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.
More Rain Leads to Fewer Trees in the African Savanna
October 14, 2015 ・ Angela Page for the Princeton Environmental InstituteIn 2015, data from satellites scanning the African savannas revealed that the more instances of heavy rainfall a savanna received, the fewer trees it had.
Acorn Mush At The Multispecies Salon
October 9, 2015 ・ Igor HeifetzWRBP interviews Eben Kirksey, PEI Barron visiting professor, about his environmental humanities dialogues entitled the Multispecies Salon.
Why Smart Agricultural Development Is Needed in Africa’s Savannas
October 8, 2015 ・ Igor HeifetzPrinceton researchers Lyndon Estes and Tim Searchinger discuss the potential for effective smart agriculture in Africa’s savannas.
Hunch About Swamp Bug May Yield Cleaner Water
September 24, 2015 ・ John Sullivan, Office of Engineering CommunicationsA mysterious vial of mud taken from a New Jersey swamp may end up offering a solution to several obstinate forms of water pollution.
FACULTY AWARD: Metcalf Awarded by Wellcome Fund to Study Population, Disease Dynamics
September 16, 2015 ・ Igor HeifetzC. Jessica Metcalf one of 10 professors chosen for a new five-year $115 million initiative to study links between human health and the health of the environment.
Two Visiting Environmental Humanities Faculty Join PEI for 2015-2016
September 9, 2015 ・ Holly WellesWe are thrilled to have anthropologist Eben Kirksey and architectural historian Daniel A. Barber joining us at Princeton for this academic year, both of whom are pioneers in this budding field.
Princeton Part of $12 Million Project to Set Up Urban Water-Sustainability Research Network
September 4, 2015 ・ Igor HeifetzPrinceton University researchers will join 14 academic institutions and partners nationwide on a $12 million project to address the challenges that threaten urban water systems in the United States and globally.
Study Calculates the Speed of Ice Formation
August 4, 2015 ・ Catherine Zandonella, Office of the Dean for ResearchResearchers at Princeton University have for the first time directly calculated the rate at which water crystallizes into ice in a realistic computer model of water molecules. The simulations, which were carried out on supercomputers, provide insight into the mechanism by which…
