Noted Princeton Husband-and-Wife Team Wins Kyoto Prize
June 19, 2009 ・ Kitta MacPhersonPeter and Rosemary Grant arrive on campus Friday morning after learning they have been selected to receive the Kyoto Prize. (Photo: Denise Applewhite) Princeton University’s Peter and Rosemary Grant, whose legendary explorations on the bleak Galapagos island of Daphne Major…
Caylor Awarded $1.5 Million from NSF to Study Water in Africa
May 21, 2009 ・ Chris EmeryConference Explores Agriculture, Climate Change Issues
April 20, 2009 ・ Ruth StevensPrinceton-Led Team Finds Secret Ingredient for the Health of Tropical Rainforests
December 9, 2008 ・ Kitta MacPhersonA team of researchers led by Princeton University scientists has found for the first time that tropical rainforests, a vital part of the Earth’s ecosystem, rely on the rare trace element molybdenum to capture the nitrogen fertilizer needed to support…
Wilcove Blends Science, Policy to Advance Conservation
November 24, 2008 ・ Hilary Parker
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…
Sustainability Projects Funded through High Meadows Gift
June 16, 2008 ・ Ruth StevensThe first round of initiatives has been funded under the auspices of the research, education and civic engagement section of the University’s new Sustainability Plan. Supported by a gift from the High Meadows Foundation, the nine projects range from a…
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…
Rainfall and River Networks Prove Accurate Predictors of Fish Biodiversity
May 7, 2008 ・ Teresa RiordanThe figure at the top right represents average runoff (the amount of rainfall that ends up in rivers or streams) with the driest regions appearing in red and the wettest in blue. The middle figure is an abstraction of the…
