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Mellody Hobson ’91

Mellody Hobson ’91

Shortly after graduating from Princeton University, Mellody Hobson ’91 joined Ariel Investments as an intern. Today, she serves as the…

Melissa Lee

WWS Reacts: How Developing Countries Might Grapple with Covid-19

Covid-19 is present in rich and poorer countries alike, but the looming crisis in developing countries — where dense, vulnerable…

Kathryn Edin

Universal Childhood Allowance Could Reduce Childhood Poverty, Edin Testifies

Today, about 15 million children in the United States live in families with incomes below the federal poverty threshold. This is why…

WWS Reacts: Trump’s Border Wall, DACA and "Chain Migration"

So-called “chain migration” is in the news again as House Republicans try to introduce a government funding bill that includes $5 billion…

In India, Subtle Corruption Robs Villagers of Roads

Examining a major road-building program in India, researchers at Princeton University and the Paris School of Economics used an…

Currie Wins Carolyn Shaw Bell Award

WooCast: Behind the Scenes of the Princeton-Fung Global Forum

Resolving epidemics like the Ebola crisis requires a multidisciplinary approach –involving not only public health and medical knowledge…

Economist Currie Investigates the Building Blocks of Children's Success

Trained as a labor economist at Princeton, Janet Currie wrote her dissertation on strikes and arbitration.

Class Snapshot: “Preschool, Primary and Secondary Education in South Africa”

Class: “Preschool, Primary and Secondary Education in South Africa”Location: Cape Town, South Africa

From Crisis to Progress

Half of the 220,000 people killed in the Syrian civil war have been civilians. Untargeted barrel bombings have crumbled cities and…

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…

Preventing and Treating Causes of Child Abuse and Neglect – Not Foster Care Placement – May Improve Safety and Wellbeing, New Brookings-Princeton Paper Finds

Each year, an estimated 680,000 children are reported as victims of parental abuse and neglect in the U.S.

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 —…

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…

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…

Alumni Join Ebola Intervention in West Africa

Ebola is difficult to contract. The disease is not airborne like influenza or Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) – a healthy person…

International Panel to Address Building Better Societies in Today's World

Is there hope for building better societies? A new panel is gathering hundreds of global experts to find out.

Maternal Health in India Much Worse than Previously Thought

More than 40 percent of women in India are underweight when they begin pregnancy, according to a new study published by Princeton…

Sub-Saharan Africans Rate Their Health and Health Care Among the Lowest in the World

Sub-Saharan Africans rate their health and health-care systems among the lowest in the world, according to a new report published by…

Faculty to Attend World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland

Faculty from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs are traveling to Davos, Switzerland, this…

Making Government Work in Hard Places

What does it take to build a better government? Are there ways to overcome some of the difficult obstacles reform leaders often face…