PEI Hosts Fifth Annual Discovery Day
May 10, 2016 ・ Holly P. WellesDiscovery Day is a multidisciplinary poster session celebrating undergraduate senior thesis research on environmental issues.
To Save the Earth, Better Nitrogen Use on a Hungrier Planet Must be Addressed
November 24, 2015 ・ Rose HuberThe global population is expected to increase by two to three billion people by 2050, a projection raising serious concerns about sustainable development, biodiversity and food security.
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…
The Impacts of Human Responses
January 21, 2014 ・ B. Rose Huber
Princeton Launches Search to Fill Assistant Professorship Position in CEE and PEI
November 26, 2013 ・ Igor Heifetz
The Environmental Implications of Antibiotic Resistance
November 18, 2013 ・ Holly WellesThe very low antibiotic resistance observed in polar bears on the isolated Arctic archipelago of Svalbard supports the theory that the higher resistance found in animals living closer to human settlements is rooted in the anthropogenic use of antibiotics. The…
A Pathway to a Career in Food, Agriculture, and Sustainability
November 11, 2013 ・ Nick DiUlio for the Princeton Environmental InstituteCandice Chow ’09 Photo courtesy of Candice Chow For Princeton students interested in the environment, the diverse world of environmental studies can encompass a variety of intersecting passions. For Candice Chow-Gamboa, that intersection was sustainable agriculture and global poverty. “The…
New Investigator Award to Support Research on African Rangelands
October 21, 2013 ・ Holly WellesThe Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI) is pleased to announce the award of a New Investigator Grant on behalf of the Development Challenge. The award encourages research, teaching, and mentorship focused on multidisciplinary aspects of sustainable development, most particularly relating to…
