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SPIA students at COP28 conference
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December 21, 2023
For COP28 Delegates, an Invaluable Chance to Observe – and Learn
The SPIA students who served as delegates to the world’s primary multilateral decision-making forum on climate change earlier this month described busy days filled with observations of negotiations, meetings with officials from across the globe, and invaluable networking.The 28th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United…
SPIA students at COP28 conference
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December 07, 2023
ESOC Conference Examines Causes and Effects of 1973-74 Oil Embargo
Thirty policy experts and scholars from the United States, Western Europe, and the Middle East met at the SPIA in D.C. space in early November for a conference on the 50th anniversary of OPEC’s 1973-74 oil embargo. The two-day gathering, presented by SPIA’s Empirical Studies of Conflict project, featured discussions and debates…
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December 01, 2023
SPIA Leads Princeton Delegation to U.N. Climate Change Conference
Nearly a dozen faculty, students, and staff from the School of Public and International Affairs are serving as delegates to the United Nations Climate Change Conference, which began this week in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.Known officially as the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on…
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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
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…
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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.
Denise Mauzerall
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September 28, 2023
Mauzerall Named American Geophysical Union Fellow
Denise Mauzerall has joined exclusive company. She is one of 53 individuals this year to have been elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the world’s largest Earth and space sciences association. The distinction is rare — throughout AGU’s history, only 0.1% of members have ever become Fellows. Mauzerall, the…
Denise Mauzerall
Nine Princeton students completed summer internships at the Telethon Kids Institute (TKI) in Perth, Australia.
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September 15, 2023
Princeton Students Impact Global Health
This summer, Princeton University students took on some of the world’s most critical public health challenges – from fighting AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, to curbing antimicrobial resistance and understanding the drivers of climate change. Princeton’s Center for Health and Wellbeing (CHW) sponsored 88 opportunities for…
Nine Princeton students completed summer internships at the Telethon Kids Institute (TKI) in Perth, Australia.
Keith Wailoo and Pushing Cool book cover
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September 08, 2023
Very Cool — Wailoo’s Examination of Menthol Cigarette Advertising Wins Award
From 2008 to 2010, the Truth Initiative, America's largest nonprofit public health organization dedicated to the eradication of tobacco and nicotine use, estimated that almost 94% of young African American adults who smoked did so with menthol cigarettes. The trend is not new — menthol tobacco products have been marketed toward…
Keith Wailoo and Pushing Cool book cover
Seema Jayachandran
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September 06, 2023
Whose CO2 is it Anyway? Seema Jayachandran’s Research Explores Alternate Mitigation Efforts
As CO2 emissions continue to climb globally, Seema Jayachandran, a professor of economics and public affairs and co-director of the Research Program in Development Economics, published research in the Journal of Economic Perspectives about alternate strategies for low- and middle-income countries to reduce climate change. In…
Seema Jayachandran