Princeton hosts climate and energy summit to talk carbon reduction

Legislators, state officials and industry leaders from 10 East Coast states and Quebec, Canada, gathered Friday, May 11, at Princeton University's Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment to discuss nonpartisan, regional solutions to reducing carbon emissions while fostering economic growth.

Alumnus steers Ph.D. research into self-driving vehicles job

Chenyi Chen has moved from Ph.D. research at Princeton to helping colleagues at NVIDIA build smart cars.

Princeton's IP Accelerator Fund supports innovations with potential for societal impact

Six research-stage technologies with promise to benefit society as future products or services have been selected to receive funding through Princeton University's Intellectual Property Accelerator Fund.

Making better choices, from power to payloads

Mathematical optimization aids many industries.

Freshman seminar asks students to envision their future in a changing climate

For his freshman seminar this year, Robert Socolow is asking his class to think about the future, not just for themselves but for the entire planet.

Effects of climate change demand holistic adaptation response

Princeton University hosted a day-long workshop on climate adaptation that drew 37 academics, researchers, architects, economists and industry consultants to the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment.

Taking concrete steps to reduce carbon dioxide emissions

Recent laboratory results at Princeton University indicate that the challenge of making greener concrete may eventually be cracked.

Senior thesis deepens the understanding of an architectural icon in Cuba

Builder José Mosquera's masterwork languishes in a wooded area outside Havana, Cuba, going slowly to ruin and being colonized by trees and vines. But when Princeton University senior Isabella Douglas and a team of students met him on the grounds of Cuba's National School of Ballet last November, Mosquera gave them a rare gift.

Innovations Build Intelligent Cities

Rather than repeat the sprawling and uncoordinated development patterns of the past, researchers at Princeton's School of Engineering and Applied Science and School of Architecture are exploring new ways to build urban infrastructures to serve our growing population, changing civilization and warming planet.