Labouisse Winner to Focus on Conservation in Panama
May 12, 2010 ・ Nick DiUlioRuth Metzel (Photo: Joy Scharfstein) Princeton senior Ruth Metzel has been awarded the University’s Henry Richardson Labouisse ’26 Prize, which will fund her work with a nongovernmental organization to help address environmental issues in Panama. The Labouisse fellowship provides $25,000…
Dobson Receives McDonnell Foundation’s 2009 21st Century Science Initiative Award
January 5, 2010 ・ Alanna MaloneA Note from PEI’s Director
December 31, 2009 ・ Stephen PacalaAt PEI we are approaching 2010 with a fresh sense of optimism. The Institute is strong and vital, as this issue of PEI News clearly illustrates. Inside are articles that reflect the scope and vigor of PEI’s research programs, campus…
Food Security, A Growing Crisis in the Gulf Region
December 31, 2009 ・ Carol PetersThe Gulf region relies upon foreign sources for 60% of its food supply. Agriculture in this region is declining due to lack of water, while simultaneously the population is increasing. The Gulf region’s ability to provide its citizens with an…
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…
Princeton Senior Henry Barmeier Wins Rhodes Scholarship
November 22, 2009 ・ Jennifer Greenstein AltmannPrinceton senior Henry Barmeier has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship for graduate study at the University of Oxford. He is among the 32 American college students who won the prestigious fellowships, which fund two or three years of study in…
Princeton 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…
A New Growth Industry? Biochar Could Enrich Soils and Cut Greenhouse Gases as Well
August 27, 2009 ・ Kitta MacPhersonFrom Top to Bottom, Butler Will Be a Living Environmental Laboratory
August 13, 2009 ・ Kitta MacPhersonRoofs on more than half of the Butler buildings have been planted with 14 varieties of hardy sedum. The contrasts in the palette of the many-hued rooftop garden will intensify as summer turns to fall. (Photo: Denise Applewhite) In University-led…
