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New Documentary Calls for ‘Creative Resolve’ to Solve Public Health Problems

Some of public health’s most daunting problems were solved only through sustained, collaborative global efforts. From collaborative efforts between the United States and the Soviet Union to eradicate smallpox at the height of the Cold War to international pressure to produce less expensive, generic antiretroviral medicines to…

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Jake Shapiro

News, Research Briefs

Determining Why Benefits for Women Go Unused

Princeton SPIA’s Research Record series highlights the vast scholarly achievements of our faculty members, whose expertise extends beyond the classroom and into everyday life.If you’d like your work considered for future editions of Research Record, click here and select “research project.”

Jake Shapiro

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Career Building at the United Nations: An Interactive Session with Students on Exploring Career Opportunities

The event “Career Building at the United Nations,” co-organized by the Afghanistan Policy Lab at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and Princeton University’s Center for Career Development, featured a practical and candid conversation with students interested in pursuing careers at the United Nations and…

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Layna Mosley

Behind the Headline: Tariff Policies Disrupt Global Order

The global economy is reeling from a series of shocks, including the wars in the Middle East and ongoing tariff negotiations between the U.S. and its trading partners. Layna Mosley, a professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs, explains the impact of…

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Wendy Kopp ’89

A Dorm Room Dream Turns into Reality for Wendy Kopp ’89

It’s the spring of 1989 at Princeton University, and inside her Patton Hall dorm room, Wendy Kopp ’89 is putting the finishing touches on a senior thesis that would guide her career for the next 40 years.Increasingly concerned about educational equity during her time as an undergrad student at the Princeton School of Public and…

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For These Princeton SPIA Alumni, Higher Education Has Been a Higher Calling

In the days before barcodes and scanners, Princeton librarians kept track of who checked out a particular book by using readers’ university ID cards to imprint their names on a card accompanying the book. The card was then returned to the book when it was checked back in.As a junior at the Princeton School of Public and…

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Amelia Frank-Vitale

News, Research Briefs

February 17, 2026

Inside Immigration Court

Princeton SPIA’s Research Record series highlights the vast scholarly achievements of our faculty members, whose expertise extends beyond the classroom and into everyday life.If you’d like your work considered for future editions of Research Record, click here and select “research project.”

Amelia Frank-Vitale

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February 16, 2026

The Taliban Legal System and the 2026 Criminal Procedural Regulations

When the Taliban resumed power in Afghanistan in August 2021, a central question emerged among Afghans and the international community: How would the Taliban govern the country? What form of governance and legal system would they establish? In the initial days following their takeover, Taliban officials declared that they would…

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January 26, 2026

Undergraduate Kyler Zhou Shares a Morally Ambitious Message Through New Campus Initiative

Kyler Zhou’s evening commute home began with the same expectations it does each day — a little bit of traffic and a good podcast. However, what caught him by surprise on this particular June trip was that by the end of the 40-minute journey, his worldview would change, and he had to share it with the Princeton community.Zhou’s…

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January 22, 2026

Even Outside the Classroom, Faculty Educate in Many Ways

Members of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs faculty neither vote on legislative bills nor implement those that are approved and signed into law. They aren’t roaming statehouse corridors or city halls, they don’t disburse grant funding, and their nonprofit work is largely confined to the University.Yet…

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