Grand Challenges Highlights: Spring/Summer 2010
May 15, 2010 ・ Carol PetersNow in its third year of funding, the Grand Challenges Initiative, administered by PEI in collaboration with the Woodrow Wilson School and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has created a diverse research and scholarship endeavor. Below are a…
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…
Princeton Researchers Develop Disaster Relief Technologies for Haiti
May 14, 2010 ・ Hilary ParkerEven before the Jan. 12 earthquake that devastated Haiti, killing more than 200,000 people and leaving more than 1 million homeless, the citizens of the Caribbean nation were in desperate need of access to clean drinking water and electricity. After…
Three Seniors Win ReachOut Grants for Public Service
February 24, 2010 ・ Elizabeth RosenthalJames Bryant Katie Hsih Fatu Contech (Photos: Denise Applewhite) Princeton seniors James Bryant, Katie Hsih and Fatu Conteh have been awarded 2010 fellowships from ReachOut 56-81 to support yearlong public service projects after graduation. Bryant will use his $30,000 ReachOut…
Dobson Receives McDonnell Foundation’s 2009 21st Century Science Initiative Award
January 5, 2010 ・ Alanna Malone
Research & Center Fall/Winter 2009
December 31, 2009 ・ Carol PetersCarbon Mitigation Initiative Craig Arnold, associate professor of MAE, becomes acting co-director of CMI while Rob Socolow is on sabbatical during 2009–2010. CMI announces new members of the CMI Advisory Council: Dallas Burtraw, Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future; Michael…
Internship Program Strengthens Links Between In- and Outside Classroom
December 31, 2009 ・ Carol PetersFrom top to bottom: Melecia Wright ’11 making the artificial substrate she and Thinh Vu ’12 devised during their Development Grand Challenge internship in South Africa; Molly O’Connor ’11 follows a root as part of the mapping process, the spatial…
Grand Challenges Highlights: Fall/Winter 2009
December 31, 2009 ・ Carol PetersNow in its third year of funding, the Grand Challenges Initiative, administered by PEI in collaboration with the Woodrow Wilson School and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, has created a diverse research and scholarship endeavor. Below are a…
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…
