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Zia Mian

Zia Mian Appointed to UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters

Zia Mian, a physicist and co-director of Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security (SGS), has been appointed to the U…

End of World

Virtual Reality Project on Nuclear Threats to Premiere at Sundance Film Festival

A virtual reality project executive produced by researchers at Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security (SGS) and…

BONUS: What Makes the Senior Thesis So Cool?

The senior thesis requirement is unique to Princeton, providing a memorable opportunity for students to delve into topics of their…

Zia Mian

Zia Mian Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society

Zia Mian, a physicist and co-director of the Program on Science and Global Security (SGS), has been elected a fellow of the American…

Climate Change Creates a “Perfect Storm” for Migration

Climate change and migration are deeply interrelated; extreme climate conditions compound factors like disease, economic insecurity, and…

Felten

Felten Advocates for Enhanced Data Security Before the U.S. Senate

On Oct. 6, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a hearing to discuss consumer privacy and data…

Haiti

SPIA Reacts: Haitians at the Texas Border

Thousands of Haitian migrants flocked to Del Rio, Texas, in recent weeks to attempt border crossing into the U.S. Since then, the…

Rally

Princeton & Mozilla Launch Technology Policy Research Initiative

Data-driven public policy depends on data. And, in the area of technology policy, access to data has been a significant barrier to…

Rob Gordon

Robert L. Gordon III MPA ’89

Using new technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) to improve humanity is at the core of Robert L. Gordon MPA '89's work. As chief…

toxique

Toxique: The Aftermath of French Nuclear Testing in the South Pacific

Between 1966 and 1996, the French government conducted 193 nuclear weapon tests in the islands of the South Pacific. These explosions…

Headshots of the 12 researchers who run the Dear Pandemic platform

“Nerdy Girl” Princeton Alumni Battle Covid-19 “Infodemic”

As new variants of the novel coronavirus emerge and people consider whether to get vaccinated, it can be confusing to know where to turn…

Virtual Reality: A New Space for Developing Nuclear Arms Control

Nuclear weapons dangers are increasing across the globe, with growing arsenals, new weapon systems, plans for using nuclear weapons even…

Politics & Polls #144: The Origins of the Internet Featuring David Kushner

The internet continues to expand and grow in complexity, yet many people are unaware of its origins. Understanding the internet’s roots…

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Facebook Data Transparency Advisory Group Releases Final Report

On May 23, 2019, Facebook’s Data Transparency Advisory Group (DTAG) released its independent report, which assesses Facebook’s methods of…

Politics & Polls #133: Women of Color in the Digital Space Featuring Kimberly Bryant

The technology sector is an important part of the economy, yet there exists a dearth of women in the field — especially females of color…

Project to Collect Real Portraits of American Life

Today, only half of children grow up to earn more than their parents, as opportunities for upward mobility continue to decline. Meanwhile…

WWS Reacts: Will the Paris Climate Agreement be a 'Turning Point' for the World?

On Dec. 12, the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris ended with the first climate change agreement in which the…

More Aggressive Climate Policies Are Needed to Save the Future Poor

People often believe that future generations will be better off than their predecessors, but that may be a dangerous assumption when it…

To Save the Earth, Better Nitrogen Use on a Hungrier Planet Must be Addressed

The global population is expected to increase by two to three billion people by 2050, a projection raising serious concerns about…

Princeton-Fung Global Forum Identifies Approaches for Dealing with 'Modern Plagues'

On the verdant campus of University College Dublin, nearly 300 public health experts and practitioners, government officials, scholars…

Quiet ‘Epidemic’ Has Killed Half a Million Middle-Aged White Americans

Despite advances in health care and quality of life, white middle-aged Americans have seen overall mortality rates increase over the past…

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…

Behind the Bomb: What About Plutonium Separation?

How to Curb Emissions? Put a Price on Carbon

Literally putting a price on carbon pollution and other greenhouse gasses is the best approach for nurturing the rapid growth of…

"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…