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…
A Force to Fight Global Warming
November 18, 2009 ・ Jennifer Greenstein AltmannPrinceton Takes Significant Steps Toward Achieving Sustainability Goals
November 11, 2009 ・ Ruth StevensIn its first report since adopting a Sustainability Plan in February 2008, Princeton University states that on-campus greenhouse gas emissions have decreased for the first time since the University’s energy-efficient cogeneration plant was installed in 1996. While the decrease in…
The Environmental Studies (ENV) Program Freshman Open House Draws Engaged Students
September 17, 2009 ・ Carol PetersThe Program in Environmental Studies (ENV) held its Freshman Open House on September 15. Filling the ENV lab to capacity, the enthusiastic students were eager to learn how to incorporate environmental studies into their undergraduate coursework. Henry Horn, Professor of…
Biofuels ‘Done Right’ Can Curb Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Provide Other Benefits
July 16, 2009 ・ Chris EmeryBiofuels derived from renewable sources can be produced in large quantities and address many problems related to fossil fuels, including greenhouse gas emissions, but only if they are made from certain sources, according to a new article by a team…
Video: Engineering a difference
July 16, 2009 ・ Chris EmeryRodriguez-Iturbe to Receive Bowie Medal
July 2, 2009 ・ Chris EmergyPrinceton’s Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe, the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, will receive the 2009 William Bowie Medal, the highest honor awarded by the American Geophysical Union. Presented annually since 1939, the medal acknowledges an individual…
Caylor Awarded $1.5 Million from NSF to Study Water in Africa
May 21, 2009 ・ Chris EmeryPrinceton to Receive $20 Million to Establish Energy Frontier Research Center
May 5, 2009 ・ Chris EmeryPrinceton University will be home to a new $20 million energy research center for combustion science as part of a federal initiative to spur discoveries that lay the groundwork for an economy based on clean replacements for fossil fuels. The…
