ScienceWatch: An Interview with Lars Hedin
April 1, 2010 ・ David BielloTaking a Close Look at the Everglades Restoration
April 1, 2010 ・ Eric QuinonesA dozen Princeton students traveled to the Florida Everglades over spring break to learn more about efforts to save the area’s endangered ecosystem. The students’ hands-on research is a key part of the freshman seminar “The Everglades Today and Tomorrow:…
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…
Interview with Bernard Haykel
December 31, 2009 ・ Carol PetersPEI and the Oil, Energy and the Middle East Initiative Collaborate to Solidify Princeton’s Role as World Leader in this Field “PEI has been the principal benefactor and academic supporter of this initiative. Without this support, it would be impossible…
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…
Visualization Lab Helps Make Data Come Alive
November 30, 2009 ・ Kitta MacPhersonLab plans open house The Princeton Institute for Computational Science and Engineering (PICSciE) will host an open house to feature its new Visualization Laboratory from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3, in 346 Lewis Library. The facility is…
The Personal Carbon Footprint
November 15, 2009 ・ Jennifer Greenstein AltmannSigman, Zoli Win MacArthur ‘Genius Grants’
September 22, 2009 ・ Kitta MacPherson and Chris EmeryDaniel Sigman Theodore Zoli Daniel Sigman, a Princeton University biogeochemist who has conducted pioneering work exploring the large-scale systems that have supported life on the planet throughout the millennia, has been selected as a 2009 MacArthur Fellow. Also chosen was…
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…
