Colvin Recipient Studies Nutrient Uptake in the Flood Plains of the Mississippi River
May 22, 2015 ・ Nick DiUlio for the Princeton Environmental InstituteSunset over the Mississippi River. (Photo credit: Katherine Smith) For many years Katherine Smith has been fascinated by the complexities of riparian ecology, but as she approached her senior year at Princeton University the ecology and evolutionary biology major felt…
Million Year-Old Ice Holds Answers to Climate Record
May 17, 2015 ・ Igor HeifetzA team of researchers with members from Princeton University, the University of Maine and Oregon State University has found that greenhouse gasses a million years ago, were only slightly higher than they were between 450,000 and 800,000 years ago. In…
Access to Clean Water in Kenyan Village
April 6, 2015 ・ Igor HeifetzWater, Water – Not Everywhere: Mapping Water Trends for African Maize
July 21, 2014 ・ Molly Sharlach
2014 Water Innovation and Research Summit
June 24, 2014 ・ Teresa Riordan
Familiar Yet Strange: Water’s ‘Split Personality’ Revealed by Computer Model
June 18, 2014 ・ Catherine Zandonella, Office of the Dean for ResearchDiscovery Day 2014
May 14, 2014 ・ Holly WellesOn Friday, May 9th, the Princeton Environmental Institute hosted its annual Discovery Day—a multidisciplinary poster session celebrating undergraduate senior thesis research on environmental topics. Over 70 students from 16 academic departments showcased their work which was mentored by 60 faculty…
Princeton Launches Search to Fill Assistant Professorship Position in CEE and PEI
November 26, 2013 ・ Igor HeifetzNew Technology to Monitor the African Water Cycle
October 25, 2013 ・ Holly WellesEric Wood, the Susan Dod Brown Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Director of Princeton University’s Program in Environmental Engineering and Water Resources, and his research team have developed a drought monitoring and forecast system for sub-Saharan Africa. The forecast…

