Linkages Among Climate Change, Crop Yields and Mexico-US Cross-Border Migration
June 24, 2010 ・ Shoibal ChakravartyFirst Prize Recipients of the 2010 Green Business Plan Competition Convert Garbage into Hope
June 21, 2010 ・ Chris EmeryThis woman and child are among the 2,000 people living in extreme poverty in Kachra Kundi, a landfill on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan. A group of Princeton and Rutgers students have developed a plan that includes generating electricity to…
Anthropology Professor Carolyn Rouse Spearheads Effort to Build the First High School in Oshiyie, Ghana, with Support from PEI/Grand Challenges
June 17, 2010 ・ Karin DienstThe work of Carolyn Rouse, a professor of anthropology and African American studies, takes a wide-ranging approach to studying inequality and social justice. She focuses her scholarship on medicine, religion, education and development. Her research has taken her into hospitals,…
Dual Focus on the Environment: Mauzerall Connects Climate Change, Pollution in Search for Solutions
June 10, 2010 ・ Ushma PatelDenise Mauzerall, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and public and international affairs, employs both scientific and regulatory perspectives in analyzing the effects of air pollution on climate change, human health and agricultural production. She has emerged as…
PEI Walbridge Fund Awards Three Graduate Research Grants
June 8, 2010 ・ Carol PetersThree graduate students were awarded the 2010 PEI Walbridge Fund Graduate Award in Energy and Environmental Research. The recipients include: Kevin Loutherback, Electrical Engineering; Dalin Shi, Geosciences; and Ann Carla Staver, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. The PEI Walbridge Fund Graduate…
Colvin Winners Conduct Fieldwork in Africa
May 15, 2010 ・ Carol PetersFrom top to bottom: A picture of the tent where Chambliss and Walker stayed; a close-up of S. volkensii with a trowl for scale; patch and root structure of S. volkensii (Photos: Sarah Chambliss); Walker being liced by one of…
ENV Students Benefit Community Partner Through Research on School Lunches and Gardens
May 15, 2010 ・ Carol PetersPictured top to bottom: Professor Morin (right) and Melecia Wright ’11; Ross Siverman 10; Angela Wu ’12 shows her poster entitled “Food Insecurity in Recessions”; Pam Flory of Real Food for Thought (left) and Kathleen Wade ’11 discuss school gardens.…
From Silos to Cultural Integration: The Evolution of Campus Sustainability
May 15, 2010 ・ Shana WeberHigher education sometimes has been described as an “ivory tower,” with isolated academic “silos.” While these stereotypes contain a grain of truth they are mostly remnants of the past. Cross-disciplinary cooperative work is what makes campuses today such vibrant places.…
Research & Center Spring/Summer 2010
May 15, 2010 ・ Carol PetersCarbon Mitigation Initiative CMI hosted its 9th annual meeting February 9 and 10, 2010. Stephen W. Pacala chairs National Academy Report on “Verifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions: methods to support international climate agreements released in March. Research in François Morel’s group…
