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The Latino Health Experience: Past and Future

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.”

Noreen Goldman

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Outside the Classroom, Princeton SPIA Faculty Contribute to a Stronger New Jersey

When the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs launched its SPIA in New Jersey initiative in 2023, Dean Amaney Jamal said she was proud “to launch a research-based program that seeks to advance the wellbeing of my fellow Garden State residents.”Princeton SPIA faculty have taken that charge to heart, participating…

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Eric Tate

Eric Tate Awarded €2.5 Million ERC Synergy Grant for Research on Flooding and Social Vulnerability

As climate change increases rainfall intensity and urbanization patterns divert more water into rivers, damage to local communities has intensified. The result has left a group of researchers to question whether and when people will reach a point at which their repeated efforts to invest in flood adaptation are no longer worth…

Eric Tate

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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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Maen Mahfoud

This Social Entrepreneur Wants Americans to Waste Less Food

Every day before lunch, as a boy growing up in Syria, Maen Mahfoud and his brother would ride their bicycles around the neighborhood to deliver meals to relatives and neighbors who were sick or out working. Hungry and exhausted by the midday heat, they resented the task.“It was annoying, but we had to do it every day. Sharing…

Maen Mahfoud

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January 13, 2026

AI, Policy, and the Future of Care Take Center Stage at Healthcare Summit

Even for an industry constantly in flux, these are trying times in healthcare. An estimated 22 million Americans faced having their health premiums more than double at the end of last year, per KFF, and Medicaid will see nearly $1 trillion in cuts over the next decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office.These policy…

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Bing Lin ’16, Ph.D. ’21

January 07, 2026

This SPIA Alum is a ‘Bright Spot’ on the International Storytelling Stage

As an undergraduate student studying ecology and evolutionary biology at Princeton University, Bing Lin ’16, Ph.D. ’21 traveled to Honduras for field work that saw him work on two coral reef patches that, despite their proximity, featured completely different fish and coral compositions. Investigating this juxtaposition was a…

Bing Lin ’16, Ph.D. ’21

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December 18, 2025

Policy Reform in Afghanistan A Student-led Discussion with APL Affiliate - Abdullah Azizi

On November 13, the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs’ Afghanistan Policy Lab and the School’s SPIA Diversity & Inclusion Team co-hosted a panel discussion on the topic “Reform and Government Effectiveness in Afghanistan.” Princeton SPIA students Heather Mercer MPP ’26, Valerie Chua MPA ’26, and Mert…

APL Nov. 13 event

Robertson Hall, Princeton University. Photo By Nicole Guglielmo

December 16, 2025

Princeton SPIA Meets the Moment in 2025

For the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, 2025 was a year that required meeting an extraordinary moment.Shortly after President Trump’s inauguration, the new administration initiated significant changes in the federal workforce. For an institution and an alumni base so deeply rooted in public service,…

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Michael Oppenheimer, David Cross, Laurie Anderson, Zia Mian

October 08, 2025

Communicating Science Through Comedy and Music

At a time when fewer than half of Americans see research scientists as good communicators, researchers at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs are sharing their work through collaborations with figures known for connecting with their audiences: musicians and comedians.In September, Zia Mian, a senior…

Michael Oppenheimer, David Cross, Laurie Anderson, Zia Mian