Research & Center Spring/Summer 2010
May 15, 2010 ・ Carol PetersCarbon Mitigation Initiative CMI hosted its 9th annual meeting February 9 and 10, 2010. Stephen W. Pacala chairs National Academy Report on “Verifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions: methods to support international climate agreements released in March. Research in François Morel’s group…
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…
Labouisse Winner to Focus on Conservation in Panama
May 12, 2010 ・ Nick DiUlioRuth Metzel (Photo: Joy Scharfstein) Princeton senior Ruth Metzel has been awarded the University’s Henry Richardson Labouisse ’26 Prize, which will fund her work with a nongovernmental organization to help address environmental issues in Panama. The Labouisse fellowship provides $25,000…
Open Letter: Climate Change and the Integrity of Science
May 6, 2010 ・ Nick DiUlio
Rodriguez-Iturbe Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
April 27, 2010 ・ Steven SchultzIgnacio Rodriguez-Iturbe (Photo: Frank Wojciechowski) Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe, an environmental engineer and pioneer in the field of ecohydrology, has been elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors in all areas of science. Rodriquez-Iturbe, the…
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…
