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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 representatives of…

Currie Wins Carolyn Shaw Bell Award

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 comes to…

WooCast: Sailing the Water's Edge: The Domestic Politics of American Foreign Policy

When engaging with other countries, the U.S. government has a number of different policy instruments at its disposal, including foreign aid,…

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 sustainable…

WooCast: Paul Volcker and the Importance of Public Service

Paul Volcker has spent most of his professional life in public service. In this WooCast, he discusses the importance of public service, its role in…

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 and students…

Tilghman Joins National Panel Examining Future of Higher Education

Shirley M. Tilghman, president of Princeton University, emeritus, and professor of molecular biology and public affairs, has been named to a national…

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 15 years,…

Rogerson Wins R.K. Cho Economics Prize

Richard Rogerson, the Charles and Marie Robertson Professor of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of…

Sailing the Water's Edge: The Domestic Politics of American Foreign Policy

When engaging with other countries, the U.S. government has a number of different policy instruments at its disposal, including foreign aid,…

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 but an…

Q&A: The China Challenge: Shaping the Choices of a Rising Power

Is China a rival super power to the U.S.? Is its rise a threat to U.S. leadership in Asia and beyond?

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.

Nuclear Legacies: A Global Look at the 70th Anniversary of the Hiroshima Bombing

A conference on Oct. 1-2 will bring together scholars to reflect on the 70th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, which – together with a bombing on…

Behind the Bomb: What About Plutonium Separation?

Inequality Grows as Economies Develop, Regardless of Technology

While technological progress favoring skilled workers is one of the main drivers behind inequality in America, the chasm between the rich and poor…

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 renewable energy and…

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

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

Birkelund Gift Funds New Certificate Program in History and Diplomacy; Kotkin, Mullen to Co-Direct

A $5 million gift from investment executive John P. Birkelund, a member of Princeton's Class of 1952, has established the Program in History and the…

Kurtzer Signs Letter Supporting Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with Iran

Seven former United States ambassadors to Israel and former under secretaries of state sent a letter to the leadership of Congress urging those who…

John W. Limbert Named 2015–16 Gruss-Lipper Scholar in Middle East Policy Studies

John W. Limbert, the Class of 1955 Professor of Middle Eastern Studies at the U.S. Naval Academy, will be joining Princeton University’s Woodrow…

WWS Reacts: Iran Nuclear Deal

On July 14, 2015, an agreement was signed by Iran and the P5+1, the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, China, France, Russia, the U…

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…

Q&A: Macedo Looks Ahead to the Future of Marriage

The Supreme Court is expected to rule soon on the right of same-sex couples to marry, even as people on both ends of the political spectrum have cast…