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September 25, 2025
Leadership Lessons: Training Tomorrow’s Policymakers
Ali Nouri’s resume includes leadership roles in the White House, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Senate, the United Nations, and the Federation of American Scientists. Kerry Healey is a former lieutenant governor of Massachusetts, a president emerita of Babson College, the executive chair of the Forward Party, and a co…
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September 18, 2025
Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Advises Princeton Students to Work Hard for Their Passions
“When you’re trying to figure out what you want to do with your life, the key question is, ‘What am I willing to work for?’” Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson advised students on her first-ever visit to Princeton University on Sep. 10. “‘What motivates me? What am I passionate about?’ Those are the things that you…
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September 15, 2025
Three Decades of Medicaid Estate Recovery
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.”
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September 12, 2025
Princeton SPIA Continues Run of Accomplished Incoming Classes
After exceptionally high numbers of applications to its three graduate programs, including record highs for the Master in Public Policy and Ph.D. programs, the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs has welcomed 85 new grad students for the 2025-26 academic year.The new cohort comprises eight doctoral students, 20…
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September 09, 2025
Undergraduate Students Conduct Death Penalty Research for U.N. in Landmark Geneva Course
A longstanding and distinctive feature of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs’ undergraduate program is the Policy Task Force, an experiential junior-year requirement that lets students work directly on a timely public policy issue and propose their recommendations to government officials and policy…
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September 05, 2025
SPIAction Newsletter — September 2025
Dear Princeton SPIA community,As we begin a new academic year, the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs continues to support our students and alumni in this time of transition. Effective policymaking requires vision and adaptability, and the School has put these skills to good use to assist our most important…
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Kate Grant, Martin Eakes, Nick Grono
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September 05, 2025
Industry Insiders: Princeton SPIA Alumni in Non-Governmental Organizations
For more than 90 years, alumni from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (Princeton SPIA) have had meaningful careers in a multitude of industries, perhaps none more so than the federal government. But as government cuts reduce opportunities for a new group of civil servants, Princeton SPIA alumni have…
Kate Grant, Martin Eakes, Nick Grono
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September 04, 2025
New Fall Courses Reflect Changing Public Service Landscape
The start of the school year often means changes abound: New students are learning to navigate campus, recently hired faculty members are settling into their offices, and courses are being taught for the first time.This fall, as the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs responds to the profound changes disrupting…
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August 28, 2025
SPIAccolades — August 2025
The United Nations Secretary-General announced that Sébastien Philippe of the Program on Science and Global Security has been appointed as one of the members of the UN Independent Scientific Panel on Effects of Nuclear War.The panel was established by a December 2024 General Assembly resolution, “Nuclear War Effects and…
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August 26, 2025
Despite Challenges, 100% of Princeton SPIA’s MPA Cohort Secures Summer Internships
Summer trips to Japan, Thailand, and the United Kingdom sound like the perfect getaway for weary college students. But for Master in Public Affairs candidates from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (Princeton SPIA), these trips were business-first.Between the first and second years of study, all MPA…
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