CMI Holds 15th Annual Meeting
April 20, 2016 ・ Holly P. WellesThe 15th annual meeting of the Carbon Mitigation Initiative (CMI) was held on April 13-14, 2016 in London. This is the first time in the 15-year history of CMI that the annual meeting has been held somewhere other than the…
Princeton Researchers Go to the End of the Earth for the World’s Oldest Ice
March 15, 2016 ・ Morgan Kelly, Office of CommunicationsJohn Higgins led a team of researchers who reported in 2015 the recovery of a 1-million-year-old ice core from the remote Allan Hills of Antarctica, the oldest ice ever recorded by scientists.
DEADLINE EXTENSION TO MARCH 25: New Applicants to the Princeton Energy and Climate Scholars (PECS) Program
February 25, 2016 ・ Holly P. WellesPECS is seeking applications from talented and highly motivated graduate students throughout the University who are conducting research within the broad area of climate and energy.
More Aggressive Climate Policies Are Needed to Save the Future Poor
December 8, 2015 ・ Rose HuberPeople often believe that future generations will be better off than their predecessors, but this may not be true for today’s impoverished populations.
Theory of ‘Smart’ Plants May Explain the Evolution of Global Ecosystems
December 1, 2015 ・ Morgan Kelly, Office of CommunicationsIt’s easy to think of plants as passive features of their environments, doing as the land prescribes, serving as a backdrop to the bustling animal kingdom.
79 Princeton Undergraduates Celebrate Their Summer of Learning Experiences
October 22, 2015 ・ Holly P. WellesDuring the Summer of Learning Symposium students presented their research findings on scientific, technical, policy, and human dimensions of a wide-variety of global environmental challenges.
FACULTY AWARD: Debenedetti Named APS Fellow
October 15, 2015 ・ Igor HeifetzPEI faculty member and Dean for Research Pablo Debenedetti was named a 2015 Fellow of the American Physical Society.
Ten Graduate Students Join PECS
September 4, 2015 ・ Holly WellesFrom top left: Rachel Baker, Victor Charpentier, Ryan Edwards, Levi Golston, Julio Herrera-Estrada, Greg Davies, Wenkai Liang, Lee Mordechai, and Yuzhen Yan Ten graduate students have been selected to join the Princeton Energy and Climate Scholars Program (PECS) for…
Princeton Part of $12 Million Project to Set Up Urban Water-Sustainability Research Network
September 4, 2015 ・ Igor HeifetzPrinceton University researchers will join 14 academic institutions and partners nationwide on a $12 million project to address the challenges that threaten urban water systems in the United States and globally.
