Biological Systems Can Inform the Design of Financial Regulation
October 16, 2015 ・ Igor HeifetzOur financial system is arguably on shaky ground. Could principles from biology and ecology inspire better ways to maintain stability?
Animals That Want to Survive Use Time Management Skills
December 23, 2014 ・ Igor HeifetzMany animals may have a previously under-appreciated ability to make up for lost time with more effort, according to new research publishing this week in PLOS Computational Biology. This capability could help scientists better understand how animals make efficient decisions…
Risk Analysis for a Complex World
November 18, 2014 ・ Holly WellesCenter for BioComplexity News – Fall 2014
September 13, 2014 ・ Contributed by Sandra Milburn for PEICBC Researchers Receive Funding for Three New Collaborative Projects Simon Levin and James Watson (Stockholm Resilience Centre) were chosen by Princeton’s Council for International Teaching and Research to receive a grant from the Princeton Global Collaborative Networks Fund. Levin and…
Three Ph.D. Students Awarded PEI-STEP Fellowships
July 24, 2014 ・ Holly P. WellesThree graduate students have been awarded 2014 PEI-STEP Environmental Policy Fellowships by the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI). Among recipients are: Emma Fuller from ecology and evolutionary biology and Cynthia Gerlein and David Pal from civil and environmental engineering. 2014 PEI-STEP…
FACULTY HONOR: Levin Elected as a Foreign Member of the Instituto Lombardo
July 17, 2014 ・ Holly P. WellesOn June 26th Simon Levin, the George M. Moffett Professor of Biology at Princeton University, was elected a foreign member of the Instituto Lombardo Accademia di Scienze e Lettere. Levin has been invited to attend a ceremony on October 2,…
Study Shows Significant Increase in Antibiotic Use Across the World
July 10, 2014 ・ Wendy Plump for the Princeton Environmental InstituteGlobal use of antibiotics is surging according to Princeton University researchers who have conducted a broad assessment of antibiotic consumption around the world. The study, “Global Trends in Antibiotic Consumption, 2000-2010,” found that worldwide antibiotic use has risen a staggering…
Economic and Ecological Connectivity
April 25, 2014 ・ Wendy Plump for the Princeton Environmental Institute<img alt=” src=” http:=”” news.princeton.edu=”” uploads=”” 273=”” image=”” barrett_hb_cover.jpg”=”” style=”margin: 5px; width: 241px; float: right; height: 350px”>A new volume of essays honoring economist Sir Partha Dasgupta, with contributions by a Princeton University biologist, falls squarely in the tradition of festschrift…
