ENV Class Day 2023 honors newest graduates of Princeton’s environmental studies program and celebrates their commitment to environmental research
June 6, 2023 ・ Liana WaitStudents and parents joined faculty, researchers and staff from the High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI) and the Program in Environmental Studies to celebrate the 42 Princeton University seniors who are the latest recipients of certificates in environmental studies (ENV). Held May 29,…
The birds and the bees: For their senior thesis work, Darcy Chang and Joanna Shoubaki explored the sensory ecology of hummingbirds and sweat bees
June 2, 2023 ・ Liana WaitPrinceton senior Darcy Chang spent the summer of 2022 photographing hummingbirds and wildflowers at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Colorado to explore how climate change might be impacting the tight-knit relationship between Broad-tailed hummingbirds and the flowers they pollinate.…
ENV Class Day 2022 celebrates seniors for rigor and breadth of research, commitment to the environment
May 23, 2022 ・ Morgan KellyStudents and parents joined faculty, researchers and staff from the High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI) and the Program in Environmental Studies for the first in-person Class Day ceremony since 2019 to celebrate the 21 Princeton University seniors who are the…
‘How things relate’: Princeton seniors Willow Dalehite, Katherine Irelan explored evolutionary pairings above & below
May 9, 2022 ・ Liana WaitPrinceton senior Katherine Irelan spent two months in summer 2021 walking the slopes of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park searching for specimens of the native shrub pūkiawe (Leptecophylla tameiameiae) for her senior-thesis research on how the plant allies with soil fungi…
Princeton research is pursuing a sustainable future for New Jersey and the world
April 22, 2022 ・ Denise ValentiWhen it comes to understanding and protecting the environment, New Jersey provides fertile ground for Princeton University researchers, including faculty members working on a range of projects supported by and based in the High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI). The state’s…
Princeton ENV senior Claire Wayner wins Pyne Prize
February 14, 2022 ・ Emily AronsonClaire Wayner, a senior civil and environmental engineering concentrator pursuing certificates in environmental studies and sustainable energy, has been named one of two winners of the 2022 Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize, the highest general distinction conferred on an undergraduate…
ENV alumna Emily Geyman goes from the tropics to the top of the world
February 9, 2022 ・ Mary Cate ConnorsIt’s 6 a.m. and the sun is up; there’s been near-constant light since April. The coffee at the research station is hot and ready, and the GPS has been programmed for the morning’s trek. It’s -35 degrees Fahrenheit — even…
More than 100 undergraduates explored new perspectives on environmental topics through 2021 HMEI summer internships
September 30, 2021 ・ Morgan KellyPrinceton senior Demetra Yancopoulos could not get the words of the late oceanographer John Martin out of her mind after hearing them during a lecture last fall by Princeton geosciences professor Satish Myneni: “Give me half a tanker of iron,…
COVID-19 and climate change: Maddie Pendolino ’21 asked voters what mattered most in a fraught year
June 7, 2021 ・ Morgan KellyMaddie Pendolino decided during her sophomore year at Princeton that she wanted to focus her senior thesis research on the 2020 U.S. presidential election. An avid follower of politics who volunteered for the re-election campaign of Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ),…
