Lecture series focuses on water and climate

Princeton institute to support new project on politics of global climate change .

A proposal from an interdisciplinary group of Princeton faculty has been selected by the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) executive committee to become the first PIIRS research community to receive funding under an initiative announced earlier this year.

Political scientist Mervat Hatem to discuss Islamic feminism .

The Workshop on Arab Political Development, sponsored by the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, will begin its spring speaker series with a talk by Mervat Hatem on "Islamic Feminism in Global and Regional Contexts" on Tuesday, Feb. 15, at 4:30 p.m. Robertson Hall, Room 2, on the Princeton University campus.

Board approves seven faculty appointments .

Engineering school's growth targets societal needs .

H. Vincent Poor, a 1977 graduate alumnus who became dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science in June 2006, epitomizes Princeton's tradition of the teacher-scholar. In this interview, he talks about the school, reflecting on its past and contemplating its future.

Tournament launches area students into science skills test .

Events involving robots, catapults and bridges drew 600 middle and high school students to the New Jersey Science Olympiad on Thursday, Jan. 8, at Princeton. Students from 60 schools around the state competed in 30 events that tested their science knowledge and engineering skills.

Princeton faculty part of Nobel-winning panel .

Eleven Princeton faculty members have been involved in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, Oct. 12. Michael Celia, Leo Donner, Anand Gnanadesikan, Isaac Held, Gabiel Lau, Denise Mauzerall, Michael Oppenheimer, Venkatachalam Ramaswamy, Jorge Sarmiento, Robert Socolow and Robert Williams have contributed to panel reports over the years.