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…
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…
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…
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.…
Meet Mike J. Smith, Spring 2010 BP-Vann Visiting Fellow
May 15, 2010 ・ Carol PetersMike Smith has traveled and lived all over the world during his long career with BP, and this year he added Princeton to the list of places where he has worked and taught. During the spring semester Smith brought his…
Q&A: The Making of ‘The Great Immensity’
May 15, 2010 ・ Carol PetersWhile exploring the Panama Canal in a small tourist boat, Steve Cosson and Michael Friedman were startled by a massive container ship suddenly passing by, rocking them violently in its wake. Painted on the hull in Chinese characters, its name…
