Endowed by Frank Taplin ’37, the Taplin Environmental Lecture Series was established in 1997. The Taplin series brings accomplished scholars and other environmental leaders from industry, government, NGOs, and the private sector to the Princeton University campus to give lectures on a range of topics including the environmental humanities, climate science and policy, economics and sustainability, environmental ethics, federal land use policy, and the role of science, technology and industry in environmental mitigation. All lectures are open to the public.

 

2025-2026 HMEI Taplin Environmental Lectures

Date Speaker
October 29, 2025

The Intersection of Planetary and Human Health: A Doctor’s Call to Rethink Health in the Age of Climate Change

 Senator Bill Frist ’74, MD, Physician and Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader
March 17, 2026

Finding Hope in a Warming World

 Katharine Hayhoe, Atmospheric Scientist
Professor of Political Science, Texas Tech
Chief Scientist, The Nature Conservancy