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…
Climate Talks Make Way for a Design Show
December 19, 2009 ・ Andrew C. Revkin“Is Copenhagen the watershed or just another missed opportunity — there’s no way to tell yet,” said Michael Oppenheimer, a Princeton University climate scientist who attended the talks.
Study: Earth’s Polar Ice Sheets Vulnerable to Even Moderate Global Warming
December 16, 2009 ・ Steven BarnesAn additional 2 degrees of global warming could commit the planet to 6 to 9 meters (20 to 30 feet) of long-term sea level rise A new analysis of the geological record of the Earth’s sea level, carried out by…
PEI’s Oppenheimer Answers New York Times Question: How Much Climate Aid Is Enough?
December 11, 2009 ・ Chris Emery
PEI Robert Socolow Offers Perspective On Climate Change
December 7, 2009 ・ Chris EmeryRobert Socolow (Photo: Frank Wojciechowski) Name: Robert Socolow Title: Professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, co-director of the Carbon Mitigation Initiative and director of the Siebel Energy Grand Challenge. Scholarship: Assessing which technologies and policies might be effective in reducing…
The Personal Carbon Footprint
November 15, 2009 ・ Jennifer Greenstein AltmannNew 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…
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…
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…
