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Podcasts
October 04, 2021
Plant-Based Plastics: An Enemy of Pollution
Pollution is a pervasive global issue that impacts every community. Julia Ilhardt ’21 and Emily Reinhold ’21 tackled this issue in their undergraduate theses and recommend that people who are disproportionately affected by environmental harms — such as low income and communities of color — should have a more prominent role in…
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Arun
Research Briefs
September 30, 2021
Immigration Boosts U.S. Life Expectancy
If immigrants to the United States formed their own country, their pre-COVID-19 life expectancies would exceed or match those of the world’s leaders in longevity — Swiss men and Japanese women. A new study by Princeton University and University of Southern California researchers estimates that immigration adds 1.4 to 1.5 years…
Arun
Haiti
Q&A, Research Briefs
September 29, 2021
SPIA Reacts: Haitians at the Texas Border
Thousands of Haitian migrants flocked to Del Rio, Texas, in recent weeks to attempt border crossing into the U.S. Since then, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Mexico have loaded more than 300 planes with migrants, sending Haitians back to the war-torn country. Labeling the situation as “inhumane,” some are…
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New Partnership Pairs HMEI Interns with C-PREE Researchers
Features
September 08, 2021
Tackling Climate Change’s Most Complex Phenomena
A new partnership between Princeton University’s Center for Policy Research on Energy and the Environment (C-PREE) and the High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI) is pairing students and researchers to work on solutions to today’s most-pressing environmental issues. This past summer, five student interns from HMEI…
New Partnership Pairs HMEI Interns with C-PREE Researchers
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Research Briefs
August 04, 2021
Like China, Japan and the U.S. Continue to Finance Overseas Fossil Fuel Power Technologies
Stepping away from carbon-intensive power systems and investing in renewable technologies is critical to decarbonizing the global power sector and reducing global climate change. But the three countries dominating overseas bilateral finance in the power generation sector — China, Japan, and the United States — continue to fund…
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Jeremy Barnicle MPA ’04
June 10, 2021
#Changemakers: Jeremy Barnicle MPA ’04
For more than two decades, Jeremy Barnicle MPA ’04 has been working at the intersection of policy, philanthropy, and social change. At Mercy Corps, he helped to guide the organization’s global strategy, positioning the nonprofit as one of the most respected humanitarian organizations in the world. Today, he serves as executive…
Jeremy Barnicle MPA ’04
Keeping More Ammonium in Soil Could Decrease Pollution, Boost Crops
Research Briefs
May 25, 2021
Keeping More Ammonium in Soil Could Decrease Pollution, Boost Crops
Modern-day agriculture faces two major dilemmas: how to produce enough food to feed the growing human population and how to minimize environmental damage associated with intensive agriculture. Keeping more nitrogen in soil as ammonium may be one key way to address both challenges, according to a new paper in the Proceedings of…
Keeping More Ammonium in Soil Could Decrease Pollution, Boost Crops
Yasmin
Community Profile, Changemakers, Podcasts
May 13, 2021
Yasmin Elhady MPP ’15
Yasmin Elhady MPP ’15 is an attorney, public policy specialist, and stand-up comedian. She’s performed all over Washington, D.C., including at The Kennedy Center and The DC Improv, and she’s toured nationally and internationally in the United Kingdom. Her alter ego is “Yasguru,” a hyperactive relationship advisor with silly…
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Podcasts
April 21, 2021
Immigration & White Xenophobia in the United States (Doug Massey)
On the campaign trail in 2015, candidate Donald Trump referred to Mexicans as “criminals” and “rapists,” inciting disdain from Hispanics, Latinos, and other racial groups. This rhetoric became a thread throughout not only the campaign but also Trump’s entire presidency, marking a sharp turn from racially coded dog-whistle…
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Marta Tienda
News
April 13, 2021
Tienda to Serve as President of American Academy of Political and Social Science
Marta Tienda, a leading sociologist and immigration expert, will be the next president of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS). She begins her tenure on July 1, 2021. Tienda is the Maurice P. During ’22 Professor of Demographic Studies and professor of sociology and public affairs at the Princeton…
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