Two Undergraduates Awarded to PEI’s Environmental Scholars Program
June 7, 2013 ・ Holly P. WellesTwo undergraduates have been selected to the Environmental Scholars Program by the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI). This two-year award was given to mathematics major, Zhaonan Qu ’15, and ecology and evolutionary biology major, Rebecca Haynes ’15. With an inaugural gift…
PEI Awards Environmental Certificates and Prizes
June 5, 2013 ・ Holly WellesIn the early afternoon of June 3rd, students gathered together with family, friends, faculty, and staff to celebrate Class Day at the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI) where 49 graduating seniors from 16 different departments were awarded Environmental Certificates. 49 Graduating…
Student Work: Clean Water for Peru
May 31, 2013 ・ Igor HeifetzWith support from PEI, the Princeton chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB-PU) traveled to La Pitajaya, Peru, to construct the first phase of a potable water system. The community currently gets their water from a large river in the area…
Colvin Winner Tara Thean Explores How Bottlenose Dolphins Learn Their Signature Whistles
May 17, 2013 ・ Nick DiUlio for the Princeton Environmental InstituteIn May 2012, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology major Tara Thean received the Becky Colvin Memorial Award to support her research examining the signature whistles of dolphins and how their unique form of communication might inform the understanding of animal communication…
Discovery Day 2013
May 13, 2013 ・ Holly P. WellesOn Friday May 10th, the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI) hosted Discovery Day 2013 – a multidisciplinary poster session celebrating undergraduate senior thesis research on a wide variety of environmental issues. Over 80 students from 19 academic departments showcased their work which…
ENV Students Receive 2013 Spirit of Princeton Award
May 10, 2013 ・ Igor HeifetzColvin Winner Abby Hewitt ’13 Examines Environmental Conservation in Rural Costa Rica
May 1, 2013 ・ Nick DiUlio for the Princeton Environmental InstituteIn May 2012, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology major Abby Hewitt ‘13 received the Becky Colvin Memorial Award. During the following summer, Hewitt used the Colvin funds to examine social and economic factors influencing environmental conservation in rural villages in Costa…
Former Grand Challenges Intern Wins Labouisse Award
March 14, 2013 ・ Igor HeifetzClass Snapshot: ‘The Energy-Water Nexus’
January 24, 2013 ・ Nick DiUlio for the Princeton Environmental InstituteInstructors: Eric Larson, a research engineer with the Energy Systems Analysis Group of the Princeton Environmental Instituteand lecturer in chemical and biological engineering and inmechanical and aerospace engineering; Sankaran Sundaresan, professor of chemical and biological engineering; and Daniel Giammar, the…
