A Note from PEI’s Director
May 15, 2010 ・ Stephen PacalaStephen Pacala (left) and Steve Cosson at The Great Immensity on April 17. (Photo: Bentley Drezner) June is quickly approaching, and soon a record number of students will graduate with Certificates in Environmental Studies. This is an ideal time to…
Grand Challenges Highlights: Spring/Summer 2010
May 15, 2010 ・ Carol PetersNow in its third year of funding, the Grand Challenges Initiative, administered by PEI in collaboration with the Woodrow Wilson School and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has created a diverse research and scholarship endeavor. Below are a…
Princeton Researchers Develop Disaster Relief Technologies for Haiti
May 14, 2010 ・ Hilary ParkerEven before the Jan. 12 earthquake that devastated Haiti, killing more than 200,000 people and leaving more than 1 million homeless, the citizens of the Caribbean nation were in desperate need of access to clean drinking water and electricity. After…
Ning Lin honored through the Hoffman Scholars Program for Ph.D. Thesis Entitled Multi-Hazard Risk Analysis Related to Hurricanes
April 27, 2010 ・ Nick DiUlio
Bernard Haykel Receives Guggenheim Fellowship
April 16, 2010 ・ Nick DiUlioNine Princeton faculty members are among the 180 artists, scientists and scholars selected from a group of some 3,000 candidates for the 2010 Guggenheim Fellowships. Each Guggenheim fellow is appointed on the basis of achievement and exceptional promise for future…
Three Seniors Win ReachOut Grants for Public Service
February 24, 2010 ・ Elizabeth RosenthalJames Bryant Katie Hsih Fatu Contech (Photos: Denise Applewhite) Princeton seniors James Bryant, Katie Hsih and Fatu Conteh have been awarded 2010 fellowships from ReachOut 56-81 to support yearlong public service projects after graduation. Bryant will use his $30,000 ReachOut…
Siebel Energy Grand Challenges Faculty Receive a Google “Focused Research Award”
February 2, 2010 ・ Mark F. Bernstein ’83Grand Challenges Awards Two New Investigator Grants
January 31, 2010 ・ Carol PetersCraig Arnold, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Lars Hedin, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology The Grand Challenges Selection Committee has awarded two 2009 New Investigator Grants. The recipients, Craig Arnold, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and…
A Note from PEI’s Director
December 31, 2009 ・ Stephen PacalaAt PEI we are approaching 2010 with a fresh sense of optimism. The Institute is strong and vital, as this issue of PEI News clearly illustrates. Inside are articles that reflect the scope and vigor of PEI’s research programs, campus…
