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Wilson School Hosts 10th Annual Summer Policy Academy for Indigenous Students

This year marks the 10th annual Santa Fe Indian School Leadership Institute’s Summer Policy Academy (SPA), hosted at Princeton University’s Woodrow…

U.S. Nuclear Regulators Greatly Underestimate Potential for Nuclear Disaster

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) relied on faulty analysis to justify its refusal to adopt a critical measure for protecting Americans…

Social and Emotional Learning Essential for Children’s Educational Success

The Trump administration hopes to slash $10.6 billion from current education initiatives, channeling part of the money to expanding charter schools…

'A Bee, a Tree, What’s In It For Me?' Class Examines Environmental Policy

On a morning in March, Professor Michael Oppenheimer pointed to a photograph he took while flying over the North Pole.

Current Climate Change Measurements Mask Trade-Offs Necessary for Policy Debates

Scientists and policymakers use measurements like global warming potential to compare how varying greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide and methane,…

Synthetic Gas Would Cut Air Pollution but Worsen Climate Damage in China

Severe air pollution has plagued China's industrial regions in recent decades, a situation that has received worldwide attention thanks to photos of…

Princeton Faculty Awarded Funding for Innovative Education Research Projects

Six faculty members at Princeton University will receive funding to work on innovative, cross-disciplinary education research projects over the…

Baldwin Wins Student Paper Award from American Meteorological Society’s Board on Environment and Health

Jane Baldwin, a Ph.D. candidate in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at Princeton University, has received a top student paper award from the American…

Conference Organized by Neilson Focuses on Education in the Dominican Republic

A recent conference, “Human Development in the Dominican Republic,” brought together policymakers from the Dominican Republic’s government and…

Buchanan Wins Outstanding Student Paper Award from American Geophysical Union

Maya Buchanan, a Ph.D. candidate at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs concentrating in in Science,…

Service Auction Raises More Than $16,000 for Charity Benefiting Trenton Youth

Before departing for winter break, Woodrow Wilson School students hosted the School’s annual signature event: a service auction benefitting Isles…

The Fire Through the Smoke: Working for Transparency in Climate Projections

The government of a low-lying island nation is considering the construction of a seawall to protect its capital and economic hub from the rising seas…

Climate Policy Simulator Forces Users to Confront Ethics and Science Behind Policy Choices

Responding to the challenges of climate change depends both on scientific assessment as well as value judgments by citizens, academics and…

Integration Between Pre-K and K-3 Programs Needs to be Strengthened, Princeton-Brookings Journal Finds

High-quality pre-K programs can indeed play an important role in improving later outcomes for children, particularly for children from more…

American Workers Prefer Set Work Schedules, But Would Take Wage Cuts to Work from Home

Affordable child care and flexible work schedules have all been topics of debates in the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign.Yet, according to a new…

Dean Rouse Featured in “America’s Course on Poverty”

A new online course focused on poverty and inequality in the United States will launch Oct. 11 and run until Dec. 15, 2016.

The Next Four Years: The Environment and Climate Change

Issues related to the environment and climate change will demand the new president's attention soon after he or she takes office Jan. 20 and…

Seeing the Forest for the Trees: World's Largest Reforestation Program Overlooks Wildlife

After years of environmental destruction, China has spent billions of dollars on the world's largest reforestation program, converting a combined…

Neilson Ushers Peruvian Education Policy Laboratory

Professor Christopher Neilson is passionate about ensuring that government policy — in particular education policy — is founded on theory and…

Household Fuels Exceed Power Plants and Cars as Source of Smog in Beijing

Beijing and surrounding areas of China often suffer from choking smog. The Chinese government has made commitments to improve air quality and has…

Wilson School Hosts Summer Policy Academy for Students from Pueblo and Navajo Nations

Eighteen high school students from 16 Pueblo Nations in New Mexico and two students from the Navajo Nation in Arizona are visiting the Woodrow Wilson…

As Global Temperatures Rise, Children Must Be Central to Climate Change Debates

Forecasts suggest that by 2050, the world could see 200 million environmental migrants, many of whom would be children. For this reason and others,…

SINSI Spotlight: Wildlife Conservation on the Ground

For Alexandra Kasdin ’14, MPA ’18, a passion for wildlife conservation began when she was eight years old. Inspired by her first grade teacher—who…

Graduate Students Tackle Climate Change

The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference led to a historic agreement, in which 195 nations promised to reduce future greenhouse gas…

Q&A: Eileen Claussen and Being a Woman in STEM

Women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) occupations remain significantly underrepresented. While the percentages have…