UN High-Level Meeting on Antimicrobials—What Do We Need?
July 18, 2016 ・ Ramanan LaxminarayanLaxminarayan comments that sustainable access to effective antimicrobials is a prerequisite for achieving several United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Partnerships Yield Global Impact for Engineers Without Borders
March 29, 2016 ・ Igor HeifetzPrinceton was honored at the EWB-USA International Summit in Denver this month with the organization’s Premier National Chapter award.
Princeton Part of $12 Million Project to Set Up Urban Water-Sustainability Research Network
September 4, 2015 ・ Igor HeifetzPrinceton University researchers will join 14 academic institutions and partners nationwide on a $12 million project to address the challenges that threaten urban water systems in the United States and globally.
Global Livestock Antibiotic Use Expected To Increase 67% By 2030
March 20, 2015 ・ Andrea White for the Princeton Environmental InstituteA team of researchers from Princeton University, the International Livestock Research Institute, the Université Libre de Bruxelles and the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics and Policy has conducted for the first time a broad assessment of antibiotic consumption in livestock…
IMF Publication Highlights Antibiotic Resistance Among Top Four Global Health Threats
December 1, 2014 ・ Igor Heifetz
Grand Challenges News – Fall 2014
September 13, 2014 ・ Igor HeifetzThis past summer with support from PEI and the Grand Challenges Program, 85 undergraduates travelled to destinations in the United States and 11 foreign nations on assignments with faculty-led research projects, academic institutions, NGOs, and government and community service enterprises. As interns,…
Conservation Versus Innovation In The Fight Against Antibiotic Resistance
September 12, 2014 ・ Holly P. WellesTwo New Investigator Awards Support Research on Desalination Technology and Metabolic Rate Processes of Plants
May 2, 2011 ・ Pascale Maloof PoussartFirst-year graduate student Lichao Cai looking at a small vial containing a slurry of clathrate hydrates. The Grand Challenges Program has awarded two New Investigator Grants for 2011-2012. One will support a proposal by Michael Bender to develop new methods…
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,…
