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Over 525 participants from 52 countries on six continents attended “Language and Migration: Experience and Memory,” a virtual symposium held April 19-May 1 that convened humanists, social scientists, field-workers, policy-makers, artists and writers to think together about migrants as resourceful users, interpreters and creators of language. Image by Vika Andrukovič

Wednesday June 02

‘Language and Migration’ symposium explores critical issue of ‘language justice’

An interactive dashboard, created by researchers at Princeton University, displays daily district-level data on the spread of COVID-19 across India. The interface lets users explore and visualize the daily infection and mortality rates and compare such data across villages, towns and cities.

Monday May 17

Interactive dashborad displays daily district-level data on the spread of COVID-19 across India

Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Jhumpa Lahiri, director of Princeton University’s Program in Creative Writing, won the biennial John Florio Prize for her translation from the Italian of "Trick" by Domenico Starnone.

Thursday May 06

Lahiri Wins Translation Prize

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