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…
Three Seniors Win ReachOut Grants for Public Service
February 24, 2010 ・ Elizabeth RosenthalJames Bryant Katie Hsih Fatu Contech (Photos: Denise Applewhite) Princeton seniors James Bryant, Katie Hsih and Fatu Conteh have been awarded 2010 fellowships from ReachOut 56-81 to support yearlong public service projects after graduation. Bryant will use his $30,000 ReachOut…
A Note from PEI’s Director
December 31, 2009 ・ Stephen PacalaAt PEI we are approaching 2010 with a fresh sense of optimism. The Institute is strong and vital, as this issue of PEI News clearly illustrates. Inside are articles that reflect the scope and vigor of PEI’s research programs, campus…
Grand Challenges Highlights: Fall/Winter 2009
December 31, 2009 ・ 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…
Internship Program Strengthens Links Between In- and Outside Classroom
December 31, 2009 ・ Carol PetersFrom top to bottom: Melecia Wright ’11 making the artificial substrate she and Thinh Vu ’12 devised during their Development Grand Challenge internship in South Africa; Molly O’Connor ’11 follows a root as part of the mapping process, the spatial…
Program strengthens links between work inside and outside the classroom
October 15, 2009 ・ Carol PetersPEI and Grand Challenges: The 2009 Summer of Learning Symposium
September 25, 2009 ・ Carol PetersOn September 25, 2009, The Princeton Environmental Institute held its second annual Summer of Learning Symposium. It was a culminating event for the 107 undergraduate students whose summer internships, sponsored by PEI and Grand Challenges, focused on scientific, technical, policy…
Franz travels to African drylands to understand water
March 18, 2009 ・ Hilary ParkerCrossing 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…
