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…
From New Jersey to Nairobi: Princeton in Africa Marks 10 Years
May 12, 2010 ・ Jennifer Greenstein AltmannTen years ago, Princeton alumnus Steven Feldstein spent a year in Rwanda assessing orphanages and documenting the lives of street children as part of his work for a humanitarian relief organization. Feldstein was in Africa with the first group of…
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…
U.N. Describes Risks of Inaction on Climate Change
March 2, 2010 ・ Elizabeth Rosenthal
Can the University Meet Its Environmental Goals?
February 3, 2010 ・ Mark F. Bernstein ’83
Designing a Course, Crafting a Business
January 13, 2010 ・ Ushma PatelEnvironmental entrepreneurship class helps students’ ideas take shape Since childhood, junior Jason Baum has been aware of environmental issues, switching off lights when leaving a room and turning off the water while brushing his teeth. He arrived at Princeton with…
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…
Princeton Sustainability
December 31, 2009 ・ Shana WeberRuthie Schwab, a member of the class of 2009, tended the summer squash in the organic garden students created in summer 2008 north of Forbes College. With help from several University departments and funding from the High Meadows Foundation, the…
Climate Talks Make Way for a Design Show
December 19, 2009 ・ Andrew C. Revkin“Is Copenhagen the watershed or just another missed opportunity — there’s no way to tell yet,” said Michael Oppenheimer, a Princeton University climate scientist who attended the talks.
