PEI Faculty Seminar: Strange Floods with James Smith
James SmithJames Smith, the William and Edna Macaleer Professor of Engineering and Applied Science and PEI associated faculty, will present, "Strange Floods: The Upper Tail of Flood Peaks in the U.S.," at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 5, in Guyot Hall, Room…
Princeton Studies Food: “Leviathan”
Princeton Studies Food and will host a screening of "Leviathan," a no-words, immersive documentary on the commercial fishing industry, at 5:30 p.m. Monday, March 4, at the the Princeton Garden Theatre. Princeton University Professor of History D. Graham Burnett will lead a…
“The Sixth Extinction”: A Conversation with Elizabeth Kolbert
The Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI) will host a conversation with journalist Elizabeth Kolbert, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book, “The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History,” at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 21, in McCosh Hall, Room 50. Kolbert is speaking as part of the PEI…
Valuing the Climate: Recent Advances and Challenges
Solomon Hsiang, the Chancellor’s Associate Professor of Public Policy at the University of California-Berkeley, will present, "Valuing the Climate: Recent Advances and Challenges," at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18, in Guyot Hall, Room 10. Hsiang, a past postdoctoral research fellow in…
Environmental Humanities Colloquium: “Black Environmental Writing in a Time of Crisis”
Poet Camille Dungy, professor of English at Colorado State University, will present, "Black Environmental Writing in a Time of Crisis," at 4:30 p.m. Wed., Feb. 13, in East Pyne, Room 111. This is the first talk in the Spring 2019 Environmental Humanities Colloquium. Dungy will discuss how…
PEI Faculty Seminar: Homeless and Hunted: Deforestation, the Wildlife Trade and Biodiversity in Southeast Asia
David WilcoveDavid Wilcove, Princeton professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and public affairs and the Princeton Environmental Institute, will present, "Homeless and Hunted: Deforestation, the Wildlife Trade and Biodiversity in Southeast Asia," at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5, in Guyot Hall, Room…
NEW DATE: Journalist Naomi Klein to speak at Princeton
Naomi KleinThe Princeton Environmental Institute and the Princeton University Art Museum will host a conversation with journalist and author Naomi Klein at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11, in McCosh Hall, Room 50. Klein, the Gloria Steinem Endowed Chair in Media, Culture and Feminist Studies at Rutgers…
Bradford Seminar Series: “Communication of and Reactions to the Uncertainty of Climate Change”
David V. BudescuDavid V. Budescu, Anne Anastasi professor of psychometrics and quantitative psychology at Fordham University, will present, “Communication of and Reactions to the Uncertainty of Climate Change” at noon Monday, Dec. 10, in Wallace Hall, Room 300. Lunch will be served at…
Nature’s Nation: “Picture Ecology: Art and Ecocriticism in Planetary Perspective”
The Princeton University Art Museum will host the two-day symposium, "Picture Ecology: Art and Ecocriticism in Planetary Perspective," from 9 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, and Saturday, Dec. 8, in McCosh Hall, Room 10. This event is timed with…
