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Fernando Pernas, MPA '24

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#PolicyProfile: Fernando Pernas, MPA '24

My great-grandmother was one of the first female candidates for vice president in Latin America and navigated the perilous waters of politics and activism during a time of brutal political oppression. Driven by a deep-seated commitment to justice, free speech, and democratic principles, she consistently chose to do what she…

Fernando Pernas, MPA '24

Students participating in LISD student-led simulation of Veto Initiative resolution

Student Simulation Showcases How U.N. Veto Initiative Can Increase Transparency and Accountability

Princeton SPIA’s Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination (LISD) hosted diplomats, University faculty, and undergraduates for its second student-led simulation exploring the future of a more accountable and more transparent United Nations.Charges of insufficient global representation, particularly of the Global South, have…

Students participating in LISD student-led simulation of Veto Initiative resolution

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Redefining Reproductive Rights: Insights from a Critical Roundtable Discussion

Since the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, reproductive justice and the long-term ramifications of the result have been hotly contested issues. On Monday, March 25, the Princeton community gathered to hear academic, legal, medical, and policy leaders discuss the…

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Celebrating Nowruz with SPIA community in front of Robertson Hall

Celebrating Nowruz and Welcoming Spring

On a beautiful sunny day, with Princeton SPIA’s Afghanistan Policy Lab (APL), members of the Princeton community at SPIA gathered to celebrate Nowruz outside of Robertson Hall. The splashing sound of water from the fountain of freedom, accompanied by Afghan traditional music, further glorified the celebration.Organized by APL…

Celebrating Nowruz with SPIA community in front of Robertson Hall

Marcus Prior - 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow

Princeton SPIA’s Markus Prior Named Andrew Carnegie Fellow

In the latter years of Andrew Carnegie’s life, the industrialist turned to philanthropy, sharing his wealth to further social and educational endeavors. In turn, the Carnegie Corporation of New York established a fellows program in honor of its namesake in 2015 to provide charitable support to scholars and writers for…

Marcus Prior - 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow

Ria Hanson

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#PolicyProfile: Ria Hanson, MPA ’24

“After graduating from Williams College with a degree in economics, I spent three summers commercial fishing in the Shelikof Strait off the western coast of Kodiak Island in Alaska. These were some of the worst fishing years that area had seen. We had weeks where we would watch huge runs of salmon swim right through our nets…

Ria Hanson

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Princeton SPIA’s Tessa Desmond Spearheads Effort to Preserve Agricultural Wisdom for Future Generations

Project aims to preserve farming practices of Black and Indigenous people in danger of disappearingOne day last fall in North Carolina, Tessa Lowinske Desmond, a research specialist at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, stood silently alongside a man named Levi Grisset Sr. She held recording equipment and…

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Princeton SPIA’s Rouse, Goldman Elected to National Academy of Sciences

Two faculty members of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs have been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences. Cecilia Elena Rouse, the Lawrence and Shirley Katzman and Lewis and Anna Ernst…

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Ananya Agustin Malhotra

Princeton SPIA Alum, Ananya Agustin Malhotra, Awarded Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship

Recent Princeton graduates Yuno Iwasaki, Class of 2023, and Ananya Agustin Malhotra, Class of 2020, were named recipients of the 2024 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, a merit-based graduate school program for immigrants and children of immigrants.Soros fellows receive funding to support their graduate studies…

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Princeton SPIA Extends International Focus with New Program on Current Affairs in Europe

A new project in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) aims to feature SPIA faculty’s important scholarship, teaching, and programming on present-day political issues in Europe.The School’s Initiatives on Contemporary European Affairs (ICEA) was established by SPIA faculty members Rafaela Dancygier,…

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