New Princeton Method May Help Allocate Carbon Emissions Responsibility Among Nations
July 6, 2009 ・ Kitta MacPhersonJust months before world leaders are scheduled to meet to devise a new international treaty on climate change, a research team led by Princeton University scientists has developed a new way of dividing responsibility for carbon emissions among countries. The…
Princeton to Receive $20 Million to Establish Energy Frontier Research Center
May 5, 2009 ・ Chris EmeryPrinceton University will be home to a new $20 million energy research center for combustion science as part of a federal initiative to spur discoveries that lay the groundwork for an economy based on clean replacements for fossil fuels. The…
The Siebel Energy Grand Challenge “Ethics and Climate Change Lecture Series” Attracts Thousands on iTunes U, UChannel and YouTube
May 1, 2009 ・ Carol PetersThe 2008 – 2009 Ethics and Climate Change (ECC) Lecture Series appeared on iTunes U, UChannel, and YouTube, and over 10,000 people viewed or downloaded the lectures from these sites. Donna Liu, Director of theUChannel Project at the Woodrow Wilson…
Crossing Boundaries to Confront Global Problems
November 24, 2008 ・ Ushma PatelThrough the Grand Challenges initiative, anthropology professor João Biehl (standing) and a group of undergraduate and graduate students, including junior Yolisa Nalule (right) are studying approaches to AIDS treatment in a number of African and Latin American countries. They are…
Engineering School’s Growth Targets Societal Needs
February 25, 2008 ・ Teresa Riordan
Socolow Member of Panel That Identifies Greatest Technological Challenges of the Future
February 5, 2008 ・ Teresa RiordanTesting the Waters in Bermuda for Global Warming
December 6, 2007 ・ Karin DienstEileen Zerba (left), the instructor of “Signals, Yardsticks and Tipping Points of Global Warming,” helped freshman Laura Fernandez identify and prepare algae samples. Students in the freshman seminar took a fall break trip to Bermuda, enabling them to get a…
