News
Monday April 09
Princeton University seniors Lavinia Liang, Katie Tyler and Erika Ward have been awarded the Henry Richardson Labouisse ’26 Prize to pursue international civic engagement projects for one year following graduation.
Wednesday March 28
Anastassia Obydenkova, Vinícius Rodrigues Vieira, Jürgen Schaflechner and Sjoerd van Tuinen were awarded financial grants by the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) Fung Global Network Fund, an initiative designed to facilitate research, writing and collaboration among current and former Fung Global Fellows and Princeton University faculty members and scholars.
Monday March 26
As a capstone to the fall course “The Ethics of Borders and Migration,” 11 Princeton undergraduates and one graduate student traveled north to Buffalo, New York, to learn about the city’s refugee resettlement efforts.
Tuesday March 20
A new fellowship program, administered by Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS), will award funding to two qualified Princeton Ph.D. students who are conducting field work outside the United States, especially in or related to China, during the 2018-19 academic year.
Monday March 19
History can tell us a lot about environmental upheaval, say Princeton historians John Haldon and Lee Mordechai. What is missing in today’s debate about climate change is using what we know about how past societies handled environmental stresses to help inform our own situation.
Friday March 09
Nine outstanding juniors have been named the 2018 cohort of PIIRS Undergraduate Fellows.
Monday February 26
A gift from Sumir Chadha of Princeton’s Class of 1993 has established the M.S. Chadha Center for Global India at Princeton University, which will bring together scholars and students from all disciplines to broadly explore contemporary India, including its economy, politics and culture. The center is named in honor of Chadha’s grandfather, a distinguished physician who served as the director general of Health Services for India.
Tuesday February 20
Princeton seniors John “Newby” Parton and Maggie Pecsok have been named co-winners of the University’s 2018 Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize, the highest general distinction conferred on an undergraduate.
Tuesday February 20
Princeton senior Ugonna Nwabueze’s development of the production of “Eclipsed”— which included an unforgettable trip to West Africa to conduct interviews of her own — is for her certificates in theater and African studies.
![Senior Thomas Clark, who won first place in the A Window on Eurasia category, said of his photograph, “Hospice”: “Rajnal, originally from Pakistan, volunteers at a state-run hospice in Vladivostok, [Russia]. His jobs include feeding the residents and speaking with them. Here, he speaks to Lyubov, an 80-year-old native of Vladivostok. She has never married and has no children, so she rarely has visitors.” Photo byMark Czajkowski](http://piirs.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_teaser__320x200/public/6834.jpg?itok=0AMIbOMw "Senior Thomas Clark, who won first place in the A Window on Eurasia category, said of his photograph, “Hospice”: “Rajnal, originally from Pakistan, volunteers at a state-run hospice in Vladivostok, [Russia]. His jobs include feeding the residents and speaking with them. Here, he speaks to Lyubov, an 80-year-old native of Vladivostok. She has never married and has no children, so she rarely has visitors.” Photo by Mark Czajkowski")
Monday February 12
Each February, the International Eye Photo Contest provides an opportunity for students who have studied, worked, researched or serviced abroad to share their memories and experiences.