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.
Call for Water and the Environment Research and Teaching Proposals
February 1, 2016 ・ Holly P. WellesPrinceton Environmental Institute is pleased to announce a call for innovative research and teaching proposals on behalf of the Water and Environment Challenge.
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.
Understanding Animal Coexistence With a Little Dung and a Lot of DNA
November 30, 2015 ・ Igor HeifetzPrinceton University researchers deployed a new tool to help solve an old ecological puzzle: How can multiple animals coexist while eating the same resources?
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.
FACULTY AWARD: Seyedsayamdost Receives NIH New Innovator Awards
October 15, 2015 ・ Igor HeifetzGrand Challenges faculty member and chemistry professor Mohammad Seyedsayamdost was among 41 researchers nationwide to receive 2015 New Innovator Awards from the National Institutes of Health.
