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Life Expectancy Drops for Native Americans Due to COVID-19 article graphic
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October 26, 2023
SPIA Faculty Study Pandemic’s Impact on Asian American Health, Long Covid
As COVID-19 remains a threat to public health, faculty members from the School of Public and International Affairs have continued research efforts to determine how the virus has left a lasting impact on individuals and populations worldwide.Noreen Goldman, the Hughes-Rogers Professor of Demography and Public Affairs, examined…
Life Expectancy Drops for Native Americans Due to COVID-19 article graphic
Fall 2023 Policy Workshop participants
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October 25, 2023
Policy Workshops Send MPA2 Students Around the World for Fall Break Immersions
The School’s second-year MPA students traveled around the world during last week’s fall break as part of their Policy Workshops.The MPA2s, as they are known, ventured to the American Southwest, Puerto Rico, New York, Asia, and Africa for six of this semester’s seven Policy Workshops. A trip to Guatemala had to be canceled due…
Fall 2023 Policy Workshop participants
Offshore wind farm (stock.adobe.com)
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October 25, 2023
SPIA Doctoral Student Among Four Chosen for N.J. Wind Institute Fellowship
The Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment has selected four graduate students from across Princeton to participate in the 2023-2024 New Jersey Wind Institute Fellowship.The selected fellows will carry out research projects to tackle timely challenges facing the growing offshore wind industry, from characterizing winds…
Offshore wind farm (stock.adobe.com)
Yellow-breasted Bunting bird. Photo by Zhikai Liao.
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October 25, 2023
New Study Identifies Illegal Hunting as a Threat to China’s Wildlife and Global Public Health
Illegal hunting and trading of wildlife in China is becoming a significant threat to biodiversity and public health, according to a new paper by a team of researchers that includes two scholars from the School of Public and International Affairs. It is the first comprehensive assessment of this issue for China. …
Yellow-breasted Bunting bird. Photo by Zhikai Liao.
Cindy Huang
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October 24, 2023
SPIA Advisory Council Co-Chair Cindy Huang MPA ’02 Named USAID Policy Director
Throughout a career that has seen her serve in the State Department during the Obama administration, manage billions to advance inclusive development around the world, and, most recently, direct the Office of Refugee Resettlement at the Department of Health and Human Services, Cindy Huang MPA ’02 is ready for a new challenge…
Cindy Huang
Students in front of the United Nations in Geneva
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October 20, 2023
Policy Advocacy Clinic Team Formally Submits Report to U.N. Human Rights Committee
Two months after traveling to Geneva, Switzerland, to present before the United Nations Human Rights Committee (CCPR) regarding U.S. compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), a Princeton Policy Advocacy Clinic team joined the American Civil Liberties Union in formally submitting their…
Students in front of the United Nations in Geneva
Sergio Rodriguez Camarena, MPA ’24
Community Profile, Policy Profile
October 16, 2023
#PolicyProfile: Sergio Rodriguez Camarena, MPA ’24
“I grew up undocumented in the U.S. for nearly 20 years, which informed how I navigated the world and the spaces I could occupy. When I was growing up, higher education was inaccessible for many undocumented students like me. Public universities in California categorized undocumented students as international students and…
Sergio Rodriguez Camarena, MPA ’24
Israel Gaza war graphic
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October 09, 2023
SPIA Reacts: Crisis in the Middle East
Wolfgang Danspeckgruber, the founding director of SPIA’s Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination, has been teaching on issues of state, self-determination, diplomacy, and crisis diplomacy at Princeton since 1988.The violent death and destruction wrought through the Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel – including kidnappings…
Israel Gaza war graphic
Naima Green-Riley
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October 06, 2023
Research Reveals Persistent Racial Gap in Americans’ Support of War
When asked in surveys, Black Americans consistently expressed less support for the Iraq War than their white counterparts, even when controlling for demographic variables, according to new research co-authored by Naima Green-Riley, an assistant professor of politics and international affairs at the Princeton School of Public…
Naima Green-Riley
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October 05, 2023
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 and programs addressing important issues in education. Now in its sixth year, Overdeck Education Innovation Fund will award small grants of up to $10,000 for multiple innovative…