effects on oil prices and global energy markets, questions of legality and use of executive power, as well as broader signals for containing adversaries such as China, Iran, and North Korea. Implications for Venezuela and Latin America … News December 10, 2025 Princeton SPIA Faculty Share Expert Perspectives on Caribbean Boat Strikes PRINCETON, NJ – Following recent reports of boat strikes in the Caribbean involving the United States, faculty from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (Princeton SPIA) are sharing expert perspectives to provide context and clarity, and potential implications of the situation. Eduardo Bhatia, John L. Weinberg/Goldman Sachs & Co. Visiting Professor and Visiting Lecturer in Public and International Affairs:"Recent Caribbean boat strikes continue to make headlines, and my policy and legal conclusion is unequivocal: these interventions are illegal. They violate established maritime law requiring interdiction… View All Research Records View All May 13, 2026 The Impact of Government-Controlled Media on LLMs News, Research Briefs Apr 28, 2026 The Latino Health Experience: Past and Future News, Research Briefs Apr 16, 2026 Renewed Interest in People’s Responses to Nuclear Weapons News, Research Briefs Apr 07, 2026 Determining Why Benefits for Women Go Unused News, Research Briefs Mar 17, 2026 Insecurity and Business Displacement in Afghanistan News, Research Briefs Feb 17, 2026 Inside Immigration Court News, Research Briefs View All Newsmakers See more Financial Times June 5, 2026 Is Donald Trump’s aura of invincibility fading? Quoted: Julian E. Zelizer Direct Message News June 5, 2026 The lower-middle class isn’t bad with money — they’re paying a tax the wealthy never see, just for living close enough to want what they can’t quite reach Cited: Eldar Shafir The Christian Science Monitor June 5, 2026 In Trump’s second term, financial gain has become a defining feature Quoted: Julian E. Zelizer Policy Profiles View all Community Profile April 27, 2026 #PolicyProfile: Thomas Emens, MPA ’29 “As mayor of Jamesburg, NJ, I wake up every day thinking about how to make my hometown stronger. I was born and raised here, a small, blue-collar community without wealthy donors or endless resources—just hardworking people who care deeply about where they live. Public service, to me, isn’t politics. It’s about showing up, listening, and getting things done. I was elected to the Borough Council during my first semester as a transfer student at Princeton. A year later, I became Council President, and in 2024, after our mayor resigned, I stepped in as Acting Mayor while finishing my senior thesis. Today, I’m serving a two-year mayoral term focused on… Community Profile April 15, 2026 #PolicyProfile: Cassandra Azumah, MPA ’27 “Being from Ghana, my path to public policy has been shaped by working across countries, sectors, and institutions — and seeing firsthand what it takes to turn good ideas into lasting change. After graduating from the London School of Economics, I spent a year and a half at the South Centre in Geneva, exploring how countries in the Global South can learn from one another’s development experiences. From there, I moved to Senegal, where I worked with IDinsight on monitoring, evaluation, and learning strategies for education and health programs. I later returned to Ghana to support the Ministry of Education through Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA),… Community Profile March 27, 2026 #PolicyProfile: Nudhara Yusuf, MPA ’27 "I grew up between places and histories. My parents raised me in the United Kingdom and India. Growing up hearing stories about my grandfather, a political activist who lost his life advocating for the right to speak against injustice, inspires who I am as a person. When I got to university, I had this self-realization that the spaces where I felt most energized were those focused on politics and civic engagement. That path eventually led me to consult with the United Nations Development Program, which launched my career path. Being inside the U.N. showed me its importance and limitations. I became interested in how global institutions can evolve to… View all Share Your News! Do you have news to submit? Please fill out a brief form. 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