Reflecting on urban environments and ecology through images
April 26, 2019 ・ Denise ValentiStill and moving images that captured Japan’s dramatic urban transformation in the post-World War II era are at the center of a graduate course taught this spring by Franz Prichard, assistant professor of East Asian studies. Although they are specific…
PEI Urban Grand Challenges awards $509,000 to new urban sustainability projects
January 17, 2019 ・ Morgan KellyVertical farms in post-industrial America, origami-based noise-pollution barriers, and cement made from burned waste make up the latest round of projects funded by the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI) Urban Grand Challenges program. Totaling $509,000, the new awards are active through September…
Call for Proposals: PEI Urban Grand Challenge
June 15, 2018PEI is accepting faculty proposals for two-year projects of up to $150,000 for the Urban Grand Challenge program through Friday, June 29, 2018.
Students study New Orleans’ rich life and tenuous landscape
April 30, 2018 ・ Morgan KellyThe class “The Port of New Orleans: Culture and Climate Change” focuses on how the climate problems of tomorrow imperil New Orleans today.
New Orleans’ Black Masking Indian chiefs discuss art, community
April 6, 2018 ・ Jamie Saxon & Morgan KellyBig Chief Darryl Montana and Chief Demond Melancon of New Orleans’ Black Masking Indian groups visited Princeton to discuss the artistry and community of the tradition
Combining science and service: Studying lead contamination in Trenton, N.J.
April 2, 2018 ・ Morgan KellyThe project “Urban Tap Water and Human Health” funded by PEI’s Urban Grand Challenges program combines science with community service
So much depends on the velocity of tiny droplets cast upward
March 8, 2018 ・ Morgan KellyNew research describes the velocity of aerosols cast upward as bubbles on a liquid’s surface burst. Above the ocean, these droplets transfer moisture, salt, and even toxins such as algae from water to air.
Responding to urban design challenges: Students explore architecture in Brazil
November 30, 2017This semester, 12 Princeton undergraduates are exploring architectural and urban design through a course that took them to Brazil over fall break. Students took photos and wrote captions about what they observed.
Drones, Thorns and New Orleans: PEI’s Summer of Learning Symposium features breadth of undergrad research
October 30, 2017PEI’s internship program’s projects focused on global environmental challenges in the areas of policy and resilience, biodiversity and conservation, alternative energy, climate and oceans, and water, soil and human health.
