Eight graduate students receive 2017 Hack Awards for study of water issues
July 21, 2017 ・ Morgan KellyEight Princeton University graduate students were selected to receive 2017 Mary and Randall Hack ’69 Graduate Awards from the Princeton Environmental Institute.
A passion for nature drives senior Zoe Sims’ excellence in environmental studies
June 5, 2017 ・ Morgan KellyGraduating senior Zoe Sims has distinguished herself as a scientist and a student, motivated by a love of the environment and overcoming challenges.
Protecting nature, preserving humanity: A Q&A with Robert Pringle
June 2, 2017 ・ Morgan KellyPrinceton University’s Robert Pringle discusses the need to shore up protected natural areas to preserve our planet and ourselves.
Nitrogen contained in coral provides evidence of human impact on the open ocean
May 19, 2017 ・ Pooja Makhijani, Office of Communications“Anthropogenic nitrogen deposition is, perhaps, substantially less severe than has been argued,” said Daniel Sigman.
RESEARCH HONOR: Coverdale receives ESA Graduate Student Policy Award
April 3, 2017 ・ Office of CommunicationsGraduate student Tyler Coverdale, participant in PEI’s Grand Challenge Program, one of six nationwide to receive a Graduate Student Policy Award from The Ecological Society of America.
Global Perspectives on Environmental Justice Event Series
March 3, 2017 ・ Igor HeifetzThis event series will feature writers, filmmakers, other visual artists, and scholars whose work engages fundamental questions of environmental justice.
Will It Rain? Monitoring Program Puts Crucial Info in Hands of Remotest Farmers
January 31, 2017 ・ Wendy Plump for the Office of Engineering CommunicationsTeam of Princeton engineers have deployed an advanced drought and flood risk monitoring program for environmentally vulnerable regions in Africa and in Latin America. The program assimilates data that are plentiful but hard to analyze for those on the ground.
Tree-Bark Thickness Indicates Fire-Resistance in a Hotter Future
January 11, 2017 ・ Catherine Zandonella, Office of the Dean for ResearchA Princeton University-led study has found that trees in fire-prone areas around the world develop thicker bark. The findings suggest that bark thickness could help predict which forests and savannas will survive a warmer climate in which wildfires are expected to increase in frequency.
Wild Science: The Nature of the Mpala Research Centre
December 2, 2016 ・ Morgan Kelly, Office of CommunicationsPrinceton recently expanded its long involvement with Mpala by assuming the role of managing partner, working in close partnership with the Smithsonian Institution, the Kenya Wildlife Service and the National Museums of Kenya to support the facility.
