PEI/Grand Challenges Interns Embark on Summer Adventures that Span the Globe
June 29, 2010 ・ Carol PetersIt is summer in Princeton, and while the humidity and bees have arrived, nearly 100 Princeton undergraduates have left to begin summer internships through the PEI/Grand Challenges Internship Program. This exciting program provides extraordinary opportunities for undergraduates to engage in…
PEI’s Denise Mauzerall Assesses the Climatic Benefits of Black Carbon Mitigation
June 22, 2010 ・ EurekAlertTwo PEI-STEP Fellows Awarded Graduate Certificates in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy
June 22, 2010 ・ Carol PetersNing Lin (left) and Luke MacDonald Two PEI-STEP Environmental Policy Fellows, Ning Lin and Luke MacDonald, graduated in June 2010 with Ph.D.s from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and in addition were awarded the Graduate Certificate in Science,…
First 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…
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 Awarded Five Environmental Studies Prizes and Named 44 Environmental Studies Certificate Recipients on Class Day
June 3, 2010 ・ Holly WellesFrom top to bottom: The Class of 2010 on the steps in the Guyot Atrium; Henry Barmeier ’10 is awarded the T.A. Barron Environmental Leadership Prize by Stephen Pacala, director of PEI; Caitlin Alev ’10, winner of the Peter W.…
Princeton Junior and Grand Challenges Intern, Mathias Esmann, Receives the 2010 International Center International Service Award
May 19, 2010 ・ Nick DiUlioPrinceton junior Mathias Esmann will receive the 2010 International Service Award, which is presented annually by the Davis International Center to a student or student group in recognition of crosscultural humanitarian endeavors. Esmann will receive the award at a ceremony…
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.…
A Note from PEI’s Director
May 15, 2010 ・ Stephen PacalaStephen Pacala (left) and Steve Cosson at The Great Immensity on April 17. (Photo: Bentley Drezner) June is quickly approaching, and soon a record number of students will graduate with Certificates in Environmental Studies. This is an ideal time to…
