PEI Awarded Five Environmental Studies Prizes and Named 44 Environmental Studies Certificate Recipients on Class Day
June 3, 2010 ・ Holly WellesFrom top to bottom: The Class of 2010 on the steps in the Guyot Atrium; Henry Barmeier ’10 is awarded the T.A. Barron Environmental Leadership Prize by Stephen Pacala, director of PEI; Caitlin Alev ’10, winner of the Peter W.…
Princeton Professor Margaret Martonosi Receives McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning Graduate Mentoring Award
May 20, 2010 ・ Nick DiUlioFour Princeton faculty members have been named the recipients of Graduate Mentoring Awards by the McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning and will be honored during the Graduate School’s hooding ceremony on Monday, May 31, in McCarter Theatre. They are:…
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…
Art and Science Collaboration Produced Work-in-Progress on Climate Change
May 15, 2010 ・ Carol PetersCarolyn Edelstein (top, far right) performs on stage at the Berlind Theater with professional actors from The Civilians. (Photos: Denise Applewhite) Steve Pacala (bottom photo, second from right) during talk-back following the evening performance of The Great Immensity on April…
ENV Students Benefit Community Partner Through Research on School Lunches and Gardens
May 15, 2010 ・ Carol PetersPictured top to bottom: Professor Morin (right) and Melecia Wright ’11; Ross Siverman 10; Angela Wu ’12 shows her poster entitled “Food Insecurity in Recessions”; Pam Flory of Real Food for Thought (left) and Kathleen Wade ’11 discuss school gardens.…
Faculty in Princeton and Norway Collaborate to Teach Innovative Carbon Capture and Sequestration Course
May 15, 2010 ・ Carol PetersThe two monitors in the Princeton classroom: one shows the students in Norway and the other served as an electronic blackboard, projecting what Professor Jan Nordbotten is writing onto the Tablet laptop. The image is projected in Princeton and Norway…
From Silos to Cultural Integration: The Evolution of Campus Sustainability
May 15, 2010 ・ Shana WeberHigher education sometimes has been described as an “ivory tower,” with isolated academic “silos.” While these stereotypes contain a grain of truth they are mostly remnants of the past. Cross-disciplinary cooperative work is what makes campuses today such vibrant places.…
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…
Q&A: The Making of ‘The Great Immensity’
May 15, 2010 ・ Carol PetersWhile exploring the Panama Canal in a small tourist boat, Steve Cosson and Michael Friedman were startled by a massive container ship suddenly passing by, rocking them violently in its wake. Painted on the hull in Chinese characters, its name…
