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WWS Reacts: Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act Subsidies

On June 25, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a key provision of the Affordable Care Act, or ACA, keeping health insurance coverage within reach for…

Who's Who at the Woo: Graduate Admissions Office

Every fall, applicants to Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School graduate programs make final edits to their policy memos, double-check GRE score…

USG President Ella Cheng ’16 Finds Success Outside the Comfort Zone

Rising senior Ella Cheng ’16 made a splash last fall when she was elected Princeton University’s first woman president of the Undergraduate Student…

After the Deal: Partnerships with Iran Could Reduce Long-Term Nuclear Risks

Within the next two weeks, or soon after, the United States and five world powers hope to finalize a nuclear deal with Iran to limit its nuclear…

WWS Reacts: Who is Most Affected by the Texas Abortion Law?

UPDATE: As of June 29, the Supreme Court is refusing to allow Texas to enforce these restrictions. The order will likely remain in effect until fall…

WWS Reacts: How to Fight MERS

Since mid-May, Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) has infected 150 and killed 16 people in South Korea. Now, after months of quarantine,…

Video Chat Focuses on Emergency Preparedness vs. Sustainability in Ebola Relief Efforts

Carolyn Rouse, a professor of anthropology at Princeton University, and Kimberly Bonner '08, MPA '12, participated in a live video chat on…

"Gold-Standard" Clinical Trials Fail to Capture How Personal Behavior Changes Influence Treatment

Double-blind clinical trials for new drugs are considered the "gold standard" of medical research because they're designed to determine the efficacy…

WWS Reacts: The Freedom Act Passed. Now What?

Unable to reach a deal, Senate leaders let three provisions of the Patriot Act expire on May 31. Two days later, the Senate voted to pass the…

Students on Cybersecurity Task Force Weigh Policy Options

"Cybersecurity" has been in the American lexicon for decades. The U.S. has typically taken a defensive approach to cyberwarfare, responding to…

Kotkin Crafts Comprehensive Portrait of Stalin's Place in the World

The first course historian Stephen Kotkin taught as a member of Princeton University's faculty, "Seminar in the History of Soviet Russia," met for…

Hypersegregated Cities Face Tough Road to Change

Baltimore, Maryland, and Ferguson, Missouri, share more than being the sites of racial strife over the past year. Both are part of metropolitan areas…

Students Examine How Ongoing Conflicts Influence Diplomacy Techniques

On April 27, the “Diplomacy and Chronic Conflicts” undergraduate policy task force presented its research and recommendations at the United Nations…

Snowden Participates in Live, Online Discussion at Princeton

On May 2, more than 350 people gathered at the Friend Center at Princeton University to watch a live discussion between and journalist Barton Gellman…

Felten Joins White House as Deputy Chief Technology Officer

Edward Felten, a Princeton University computer scientist who is a leading expert on computer security, has been named U.S. Deputy Chief Technology…

Video Chat Highlights Ebola Response, Lessons Learned

Raphael Frankfurter, a 2013 Princeton graduate and executive director of the nonprofit group Wellbody Alliance, participated in a live video chat…

A Deadly Shadow: Measles May Weaken Immune System Up to Three Years

The measles virus can cause serious disease in children by temporarily suppressing their immune systems. This vulnerability was previously thought to…

WooCast: The History of Plagues

Epidemics. Throughout history, they have obliterated populations and shattered economies. Crippling the public with fear, epidemics have disrupted…

Gift Establishes Kahneman and Treisman Center for Behavioral Science and Public Policy at Princeton

A $10 million gift will create the Daniel Kahneman and Anne Treisman Center for Behavioral Science and Public Policy at Princeton, enabling the…

Creating a Network of "Builders"

"Making government work."On the surface, the phrase seems simple. For a government to run efficiently, it needs to take the right steps — a strategic…

Deaton Elected to National Academy of Sciences

Angus Deaton, the Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of International Affairs and a professor of economics and international affairs, has been elected a…

Class Snapshot: 'Ebola in 2014: The Science, Society and Politics of a Modern Epidemic'

Class: "Ebola in 2014: The Science, Society and Politics of a Modern Epidemic" Description: This course, offered primarily to juniors and…

The senior thesis of Princeton student Hanna Kim examines the civil society response to earthquakes in China and Japan over the last decade. Kim is a major in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs who is interested in pursuing a career in U.S.-East Asia relations.

Breaking Ground in East Asian Earthquake Disaster Relief

In 2008, a magnitude-7.9 earthquake struck China's Sichuan province, leaving more than 87,000 people dead or missing, and millions homeless.

The senior thesis of Princeton student Hanna Kim examines the civil society response to earthquakes in China and Japan over the last decade. Kim is a major in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs who is interested in pursuing a career in U.S.-East Asia relations.

WWS Reacts: Iran and the Path to a Nuclear Agreement

A preliminary agreement to limit Iran's nuclear program was reached April 2 by Iran and six world powers: the five permanent members of the U.N…

Alumna Kate Grant Gives a Voice to the World’s Poorest Women

Fatima went into labor with her first child at the age of 16. As is custom in her nomadic community in western Sudan, she planned to deliver the baby…