BP and Princeton Renew Partnership to Tackle Climate Problem
October 15, 2008 ・ Kitta MacPhersonEnergy company BP has committed to a five-year renewal of a joint research partnership with Princeton University that identifies ways of tackling the world’s climate problem. It will support Princeton to at least its current level of funding for the…
Lecture Series Explores Ethics and Climate Change
September 25, 2008 ・ Eric QuinonesAn interdisciplinary group of scholars will examine the ethical dimensions of the challenge presented by climate change in a fall lecture series sponsored by the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI) and the University Center for Human Values. The five-part “Ethics and…
900 Fill Frist for Sustainability Open House
September 19, 2008 ・ Ruth StevensSenior Sean Gleason used pedal-power to light up a bulb in an effort to demonstrate sustainable transportation during the Sept. 17 sustainability open house in the Frist Campus Center. About 900 attended the event to learn about endeavors under way…
Barrons’ Gift to Support Work that Connects Environment and Humanities
July 1, 2008 ・ Ruth StevensA gift from Currie and Thomas A. Barron, a 1974 alumnus, offers new support for work at the intersection of environmental issues and the humanities at Princeton University. The Barrons have given $4.5 million to the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI)…
Maeder Fund to Promote Innovation in Energy and Environment Research
July 1, 2008 ・ Ruth Stevens
Princeton Students Explore Lake Carnegie for Nature’s Sake
July 1, 2008 ・ Kitta MacPhersonYou have to love nature, rising junior Stephanie Hill said, when you grow up, as she did, in a remote, pristine village on the shores of a glacier-fed lake in British Columbia. Megan Prier, a rising sophomore who hails from…
Princeton Selected by NOAA for Climate Research Program
June 12, 2008 ・ Ruth StevensAfter a competitive review process, Princeton University’s Cooperative Institute for Climate Science has been selected as a collaborative research partner by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The institute is one of two selected partners that will join the…
Levin Chosen as Member of Italian Academic Institute
May 21, 2008 ・ Ruth StevensPrinceton ecologist Simon Levin, who has made major contributions in the areas of biological conservation and ecosystem management, has been selected as a foreign member of the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, a venerable Italian academic institute. Founded…
