Discovery Day 2015
May 28, 2015 ・ Holly WellesOn Friday, May 8th, the Princeton Environmental Institute hosted its annual Discovery Day—a multidisciplinary poster session celebrating undergraduate senior thesis research on environmental issues. Over 50 students from 16 academic departments showcased their work which was mentored by 34 faculty…
Colvin Recipient Studies Nutrient Uptake in the Flood Plains of the Mississippi River
May 22, 2015 ・ Nick DiUlio for the Princeton Environmental InstituteSunset over the Mississippi River. (Photo credit: Katherine Smith) For many years Katherine Smith has been fascinated by the complexities of riparian ecology, but as she approached her senior year at Princeton University the ecology and evolutionary biology major felt…
Feeding the Future and the Future of Food: Panel Discussion and Screening of the Film “Modern Nature”
May 19, 2015 ・ Igor HeifetzThis panel will highlight research and educational activities currently underway by faculty, alumni, and graduate and undergraduate students to address the “food problem.” The broad focus will include health, environment, animal ethics, climate change, and food production and sufficiency. The…
Wasting the Savanna
May 11, 2015 ・ Igor HeifetzTim Searchinger and Lyndon Estes are, respectively, a research scholar and associate research scholar at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs. In recent years, as governments have begun to protect tropical forests because of the carbon…
Will Tropical Forests Continue to Store Carbon?
March 23, 2015 ・ Igor Heifetz
